“2007-02-09: The Web Application Formats Working Group has released an updated Working Draft of Widgets 1.0 Requirements. These design goals are the requirements for device-independent standards for scripting, digitally signing, securing, packaging and deploying client-side Web applications (widgets). Also known as gadgets or modules, widgets are small programs like clocks, stock tickers, news casters, games… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: February 2007
Federal Court Fees Listed Online
“Need to check the costs of litigating in federal courts? All district, appellate, and bankruptcy court fees, as well as others, are online.” Court of Appeals Miscellaneous Fee Schedule District Court Miscellaneous Fee Schedule Bankruptcy Court Miscellaneous Fee Schedule Electronic Public Access Fee Schedule U.S. Court of Federal Claims Fee Schedule Judicial Panel on Multidistrict… Continue Reading
China's Impact on the Semiconductor Industry: 2006 Update
China’s Impact on the Semiconductor Industry: 2006 Update: “PricewaterhouseCoopers began the study series Chinas Impact on the Semiconductor Industry in 2004 in response to our clients interest in the rapid growth of the semiconductor industry in China. Specifically, clients wanted to find out whether Chinas production volumes would contribute to worldwide overcapacity and a subsequent… Continue Reading
GAO Report on Oversight of Drug Pricing in Federal Programs
Prescription Drugs: Oversight of Drug Pricing in Federal Programs, full-text GAO-07-481T, and Highlights, February 9, 2007. “GAO and others have reported inadequacies in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) oversight of the prices manufacturers report to CMS to determine the statutorily required rebates owed to states. For example, GAO and others have reported… Continue Reading
DOD OIG Reports on Pre-Iraqi War Pre-Iraqi War Activities
USNews.com: “The Pentagon inspector general has rebuked a former top Defense official for disseminating misleading intelligence in the run-up to the Iraq war. The reprimand of former Under Secretary of Defense Douglas Feith is the latest in a controversy that has swirled for four years.” Unclassified Executive Summary from (Classified) Report No. 07-INTEL-4 “Review of… Continue Reading
BLS Report: Work Experience of the Population
Bureau of Labor Statistics press release: Work Experience of the Population (Annual), released February 9, 2007. Table of Contents: Work Experience of the Population (Annual), with links to the reports Continue Reading
Historical Foreign Relations Policy Decisions of the United States Now Online
“The Foreign Relations of the United States series (FRUS) is the official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions that have been declassified and edited for publication. The series is produced by the State Department’s Office of the Historian and printed volumes are available from the Government Printing Office…Foreign Relations of the United… Continue Reading
Zillow Releases Quarterly Home Value Reports
Fourth Quarter: October-December 2006: Our statisticians look at zillions of data points each and every day, and are able to spot housing trends based on that information. Read our press release to learn about the trends we saw across the nation in Q4.” Continue Reading
Refineries: Top Ten Sources of Carcinogens
Environmental Integrity Project: “EIP released a report today identifying refineries with the highest emissions of known or suspected carcinogens. The analysis is based on emission reports submitted to the USEPAs Toxics Release Inventory in 2004, the latest year for which such data is publicly available. While overall emissions declined slightly between 1999 and 2004, emissions… Continue Reading
Foundation Working Group Will Recommend Enhancements to House Websites
Press release: “Today, the Sunlight Foundation is announcing the creation of the Open House Project, a collaborative and bipartisan effort on open government. The purpose of the project is to study how the House of Representatives currently integrates the internet into its operations, and to make public recommendations to its leadership on how to make… Continue Reading
Hearing Questions Management of Homeland Security Contracts
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing, February 8, 2007: “The hearing focused on the Department of Homeland Securitys management of large contracts that rely on private contractors as system integrators. The Committee focused on two examples of multi-billion dollar contracts: the Deepwater program to develop new ships for the Coast Guard and the Secure… Continue Reading
Election Assistance Commission Prepares to Launch Voting System Test Lab Program
“The U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) today heard testimony during a public meeting about the launch of its accreditation program for laboratories that test voting systems, including discussion about the first two labs that will be considered for accreditation. The Commission also voted to stop accepting applications or additional information related to pending applications to… Continue Reading
