Fiscal Stewardship: A Critical Challenge Facing Our Nation, GAO-07-362SP, January 31, 2007. “The U.S. government is the largest, most diverse, most complex, and arguably the most important entity on earth today. The United States is also a great nation. It has much to be proud of and much to be thankful for. However, our nation… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: February 2007
Supreme Court Invalidates California's "Determinate Sentencing" Law
The Supreme Court Invalidates California’s “Determinate Sentencing” Law: Part One in a Two-Part Series on Yet More Cases Involving Judicial Factfinding in Sentencing, by Vikram David Amar. Continue Reading
Cornell Law Library Announces Launch of Legal Research Engine
“The Cornell Law Library is pleased to announce its new Legal Research Engine This specialized search engine helps users easily find authoritative online legal research guides on every subject. It searches approximately 20 different web sites that either prolifically publish guides, or index and link to guides.” [Julie M. Jones] Continue Reading
POGOs 2007 "Bakers Dozen of Suggested Congressional Oversight Priorities
Project on Government Oversight’s(POGO) 2007 “Bakers Dozen of Suggested Congressional Oversight Priorities, February 1, 2007 includes the following topics: “1. Addressing Federal Contractor Misconduct; 2. Hidden Costs of Privatizing Government; 3. Executive Branch Revolving Door and Conflicts-of-Interest; 4. Whistleblower Retaliation; 5. The Black Hole that is Pentagon Spending; 6. Excessive Secrecy; 7. Defense Spending Priorities:… Continue Reading
2007 Identity Fraud Survey Report
“The Javelin 2007 Identity Fraud Survey Report provides a detailed, comprehensive analysis of identity fraud in the United States, in order to help consumers and businesses better understand the effectiveness of methods used for its prevention, detection and resolution. A nationally representative sample of over 5,000 US adults, including 458 fraud victims, is surveyed via… Continue Reading
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Provides Locations of Unacceptably Maintained Levees
Press release: “After completing its notification of levee owners, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers today released the locations of the levee units nationwide with unacceptable maintenance inspection ratings. An unacceptable maintenance rating means a levee has one or more deficient conditions that can reasonably be foreseen to prevent the project from functioning as designed.… Continue Reading
International Panel On Climate Change 2007 Assessment Report
“The IPCC Working Group I Fourth Assessment Report Summary for Policymakers (SPM) is now available for download in PDF format. Note: Text, tables and figures given in the SPM are final but subject to checking and copy-editing and editorial adjustments to figures…The full underlying report will be published in English by Cambridge University Press.” WSJ… Continue Reading
Unclassified Key Judgments of the National Intelligence Estimate
February 2, 2007: Iraq National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) – “Prospects for Iraq’s Stability: A Challenging Road Ahead” Unclassified Key Judgments (9 pages, PDF): “…even if violence is diminished, given the current winner-take-all attitude and sectarian animosities infecting the political scene, Iraqi leaders will be hard pressed to achieve sustained political reconciliation in the time frame… Continue Reading
CDC Issues Interim Pre-pandemic Planning Guidance
Interim Pre-pandemic Planning Guidance: Community Strategy for Pandemic Influenza Mitigation in the United States – Early Targeted Layered use of Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions, February 1, 2007 (108 pages, PDF). “Mitigation guidelines issued by the CDC (February 2007) include social distancing strategies to reduce contact between people: closing schools, canceling public gatherings, planning for liberal, work leave… Continue Reading
Reporters Without Borders Issues 2007 Annual Press Freedom Survey
“The survey, published on 1 February, reports on press freedom in 98 countries and includes the main violations of journalists’ rights in 2006 and regional aspects of media and Internet freedom…The report lists the worst violations in repressive countries, including major culprits North Korea, Eritrea, Cuba and Turkmenistan, but also looks at democracies, where progress… Continue Reading
International Society for Stem Cell Research
Press release: “Today, marking the most comprehensive global effort to date, the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) released its Guidelines for the Conduct of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research. The Guidelines call for special scrutiny of human embryonic stem cell research and specify rigorous ethical standards for scientists working with human embryonic stem… Continue Reading
CBO Report on Estimated Costs of Increasing U.S. Forces in Iraq
Estimated Costs of Increasing U.S. Forces in Iraq, February 1, 2007. CNN: “A report from the Congressional Budget Office says President Bush’s plan for a troop increase in Iraq could cost up to $27 billion for a 12-month deployment.” Continue Reading
