From the Washington Post, Internet Offers Many Ways to Avoid Harmful Drug Mixtures. The article includes two categories of links, Medication Information and Drug Interaction Checkers, both of which include a dozen sites each. Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: February 2007
Fair Use Project Helps Launch Initiative For Documentary Filmmakers
Press Release: “The Fair Use Project of the Center for Internet & Society at Stanford Law School announced that it has teamed with Media/Professional Insurance and leading intellectual property attorney Michael Donaldson to provide critical support for documentary filmmakers who rely on the fair use of copyrighted material in their films…In order to help solve… Continue Reading
Prisoner Transfers Speeded by eDesignate System
“The eDesignate is a secure, electronic, web-based system that allows a probation office and the U.S. Marshals Service to electronically transmit documents to the BOP after a defendant is sentenced to custody. That is proving to be a welcome alternative to collecting and mailing paper documents to the BOP, a process that is more labor-intensive… Continue Reading
Hearing on Reforming the Presidential Library Donation Disclosure Process
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing: Reforming the Presidential Library Donation Disclosure Process, February 27, 2007. “This hearing will examine the need for public disclosure of donations made to private foundations established to fund presidential libraries and related facilities. The committee will consider possible legislative proposals to require such disclosure.” Continue Reading
FDIC Outlook, February 27, 2007
FDIC Outlook, February 27, 2007: “The FDIC Outlook provides a quarterly analysis of current national and regional trends that may affect the risk exposure of insured depository institutions.” [note: via this link users may search for data back to 1st QTR, 1997] Continue Reading
Fact Sheets on State and Local Communities and State Children's Health Insurance Program
OMB Fact Sheet, Strengthening State & Local Communities, February 27, 2007 OMB Fact Sheet, State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) (February 27, 2007) Continue Reading
Commentary on Our Increasingly Digitized Lives
Envisioning the Whole Digital Person, by Jonathan Follett, Published February 20, 2007: “Our lives are becoming increasingly digitizedfrom the ways we communicate, to our entertainment media, to our e-commerce transactions, to our online research. As storage becomes cheaper and data pipes become faster, we are doing more and more onlineand in the process, saving a… Continue Reading
Sentencing Statistics Available Online
U. S. Sentencing Commissions Sourcebook of Federal Sentencing Statistics: “This is the eleventh edition of the United States Sentencing Commissions Sourcebook of Federal Sentencing Statistics. This Sourcebook contains descriptive statistics on the application of the federal sentencing guidelines and provides selected district, circuit, and national sentencing data. The volume covers fiscal year 2006 (October 1,… Continue Reading
Report Tracks Cost of Iraq and Afghanistan Wars to NY City Taxpayers
Press release: “City workers deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan have cost New York City taxpayers more than $57 million, according to a new report released today by Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-Brooklyn & Queens) and Councilman Michael McMahon (D-Staten Island). In addition, city employees have missed more than 600,000 days of work while deployed overseas, including… Continue Reading
DOT OIG Correspondence on Extended Ground Delays
Statement of DOT Inspector General on Review of Airline Customer Service Commitments for Extended Ground Delays, February 27, 2007. Continue Reading
EFF Lawsuit Seeks Release of Secret Court Orders on Electronic Surveillance
Press release: “The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed suit against the Department of Justice today, demanding records about secret new court orders that supposedly authorize the government’s highly controversial electronic surveillance program that intercepts and analyzes millions of Americans’ communications.” FOIA complaint filed against the Justice Department Related postings on the government’s domestic surveillance program Continue Reading
IRS Provides Valuable Assistance in Locating Missing Children
Treasury OIG Report 2007-40-029, The Internal Revenue Service Provides Valuable Assistance in Locating Missing Children, February 20, 2007: “The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) provides assistance in locating missing children by placing their photographs in printed instructions and publications. From January 2001 through July 2006, the IRS publicized 2,493 pictures of missing children. Our analysis indicates… Continue Reading
