NewYorkBusiness.com: “Wasserstein & Co., owner of New York magazine, said Wednesday that it hired Credit Suisse to explore a possible sale of The American Lawyer publisher ALM, valued by analysts at close to $1 billion.”
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Daily Archives: March 22, 2007
Usability Issues Assist Online Editors Seeking Better Connection With Readers
Eyetracking points the way to effective news article design: “Featured finding #1: Rewrite + reformat = remember Featured finding #2: Precise and relevant editing = successful design Featured finding #3: Photos edited for relevance = photos viewed” [via Darlene Fichter] Continue Reading
CMS Newly Published Organ Transplant Regulation
Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Final Rule, Final Rule: Hospital Conditions of Participation: Requirements for Approval and Re-approval of Transplant Centers to Perform Organ Transplants, March 22, 2006 (440 pages, PDF) “This final rule establishes, for the first time, Medicare conditions of participation for heart, heart-lung, intestine, kidney,… Continue Reading
Oversight Hearing on DOJ Civil Rights Division
Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties Oversight Hearing on the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, Changing Tides: Exploring the Current State of Civil Rights Enforcement within the Department of Justice By Direction of the Chairman. Documents and Links: Citizens’ Commission on Civil Rights – The Erosion of Rights: Declining… Continue Reading
ACLU v Gonzales COPA Decision
ACLU v Gonzales [originally ACLU v. Reno, then ACLU v. Ashcroft], Final Adjudication on the constitutionality of the Child Online Protection Act, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, March 22, 2007 (84 pages, PDF) Alternate link to the PDF decision, ACLU v. Gonzales, 22 March 2007, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Final Order,… Continue Reading
Hearing on Reforming Section 115 of the Copyright Act for the Digital Age
House Judiciary Committee Hearing on Reforming Section 115 of the Copyright Act for the Digital Age, March 22, 2007. Statement of Marybeth Peters, Register of Copyrights U.S. Register of Copyrights, Washington, DC Continue Reading
Information Requested on Allegations of Political Interference in Tobacco Case
“Following renewed allegations of political interference in the Justice Department’s case against the tobacco industry, Rep. Waxman requests documents and communications between the Department and the White House relating to the litigation. Documents and Links: Letter to Attorney General Gonzales Justice Department Emails Continue Reading
Access to CRS Reports To Diminish With Imposition of New Distribution Limitations
Via Secrecy News: CRS Director Daniel P. Mullohan issued a memo to all CRS staff, entitled Distribution of CRS Products to Non-Congressionals, stating that “prior approval should now be required at the division or office level before products are distributed to members of the public…effectively immediately.” Related article, Washington Post, You’d Know if You Were… Continue Reading
Symantec's 11th Internet Security Threat Report
“The Symantec Internet Security Threat Report offers analysis and discussion of threat activity over a six-month period. It covers Internet attacks, vulnerabilities, malicious code, phishing, spam and security risks as well as future trends. The eleventh version of the report, released March 19, 2007, is now available.” Symantec Internet Security Threat Report, Volume XI: March… Continue Reading
