“The Federal Trade Commission has authorized the staff to release publicly the 29th Annual Report to Congress on the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). This report…summarizes the Commissions administration and enforcement of the FDCPA during 2006. It presents an overview of the types of consumer complaints received by the Commission, descriptions of the Commissions… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: March 2007
FCC Classifies Wireless Broadband Internet Access Service as an Information Service
FCC Classifies Wireless Broadband Internet Access Service as an Information Service. Declaratory Ruling (34 pages, PDF): “In this Declaratory Ruling, we find that wireless broadband Internet access service is an information service under the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (Communications Act or Act). We also find that the transmission component of wireless broadband Internet… Continue Reading
Privacy Policy Guidance Memo Regarding Collection, Use, Retention, and Dissemination of Information on Non-U.S. Persons
Privacy Policy Guidance Memorandum 2007-01 Regarding Collection, Use, Retention, and Dissemination of Information on Non-U.S. Persons, January 19, 2007 (PDF, 5 pages) Continue Reading
Outbreak Associated with Spinach Joint Investigation Report
FDA Finalizes Report on 2006 Spinach Outbreak: “The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Californias Department of Health Services (CDHS) today released a joint report on an extensive investigation into the causes of an E.coli O157:H7 outbreak last fall that was associated with contaminated Dole brand Baby Spinach and resulted in 205 confirmed illnesses and… Continue Reading
EPA's Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) Data For 2005 Releases
EPA released the 2005 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) data on March 22, 2007. What materials are available for the Public Data Release? 2005 PDR Brochure (March 2007): This eight-page printable version of the brochure provides a quick overview of TRI data, including a background document, charts, and data tables. 2005 Public Data Release eReport (PDF)… Continue Reading
Trends in Political Values and Core Attitudes: 1987-2007
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, Trends in Political Values and Core Attitudes: 1987-2007 – Political Landscape More Favorable To Democrats, Released: March 22, 2007 “Increased public support for the social safety net, signs of growing public concern about income inequality, and a diminished appetite for assertive national security policies have improved… Continue Reading
Sale of American Lawyer Media Considered by Owner Wasserstein
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.” Press release: Wasserstein & Co., LP Retains Credit Suisse to Explore Strategic Alternatives for ALM Continue Reading
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
