Am Law 200: The Gap Widens – They compete in the same markets, but the Second Hundred and its bigger sibling, The Am Law 100, are growing apart, Jim Schroeder, The American Lawyer, June 1, 2007
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Monthly Archives: May 2007
EPA OIG Releases Annual Superfund Report and Financial Statements for Pesticide Reg. Fund
2007-1-00071 Fiscal Year 2006 and 2005 Financial Statements for the Pesticide Registration Fund [Report PDF – 42 pages] [At a Glance PDF] May 30, 2007 2007-1-00070 Fiscal Year 2006 and 2005 Financial Statements for the Pesticides Reregistration and Expedited Processing Fund [Report PDF – 46 pages] [At a Glance PDF] May 30, 2007 EPA-350-R-07-001 Annual… Continue Reading
CT Attorney General Announces Nationwide Settlement With Choicepoint For Security Breach
Press release, May 31, 2007: Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, with attorneys general from 43 other states, announced a settlement today with ChoicePoint for allegedly failing to adequately protect consumers’ personally identifiable information, resulting in a massive security breach. The Atlanta-based ChoicePoint, which collects and maintains personally identifiable information on consumers, provides identification and credential verification… Continue Reading
FTC Testifies on Government Agencies Collection and Use of Personal Information and Identity Theft
Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On Public Entities, Personal Information, and Identity Theft, Presented by Betsy Broder, Assistant Director, Division of Privacy and Identity Protection, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Before the Ohio Privacy and Public Records Access Study Committee of the Ohio Senate and House of Representatives, May 31, 2007. Presidents Identity Theft… Continue Reading
Compendium of Unimplemented HHS Office of Inspector General Recommendations
Compendium of Unimplemented Office of Inspector General Recommendations, May 2007 (116 pages, PDF)- “The “Compendium of Unimplemented Office of Inspector General Recommendations” combines the “Red Book” (unimplemented monetary recommendations) and the “Orange Book” (unimplemented nonmonetary recommendations) into one publication. The “Red Book” focused on significant Office of Inspector General (OIG) cost-saving recommendations that had not… Continue Reading
Research Finds That Earth's Climate is Approaching 'Dangerous' Point
Research Finds That Earth’s Climate is Approaching ‘Dangerous’ Point, May 30, 2007: “NASA and Columbia University Earth Institute research finds that human-made greenhouse gases have brought the Earths climate close to critical tipping points, with potentially dangerous consequences for the planet.” Related government documents and news: White House Fact Sheet: A New International Climate Change… Continue Reading
Census Releases New American Community Survey and County Business Patterns Reports
American Community Survey Reports, The American CommunityAmerican Indians and Alaska Natives: 2004, released May 31, 2007 American Community Survey Reports, The American CommunityPacific Islanders: 2004, released May 31, 2007 Press release: “The nation added 112,000 new business establishments with paid employees between 2004 and 2005, contributing to 1.24 million new jobs and a 5.4 percent… Continue Reading
Legislative Text of FY' 08 Intel Authorization Bill
S. 1538, A Bill to Authorize Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2008, released May 31, 2007 (150 pages, PDF) Related: S. Rpt. 110-75, Report to Accompany Fiscal Year 2008 Intelligence Authorization, ordered to be printed May 31, 2007 Continue Reading
Global Peace Index Ranks 120 Nations According to Peacefulness
Executive Summary: “The Economist Intelligence Unit, in conjunction with an international team of academics and peace experts, has compiled an innovative new Global Peace Index (GPI), which ranks 120 nations according to their relative peacefulness. The Global Peace Index is composed of 24 indicators, ranging from a nations level of military expenditure to its relations… Continue Reading
DOJ OIG Semiannual Report to Congress
Office of the Inspector General Semiannual Report to Congress, October 1, 2006-March 31, 2007, released May 30, 2007. PDF or HTML versions Continue Reading
DOJ OIG Announces Expansion of Probe into U.S. Attorney Firings
Press release: “The Department of Justices Office of Inspector General and Office of Professional Responsibility sent the attached letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee today, notifying the Chairman and Ranking Member that the offices are expanding their investigation related to the firings of several U.S. Attorneys to include improper considerations in DOJs hiring of career… Continue Reading
Federal Sentencing Trends Detailed in Sourcebook
U.S. Courts: “Extensive information about criminal cases sentenced under the federal sentencing guidelines is contained in the U.S. Sentencing Commission’s 2006 Sourcebook of Federal Sentencing Statistics…In FY 2006, 86.7 percent of all federal offenders were men. The average age of offenders was 34.8 years. Thirty-six percent of all defendants sentenced under the guidelines were convicted… Continue Reading
