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Universal Affordable Broadband for All Americans

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Universal Affordable Broadband for All Americans – How to Modernize Universal Service for the 21st Century and Connect Americans to a New Era of Digital Opportunity, Jim Kohlenberger, Senior Fellow, Benton Foundation

  • “For more than 200 years, Americans have approached the future the same way that Huck Finn looked at the bend in the river: even though we didn’t know for sure what was coming next, we always had a sense of limitless possibility about where we were going and where it could take us. Americans, whose ideas have changed the world, are the ones who have been able to see around that bend, catch a glimpse of the future, capture its potential, and ensure that all Americans can partake. Today, as we reach a new bend in the river, we must strive once again to look around that bend in order to harness the full power and potential of what the future may bring. Never before have we seen a river of opportunity as expansive or swift as the data that flow over the Internet. The opportunities are potentially endless and as significant as the invention of the steam power and electricity that fueled American prosperity at earlier junctures. But America’s digital prosperity won’t happen by accident, nor continue by inertia. It will only happen if we make pragmatic and smart choices about our communications future.”

    • Special Prosecutor Requests 2 Plus Yr Sentence for Libby

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    Follow up to previous postings on Plame CIA leak, Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald stated in a May 25, 2007 court filing that Libby has “expressed no remorse, no acceptance of responsibility, and no recognition that there is anything he should have done differently”…”As a result, Mr Fitzgerald said, he should be sentenced to two-and-a-half to… Continue Reading

    White House Immigration Fact Check: Responding to Key Myths

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    Immigration Fact Check: Responding to Key Myths, May 25, 2007: “MYTH: The government is going to give permanent legal status to 12 million illegal aliens before securing our borders. * FACT: Temporary worker and Z visas will not be issued until benchmarks for enforcement are met. These triggers include: > Increasing border fencing. > Increasing… Continue Reading

    Leahy, Specter Ask Rove Lawyer To Voluntarily Provide “Lost” E-Mails Related To Panel's Probe

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    Follow-up to previous postings on the U.S. attorney firings, this May 25, 2007 ress release: “Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Ranking Member Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) sent the following letter to Karl Rove’s attorney seeking access to e-mails related to the panel’s ongoing investigation into the firings of U.S. Attorneys and politicization within… Continue Reading

    World's Largest Unclassified Database of Terror Attacks Now Online

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    Press release: “The world’s largest unclassified database of terrorism attacks is now available online for general use by researchers, policy-makers, media and the general public — an important tool that the researchers say may aid in the development of more effective responses to terrorism. The Global Terrorism Database was developed by START, the National Consortium… Continue Reading

    IG for Tax Administration Report on Uncovering Root of Terrorist Financing

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    Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration report 2007-10-082: Screening Tax-Exempt Organizations’ Filing Information Provides Minimal Assurance That Potential Terrorist-related Activites Are Identified, May 21, 2007. “The IRS does not systemically match filing data of tax-exempt organizations against a comprehensive list of potential terrorists to identify instances in which charitable and other nonprofit organizations may be… Continue Reading

    Report on the Link Between Our National Security and Our National Guard

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    Press release: “A new report from the Center for American Progress analyzes the deployment and use of each of the 16 Enhanced Brigades of the Army National Guard. The heavy reliance by the military on the brigades of the Guard and Reserve is unprecedented and has placed a tremendous strain on these brigades and their… Continue Reading

    Countering the Terrorist Mentality – State Department EJournal

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    Countering the Terrorist Mentality – State Department EJournal, May 2007: “This edition of eJournal USA, “Countering the Terrorist Mentality,” provides a look at the complex, global problem of terrorism. Several of the world’s leading scholars in this field, including Walter Laqueur, Bruce Hoffman, Jerrold Post, David Kilcullen, Mohammed Hafez, and Mia Bloom, examine the motivations… Continue Reading

    Online Database of Hazardous Materials

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    “CAMEO Chemicals is an online library of more than 6,000 data sheets containing response-related information and recommendations for hazardous materials that are commonly transported, used, and/or stored in the United States. CAMEO Chemicals also contains the Chemical Reactivity Worksheet, which you can use to predict potential reactive hazards between chemicals of concern. CAMEO Chemicals is… Continue Reading

    Census Bureau Reports Minority Population Tops 100 Million

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    The latest National and State Characteristics population estimates – for July 1, 2006 – were released May 17, 2007 – Census Bureau press release: “The nation’s minority population reached 100.7 million, according to the national and state estimates by race, Hispanic origin, sex and age released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. A year ago,… Continue Reading