US Courts: “Administrative agency appeals involving the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) remained a significant part of federal appellate courts caseloads in 2006, accounting for 17 percent of 63,676 total appeals.” Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: May 2007
DOJ OIG Audits on Equitable Sharing Grants
Equitable Sharing Grants Audits, Executive Summaries only, released May 21, 2007: Compliance with Standards Governing Combined DNA Index System Activities at the West Virginia State Police Crime Laboratory, South Charleston, West Virginia, Audit Report GR-30-07-002, April 2007 Office of Justice Programs Southwest Border Prosecution Initiative Funding Received by the Maricopa County Attorneys Office, Phoenix, Arizona,… Continue Reading
Review of DoD-Directed Investigations of Detainee Abuse -Public Release Version
Report Number 06-INTEL-10 05/18/07 Report Number 06-INTEL-10 Review of DoD-Directed Investigations of Detainee Abuse (U), 8/25/2006 (Public Release Version). NOTE: The unclassified Executive Summary from DoD IG Report No. 06-INTEL-10, Review of DoD-Directed Investigations of Detainee Abuse, 8/25/06, was posted on the Pressroom web page on 9/8/06. Continue Reading
DHS OIG Audit of Access of Airport Secured Areas
Audit of Access of Airport Secured Areas (Unclassified Summary) OIG-07-35 (PDF, 6 pages) – released 05/18/2007. Continue Reading
CDC Recommends Medical Surveillance for Health Care Workers Exposed to Hazardous Drugs
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Update: Medical Surveillance for Health Care Workers Exposed to Hazardous Drugs Recommended in New NIOSH Report. “A new report from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) recommends that employers institute medical surveillance programs for health-care workers who are occupationally exposed to hazardous drugs, and suggests… Continue Reading
Social Isolation and American Workers: Employee Blogging and Legal Reform
Social Isolation and American Workers: Employee Blogging and Legal Reform, by Rafael Gely and Leonard Bierman, Harvard Journal of Law and Technology (JOLT), Volume 20, Number 2, Spring 2007. Abstract: “Despite the work environment’s central role in providing social engagement, employees in the American workplace are more socially isolated than ever before. Americans are moving… Continue Reading
Google Experimental Search
Experimental Search: “See results on a timeline or map. With the timeline and map views, Googles technology extracts key dates and locations from select search results so you can view the information in a different dimension. Timeline and map views work best for searches related to people, companies, events and places.” Continue Reading
Nearly 16% of U.S. Homes Have No Landline Phone
“Preliminary results from the July – December 2006 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) indicate that the number of household with only wireless telephones continues to increase.” Continue Reading
Sabrina Takes A Vacation – Really
After 5 uninterrupted years of writing this blog each day, I will be taking a brief vacation – no web, no email, no phone. Returning May 22. Continue Reading
CIA Unveils New Web Site
Press release: “On Monday, May 14, 2007, the CIA unveiled its newly designed public Web site. The new site is an extension of the CIAs social contract with the American people…In addition to a new look and feel, the redesigned CIA.gov introduces a variety of interactive features including videos and virtual tours and… Continue Reading
Restricted Access to Internet Entertainment Sites Across DoD Networks
B.B. Bell, General, US Army, Commander: Restricted Access to Internet Entertainment Sites Across DoD Networks, May 11, 2007 – “The DoD will block worldwide access to the following internet sites, on or about 14 May 2007: youtube.com, 1.fm, pandora.com, photobucket.com, myspace.com, live365.com, hi5.com, metacafe.com, mtv.com, ifilm.com, blackplanet.com, stupidvideos.com and filecabi.com” Stars and Stripes: DOD blocking… Continue Reading
CeRI: Cornell e-Rulemaking Initiative
CeRI: Cornell e-Rulemaking Initiative: “The Cornell e-Rulemaking Initiative brings together faculty and students from several disciplines and the legal informatics professionals at LII. We consult with government agencies on, and engage in theoretical and applied research about, the technology and practice of e-rulemaking and related areas of e-government. An alliance of broad-ranging scholarly expertise with… Continue Reading
