U.S. Courts press release: “In the 12-month period ending March 31, 2007, 695,575 bankruptcy cases were filed in federal courts, according to statistics released today by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. Compared to filings in the 12-month period ending March 31, 2006, when bankruptcy cases totaled 1,794,795, this was a 61 percent drop in filings. The 12-month period ending March 31, 2006, included the surge in filings that occurred prior to the October 17, 2005, implementation date of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (BAPCPA).”
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Daily Archives: June 27, 2007
Dispute Over Whether Vice President "has both legislative and executive function" Continues
Follow up in the volley of statemnets and respective documents related to questions raised about the authority granted the National Archives over documents from the Office of the Vice President. As reported today by The Politico, “David S. Addington, Cheney’s chief of staff and counsel, wrote in a three-paragraph response to [Sen. John] Kerry on… Continue Reading
Pilot Project Will Post Digital Audio Court Recordings Online
The Third Branch: “Continuing its efforts to enhance the transparency of courtroom proceedings, the federal Judiciary is about to launch a pilot project to make digital audio recordings publicly available online. Five pilot project participantsthree bankruptcy courts and two district courtswill integrate their recording and Case Management/ Electronic Case Files (CM/ECF) systems to make audio… Continue Reading
Democratic Candidates' Site Traffic Market Share and Rankings
“In a custom report created for ClickZ News, Hitwise measured traffic market share of the candidate sites. The measurement firm found traffic to Democratic candidate sites was top heavy, favoring Clinton’s, Obama’s and Edwards’s sites. HillaryClinton.com garnered nearly a third of visits among Democratic candidate sites in May. BarackObama.com attracted almost 28 percent, and JohnEdwards.com… Continue Reading
Committee Report on Continuing Challenge of Building the Iraqi Security Forces
Continuing Challenge of Building the Iraqi Security Forces, Report of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, June 2007 (207 pages, PDF) Continue Reading
New Pew Internet Data Memo on Cyberbullying
Press release: “The Pew Internet & American Life Project has just released a short new report that looks at online harassment and cyberbullying among online teens ages 12-17.The report finds that about one third (32%) of all teenagers who use the internet say they have been targets of a range of annoying and potentially menacing… Continue Reading
BJS Report on Medical Causes of Death in State Prisons, 2001-2004
Press release: “The nation’s state prison officials reported that 12,129 inmates died while in custody from 2001 through 2004, the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. The deaths over this four-year period constituted an annual mortality rate of 250 deaths per 100,000 inmates, which was 19 percent lower than the adult mortality… Continue Reading
BJS Releases Report on Prison and Jail Inmates at Midyear 2006
Press release: “During the 12 months that ended June 30, 2006, the nations prison and jail populations increased by 62,037 inmates (up 2.8 percent), to total 2,245,189 inmates, the Justice Departments Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) reported today. State and federal inmates accounted for 70 percent of the increase. At midyear 2006, two-thirds of the… Continue Reading
Public Interest Group Releases Report on Federal Governments Long-term Planning for a Hurricane on the Gulf Coast
Press release: “Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) released a new report, The Best Laid Plans: The Story of How the Government Ignored Its Own Gulf Coast Hurricane Plans, detailing the Federal Emergency Management Agencys (FEMA) plan to respond to a hurricane of Katrinas magnitude and its subsequent failure to implement that… Continue Reading
FTC Issues Staff Report on Broadband Connectivity Competition Policy
Press release: “The Federal Trade Commissions Internet Access Task Force today issued a report, Broadband Connectivity Competition Policy, which summarizes the Task Forces findings in the area of broadband Internet connectivity and, in particular, so-called network neutrality regulation. Based on these findings, and FTC staffs experience with the operation of myriad markets throughout the economy,… Continue Reading
Judiciary Committee Subpoenas DOJ, White House, VP and National Security Council for Domestic Surveillance Info
Press release: “Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), in consultation with Ranking Member Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), issued subpoenas Wednesday for documents relating to the authorization and legal justification for the Administration’s warrantless wiretapping program. Chairman Leahy issued subpoenas to the Department of Justice, the Office of the White House, the Office of the Vice… Continue Reading
EPA OIG Audit of Environmental Careers Organization Reported Outlays for Five EPA Cooperative Agreements
2007-4-00065 The Environmental Careers Organization Reported Outlays for Five EPA Cooperative Agreements, [Report PDF – 29 pages] [At a Glance PDF] June 25, 2007. Continue Reading
