Potential F-22 Raptor Export to Japan, Updated July 2, 2007 Iraq: Government Formation and Benchmarks, Updated June 27, 2007 Iran: U.S. Concerns and Policy Responses, Updated June 27, 2007 Iraq: Oil and Gas Legislation, Revenue Sharing, and U.S. Policy, June 26, 2007 India-U.S.Relations, Updated June 26, 2007 Trafficking in Persons: U.S. Policy and Issues for… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: July 2007
Vacancy Report Finds Homeland Security and Continuity of Government at Risk
Press release: “Today, Congressman Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, identified in a staff report that nearly one quarter of the senior leadership positions located in the Department of Homeland Security are vacant. The overall senior leadership vacancies, termed executive resources, total 24%, and refer to positions in the highest… Continue Reading
New Think Tank Report Questions Government Calls for Less Regulation of RFID Technology
Press release: “Imposing new regulations on RFID technology is premature, according to Playing Tag: An RFID Primer, a new report released today by the Pacific Research Institute (PRI), a California-based free-market think tank. A relatively new technology like RFID tends to spark fear in people, but fear should not drive government regulation, said K. Lloyd… Continue Reading
Newsweek Interview: Supreme Court Justice Kennedy
Justice Anthony Kennedy on the Court- In an exclusive interview, Justice Kennedy discusses life, center stage, by Stuart Taylor Jr. and Evan Thomas: ” In 19 cases during the past year, the Supreme Court split down the middle along ideological lines. The court’s four conservativesChief Justice John Roberts Jr. and Justices Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas… Continue Reading
Administrator of 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund to Administer Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund Distributions
Press release: “Virginia Tech President Charles Steger has asked Kenneth R. Feinberg, who served as “Special Master of the federal September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001,” to administer distributions of the university Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund (HSMF)…The Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund was established through generous contributions from Southwest Virginians and thoughtful citizens from across… Continue Reading
Nixon Presidential Library Undergoes Major Renovations and Changes
latimes.cm: Nixon library’s changes start with Watergate – Its director is guiding its transformation from private facility to part of the federal system. First step is to broaden the story of the scandal: “”I can’t run a shrine,” says the man who ordered the demolition, Timothy Naftali, 45. Named last year as the library’s first… Continue Reading
Intellectual Property Management in Health and Agricultural Innovation
Intellectual Property Management in Health and Agricultural Innovation: A free resource from MIHR and PIPRA. [thanks to Warren Leary] From Pipra’s Blog: “Lita Nelsen, head of technology transfer for MIT and one of the editors of the two volume reference book, describes it as “the How-To manual for using the tool of IP.” It is… Continue Reading
Consumer Reports Reviews Fee-Based Credit Report Services
‘Free’ Credit Report Sites: Worth the Real Costs? Review of 24 Sites Shows Potential for Consumer Confusion, Unnecessary Services (35 pages, PDF): “This report examines Web sites that offer consumers paid access to their credit reports in combination with credit scores, credit monitoring, and/or identity theft insurance. These sites are alternatives to annualcreditreport.com, created as… Continue Reading
European Commission Opens Inquiry into Google/DoubleClick Merger
Follow up to the Google DoubleClick Merger In the News, from EPIC: The European Commission Directorate on Competition will review Google’s $3.1 billion merger with internet advertising company DoubleClick. The news comes a few days after European consumer group BEUC sent a letter (pdf) urging Commission to investigate the merger. The Article 29 Data Protection… Continue Reading
Labor Dept. Releases Latest Jobs Report
“The U.S. Department of Labors Bureau of Labor Statistics announced the creation of 132,000 net new jobs in June, while the nations unemployment rate held steady at 4.5%. June marks the 46th month in a row of job growth, and since August 2003, more than 8.2 million jobs have been created.” Read the Secretary’s statement.… Continue Reading
German Parliament Passes New Copyright Act
“On Thursday [July 5, 2007], a majority of the members of the Bundestag from the governing grand coalition and the FDP voted in favor of the government’s controversial proposal (PDF file) for a second version of the country’s Copyright Act for the Information Society, which includes the amendments proposed by the parliament’s legal committee. [via… Continue Reading
DHS OIG Review of Federal Assistance Provided to Allen County, Indiana Individuals and Households After Flooding
Review of Federal Assistance Provided to Allen County, Indiana Individuals and Households After Flooding in 2003, OIG-07-52 (PDF, 4 pages) Continue Reading
