Architecture Principles for The U.S. Government FCW.com: “The Office of Management and Budget and the CIO Council released today a new framework that underpins many of the Bush administrations core management tenets. The Architecture Principles for the U.S. Government defines what is important to the administration, said Karen Evans, OMBs administrator for e-government and information… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: August 2007
FLARE: Foreign Law Research
Foreign Law Research: “FLARE is a collaboration between the major libraries collecting law in the United Kingdom: Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Bodleian Law Library, Squire Law Library, British Library, and School of Oriental and African Studies. It is working to improve the coverage and accessibility of foreign legal materials at the national level and… Continue Reading
Current Awareness Search Engine Indexes 1,400 RSS Feeds on Library Related Topics
“LibWorm Beta is intended to be a search engine, a professional development tool, and a current awareness tool for people who work in libraries or care about libraries. LibWorm collects updates from about 1400 RSS feeds (and growing). The contents of these feeds are then available for searching, and search results can themselves be output… Continue Reading
Medical RSS Filter Engine Offers Over 4000 Authoritative RSS Feeds
“MedWorm is a medical RSS feed provider as well as a search engine built on data collected from RSS feeds…MedWorm collects updates from over 4000 authoritative data sources (growing each day) via RSS feeds. From the data collected, MedWorm provides new outgoing RSS feeds on various medical categories that you can subscribe to, via the… Continue Reading
Lawyers Without Borders Seeks Book Donations
“Lawyers Without Borders (LWOB), an organization that coordinates volunteer lawyers with nonprofit groups, rule of law initiatives, and other human rights work, is seeking donations of law books for courts and lawyers in Albania and Liberia. The law library of the Supreme Court of Albania in the capital of Tirana, which is accessed by judges,… Continue Reading
Resource for Congressional Research Service Reports
Congressional Research Service reports on current agricultural and food law and policy issues are online courtesy of the The National Agricultural Law Center, here. The National Agricultural Law Center has several hundred reports for users to read, accessible via a Subject Index, on topics that include: Animal Agriculture, Biotechnology, Budget and Appropriations, Commodities and Programs,… Continue Reading
Presidential Candidates' Contact Information
Foreign Press Centers, 2008 Presidential Primary Contacts: Republican Candidates and Democractic Candidates – for each candidate, includes name, info, telephone, website and media contact information. (2 pages, PDF) Continue Reading
Government Maintained Terrorist Screening Database Privacy Controversy
Washington Post: Terror Suspect List Yields Few Arrests – 20,000 Detentions in ’06 Rile Critics: “The government’s terrorist screening database flagged Americans and foreigners as suspected terrorists almost 20,000 times last year. But only a small fraction of those questioned were arrested or denied entry into the United States, raising concerns among critics about privacy… Continue Reading
National Wildlife Federation Hurricane Katrina Anniversary Report Card
National Wildlife Federation Hurricane Katrina Anniversary Report Card: “Two years after Hurricane Katrina much has become clear. We know that the devastation in New Orleans and surrounding areas was less a natural than a man-made disaster. Katrinas surge into New Orleans was the direct result of poorly constructed levees, an ill-conceived navigation channel, and the… Continue Reading
U.S. Supreme Court Coloring and Activity Book
“About the Book – “Have fun and learn about the Supreme Court! It’s a coloring book with a surprising educational twist. This 32-page coloring book features expertly rendered illustrations depicting significant Supreme Court Justices of the United States to color in–including all current sitting Justices. The U.S. Supreme Court Coloring and Activity Book is perfect… Continue Reading
Agencies Release Revised Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering Examination Manual
Press release: “The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) today released the revised Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering (BSA/AML) Examination Manual (405 pages, PDF). The revised manual reflects the ongoing commitment of the federal and state banking agencies and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) to provide current and consistent guidance on risk-based policies, procedures, and… Continue Reading
Free, Full-text Searchable Database of Supreme Court and Federal Appellate Case Reports
AltLaw Beta: “The law is meant to belong to the people, but it can be surprisingly hard to find. Case reports, a major part of the laws of the United States, are hard to get at, and even when on the Internet, rarely searchable. To get full access you generally need either a library of… Continue Reading
