US Courts, September 27, 2007 Citing the Judiciary view that camera coverage can undermine the fundamental right of citizens to a fair and impartial trial, a representative of the Judicial Conference of the United States testified today against H.R. 2128, the Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2007. The bill was the topic of a House Judiciary Committee hearing, at which Judge John R. Tunheim, the chair of the Judicial Conference Committee on Court Administration and Case Management, testified. Judge Tunheim is a U.S. district court judge from the District of Minnesota.”
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Daily Archives: September 27, 2007
Fast Facts & Figures About Social Security, 2007
Social Security Administration Office of Policy: Fast Facts & Figures About Social Security, 2007 (released September 2007) Continue Reading
New GAO Reports – Border Security, Ex-Im Bank, Homeland Security, Homeless Veterans
Border Security: Security Vulnerabilities at Unmanned and Unmonitored U.S. Border Locations, GAO-07-884T, September 27, 2007 Ex-Im Bank: The U.S. Export-Import Bank’s Financing of Dual-Use Exports, GAO-07-1234R, September 27, 2007 Homeland Security: Preliminary Information on Federal Actions to Address Challenges Faced by State and Local Information Fusion Centers, GAO-07-1241T, September 27, 2007 Homeless Veterans Programs: Bed… Continue Reading
DHS OIG Report on 1-800-MEDICARE
1-800-MEDICARE: Caller Satisfaction and Experiences (OEI-07-06-00530), September 27, 2007 (30 pages, PDF) Continue Reading
Incident Reports Fault Blackwater in Fallujah Ambush
Press release: “On February 7, 2007, the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a hearing to initiate an investigation into the performance and accountability of private military contractors in Iraq. The hearing included the examination of one prominent case study: a pivotal event of the Iraq War in which four Blackwater USA security contractors… Continue Reading
DOJ OIP Summaries of New FOIA Decisions — June 2007
DOJ Office of Information and Privacy, Privacy Summaries of New Decisions — June 2007: “Set out below are summaries of the court decisions that were received by OIP during the month of June 2007.” Continue Reading
New First Amendment Center Report – The FCC's Regulation of Indecency
Press release: “A new First Report from the First Amendment Center examines the Federal Communications Commission’s efforts to regulate indecency on the air. The FCC’s Regulation of Indecency (115 pages, PDF), by Lili Levi, a law professor at the University of Miami School of Law, analyzes crucial cases involving broadcasts of speech or images deemed… Continue Reading
EPA Report: Smog Thinner, Skies Healthier over Eastern U.S.
Press release: “Smog-forming emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) from power plants and industry have declined significantly in 19 eastern states and the District of Columbia. The NOx Budget Trading Program (NBP) annual report, released today, indicates that summertime NOx emissions were seven percent lower than in 2005, 60 percent lower than in 2000 and 74… Continue Reading
Hearing on Google-DoubleClick Merger
9/27/2007 Senate Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, An Examination of the Google-DoubleClick Merger and the Online Advertising Industry: What Are the Risks for Competition and Privacy? Link to hearing witness statements Related postings on Google-DoubleClick Merger Hahn, Robert W. and Singer, Hal J., An Antitrust Analysis of Google’s Proposed Acquisition… Continue Reading
EAC Releases 2006 Military and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Report
“The United States Election Assistance Commission (EAC) [September 26, 2007] released its 2006 Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA) Report, a collection of data from the states about UOCAVA voting. The survey was released at todays Facilitating the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act conference. The report and other materials from the… Continue Reading
A Cyberinfrastructure Primer for Librarians
Cyberinfrastructure, Data, and Libraries, Part 1 – A Cyberinfrastructure Primer for Librarians, by Anna Gold, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, D-Lib Magazine, September/October 2007, Volume 13 Number 9/10. “The following two-part article is offered to help open up the discussion with library practitioners working directly with research faculty and graduate students, advising on issues of scholarly… Continue Reading
Nuclear Threat Initiative Report on Securing Nuclear Weapons
Press release: “Securing the Bomb 2007, commissioned by the Nuclear Threat Initiative, finds a dangerous gap in efforts to thwart nuclear terrorism and calls for urgent global campaign to reduce the risk. The report provides a comprehensive assessment of efforts to secure and remove vulnerable nuclear stockpiles around the world and a detailed action plan… Continue Reading
