“The Human Development Report 2007/2008 shows that climate change is not just a future scenario. Increased exposure to droughts, floods and storms is already destroying opportunity and reinforcing inequality. Meanwhile, there is now overwhelming scientific evidence that the world is moving towards the point at which irreversible ecological catastrophe becomes unavoidable. Business-as-usual climate change points… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: November 2007
Report – The Search is On: State CIO Starting Points for E-Discovery
National Association of State Chief Information Officers – The Search Is On: State CIO Starting Points for E-Discovery November 2007: “In its September 2007 Issue Brief entitled Seek and Ye Shall Find? State CIOs Must Prepare Now for E-Discovery!, NASCIO raised the importance of State CIO involvement in e-discovery and the need for collaborative state… Continue Reading
International Tracing Service opens archives to public
Follow up to March 27, 2007 posting Opening up of the Bad Arolsen Holocaust Archives in Germany, this news: Press release: “After more than 60 years the archives of the International Tracing Service have become accessible to the public. Historical researchers and other interested people can now examine archives and documents from the Second World… Continue Reading
EPA Releases First Round of Data from its Lower Manhattan Test and Clean Program on Web
Press release: “Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the first round of sampling results from its Lower Manhattan Test and Clean program, established to identify the possible presence of contaminants associated with the collapse of the World Trade Center buildings. EPA has posted this round of data on its Web site. The Agency… Continue Reading
Sixth Edition of Greenpeace International's Guide to Greener Electronics
Press release: “The sixth edition of Greenpeace Internationals Guide to Greener Electronics has been expanded to include televisions and game consoles.(1) Market leaders Microsoft, Nintendo, Philips and Sharp enter at the bottom of the ranking of environmental performance with Nintendo being the first company scoring zero out of a possible 10 points. Philips and Microsoft… Continue Reading
Google Announces Corporate Initative for Renewable Energy
Press release: “Google today announced a new strategic initiative to develop electricity from renewable energy sources that will be cheaper than electricity produced from coal. The newly created initiative, known as RE/C [Renewable Energy Cheaper than Coal], will focus initially on advanced solar thermal power, wind power technologies, enhanced geothermal systems and other potential breakthrough… Continue Reading
Universal Digital Library Completes 1.5 Million Book Digitization Milestone
News.com: “The Universal Digital Library, a book-scanning project backed by several major libraries across the globe, has completed the digitization of 1.5 million books and on Tuesday made them free and publically available. The online library offers full text downloads of works that are in the public domain, or for which the copyright holder has… Continue Reading
New Privacy Rules Imminent, Another Privacy Change Contemplated
US Courts: “New rules providing privacy protection for case files posted online in the federal district, bankruptcy and appellate courts are scheduled to take effect December 1, 2007. Some of the rules represent a change in Judicial Conference policy. Meanwhile, a Judicial Conference committee is studying a related privacy issue: Whether courts should restrict Internet… Continue Reading
Verizon Wireless Announces Plans to Open Network
Verizon press release: “Verizon Wireless today announced that it will provide customers the option to use, on its nationwide wireless network, wireless devices, software and applications not offered by the company. Verizon Wireless plans to have this new choice available to customers throughout the country by the end of 2008.” Center for Democracy and Technology:… Continue Reading
A Decade of Change in the Federal Courts Caseload: Fiscal Years 1997-2006
US Courts: “Supreme Court decisions, shifting Administration priorities, new legislation, and numerous other factors caused the composition of the federal courts caseload to change over the past decade. Between September 30, 1997 and September 30, 2006, appeals court filings steadily climbed, district court caseloads fluctuated, and bankruptcy filings hit a record high before tumbling following… Continue Reading
FTC Releases Survey of Identity Theft in the U.S. Study Shows 8.3 Million Victims in 2005
Press release: “The Federal Trade Commission today released a survey showing that 8.3 million American adults, or 3.7 percent of all American adults, were victims of identity theft in 2005. Of the victims, 3.2 million, or 1.4 percent of all adults, experienced misuse of their existing credit card accounts; 3.3 million, or 1.5 percent, experienced… Continue Reading
Joint Understanding Between Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas
Joint Understanding Read by President Bush at Annapolis Conference, November 27, 2007. Continue Reading
