Am Law 200 Managing Partners Issue Fog Advisory for 2008, David Bario, The American Lawyer, 12-03-2007 [note: free registration required to read the links that follow): “Each fall, when this magazine surveys the leaders of The Am Law 200 about the state of their firms, the responses are awash in sunny optimism — at least, they have been until now. This year, for the first time since we began polling them in 2003, a substantial number of firm leaders admit to being uneasy about the future. More than a quarter reported that they were uncertain about their firm’s prospects next year, and a few said they felt downright pessimistic.”
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Daily Archives: December 2, 2007
IRS Statistics of Income Bulletin – Fall 2007
IRS Fall 2007 Statistics of Income Bulletin: “Seven articles from the fall 2007 issue of the Statistics of Income Bulletin (IRS Publication 1136) are now available. The articles present individual income tax data for Tax Year 2005; partnership data for Tax Year 2005; tax-exempt governmental and private activity bond data for Calendar Year 2005; private… Continue Reading
World Economic Forum Announced 39 Visionary Companies as Technology Pioneers 2008
Press release: “World Economic Forum today announced 39 visionary companies selected as Technology Pioneers 2008. The companies products and services include identity management on the Internet, understanding of individuals genetic information, robotic radiosurgery, pollution control materials, low-cost remote diagnosis solutions, virtual interface technologies, wiki-based projects and next generation business intelligence solutions. Twenty-three of the Technology… Continue Reading
CBO Report – Modernizing the Army's Rotary-Wing Aviation Fleet
A CBO Paper: Modernizing the Army’s Rotary-Wing Aviation Fleet, November 2007 (39 pages, PDF). “The United States Armys rotary-wing aviation fleet numbers about 3,500 aircraft, including utility, cargo, attack, and reconnaissance helicopters. Between now and 2030, the Army is planning to modernize the fleet to sustain and improve its capabilities, a task the Congressional Budget… Continue Reading
BJS Report – Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2007
Press release: “Violent and property crime rates at the nations schools during 2005 57 such crimes per 1,000 students age 12 or older were statistically unchanged from the 2004 rate of 55 victimizations per 1,000 students, according to a new report by the Justice Departments Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) and the Department… Continue Reading
Index of DOJ Legal Opinions 1998-2007 Posted Online
The website GovernmentAttic.org has posted a complete index of DOJ Legal Counsel Opinions from 1998 through the present here. Continue Reading
Journalists in Iraq – A Survey of Reporters on the Front Lines
Project for Excellence in Journalism: “After four years of war in Iraq, the journalists reporting from that country give their coverage a mixed but generally positive assessment, but they believe they have done a better job of covering the American military and the insurgency than they have the lives of ordinary Iraqis. And they do… Continue Reading
Pretrial Release of Felony Defendants in State Courts
Bureau of Justice Statistics: “Presents findings on the pretrial release phase of the criminal justice process using data collected from a representative sample of felony cases filed in the 75 largest U.S. counties in May during even-numbered years from 1990 to 2004. It includes trends on pretrial release rates and the types of release used.… Continue Reading
Draft Report of the Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control
Library of Congress: The period for public comment on the report is open until December 15, 2007. Comments can be submitted via the Web site at http://www.loc.gov/bibliographic-future/contact/. Electronic submission of comments is encouraged. View Letter from the Working Group November 30, 2007 Read Draft Final Report of the Working Group Continue Reading
"Arab Americans and the Middle East Policy in the 2008 U.S. Elections"
Dr. James Zogby, President of the Arab American Institute, at the Washington Foreign Press Center Briefing on “Arab Americans and the Middle East Policy in the 2008 U.S. Elections,” Thursday, November 29, 2007 – Transcript. Related State Department links on Role of Minority Groups in the 2008 Elections Continue Reading
Riddick's Senate Procedure – Searchable Online
GPO Access: “Named after Senate Parliamentarian Emeritus Floyd M. Riddick, this Senate document contains the contemporary precedents and practices of the Senate. An appendix contains suggested forms for various procedures, e.g., offering motions or filing conference reports. It is updated periodically by the Senate Parliamentarian. More than one thousand precedents have been researched, analyzed, and… Continue Reading
Awareness of Security Freeze Legislation and Use of Security Freezes by Consumers Age 18+
Awareness of Security Freeze Legislation and Use of Security Freezes by Consumers Age 18+ Research Report, Jennifer H. Sauer, M.A., AARP Knowledge Management, Neal Walters, AARP Public Policy Institute, November 2007 “All but eleven states have enacted Security Freeze laws designed to protect consumers from identity theft. These laws give consumers the right to block… Continue Reading
