Press release: “Forty-seven percent of internet users have searched for their own name online, but few monitor their online presence with great regularity. Fifty-three percent of internet users have searched online for information about personal and business contacts. These findings represent a significant change from when the Pew Internet Project first reported on this activity in 2002, at which time 22% of internet users had searched online for their own name.”
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Daily Archives: December 16, 2007
Sexual Victimization in State and Federal Prisons Reported by Inmates, 2007
Sexual Victimization in State and Federal Prisons Reported by Inmates, 2007, 12/16/07: “4.5 percent of inmates report sexual victimization in the Nation’s State and Federal prisons.” The report, Sexual Victimization in State and Federal Prisons Reported by Inmates, 2007 (NCJ-219414) was written by BJS statisticians Allen J. Beck and Paige M. Harrison. Continue Reading
International and Foreign Legal Research: A Coursebook
International and Foreign Legal Research: A Coursebook, by Marci Hoffman Associate Director, International & Foreign Law Librarian, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law Library and Mary Rumsey, Foreign, Comparative & International Law Librarian, University of Minnesota Law School Library, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Leiden / Boston (2007). Select individual chapters to see a detailed table… Continue Reading
U.S. Geological Survey Toxic Substances Hydrology Program
“The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Toxic Substances Hydrology (Toxics) Program was initiated in 1982 to provide objective and reliable scientific information needed to develop policies and practices that help avoid exposure to toxic substances, mitigate environmental deterioration from contaminants, provide cost-effective cleanup and waste-disposal strategies, and reduce future risk of contamination. Contamination of surface water,… Continue Reading
HHS OIG Reports Record $43 Billion in Savings and Recoveries
Press release: “The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) Semiannual Report to Congress reported total fiscal year (FY) 2007 savings and expected recoveries of $43 billion; $5 billion more than last year and more than double the savings and recoveries of just five years ago. OIGs FY 2007 $43.08… Continue Reading
Political Bloggers at Newspaper Sites in Drivers Seat for 2008 Campaign Coverage
Editor and Publisher: “Yet it remains something newspapers are embracing as the 2008 presidential campaign hits its stride and the primaries loom. Campaign blogs were once left to partisans and non-journalists; now, along with the L.A. Times, at least five other daily papers have assigned to political blogs full-time reporters who post and edit items… Continue Reading
Google and Microsoft Battle Over Future of Desktop and Web
New York Times: Google Gets Ready to Rumble With Microsoft – “The growing confrontation between Google and Microsoft promises to be an epic business battle. It is likely to shape the prosperity and progress of both companies, and also inform how consumers and corporations work, shop, communicate and go about their digital lives. Google sees… Continue Reading
UN Breakthrough on Climate Change Reached in Bali
Press release: (Bali, 15 December 2007) Climate Change Conference in Bali – “The Conference, hosted by the Government of Indonesia, took place at the Bali International Convention Centre and brought together more than 10,000 participants, including representatives of over 180 countries together with observers from intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations and the media. The two… Continue Reading
Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom Casualty Report
Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom Fatalities As of December 14, 2007, 10 a.m. EST. Continue Reading
Tenth Anniversary of Blogging, December 17, 2007
Via Wired: Top 10 Tips for New Bloggers From Original Blogger Jorn Barger: “Jorn Barger of Robot Wisdom coined the term “weblog” Dec. 17, 1997 — 10 years ago Monday — to describe the daily list of links that “logged” his travels across the web. In the decade hence, Barger feels that he’s gained some… Continue Reading
Forthcoming Article: Whistleblowers and Qui Tam for Tax
Ventry, Dennis J., Whistleblowers and Qui Tam for Tax. Tax Lawyer, Forthcoming Available via SSRN. “This Article examines the underexplored IRS whistleblower program, which Congress revamped in December 2006 by, among other things, significantly expanding the size of rewards paid to informants. Increased monetary incentives for exposing tax cheats align private citizens on the side… Continue Reading
