“A new Institute of Medicine report, Knowing What Works in Health Care: A Roadmap for the Nation, provides a blueprint for a national program to assess the effectiveness of clinical services and to provide credible, unbiased information about what really works in health care. The report recommends that Congress direct the U.S. Department of Health… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: January 2008
DOJ Summaries of New FOIA Decisions — December 2007
“As announced previously by Office of Information and Privacy, we are now posting up-to-date summaries of new court decisions. To facilitate their review, the cases are broken down by FOIA Exemption or procedural element and internal citations and quotations have been omitted. OIP provides these case summaries as a public service; due to their nature… Continue Reading
FCC Requires Television Broadcasters to Provide More Local Programming Information to the Public
Press release: “The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today adopted a Report and Order (Order) which requires television broadcasters to provide more information on the local programming they are broadcasting and facilitate the publics access to that information. The Commission is committed to establishing and maintaining a system of local broadcasting that is responsive to the… Continue Reading
WSJ.com to Remain Paid Subscription
WSJ: “The Wall Street Journal’s Web site, WSJ.com, will keep a significant portion of its content behind its paid-subscription wall, News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch said Thursday.” Continue Reading
Coalition for Patient Privacy: Resources for Consumers
Coalition for Patient Privacy: “Our mission is to ensure that Americans control all access to their health records.” “National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics report, Enhanced Protections for Uses of Health Data: A Stewardship Framework for ‘Secondary Uses’ of Electronically Collected and Transmitted Health Data. The report recommends that Americans have NO control over… Continue Reading
UN Report: The State of the Worlds Children 2008
“The State of the Worlds Children 2008 assesses the state of child survival and primary health care for mothers, newborns and children today. These issues serve as sensitive barometers of a countrys development and wellbeing and as evidence of its priorities and values. Investing in the health of children and their mothers is a human… Continue Reading
Privacy Impact Assessment for the Use of Radio Frequency Identification Technology for Border Crossings
DHS: Privacy Impact Assessment for the Use of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Technology for Border Crossings, January 22, 2008. “U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) employs Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Technology that is to be used in cross border travel documents to facilitate the land border primary inspection process. A unique number is embedded in… Continue Reading
DHS News Release: Trends in Naturalization Rates
Trends in Naturalization Rates (PDF, 2 pages): “This report examines the trends in naturalization rates of different cohorts and regions of birth.” Continue Reading
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Reviewing the XO $100 Laptop, by Conrad J. Jacoby Social Networks for Law Librarians and Law Libraries, or How We Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Friending, by Debbie Ginsberg and Meg Kribble FOIA Facts: The Impact of the OPEN Government Act of 2007, by Scott A. Hodes Criminal Resources: Criminal Defense Investigation, by Ken… Continue Reading
World Economic Forum Report Ranks Islam and West Relations
Press release: “The World Economic Forum, in collaboration with Georgetown University, launched today the Islam and the West: Annual Report on the State of Dialogue. This first of its kind report is a systematic and thorough overview of how Muslim and Western societies perceive and relate to each other at the political, social, economic and… Continue Reading
Executive Order Concerning Foreign Investment in the United States
Executive Order: Further Amendment of Executive Order 11858 Concerning Foreign Investment in the United States, January 24, 2008: “Section 1. Policy. International investment in the United States promotes economic growth, productivity, competitiveness, and job creation. It is the policy of the United States to support unequivocally such investment, consistent with the protection of the national… Continue Reading
DOJ OIG Testimony on Justice's Forensic Grant Programs
Statement of Glenn A. Fine, Inspector General, U.S. Department of Justice before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary concerning Oversight of the Department of Justices Forensic Grant Programs, January 23, 2008. See also DOJ OIG Report on Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Continue Reading
