Legal Resource Guide to the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) 2008 : “This publication is intended to serve as a guide to legal resources, including relevant statutes, regulations, policy documents, and current case law concerning issues the BOP faces today. It provides a general overview of the BOP, its services, and its programs. Statutes, regulations,… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: February 2008
CIA World Factbook 2008
CIA World Factbook 2008 – “Country information has been updated as of 7 February 2008.” Continue Reading
Government Information Online (GIO): Ask a Librarian
“Through Government Information Online (GIO) you can ask government information librarians who are experts at finding information from government agencies of all levels (local, state, regional, national international) on almost any subject from aardvarks to zygomycosis. GIO is a free online information service supported by nearly twenty public, state and academic libraries throughout the United… Continue Reading
House Committee Leaders Unite to Oppose Immunity for Telecoms
Follow up to postings on the domestic surveillance program, from EFF, House Committee Leaders Unite to Oppose Immunity for Telecoms: February 8, 2008 “a formidable trio of House Committee Chairmen sent a stern letter to their colleagues urging them to oppose immunity for phone companies that assisted in the NSA’s warrantless wiretapping program. The White… Continue Reading
Update on Microsoft Bid For Yahoo
Follow up to February 2, 2008 posting Microsoft Proposes Acquisition of Yahoo! for $31 per Share, this news: Microsoft Lawyers Map Out the Bid for Yahoo – Company lines up its case for a new antitrust fight, by Nathan Carlile, Legal Times, February 11, 2008. “By making its offer for Yahoo, antitrust lawyers say, Microsoft… Continue Reading
1.9 million expected to exhaust unemployment insurance benefits by year-end
Long-term unemployment warrants action now and is projected to get worse, by Heidi Shierholz: “The White House has demanded that legislators not extend unemployment benefits as part of the upcoming economic stimulus package, despite the fact that the latest jobs report from the Department of Labor shows that long-term unemployment is already a problem. After… Continue Reading
One person in eight in the EU27 avoids e-shopping because of security concerns
Press release: “In connection with the 5th Safer Internet Day1 on 12 February 2008, Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, presents a selection of statistics concerning internet activities, security concerns and virus attacks. The Safer Internet Day is part of a global drive to promote a safer Internet for all users, in particular… Continue Reading
Move to Paperless Homes May Also Increase Energy Use
New York Times: Pushing Paper Out the Door, by Hannah Fairfield “A paperless world isnt automatically a boon for the environment, though. While these digital toys reduce dependence on one resource, they increase it on another: energy. Some devices are always plugged in, eating electricity even when not in use, and gobbling huge amounts of… Continue Reading
Connecticut Farmers Selling Dairy Fiber Pot Containers
Audubon Naturalist Society: “Gardeners have long wanted pots made of biogradable and renewable materials. And now, at least for seedling pots, this alternative exists: CowPots, invented by two Connecticut dairy farmers, are durable fiber pots made of cow poo. So far, though, these odorless pots are only available to us online.” Continue Reading
Discovery Channel Launches Earth Live Website With Visualization of Global Warming
“You’ve heard about global warming with its subsequent impending ecological disasters, but what’s the real story? By connecting you with scientists in the field, current news and visual representations of data from NOAA and NASA, Earth Live will explore climate change and its consequences. The layers that spin across the globe are gathered over the… Continue Reading
Health Care Reform: CED Releases Harnessing Openness to Transform American Health Care
“The Committee for Economic Development (CED)…released a new report Harnessing Openness to Transform American Health Care (94 pages, PDF) that focuses on how to improve health care by giving people more access to information and making the information more responsive to their contributions. The report touches on the entire production system for health… Continue Reading
Research report on U.S. electrical distribution network power outages
Utility Automation & Engineering T&D: “The Exacter 20,000-Mile Survey shows that failing electrical distribution equipment may be much worse than suggested by the Department of Energys 2003 Study by a factor of nearly 2-to-1, said the president of Exacter Inc., whose company measured failure signatures across more than 20,000 miles of distribution lines in 2007.… Continue Reading
