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Daily Archives: March 27, 2008

Departments of State and Homeland Security Announce WHTI Land and Sea Final Rule

“The Department of State and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced today the final rule for the land and sea portion of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI), a core 9/11 Commission recommendation. The WHTI final rule requires travelers to present a passport or other approved secure document denoting citizenship and identity for all land and sea travel into the United States. WHTI establishes document requirements for travelers entering the United States who were previously exempt, including citizens of the U.S., Canada and Bermuda. These document requirements will be effective June 1, 2009…In addition to the release of the WHTI final rule, DHS is officially designating the Washington State Enhanced Driver’s License (EDL) a WHTI-compliant document. As of March 24, Washington State had already scheduled more than 18,600 appointments for EDL interviews and issued more than 6,400 EDLs.”

  • WHTI Land and Sea Final Rule (PDF, 151 pages)
  • Washington State’s Enhanced Drivers License Notice (PDF, 6 pages)
  • DOJ OIG: Implementation of the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Audit Report

    Implementation of the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Audit Report 08-20, March 2008. Redacted for public release. “Criminal organizations and individuals frequently use the telecommunication systems of the United States to further serious crimes, including terrorism, kidnapping, extortion, organized crime, drug trafficking, and public corruption. One of the… Continue Reading

    NPR: San Francisco Plastic Bag Ban Interests Other Cities

    San Francisco Plastic Bag Ban Interests Other Cities, by David Gorn: “In San Francisco, the age-old question “Paper or plastic?” was answered one year ago this week. The city banned hard-to-recycle plastic bags in grocery stores, and so far, that translates into 5 million fewer plastic bags every month. Now, other cities are considering similar… Continue Reading

    GPO: Authenticated Public and Private Laws

    GPO is pleased to announce the release of Authenticated Public and Private Laws for the 110th Congress on GPO Access: “Public and private laws are prepared and published by the Office of the Federal Register (OFR), National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). GPO Access contains the text of public and private laws enacted from the… Continue Reading

    FTC Announces Settlement of Action Against Data Brokers Reed Elsevier and Seisint for Failing to Provide Adequate Security for Consumers' Data

    News release: “In the FTC’s action against data brokers Reed Elsevier (REI) and Seisint, the complaint alleges that REI – through its LexisNexis data broker business – and Seisint collect and store in databases information about millions of consumers, including names, current and prior addresses, dates of birth, drivers license numbers and Social Security numbers.… Continue Reading

    HIV/AIDS in the United States

    HIV/AIDS in the United States, March 2008: “At the end of 2003, an estimated 1,039,000 to 1,185,000 persons in the United States were living with HIV/AIDS. In 2006, 35,314 new cases of HIV/AIDS in adults, adolescents, and children were diagnosed in the 33 states with long-term, confidential name-based HIV reporting [2]. New HIV/AIDS diagnoses tell… Continue Reading

    Report to Congress Lays out Plans to Rebuild Physical Collections, Staff Libraries, and Continue to Work with Stakeholders on Future Digitization Plan

    News release: “The Special Libraries Association (SLA) today met with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officials to review the agency’s report to the U.S. Congress on the future direction of its library network. The report, EPA National Library Network Report to Congress (March 26, 2008), explains the steps EPA intends to take to reopen libraries… Continue Reading

    DOE OIG Special Report: Unclassified Foreign Visits and Assignments Program

    The Department’s Unclassified Foreign Visits and Assignments Program, March 2008: “The Department of Energy’s national laboratories and various Federal officials interact with thousands of foreign national visitors and assignees every year. Visits and assignments are for a variety of purposes, including research collaborations and access to scientific user facilities. While the Department reports that these… Continue Reading

    Hudson Institute Economic Report

    Hudson Institute Economic Report (updated bi-weekly and the first Friday of every month), March 14, 2008. “Americans received surprisingly favorable data on inflation this week with news that consumer prices were flat in February. Nevertheless, markets fell due to the financial difficulties of Bear Stearns, the ongoing credit crunch, and the declining dollar, which is… Continue Reading

    Manuals for Courts-Martial, 2008

    “Two major authorities govern the U.S. military justice system, the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) and the Manual for Courts-Martial (MCM). Rather than published in revised editions, corrections and changes to early courts-martial manuals —independently prepared by the Army and Navy — were often printed as separate bulletins or announced in periodical literature. Officers… Continue Reading

    State Estimates of Substance Use from the 2005–2006 National Surveys on Drug Use

    State Estimates of Substance Use from the 2005–2006 National Surveys on Drug Use, Arthur Hughes, Neeraja Sathe, Kathryn Spagnola. DEPARTMENT OF Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Office of Applied Studies, February 2008. “This report presents State estimates for 23 measures of substance use or mental health problems based on… Continue Reading