April 11, 2008 – District of Columbia v. Heller: The Supreme Court and the Second Amendment – “In Parker v. District of Columbia, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled in a 2-1 decision that provisions of the D.C. Code that prohibit persons from keeping handguns in their home… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: April 2008
Comparing Alternative U.S. Counterterrorism Strategies: Can Assumption-Based Planning Help Elevate the Debate?
Rand Report – Comparing Alternative U.S. Counterterrorism Strategies Can Assumption-Based Planning Help Elevate the Debate? By: Robert J. Lempert, Horacio R. Trujillo, David Aaron, James A. Dewar, Sandra H. Berry, Steven W. Popper. “The United States faces the challenge of countering the terrorism threat. Frequently, both expert decision makers and lay citizens have trouble assessing… Continue Reading
Earth Day, April 22, 2008
EPA: “On April 22, 1970, 20 million people across America celebrated the first Earth Day. It was a time when cities were buried under their own smog and polluted rivers caught fire. Now Earth Day is celebrated annually around the globe. Through the combined efforts of the U.S. government, grassroots organizations, and citizens like you,… Continue Reading
Economic and Housing Rescue Legislation Introduced in the House
News release: “In response to the nationwide economic downturn caused by the housing and credit crisis, members of the House Financial Services Committee today introduced legislation to combat the unprecedented rise in foreclosures, and the associated impact on cities and states. The legislation first announced by Chairman Barney Frank in March, will be divided into… Continue Reading
Freedom of the Cyber Seas – U.S. Cybersecurity Policy
Freedom of the Cyber Seas – “How lessons from the U.S. government’s response to pirates in the early 1800s can help the next president of the United States improve information security,” Aaron Turner & Michael Assante, April 10, 2008. “In modern times, the nearly ubiquitous availability of powerful computing systems, along with the proliferation of… Continue Reading
Households using the Internet in and outside the home, by selected characteristics
National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA): Households using the Internet in and outside the home, by selected characteristics: Total, Urban, Rural, Principal City, October 2007 Continue Reading
Census Bureau – 2008 Elections
News release, 2008 Elections: “A look at the population, selected characteristics and 2004 voting percentage of each state as it approaches its 2008 primary or caucus.” Continue Reading
Nalgene to Phase Out Production of Consumer Bottles Containing BPA
Follow up to April 15, 2008 posting, National Toxicology Program Draft Brief on Bisphenol A…”Bisphenol A can migrate into food from food and beverage containers with internal epoxy resin coatings and from consumer products made of polycarbonate plastic such as baby bottles, tableware, food containers, and water bottles…” – this news release, April 18, 2008:… Continue Reading
Wireless Recycling Guide
ReCellular: “You can make a difference with cell phone recycling. Help our environment and the planet. Help a charity and a person in need. Hundreds of millions of used cell phones are taken out of service each year around the world as new innovations reach the marketplace. One in three Americans will replace their cell… Continue Reading
Google News Adds New Quotes Feature
Google News Blog: “As part of Google’s mission to organize the world’s information, we’ve been hard at work making quotations in news articles easy to search and browse. You can now more easily keep track of what your favorite politician, actor or sports star is saying. You can even search within their quotes for specific… Continue Reading
CIA Proposed Rule Modifying Freedom of Information Act Procedures
“Consistent with the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), as amended by the Openness Promotes Effectiveness in our National Government Act of 2007, and Executive Order 13392, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has undertaken and completed a review of its public FOIA regulations that govern certain aspects of its processing of FOIA requests. As a result… Continue Reading
CBO: The Cyclically Adjusted and Standardized Budget Measures
The Cyclically Adjusted and Standardized Budget Measures, April 2008 “The size of the budget deficit is influenced by temporary factors, such as the effects of the business cycle or onetime shifts in the timing of federal tax receipts and spending, and by the longer-lasting impact of such factors as tax and spending legislation, changes in… Continue Reading
