“The Chesapeake Project began as a two-year (2007-2008) pilot digital preservation program established to preserve and ensure permanent access to vital legal information currently available in digital formats on the World Wide Web. The purpose of The Chesapeake Project is to successfully develop and implement a program to stabilize, preserve, and ensure permanent access to… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: May 2008
FTC Seeks Public Comments on a Model Order to Obtain Data for Study of the Effect of Credit-Based Insurance Scores on Consumers of Homeowners Insurance
News release: “The Federal Trade Commission has approved a resolution authorizing the use of compulsory process pursuant to Section 6(b) of the FTC Act and Section 215 of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA). The Commission will use this resolution to issue orders that will require certain insurance companies to produce information for… Continue Reading
Report: U.S. Foreign Policy and Regime Instability
Report: U.S. Foreign Policy and Regime Instability, James Meernik, May 2008 “This Letort Paper examines the relationship between U.S. military ties with foreign states and the extent to which the depth of these ties influences the level of political instability and violence in those states. Many pundits and scholars have criticized U.S. foreign policy for… Continue Reading
63 Million U.S. Adults Mostly or Only Use Wireless Phones
Wireless Substitution: Early Release of Estimates From the National Health Interview Survey, July-December 2007. “Preliminary results from the July-December 2007 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) indicate that nearly one out of every six American homes (15.8%) had only wireless telephones during the second half of 2007. In addition, more than one out of every eight… Continue Reading
Recent CRS Reports: Defense Contracting in Iraq, National Security Council, Japan's Nuclear Future
Via Secrecy News Defense Contracting in Iraq: Issues and Options for Congress, updated May 6, 2008 The National Security Council: An Organizational Assessment, updated April 21, 2008 Homeland Security Department: FY2009 Request for Appropriations, May 6, 2008 Japan’s Nuclear Future: Policy Debate, Prospects, and U.S. Interests, May 9, 2008 Continue Reading
Carnegie Endowment Report: Is a League of Democracies a Good Idea?
Is a League of Democracies a Good Idea? By Thomas Carothers. Policy Brief No. 59, May 2008. “Influential policy experts on both sides of the U.S. political aisle are proposing a League of Democracies as a way for the next administration to restore the credibility of U.S. foreign policy priorities and put democracy promotion efforts… Continue Reading
Online Tool Provides Victims' Rights Law Information
“VictimLaw has been designed as a comprehensive, user-friendly online database of victims rights statutes, tribal laws, constitutional amendments, court rules, administrative code provisions, and case summaries of related court decisions that meets the needs of a wide variety of users with different levels of substantive and technological expertise. VictimLaw also offers brief victims’ rights and… Continue Reading
Oversight Cmte Releases Documents Regarding the Environmental Protection Agency's California Emissions Waiver
“New documents and testimony obtained by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform show that EPA career staff unanimously supported granting Californias request for a waiver to enforce its greenhouse gas emissions standards for cars and trucks. EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson also supported granting the petition, at least in part, until he communicated with the… Continue Reading
Emergency Response Guidebook 2008
“The Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG2008) was developed jointly by the US Department of Transportation, Transport Canada, and the Secretariat of Communications and Transportation of Mexico (SCT) for use by firefighters, police, and other emergency services personnel who may be the first to arrive at the scene of a transportation incident involving a hazardous material. It… Continue Reading
Climate Registry Finalized General Reporting Protocol
“The Climate Registry is a nonprofit partnership developing an accurate, complete, consistent and transparent greenhouse gas emissions measurement protocol that is capable of supporting voluntary and mandatory greenhouse gas emission reporting policies for its Members and Reporters.” It “has finalized its General Reporting Protocol, which gives guidance on how to inventory greenhouse gas emissions for… Continue Reading
UK Times: Shops secretly track customers via mobile phone
Times Online: “Customers in shopping centres are having their every move tracked by a new type of surveillance that listens in on the whisperings of their mobile phones. The technology can tell when people enter a shopping centre, what stores they visit, how long they remain there, and what route they take as they walked… Continue Reading
Pew Study on Internet and Consumer Choice
News release: “The internet plays an important role in how people conduct research for purchases, but it is just one among a variety of sources people use and usually not the key factor in final purchasing decisions. A new study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project tracks the decision-making processes for buying music,… Continue Reading
