“The Federal Judicial Center has published an updated monograph on a key civil rights law, Section 1983 of the U.S. Code’s Title 42. The law authorizes lawsuits against state and municipal officials, municipal entities, and even some private parties. Monograph.” Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: July 2008
IPCC Technical Paper on Climate Change and Water
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Technical Paper on Climate Change and Water, June 2008 (214 pages, PDF) “The Technical Paper addresses the issue of freshwater. Sealevel rise is dealt with only insofar as it can lead to impacts on freshwater in coastal areas and beyond. Climate, freshwater, biophysical and socio-economic systems are interconnected in complex… Continue Reading
EPA Agrees to Reopen Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City and HQ Libraries
News release, July 11, 2008 [thanks to Jennifer Eckel]: “American Federation of Government Employees National Council of EPA Local #238 President Charles Orzehoskie today announced that AFGE Council 238 has reached agreement with EPA to reopen its libraries… Orzehoskie went on to note that this agreement must still go through. “Agency Head Review” pursuant to… Continue Reading
DHS OIG: Info Tech Mangement Letter Audits
OIG-08-72 – Information Technology Management Letter for the FY 2007 Transportation Security Administration Balance Sheet Audit (Redacted) New 07/18/2008 OIG-08-50 – Information Technology Management Letter for the FY 2007 Customs Border and Protection Financial Statement Audit (Redacted) New 07/18/2008 Continue Reading
Naturalizations in the United States: 2007
DHS Office of Immigration Statistics: Data on Naturalizations – “Access data on persons who became American citizens in fiscal year 2007 by country of birth, state of residence, and other characteristics.” See also Naturalizations in the United States: 2007 Continue Reading
Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight Working Paper and Note
07/18/2008 OFHEO Working Paper 08-2 Enterprise Credit Default Swaps and Market Discipline: Preliminary Analysis: “Financial regulators are interested in harnessing market information and market discipline to improve the supervision and performance of financial institutions. Recent growth in the market for credit default swaps (CDS), derivative instruments that allow for the trading of credit risk, presents… Continue Reading
WTO Panel Finds Against Chinas Taxation of U.S. Auto Parts
News release: “The WTO, on 18 July 2008, issued the reports of the panel that had examined, respectively, complaints by the European Communities, the United States and Canada regarding China Measures Affecting Imports Of Automobile Parts (DS339, DS340 and DS342).” Related news release: “U.S. Trade Representative Susan C. Schwab announced today that the first… Continue Reading
EIA: Additions to Capacity on the U.S. Natural Gas Pipeline Network: 2007, Wholesale Market Data
Additions to Capacity on the U.S. Natural Gas Pipeline Network: 2007 (07/17/2008): “This report examines new natural gas pipeline capacity added to the U.S. natural gas pipeline system during 2007 and the areas of the country where those additions were concentrated. In addition, it discusses and analyzes proposed natural gas pipeline projects that may be… Continue Reading
Senate Committee Investigation: Oil Industry Behind White House Switch on Global Warming
News release: “An investigation by the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming has found that members of government at the highest levels, including the office of President George W. Bushs Chief of Staff and numerous heads of Cabinet departments, had decided to use the Clean Air Act to regulate global warming emissions not… Continue Reading
Freddie Mac Now SEC Reporting Company
News release: “The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) has voluntarily registered its common stock under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and is now subject to the Act’s periodic and current reporting requirements. By voluntarily becoming a reporting company, Freddie Mac has publicly disclosed, and… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Air Traffic Control, Food Insecurity in Africa, Hurricane Katrina
Air Traffic Control: FAA Uses Earned Value Techniques to Help Manage Information Technology Acquisitions, but Needs to Clarify Policy and Strengthen Oversight, GAO-08-756, July 18, 2008 Food Insecurity Persists in Sub-Saharan Africa despite Efforts to Halve Hunger by 2015, GAO-08-1007R, July 17, 2008 Hurricane Katrina: Trends in the Operating Results of Five Hospitals in New… Continue Reading
Gore Speech: A Generational Challenge to Repower America
CNN: “Gore called on the country to produce all of its electricity from renewable and carbon-free sources in 10 years, a goal he compared to President Kennedy’s challenge for the country to put a man on the moon in the 1960s.” A Generational Challenge to Repower America (as prepared) D.A.R. Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C., July… Continue Reading
