DOJ OIG: Report of Investigation Regarding Allegations of Mishandling of Classified Documents by Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, September 2, 2008. “In sum, our investigation concluded that Gonzales mishandled classified materials regarding two highly sensitive compartmented programs. We found that Gonzales took his classified handwritten notes home and stored them there for an indeterminate period of… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: September 2008
New GAO Reports: 2010 Census, Drug-Free Communities Support Program
2010 Census: Census Bureau’s Decision to Continue with Handheld Computers for Address Canvassing Makes Planning and Testing Critical, GAO-08-936, July 31, 2008 Drug-Free Communities Support Program: Stronger Internal Controls and Other Actions Needed to Better Manage the Grant-Making Process, GAO-08-57, July 31, 2008 Continue Reading
Google's New Chrome Browser – A Work in Progress
Follow up to September 1, 2008 posting, Google Launches New Beta Browser for Windows, Google Redefines Web Browser – Chrome Offers New Way To Surf Net, as Microsoft Beefs Up Internet Explorer, by Walter S. Mossberg, WSJ: “Chrome is a smart, innovative browser that, in many common scenarios, will make using the Web faster, easier… Continue Reading
Federal Reserve – The Final Frontier: The Integration of Banking and Commerce
The Final Frontier: The Integration of Banking and Commerce, Part 2: Risk and Return Using Efficient Portfolio Analysis, Alan K. Reichert, Larry D. Wall, and Hsin-Yu Liang, Economic Review, Vol. 93, No. 2, 2008. “In the first part (in the previous issue of Economic Review) of this two-part study, the authors identified a number of… Continue Reading
Federal Judge Orders DOJ To Turn Over Memos Authorizing Torture Or Justify Withholding Them
ACLU news release: “A federal judge [U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York] has ordered the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) to turn over three memos that authorized the extremely harsh treatment of prisoners in CIA custody or explain by October 3 why these memos can lawfully be withheld. The American Civil… Continue Reading
AmLaw: Law Firms Lag Behind the Rest of Corporate America on the Web
AmLaw Daily: “In the last two years or so, though, Web development and marketing professionals say law firms have gotten increasingly serious about the Web. Slowly, the gap in quality between Am Law 200 Web sites and those of Fortune 500 companies has narrowed, as more and more firms put in the investment and manpower… Continue Reading
Public libraries report double-digit growth
News release: “A new study clearly finds that Americas public libraries are breaking through traditional brick-and-mortar walls to serve more people online and in person. Americas 16,543 public library buildings are leveraging technology to help children succeed in school and support lifelong learning. More than 83 percent now offer online homework resources, including live tutors… Continue Reading
World Health Organization: Commission on Social Determinants of Health – Final Report
Closing the gap in a generation: Health equity through action on the social determinants of health (256 pages, PDF): “Social justice is a matter of life and death. It affects the way people live, their consequent chance of illness, and their risk of premature death. We watch in wonder as life expectancy and good health… Continue Reading
Criminal Victimization in the United States, Statistical Tables, 2006
Bureau of Justice Statistics: “Presents 110 tables with detailed data on major variables measured by the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS).” 2006: Acrobat file | Spreadsheets (zip format) Continue Reading
Civil Rights Complaints in U.S. District Courts, 1990-2006
Bureau of Justice Statistics: Civil Rights Complaints in U.S. District Courts, 1990 – 2006 “Examines civil rights claims based on race, age, sex, or national origin involving employment, welfare, housing, voting, or other civil rights discrimination issues. It covers civil rights claims litigated in federal district courts from 1990 to 2006. Information is presented on… Continue Reading
New on LLRX.com: Why and What Lawyers Should Consider Outsourcing
Why and What Lawyers Should Consider Outsourcing: This article by Ron Friedmann reviews the history of and logic behind legal outsourcing. It then outlines some of the current legal outsourcing options. A detailed discussion of each option is not possible in one article. Instead, the final section takes a close look at one, outsourcing secretarial… Continue Reading
New on LLRX.com – The Art of Written Persuasion: The Problem with the Case Method and the Case for the Problem Method
The Art of Written Persuasion: The Problem with the Case Method and the Case for the Problem Method: In this second article in the series, Troy Simpson suggests that the case method of teaching law may help to explain why lawyers write badly. He then outlines some of the advantages of the problem method of… Continue Reading
