Nanotechnology: What Is It and Why Do Law Librarians Need to Know About It? According to R. Scott Russell, future studies linking nanotechnology to a range of adverse issues could lead to litigation for law firm clients. How to learn about nanotechnology, and reliable law and technology sources for research on this and related topics, are highlighted.
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Monthly Archives: November 2008
2008 State New Economy Index: Benchmarking Economic Transformation in the States
“In a report sponsored by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, ITIF [Information Technology and Innovation Foundation] employs 29 indicators to assess the extent to which the 50 state economies are structured according to the tenets of the New Economy. The changing economic landscape requires state economies to be innovative, globally-linked, entrepreneurial and dynamic, with an… Continue Reading
Article Evaluates Censorship of YouTube Around the World
Google’s gatekeepers, by Jeffrey Rosen, IHT: “For the past two years, Google, Yahoo and Microsoft, along with other international Internet companies, have been meeting regularly with human rights and civil-liberties advocacy groups to agree on voluntary standards for resisting worldwide censorship requests. At the end of October, the Internet companies and the advocacy groups announced… Continue Reading
Collective Intelligence Tools and Impact on Privacy
Youre Leaving a Digital Trail. What About Privacy? by John Markoff: “Propelled by new technologies and the Internets steady incursion into every nook and cranny of life, collective intelligence offers powerful capabilities, from improving the efficiency of advertising to giving community groups new ways to organize. But even its practitioners acknowledge that, if misused, collective… Continue Reading
Cost of Economic Rescue Now Reported at $8.5 trillion
LA Times – Heavy spending to battle the financial crisis is unlikely to abate soon. Analysts say next year’s deficit could top $1 trillion, by Jim Puzzanghera: “Just last week, new initiatives added $600 billion to lower mortgage rates, $200 billion to stimulate consumer loans and nearly $300 billion to steady Citigroup, the banking conglomerate.… Continue Reading
NationalJournal.com Updated List of Administration Appointees
“Distinguishing between which new administration officials have been officially named — and which ones are merely rumored — can give anyone a headache. In order to alleviate the confusion, NationalJournal.com has compiled a list of the 36 new appointees who have been announced by Barack Obama’s camp since his election on Nov. 4.” Related postings… Continue Reading
DHS Global Terrorism Database
News release: “A long history of terrorism in India precedes the latest, coordinated attacks in Mumbai. The Global Terrorism Database (GTD), maintained by the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) based at the University of Maryland. For example, 12,539 terrorist-related fatalities in India between 1970 and 2004 – an… Continue Reading
Recent CRS Reports: "Fast Track" Parliamentary Procedures of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, China and the Global Financial Crisis, Federal Loans to the Auto Industry
November 14, 2008 – “Fast Track” Parliamentary Procedures of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act November 13, 2008 – China and the Global Financial Crisis: Implications for the United States November 13, 2008 – Reporting Requirements in the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 November 13, 2008 – Federal Loans to the Auto Industry Under the… Continue Reading
Statement by the President on Agreements with Iraq
White House news release, November 27, 2008: “…in another sign of progress, Iraq’s Council of Representatives approved two agreements with the United States, a Strategic Framework Agreement and a Security Agreement, often called a Status of Forces Agreement or SOFA. The Strategic Framework Agreement sets the foundation for a long-term bilateral relationship between our two… Continue Reading
Controversial DOL Rule on Regulation of Toxic Substance in Workplace Set for Last Minute Action
Follow up to previous postings on “midnight regulations,” see Robert Pear’s New York Times article, Bush Aides Rush to Enact a Safety Rule Obama Opposes: “The Labor Department is racing to complete a new rule, strenuously opposed by President-elect Barack Obama, that would make it much harder for the government to regulate toxic substances and… Continue Reading
New York Times Op-Ed: How to Publish Without Perishing
How to Publish Without Perishing, by James Gleick: “As a technology, the book is like a hammer. That is to say, it is perfect: a tool ideally suited to its task. Hammers can be tweaked and varied but will never go obsolete. Even when builders pound nails by the thousand with pneumatic nail guns, every… Continue Reading
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2008
100 Notable Books of 2008 – New York Times: “The Book Review has selected this list from books reviewed since Dec. 2, 2007, when we published our previous Notables list.” Includes Fiction and Poetry, and Nonfiction. Continue Reading
