According to Atlantic, President Obama will use a National Security Agency approved encrypted PDA, perhaps this one. Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: January 2009
New Secretary of the Department of Homeland Issues First In Series of Directive
News release: “On her first official day as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Janet Napolitano issued five Action Directives, all centered on one of the primary missions of DHS: Protection. In the coming days, Secretary Napolitano will issue other action directives focused on other missions critical to the department: Preparedness, Response, Recovery… Continue Reading
Report: Military Recruitment 2008 – Significant Gap in Army's Quality and Quantity Goals
“A new National Priorities Project (NPP) analysis highlights a significant gap in the Army’s 2008 quantity and quality goals…This analysis is based on data obtained from the Department of Defense (Army Recruiting Command) through a Freedom of Information Act request submitted by the National Priorities Project. The Department of Defense provided the data for every… Continue Reading
Intelligence Chief Says New Policy Will Dramatically Boost Information Sharing
CQ: “As one of his final acts as the nations spy chief, Michael McConnell on Friday said he would soon sign off on an intelligence information sharing policy that will result in a staggering increase in the amount of data available within the community. McConnell, the outgoing director of national intelligence (DNI), told reporters he… Continue Reading
Supreme Court Declines to Hear Appeal on Child Online Protective Act
CDT news release: “The Supreme Court Wednesday dealt the final blow to the government’s 10-year campaign to place onerous restrictions on Internet content. The Court declined to hear the government’s appeal of lower court rulings [3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Decision in COPA February 22, 2008] that declared the Child Online Protection Act as… Continue Reading
President Obama Reestablishes Openness for Government Documents
News release: “On his first full day in office, President Barack Obama signed an executive order and two presidential memoranda heralding what he called a “new era of openness.” Announcing a Presidential Memorandum on the Freedom of Information Act to reestablish a presumption of disclosure for information requested under FOIA, President Obama said that “every… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Modernizing Outdated U.S. Financial Regulatory System
Financial Regulation: A Framework for Crafting and Assessing Proposals to Modernize the Outdated U.S. Financial Regulatory System, GAO-09-314T, January 21, 2009 Bankruptcy: Judiciary Should Take Further Steps to Make, Bankruptcy Data More Accessible, GAO-09-28, December 18, 2008 Endangered Species Act: Many GAO Recommendations Have Been Implemented, but Some Issues Remain Unresolved, GAO-09-225R, December 19, 2008… Continue Reading
New Report: Warming of the Antarctic ice-sheet surface since the 1957 International Geophysical Year
From the journal Nature, via a New York Times article, this new fee based report, Warming of the Antarctic ice-sheet surface since the 1957 International Geophysical Year, for which Figures and tables as well as Supplementary info are available to readers with no fee. “Here we show that significant warming extends well beyond the Antarctic… Continue Reading
Authenticated Congressional Bills now live on GPO Access
“After successful beta testing, GPO has integrated Authenticated Congressional Bills into the live Congressional Bills application on GPO Access at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/bills/index.html. Users of this application will notice digital signatures on bills from the 110th and 111th Congresses.” Continue Reading
Dynamic NYC Visitor Site Powered by Google Maps
Posted by Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of New York City: “In partnership with Google, we are launching a new website and Information Center to help make it easier for both visitors and residents to explore all the energy, excitement and diversity of New York City’s five boroughs. nycgo.com is the official resource on the web for… Continue Reading
New on LLRX.com – The Art of Written Persuasion: What Makes a Good Problem-Solving Model?
Art of Written Persuasion: Part IV – What Makes a Good Problem-Solving Model?: Following up on his commentary about how problem-solving models can help lawyers (and law students) to solve legal problems systematically and to communicate legal solutions persuasively in writing, Troy Simpson discusses what makes a good problem-solving model. Continue Reading
EEOC Report Addresses 21st Century Federal Hispanic Employment Issues
“The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has released a comprehensive report to Chair Naomi C. Earp from the Federal Hispanic Work Group. The report contains an extensive number of practical recommendations that address a broad array of contemporary federal sector employment issues, including hiring, leadership development and retention. The full report is entitled Report… Continue Reading
