Internally Displaced Persons: Guide to Legal Information Resources on the Web – Elisa Mason’s guide highlights information resources focused on the arena of human rights and humanitarian law norms that are evolving to address the broadening scope of protection issues that encompass millions of internally displaced around the world. Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: April 2009
EIA: Quarterly Coal Report, Natural Gas Production Data, Market Assessment of Planned Refinery Outages, Green Pricing and Net Metering Programs
Federal Register notice: Financial Reporting System (04/10/2009): “Attached is a Federal Register notice for the Energy Information Administration’s Financial Reporting System. Comments are due by June 8, 2009.” EIA’s Natural Gas Production Data (04/09/2009): “This special report examines the stages of natural gas processing from the wellhead to the pipeline network through which the raw… Continue Reading
EPA Adds Nine Hazardous Waste Sites to Superfunds National Priorities List
News release: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is adding nine new hazardous waste sites that pose risks to human health and the environment to the National Priorities List of Superfund sites. Also, EPA is proposing to add 13 other sites to the list. Superfund is the federal program that investigates and cleans up the most… Continue Reading
Probation and Parole in the United States, 2007 – Statistical Tables
News release: “Presents the number of persons on probation and parole at yearend 2007, by state, with percent changes in each state during the year. The statistical tables provide state-level probation and parole supervision rates and entries and exits. National and state-level data on parole re-incarceration rates are presented. Tables provide the total community supervision… Continue Reading
Official Version: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
Public Law 1115, 111th Congress, 123 STAT. 115, Feb. 17, 2009 [H.R. 1] American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. 407 pages, PDF “An Act Making supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to the unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization, for the fiscal year ending September… Continue Reading
Before it's Too Late – Make Your End of Life Care Wishes Known
News release: “Fewer than one-third of the adult population have a health care power of attorney or other advance directive. While many of us may be afraid to talk about death, it is critically important to name someone to make health care decisions for you if and when you are no longer able to speak… Continue Reading
National Archives to Release Reagan and Bush 41 Presidential Records
News release: “Acting Archivist of the United States Adrienne Thomas announced [April 10, 2009] that 245,763 pages of Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush Presidential records will be opened for research on Monday, April 13, 2009, at their respective libraries. These records, which were still pending with the George W. Bush Administration as of January… Continue Reading
GSA Announces $300 Million Efficient Vehicle Plan
News release: “The U.S. General Services Administration has announced plans to buy and deliver $300 million worth of energy-efficient and alternative fuel vehicles using funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The GSA plan announced today balances energy-efficiency goals with the need to expedite the purchase and maximize economic benefit for the auto industry… Continue Reading
The Protection of Children in England: A Progress Report
News release: “The Protection of Children in England: A Progress Report – March 2009: Lord Laming’s far-reaching report, The Protection of Children in England: A Progress Report (12 March 2009), was commissioned by the Children’s Secretary Ed Balls in November 2008. For more information on the report, and the Government’s response, please see the relevant… Continue Reading
Census Bureau Submits to Congress Proposed Recovery Plan to Help Create Jobs and Conduct a Successful 2010 Census
News release: “The U.S. Census Bureau today submitted to Congress its proposed recovery plan to create jobs, strengthen the economy and conduct a successful 2010 Census. Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the Census Bureau was provided $1 billion….Under the proposal, the Census Bureau will invest $250 million in partnership and outreach efforts to… Continue Reading
Community Groups to Receive $1 Billion Boost From Recovery Act
News release: “The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced plans to make $1 billion available for the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) program. Funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the new resources will be allocated to states across the country. States will distribute the new funding to community groups… Continue Reading
State websites explain how they are spending funds allocated by the Recovery Act
“When President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act into law on February 17, 2009, it marked the beginning of a 45-day window for each state to claim the funds allocated to it by the act. In order to receive funds from the ARRA, governors have 45 days to certify that they will first… Continue Reading
