Criminal Justice Reform Resources 2008-2009: Ken Strutin’s guide focuses on select current reports, surveys, legislative proposals and scholarship regarding criminal justice reform. It is only a small sampling of the increasing volume of publications on vital matters of interest to criminal practitioners and the public. Therefore, only a few themes are covered: criminal justice, discovery, forensics, juvenile justice, prosecutorial misconduct, public defense, sentencing and wrongful conviction.
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Daily Archives: May 17, 2009
AP Economic Stress Index: Measuring Financial Strain by County
AP Economic Stress Index, “A visual guide to the state of the economy using a unique formula made up of major economic indicators.” October 2007 to Present. Data topics include: Stress Index, Unemployment, Foreclosure, Bankruptcy, Interviews with people impacted. Related postings on financial system Continue Reading
Google Squared – Coming Soon
“Google Squared will be coming soon. For now, why not have fun squaring some numbers?” Via Google Blogoscoped: Enter the number 42 – the query returns the following: “The Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything” Continue Reading
Interview With White House Budget Director Peter Orszag
CNN Transcripts – “ORSZAG: Well, I think what happened is the free-fall in the economy seems to have stopped and we’re, I guess the analogy there are some glimmers of sun shining through the trees, but we’re not out of the woods yet. We do have more work ahead.” Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Weekly… Continue Reading
President Obama and Vice President Biden's Personal Financial Disclosures Now Available
[On May 15, 2009] “the President and Vice President released their 2008 financial disclosure reports. The Ethics in Government Act of 1978 requires high-level Federal officials to disclose publicly their personal financial interests. This is intended to ensure confidence in the integrity of the Federal government by demonstrating that officials are able to carry out… Continue Reading
AIADA, NADA and NAMAD Send Joint Letter to President Obama
National Association of Minority Automobile Dealers (NAMAD) – “Dear Mr. President: We write to convey the concerns of more than 19,000 franchised automobile dealerships on Main Streets all across America and the one million men and women who are directly employed in these local businesses. Together our associations represent every make and model of new… Continue Reading
Available Online: Recordings of Hearings In Chrysler Bankruptcy Case
“The United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York is pleased to announce a pilot project to make digital audio recordings of court proceedings relating to Chrysler LLC, 09-50002, publicly available online. The audio files are accessible through the Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) system. Registration for PACER access may… Continue Reading
Commentary Examines the Backward Movement of Train Travel
Follow up to previous postings, Spain Announces Superspeed Trains and Vision of High-Speed Rail in America, see Stop This Train! by Tom Vanderbilt: “There is at least one technology in America, however, that is worse now than it was in the early 20th century: the train.” Continue Reading
Groups Request White House Office of Administration Be Subject to Freedom of Information Act
News release: “Citizens for Responsibility of Ethics in Washington (CREW), along with 36 other organizations, has sent a letter to the White House urging that the White House’s Office of Administration (OA) once again become an agency subject to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), as had been the case in previous administrations.” Continue Reading
WaPo: Cuba's Undersea Oil Could Help Thaw Trade With U.S.
Cuba’s Undersea Oil Could Help Thaw Trade With U.S., by Nick Miroff: “Deep in the Gulf of Mexico, an end to the 1962 U.S. trade embargo against Cuba may be lying untapped, buried under layers of rock, seawater and bitter relations. Oil, up to 20 billion barrels of it, sits off Cuba’s northwest coast in… Continue Reading
National Geographic: The Global Food Crisis, The End of Plenty
The Global Food Crisis, The End of Plenty – by Joel K. Bourne Jr. “It is the simplest, most natural of acts, akin to breathing and walking upright. We sit down at the dinner table, pick up a fork, and take a juicy bite, oblivious to the double helping of global ramifications on our plate.… Continue Reading
