A Guide for the Perplexed Part III: The Amended Settlement Agreement – On Friday, November 13, 2009, Google, the Authors Guild, and the Association of American Publishers filed an Amended Settlement Agreement (ASA) in the copyright infringement litigation concerning the Google Library Project. The amendments proposed by the parties are designed to address objections made by the U.S. Department of Justice and copyright holders to the original proposed settlement agreement. This paper by Jonathan Band describes the ASA’s major changes, with emphasis on those changes relevant to libraries.
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Daily Archives: December 20, 2009
TRAC Reports FY 2009 Federal Prosecutions Sharply Higher
Surge Driven by Steep Jump in Immigration Filings: “As a result of an unusual flood of immigration prosecutions, the total number of federal criminal filings reached an all time high in the just ended fiscal year, according to timely Justice Department data analyzed by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC). The latest data show that… Continue Reading
Library Associations Ask DOJ for Active Supervision of Google Settlement
Follow up to previous postings on the Google Book Search settlement, this letter to DOJ Antitrust Division: “The American Library Association, the Association of College and Research Libraries, and the Association of Research Libraries (the Library Associations) write to express our views concerning how the United States should respond to the Amended Settlement Agreement filed… Continue Reading
Occupational Outlook Handbook and Career Guide to Industries. 2010-11 Editions, Now Online
News release: “The 2010-11 editions of the Occupational Outlook Handbook and the Career Guide to Industries were released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Handbook and the Career Guide can be accessed online at www.bls.gov/oco and www.bls.gov/oco/cg, respectively. The print version of the Occupational Outlook Handbook is expected to be available in the… Continue Reading
EPA Releases First-Ever Baseline Study of U.S. Lakes
News release: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released its most comprehensive study of the nations lakes to date. The draft study, which rated the condition of 56 percent of the lakes in the United States as good and the remainder as fair or poor, marked the first time EPA and its partners used a nationally… Continue Reading
Ben Bernanke – Time's Person of the Year
Person of the Year 2009: “The story of the year was a weak economy that could have been much, much weaker. How the mild-mannered man who runs the Federal Reserve prevented an economic catastrophe.” “The Fed chairman sat down with TIME managing editor Richard Stengel, Time Inc. editor-in-chief John Huey, assistant managing editor Michael Duffy… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Biosurveillance, Veterans Affairs, DOD Civilian Personnel, Softwood Lumber Act of 2008
Biosurveillance: Developing a Collaboration Strategy Is Essential to Fostering Interagency Data and Resource Sharing, GAO-10-171, December 18, 2009 Department of Veterans Affairs’ Implementation of Information Security Education Assistance Program, GAO-10-170R, December 18, 2009 DOD Civilian Personnel: Intelligence Personnel System Incorporates Safeguards, but Opportunities Exist for Improvement, GAO-10-134, December 17, 2009 Overseas Contingency Operations: Funding and… Continue Reading
EPA Releases National Water Program Research Strategy to Advance and Broaden Research Partnerships
News release: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its National Water Research Strategy to engage a broader range of researchers in meeting the challenges of protecting and improving our nations water resources. The strategy identifies and promotes the research needs of EPAs national water program to potential partners.” See also EPA Releases First-Ever Baseline… Continue Reading
CBO Letter and Cost Estimate: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,
Correction Regarding the Longer-Term Effects of the Manager’s Amendment to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, December 20, 2009. Letter to the Honorable Harry Reid. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Incorporating the Manager’s Amendment. Cost estimate for the amendment in the nature of a substitute to H.R. 3590, incorporating the effects of changes… Continue Reading
One person in two in the EU27 uses internet daily- three quarters of young people use daily
News release: “In the EU27, 65% of households had access to the internet during the first quarter of 2009, compared with 60% during the first quarter of 2008, and 56% had a broadband internet connection in 2009, compared with 49% in 2008. The se data published by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities,… Continue Reading
