Project Management – A Law Librarian Survival Skill: Carol A. Watson discusses how effective project management requires considerable thought and preparation before actually initiating the work of the project. Although many of us are eager to jump into the tasks related to a project, it is important to remember that careful planning will provide the… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: December 2009
Pew: Public Looks Back at Worst Decade in 50 Years
Pew Research Center – Current Decade Rates as Worst in 50 Years: “As the current decade draws to a close, relatively few Americans have positive things to say about it. By roughly two-to-one, more say they have a generally negative (50%) rather than a generally positive (27%) impression of the past 10 years. This stands… Continue Reading
Report: Evasions of Campaign Finance Laws, and a Model Law to Block Them
Loopholes, Tricks and End Runs: Evasions of Campaign Finance Laws, and a Model Law to Block Them, by Molly Milligan – Center for Governmental Studies “This report is the result of over one year of focused research on the many ways that politicians raise money through non-campaign entities. The Center for Governmental Studies (CGS) initiated… Continue Reading
Agencies Issue Final Rules on Risk-Based Pricing Notices
News release: “The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Trade Commission today announced final rules that generally require a creditor to provide a consumer with a notice when, based on the consumers credit report, the creditor provides credit to the consumer on less favorable terms than it provides to other consumers. Consumers who receive this… Continue Reading
EPA Adopts Strong Standards for Large Ships to Curb Air Pollution
News release: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized a rule setting tough engine and fuel standards for large U.S.-flagged ships, a major milestone in the agencys coordinated strategy to slash harmful marine diesel emissions. The regulation harmonizes with international standards and will lead to significant air quality improvements throughout the country.” Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: International Space Station, Medicaid, Nursing Homes
International Space Station: Significant Challenges May Limit Onboard Research, GAO-10-9, November 25, 2009 Medicaid: Ongoing Federal Oversight of Payments to Offset Uncompensated Hospital Care Costs Is Warranted, GAO-10-69, November 20, 2009 Nursing Homes: Opportunities Exist to Facilitate the Use of the Temporary Management Sanction, GAO-10-37R, November 20, 2009 Continue Reading
America's Energy Future: Technology and Transformation
“Energy touches our lives in countless ways and its costs are felt when we fill up at the gas pump, pay our home heating bills, and keep businesses both large and small running. There are long-term costs as well: to the environment, as natural resources are depleted and pollution contributes to global climate change, and… Continue Reading
EFF: An E-Book Buyer's Guide to Privacy
“…e-reader technology also presents significant new threats to reader privacy. E-readers possess the ability to report back substantial information about their users’ reading habits and locations to the corporations that sell them. And yet none of the major e-reader manufacturers have explained to consumers in clear unequivocal language what data is being collected about them… Continue Reading
Report – Double Trouble for Polar Bears: Melting Arctic Sea Ice and Offshore Oil Development
News release: “The combination of near-record Arctic sea-ice loss and continued development of oil and gas in proposed polar bear critical habitat spells double trouble for Alaskas polar bears, according to a new report issued by the National Wildlife Federation and the Northern Alaska Environmental Center. Mapping out recently proposed polar bear critical habitat relative… Continue Reading
DHS Working Paper:The Macroeconomic Impacts of the 9/11 Attack: Evidence from Real-Time Forecasting
The Macroeconomic Impacts of the 9/11 Attack: Evidence from Real-Time Forecasting, Bryan W. Roberts, PhD: “Estimates of the consequences of human-made and natural disasters are crucial for informing decision making by both public and private actors. The 9/11 attack stands out as a particularly important event whose consequences need to be well understood. This study… Continue Reading
World of Work Report 2009 -The Global Jobs Crisis and Beyond
World of Work Report 2009 – The Global Jobs Crisis and Beyond, International Labour Organization (International Institute for Labour Studies) 2009 “The world economy is exhibiting encouraging signs of a recovery. The IMF now predicts over 3 per cent economic growth for 2010, with Brazil, China and India leading the economic rebound. In addition, this… Continue Reading
FBI – Crime in the United States: Preliminary Semiannual Uniform Crime Report (January to June)
Crime in the United States: Preliminary Semiannual Uniform Crime Report (January to June) “Preliminary figures indicate that, as a whole, law enforcement agencies throughout the Nation reported a decrease of 4.4 percent in the number of violent crimes brought to their attention for the first six months of 2009 when compared with figures reported for… Continue Reading
