News release: “Expect ‘tough regulation’ from the Obama Administration on financial services this spring, as well as an energy package. Addressing participants in a session on The US Legislative Agenda: A Global Perspective at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2010, US congressmen and senators confirmed that despite bipartisan differences, there is agreement that financial regulation is imperative.”
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Daily Archives: January 30, 2010
End Female Genital Mutilation Now campaign comes to World Economic Forum
News release: “More than three million girls genitals are forcibly cut every year and approximately 140 million women are living with mutilated genitals. Maternal mortality and infection are just two of the many health effects they suffer. This issue of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) was brought to the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting by Julia… Continue Reading
U.S. Counterterrorism Centers Respond Create New Response Teams
New York Times: “The nations main counterterrorism center is creating new teams of specialists to pursue clues of emerging terrorist plots as part of a rapid buildup that will sharply increase its analyst corps, perhaps by hundreds of people over the next year, intelligence officials said [on January 29, 2010]. Continue Reading
ABA Disaster Relief Web Portal Offers Information on How Lawyers Can Help in Aftermath of Haitian Earthquake
“The ABA has assembled a collection of legal resources relevant to the Haiti earthquake at http://www.abanet.org/disaster/haiti.html for use by bar associations, lawyers and programs assisting those in need. The web portal, which the North Carolina Bar Association named its Web Site of the Week, provides links and information on temporary protected status for Haitian nationals… Continue Reading
EPIC Urges FTC to Protect Users' Privacy On Cloud Computing and Social Networking Services
“EPIC submitted comments to the FTC prior to the agencys second privacy roundtable. EPIC warned of the ongoing privacy risks associated with cloud computing and social networking privacy, highlighting the Google cloud computing complaint and Facebook privacy complaint filed by EPIC in 2009. The comments note that the FTC has failed to take any meaningful… Continue Reading
Columbia Journalism Review Reports on Decrease Numbers Among News Librarians
Endangered Species – News librarians are a dying breed [Preface – I certainly hope not, having been one and respecting the profession immensely]: “According to data collected by Michelle Quigley, a researcher at the Palm Beach Post, over 250 news librarians (sometimes called news researchers) lost their jobs in the U.S. since 2007. Membership in… Continue Reading
