News release: “U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced two major investigations designed to answer questions surrounding the issue of unintended vehicle acceleration. The prestigious National Academy of Sciences an independent body using top scientific experts – will examine the broad subject of unintended acceleration and electronic vehicle controls across the entire automotive industry. Separately, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which is the Department of Transportations auto safety agency, has enlisted NASA engineers with expertise in areas such as computer controlled electronic systems, electromagnetic interference and software integrity to help tackle the issue of unintended vehicle acceleration in Toyotas.”
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Daily Archives: March 30, 2010
Advocacy Groups, Companies Call for an Update of the Privacy Framework for Law Enforcement Access to Digital Information
News release: “A broad coalition of privacy groups, think tanks, technology companies and academics today issued principles for updating the key federal law that defines the rules for government access to email and private files stored in the Internet cloud. The coalition cited the need to preserve traditional privacy rights in the face of technological… Continue Reading
New Jersey Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Employee Email Privacy
EPIC: “The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in favor of a female employee whose employer read emails that she sent while using Yahoo Mail on a company-owned laptop. The employee, Marina Stengart, had exchanged emails with her attorney regarding a possible discrimination lawsuit against the employer. The employer then pulled the emails off of the… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Defense Acquisitions, Warfighter Support, VA's Fiduciary Program
Defense Acquisitions: Assessments of Selected Weapon Programs, GAO-10-388SP, March 30, 2010 Warfighter Support: DOD Needs to Improve Its Planning for Using Contractors to Support Future Military Operations, GAO-10-472, March 30, 2010 VA’s Fiduciary Program: Improved Compliance and Policies Could Better Safeguard Veterans’ Benefits, GAO-10-241, February 26, 2010 Superfund: Information on Cost and Other Issues Related… Continue Reading
CRS Afghanistan Casualties: Military Forces and Civilians
CRS – Afghanistan Casualties: Military Forces and Civilians, Susan G. Chesser, Information Research Specialist, March 8, 2010 This report collects statistics from a variety of sources on casualties sustained during Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), which began on October 7, 2001, and is ongoing. OEF actions take place primarily in Afghanistan; however, OEF casualties also includes… Continue Reading
The Nations Report Card: Reading 2009
The Nations Report Card: Reading 2009 “This report presents results of the 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in reading at grades 4 and 8. Results for students in the nation, the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Department of Defense schools are reported as average scores and as percentages of students performing… Continue Reading
JEC Report: Understanding the Economy: Long-Term Unemployment in the African American Community
Understanding the Economy: Long-Term Unemployment in the African American Community “is the first in a series of JEC reports examining the unemployment situation among several demographic groups, including African Americans, Hispanics, youth, and women. Prepared by the Joint Economic Committees Majority staff, the report draws from previously unpublished data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics,… Continue Reading
Amtrak reorganizing to advance high-speed rail in America
Follow up to previous postings on high speed rail in the United States, this news release: “Amtrak announced it is reorganizing and establishing a new department to pursue opportunities to develop new intercity high-speed rail service in select corridors around the country and to plan for major improvements on the Northeast Corridor, including determining the… Continue Reading
Supreme Court's new Website has a new look, and new features
“Welcome to the Supreme Court’s new Website, which not only has a new look, but also incorporates new features, including: recent Court decisions accessible from the homepage docket files dating back to 2000 an interactive Court calendar a new case citation finder enhanced search and navigation capabilities Continue Reading
First-ever National Study: Millions of People Rely on Library Computers for Employment, Health, and Education
News release: “Nearly one-third of Americans age 14 or older roughly 77 million people used a public library computer or wireless network to access the Internet in the past year, according to a national report released today. In 2009, as the nation struggled through a recession, people relied on library technology to find… Continue Reading
Department of State Announces Publication of 2008 Digest of United States Practice in International Law
News release: “The Department of State is pleased to announce the publication of the 2008 Digest of United States Practice in International Law, covering developments during 2008. As Legal Adviser Harold Hongju Koh notes in the introduction, the volume provides a historical record of developments occurring during the period when my predecessor, John B. Bellinger,… Continue Reading
Amnesty International: Death Sentences and Executions in 2009
“This document, Death Sentences and Executions in 2009, summarizes Amnesty International’s global research on the use of the death penalty in 2009. More than two-thirds of the countries of the world have abolished the death penalty in law or in practice. While 58 countries retained the death penalty in 2009, most did not use it.… Continue Reading
