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NOAA: Mapping the Response to BP Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico

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Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill via NOAA: “The dynamic nature of the BP oil spill has been a challenge for a range of communities – from hotel operators to fishermen to local community leaders. We know the American people have questions about how the federal government is responding to this crisis, and we are committed to providing the answers with clarity and transparency. This site is a symbol of that commitment. GeoPlatform.gov/gulfresponse is a new online tool that provides you with near-real time information about the response effort. Developed by NOAA with the EPA, U.S. Coast Guard, and the Department of Interior, the site offers you a “one-stop shop” for spill response information. The site integrates the latest data the federal responders have about the oil spill’s trajectory with fishery area closures, wildlife data and place-based Gulf Coast resources — such as pinpointed locations of oiled shoreline and current positions of deployed research ships — into one customizable interactive map…The site was designed to be fast and user-friendly, and we plan to keep it constantly updated.”

New on LLRX.com – Basic Legal Research on the Internet

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Basic Legal Research on the Internet: This article explores the corner of the Internet landscape that concentrates on legal research. For the most part, these databases and search tools are free, although some might require a library card. Essentially, this is a short list of “go to” sites that most researchers will find useful. Before… Continue Reading

New GAO Reports: Foreign Medical Schools, FDIC Financial Audit, Export Controls, Recovery Act

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Foreign Medical Schools: Education Should Improve Monitoring of Schools That Participate in the Federal Student Loan Program, GAO-10-412, June 28, 2010 Financial Audit: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Funds’ 2009 and 2008 Financial Statements, GAO-10-705, June 25, 2010 Export Controls: Observations on Selected Countries’ Systems and Proposed Treaties, GAO-10-557, May 27, 2010 Information Technology: Management Improvements… Continue Reading

CBO Cost Estimate: H.R. 4173 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act

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Follow up to postings on Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the “CBO and the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) estimate that enacting H.R. 4173 would increase revenues by $17.1 billion over the 2011-2015 period and by $26.9 billion over the 2011-2020 period and increase direct spending by $14.9 billion and $26.9 billion,… Continue Reading

FDA Draft Guidance on Judicious Use of Medically Important Antimicrobials in Food-Producing Animals

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News release: “The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today issued draft guidance intended to help reduce the development of resistance to medically important antimicrobial drugs used in food-producing animals. Today’s draft guidance outlines the FDA’s current thinking on strategies to assure that antimicrobial drugs that are important for therapeutic use in humans are used judiciously… Continue Reading

FDA Issues Draft Guidance on the Judicious Use of Medically Important Antimicrobials in Food-Producing Animals

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News release: “The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today issued draft guidance intended to help reduce the development of resistance to medically important antimicrobial drugs used in food-producing animals. Today’s draft guidance outlines the FDA’s current thinking on strategies to assure that antimicrobial drugs that are important for therapeutic use in humans are used judiciously… Continue Reading

White House Launches Opt-Out Privacy Policy for Public Access to Government Web Sites

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EPIC: “The White House has announced a new “Clear Notice and Personal Choice” policy for the use of Web Measurement and Customization Technologies for government web sites. The policy is remarkable in that there does not appear to be any legal basis to allow federal agencies to routinely disclose personal information of citizens to private… Continue Reading

Obama Administration Unveils National Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness

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News release: “On June 22, 2010 the lead Cabinet secretaries from the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) – from the U.S. Departments of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Labor (DOL), Health and Human Services (HHS), and Veterans Affairs (VA) – joined Executive Director of the USICH Barbara Poppe to unveil and submit to… Continue Reading

Bank Regulatory Agencies Issue Guidance on Sound Incentive Compensation Policies

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“The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Treasury (OCC); Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, (Board or Federal Reserve); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Office of Thrift Supervision, Treasury (OTS), (collectively, the Agencies) are adopting final guidance designed to help ensure that incentive compensation policies at banking organizations do not encourage imprudent… Continue Reading

Bureau of Justice Statistics: Prisoners at Yearend 2009 – Advance Counts

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Prisoners at Yearend 2009 – Advance Counts, Heather C. West, June 23, 2010. NCJ 230189 “Presents data on prisoners under jurisdiction of federal or state correctional authorities on December 31, 2009, collected from the National Prisoner Statistics series. This report compares changes in the prison population during 2009 to changes from yearend 2000 through yearend… Continue Reading