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Deepwater joint investigation board concludes 5th day in 4th session of hearings

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Follow up to previous postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, this news: Deepwater joint investigation board concludes 5th day in 4th session of hearings.

  • “The Deepwater Horizon joint investigation concluded the fifth day of the fourth session of hearings Friday [August 27, 2010] into the circumstances surrounding the explosion, fire, pollution and sinking of the Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit Deepwater Horizon, with multiple loss of life in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010. The joint investigation has the powers of both convening agencies, the United States Coast Guard (USCG) and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEM), and is co-chaired and staffed by representatives of both agencies. For the public hearing, the joint investigation is following the policies and procedures for a U.S Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation contained in 46 Code of Federal Regulations Part 4 and USCG policy (available on the joint investigation Web site. The facts collected at this hearing, along with the lead investigators’ conclusions and recommendations will be forwarded to Coast Guard Headquarters and BOEM for approval. Once approved, the final investigative report will be made available to the public and the media. No analysis or conclusions will be presented during the hearing.” Video of this most recent hearing is available here, via C-SPAN.
  • WSJ: Legal Tactics Emerging at Oil Hearings
  • NYT: Risk-Taking Rises as Oil Rigs in Gulf Drill Deeper

    • Food & Water Watch Releases Comprehensive 2010 Smart Seafood Guide

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    News release: “The national consumer advocacy group Food & Water Watch released its 2010 Smart Seafood Guide to direct consumers in making safer, more sustainable seafood decisions. This year, researchers analyzed over 100 types of seafood (60 percent more than in 2009) to create the only guide assessing not only the human health and environmental… Continue Reading

    NIST Publishes Approved Testing Procedures for Electronic Health Records

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    News release: “In efforts to help the nation’s health care industry make the transition to the digital age in an effective and meaningful fashion, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published a set of approved procedures for testing information technology systems that work with electronic health records (EHRs). Released in draft form… Continue Reading

    Google Realtime Search: a new home with new tools

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    Official Google Blog: When we first introduced our real-time search features last December, we focused on bringing relevance to the freshest information on the web. Our goal was to provide real-time content from a comprehensive set of sources, integrated right into your usual search results. Today we’re making our most significant enhancements to date, giving… Continue Reading

    New Report Counts, Categorizes & Ranks Great Lakes Islands

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    News release: “With more than 32,000 islands in its waters, the Great Lakes contain the world’s largest collection of freshwater islands, but these islands are dynamic, undergoing many changes that threaten the islands’ flora and fauna, including climate change, habitat degradation, invasive species and some natural processes, according to a new report published by scientists… Continue Reading