“Federal prosecutors routinely fail to send agency referrals of alleged corporate criminal conduct on to the courts, according to an analysis of hundreds of thousands of Justice Department records for the five-year period covering fiscal years 2010 through 2014. The study by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) also found very wide variations in the… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: January 2016
Criminal Immigration Prosecutions Fall 22 Percent
Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse – “The latest available data from the Justice Department show that during November 2015, the government reported 4,861 new immigration prosecutions. This represents a drop of 13.2 percent from the previous month, and is down 22.3 percent from November 2014. The top five districts for criminal immigration prosecutions continue to be… Continue Reading
Michael Brown, Eric Garner, and Law Librarianship
Wheeler, Ronald E., Michael Brown, Eric Garner, and Law Librarianship (January 15, 2016). Law Library Journal, Vol. 107:3 [2015-22]; Boston Univ. School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 16-04. Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2716114 “Professor Wheeler discusses the police killings of Michael Brown and Eric Garner. He posits that racialized fear is part… Continue Reading
FBI Preliminary 2015 Crime Stats Released
“The FBI’s latest Preliminary Semiannual Uniform Crime Report, which contains data from January to June of 2015, revealed overall declines in the number of property crimes and overall increases in the number of violent crimes reported by law enforcement when compared to figures from the same time in 2014. According to the report, property crime… Continue Reading
Report documents child labor in cobalt mining critical for global electronics trade
Amnesty International, 19 January 2016, Index number: AFR 62/3183/2016 – “This report documents the hazardous conditions in which artisanal miners, including thousands of children, mine cobalt in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It goes on to trace how this cobalt is used to power mobile phones, laptop computers, and other portable electronic devices. Using… Continue Reading
Summary of The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2016 to 2026
CBO – “In 2016, the federal budget deficit will increase, in relation to the size of the economy, for the first time since 2009, according to the Congressional Budget Office’s estimates. If current laws generally remained unchanged, the deficit would grow over the next 10 years, and by 2026 it would be considerably larger than… Continue Reading
GAO Reports – Medicaid Managed Care, Medicare and Medicaid, Offshore Oil and Gas Resources, Homeland Security
Medicaid Managed Care: Trends in Federal Spending and State Oversight of Costs and Enrollment, GAO-16-77: Published: Dec 17, 2015. Publicly Released: Jan 19, 2016. Medicare and Medicaid: Additional Oversight Needed of CMS’s Demonstration to Coordinate the Care of Dual-Eligible Beneficiaries, GAO-16-31: Published: Dec 18, 2015. Publicly Released: Jan 19, 2016. Offshore Oil and Gas Resources:… Continue Reading
EFF FOIA Filings Surface More Info on Zero Days
Via EFF – “In fact, in response to EFF’s FOIA suit to get access to the official U.S. policy on zero days, the government redacted every single reference to “offensive” use of vulnerabilities. …In response to EFF’s motion for summary judgment, the government has disclosed a new version of the Vulnerabilities Equities Process, minus many… Continue Reading
IMF World Economic Outlook 2016 Update
World Economic Outlook (WEO) Update January 2016 Global growth, currently estimated at 3.1 percent in 2015, is projected at 3.4 percent in 2016 and 3.6 percent in 2017. The pickup in global activity is projected to be more gradual than in the October 2015 World Economic Outlook (WEO), especially in emerging market and developing economies.… Continue Reading
EPA and academic research documents on Flint Michigan drinking water
Via Patricia Kenly, Business Reference Librarian/Government Documents Coordinator – Georgia Institute of Technology Library: Flint Drinking Water Documents – EPA documents related to Flint drinking water “High Lead at Three Residences in Flint, Michigan” — Final Report (Nov. 4, 2015) [28 pages] – by Miguel Del Toral Virginia Tech researchers have a website – www.Flintwaterstudy.org… Continue Reading
New on LLRX – The Growing Need to Standardize and Validate Online Education Credentials for the Job Market
Via LLRX.com – The Growing Need to Standardize and Validate Online Education Credentials for the Job Market – Learning new skills to support more effective engagement in a competitive job market has attracted many job seekers and employees to online education, most often through Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). Alan Rothman is proficient in the… Continue Reading
New on LLRX – Student Research Resources on the Internet 2016
Via LLRX.com – Student Research Resources on the Internet 2016 – Marcus Zillman’s comprehensive, actionable guide provides links to hundreds of resources that assist students of all ages to leverage free and low cost resources to facilitate more efficient, effective learning – either as an individual, as part of a team, in a classroom, or… Continue Reading
