Consumer Federation of America: “A coalition of leading consumer groups today sent a letter to Members of Congress calling out the lapses in consumer protection caused by the ongoing government shutdown. The letter highlights how the shutdown has hindered work across a wide array of issues, including airline and auto safety, food and product safety, financial… Continue Reading
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Repression and criminalization of protest around the world
“Take back the streets” Repression and criminalization of protest around the world, October 2013 “The nine organizations (which cooperate as the International Network of Civil Liberties Organizations (INCLO)) that have contributed to this publication work to defend basic democratic rights and freedoms in nine countries spread over four continents. Across the regions where our organizations… Continue Reading
FBI Files Reveal New Info on Clandestine Phone Surveillance Unit
Ryan Gallagher, via Slate’s Future Tense blog: “As part of an ongoing Freedom of Information Act suit launched by civil liberties group the Electronic Privacy Information Center, the FBI is turning over information on its use of cellphone surveillance technology variously known as “Stingrays,” “Cell Site Simulators,” “IMSI Catchers,” or “Digital Analyzers.” These devices function… Continue Reading
Gov. Brown Signs New California Privacy Laws
“California Governor Jerry Brown has signed several new Internet privacy bills into law. Assembly Bill 370 amends the California Online Privacy Protection Act by requiring that businesses disclose how they respond to Do Not Track signals or other mechanisms used by consumers to prevent the surreptitious collection of their browsing history. The Governor has also… Continue Reading
Pew – Partisans Dug in on Budget, Health Care Impasse
“The national survey by the Pew Research Center, conducted Oct. 3-6 among 1,000 adults, finds 44% say Republican leaders should give ground on their demand that any budget deal include cuts or delays to the 2010 health care law. Nearly as many (42%) say it is Obama who should give ground, by agreeing to changes… Continue Reading
Differentials in the Concentration in the Level of Health Expenditures across Population Subgroups in the U.S.
STATISTICAL BRIEF #421: Differentials in the Concentration in the Level of Health Expenditures across Population Subgroups in the U.S., 2010. Steven B. Cohen PhD and Namrata Uberoi, MPH- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. August 2013 ‘In 2010, the top 1 percent ranked by their health care expenses accounted for 21.4 percent of total health care… Continue Reading
Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act
H.R. 3223 – To provide for the compensation of furloughed Federal employees. September 30, 2013. On October 5, 2013 the House of Representatives voted 407-0 to pass this bill to provide furloughed federal employees with retroactive pay at the conclusion of the government shutdown. Continue Reading
Committee Inquiry on Electronic Mass Surveillance of EU Citizens – Sixth Hearing
LIBE Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. 07-10-2013: LIBE Committee Inquiry on Electronic Mass Surveillance of EU Citizens – Sixth Hearing – Programme “Session I focuses on the impact of mass surveillance programmes on the rights of EU citizens to data protection, either these programmes are implemented by third countries or by EU Member States.… Continue Reading
Potential Macroeconomic Effect of Debt Ceiling Brinksmanship
U.S. Department of the Treasury: The Potential Macroeconomic Effect of Debt Ceiling Brinksmanship. October 3, 2013 “The United States has never defaulted on its obligations, and the U S. dollar and Treasury securities are at the center of the international financial system. A default would be unprecedented and has the potential to be catastrophic: credit… Continue Reading
Message from GPO’s Federal Digitial System
“The Federal Government is shut down due to a funding lapse. Congressional materials will continue to be processed and posted to FDsys. Federal Register services will be limited to documents necessary to safeguard human life, protect property, or provide other emergency services consistent with the performance of functions and services exempted under the Antideficiency Act.… Continue Reading
Towards an Ecological Philosophy of Law
De Lucia, Vito, Towards an Ecological Philosophy of Law: A Comparative Discussion (2013). (2013) 4/2 Journal of Human Rights and the Environment, 167-190. Available at SSRN “Environmental law finds itself in a very delicate position. Its role is to elaborate rules and principles for addressing multiple ecological crises, yet environmental law is structurally and conceptually… Continue Reading
OFR Report – Asset Management and Financial Stability
“The OFR delivered this report, Asset Management and Financial Stability, to the Financial Stability Oversight Council (Council) on ways that activities in the asset management industry could pose risks to the financial stability of the United States by creating, amplifying, or transmitting stress through the financial system. The OFR studied the activities of asset management firms and… Continue Reading
