Follow up to previous posting on ALA – PIPA, SOPA and the OPEN Act Quick Reference Guide, via the White House, Combating Online Piracy while Protecting an Open and Innovative Internet “Right now, Congress is debating a few pieces of legislation concerning the very real issue of online piracy, including the Stop Online Piracy Act… Continue Reading
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ALA – PIPA, SOPA and the OPEN Act Quick Reference Guide
PIPA, SOPA and the OPEN Act Quick Reference Guide, Corey Williams, American Library Association “Three copyright-related bills are currently in play at the start of 2012 all of which take aim at any website beyond U.S. borders that distribute counterfeit or copyright infringing products. All three bills operate under the assumption that there is… Continue Reading
CRS – National Infrastructure Bank: Overview and Current Legislation
National Infrastructure Bank: Overview and Current Legislation, December 14, 2011. “Several bills to establish a national infrastructure bank have been introduced in the 112th Congress. This report examines three such bills, the Building and Upgrading Infrastructure for Long-Term Development Act (S. 652), the American Infrastructure Investment Fund Act of 2011 (S. 936), and the National… Continue Reading
EPA IG – EPA Needs to Manage Nanomaterial Risks More Effectively
EPA Needs to Manage Nanomaterial Risks More Effectively – Report No. 12-P-0162 December 29, 2011 “We found that EPA does not currently have sufficient information or processes to effectively manage the human health and environmental risks of nanomaterials. EPA has the statutory authority to regulate nanomaterials but currently lacks the environmental and human health exposure… Continue Reading
Budgetary Effects of the Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011
Budgetary Effects of the Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011, as Posted on the Website of the House Committee on Rules on December 22, 2011 Continue Reading
Kaiser Health Tracking Poll – December 2011
Kaiser Health Tracking Poll, December 2011: “The October downturn in the share of Americans with a favorable view of the health reform law, a dip driven by an erosion of support among Democrats, has been fully reversed in December, with support among Democrats rebounding and overall national opinion on the law returning to the roughly… Continue Reading
2011 Immigration-Related Laws and Resolutions in the States (Jan. 1Dec. 7, 2011)
News release: “In 2011, state legislators introduced 1,607 bills and resolutions relating to immigrants and refugees in all 50 states and Puerto Rico. This is a significant increase compared with 2010, when 46 states considered more than 1,400 bills and resolutions pertaining to immigrants. Even though more bills were introduced this year, however, 11 percent… Continue Reading
CBO Reports on Troubled Asset Relief Program
Report on the Troubled Asset Relief Program – December 2011: “In October 2008, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (Division A of Public Law 110-343) established the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) to enable the Department of the Treasury to promote stability in financial markets through the purchase and guarantee of “troubled assets.” Section… Continue Reading
EIA: Smart Grid Legislative and Regulatory Policies and Case Studies
Smart Grid Legislative and Regulatory Policies and Case Studies, December 12, 2011 [299 pages, PDF] “In recent years, a number of U.S. states have adopted or are considering smart grid related laws, regulations, and voluntary or mandatory requirements. At the same time, the number of smart grid pilot projects has been increasing rapidly. Recent activity… Continue Reading
Changes in Health Insurance Coverage in the Great Recession, 2007-2010
Changes in Health Insurance Coverage in the Great Recession, 2007-2010. Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured “This issue brief examines changes in health insurance coverage over the last decade, with a focus on how changes in the economy, particularly during the “Great Recession” of 2007 to 2009, have affected coverage and the number of… Continue Reading
EFF Position on Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)
How SOPA Affects Students, Educators, and Libraries: “…Libraries represent another educational group that could face fallout from SOPA. The Library Copyright Alliance, a group whose members include the American Library Association and two other major library organizations, has also written a letter to the House of Representatives raising major issues with the bill. Alarmingly, the… Continue Reading
2.5 Million Young Adults Gain Health Insurance Due to the Affordable Care Act
News release: “Results released today [12/14/11] by the National Center for Health Statistics demonstrate that the extension of dependent coverage up to age 26 has increased the number of young adults with health insurance, by even more than prior analyses had suggested.[1] This policy, enacted as part of the Affordable Care Act, took effect for… Continue Reading
