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National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse Report on Internet Activity Related to Controlled Prescription Drugs

Sabrina Pacifici - Tue, 07/08/2008 - 18:48
News release: "Despite a decline in the number of Web sites advertising or selling controlled prescription drugs, like OxyContin and...
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SEC Examinations Find Shortcomings in Credit Rating Agencies' Practices and Disclosure to Investors

Sabrina Pacifici - Tue, 07/08/2008 - 18:12
News release: "The Securities and Exchange Commission today released findings from extensive 10-month examinations of three major credit rating agencies...
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G8 Leaders Statement on Counter-Terrorism

Sabrina Pacifici - Tue, 07/08/2008 - 18:09
G8 Leaders Statement on Counter-Terrorism released by the White House: "We, the leaders of the G8, condemn in the strongest...
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HealthMap Global disease alert map

Sabrina Pacifici - Tue, 07/08/2008 - 18:03
"HealthMap brings together disparate data sources to achieve a unified and comprehensive view of the current global state of infectious...
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Report: ISP, Ad Networking Scheme May Violate Federal and State Wiretap Laws

Sabrina Pacifici - Tue, 07/08/2008 - 17:57
News release: "The Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) today released an analysis questioning the legal standing of a new...
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New GAO Report Reveals Agencies are Not Complying with Requirements to Preserve E-mails

Sabrina Pacifici - Tue, 07/08/2008 - 17:50
Committee on Oversight: "Rep. Henry A. Waxman, Rep. Wm. Lacy Clay, and Rep. Paul W. Hodes released a new GAO...
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National War Powers Commission Report Released

Sabrina Pacifici - Tue, 07/08/2008 - 17:49
News release: "The Miller Center's National War Powers Commission, co-chaired by former Secretaries of State James A. Baker, III and...
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Fact Sheet: Designation of Iranian Entities and Individuals for Proliferation Activities

Sabrina Pacifici - Tue, 07/08/2008 - 17:43
State Department Fact Sheet, July 8, 2008: "The U.S. Government is taking actions today to further U.S. efforts to counter...
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?Red Flag? Regulations Require Financial Institutions and Creditors to Have Identity Theft Prevention Programs

Sabrina Pacifici - Tue, 07/08/2008 - 17:41
Federal Trade Commission: "Financial institutions and creditors are now required to develop and implement written identity theft prevention programs under...
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Agencies Issue Statement on Basel II Advanced Approaches Qualification Process

Sabrina Pacifici - Tue, 07/08/2008 - 17:36
News release: "The federal banking and thrift agencies today issued an interagency statement outlining the qualification process for banking organizations...
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New GAO Reports: Funding to States to Improve Criminal Records, Afghanistan Reconstruction

Sabrina Pacifici - Tue, 07/08/2008 - 17:36
Army Working Capital Fund: Actions Needed to Reduce Carryover at Army Depots, GAO-08-714, July 08, 2008 Bureau of Justice Statistics...
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G-8 Statement: Global Food Security

Sabrina Pacifici - Tue, 07/08/2008 - 17:30
White House: G8 Leaders Statement on Global Food Security, July 8, 2008: "We are deeply concerned that the steep rise...
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Layton launches online petition against “text message cash-grab”

Digital Copyright Canada - Tue, 07/08/2008 - 16:45

Layton announced today that:

the NDP is launching an online petition calling on cell phone providers to act in the interest of consumers and cancel the text message cash-grab.

It is great to see the parties getting interested in telecommunications policy. I hope this will lead to solving the current problem we have with outrageous telecommunications costs, including the harm to innovation that comes from non-competitive wireless data plans.

Categories: Blog Canada, Net Law

NTSB 2007 Annual Report to Congress

Sabrina Pacifici - Tue, 07/08/2008 - 00:32
Special Publication: NTSB 2007 Annual Report to Congress, adopted on July 2, 2008: "The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is...
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DOJ: Police Enforcement Strategies to Prevent Crime in Hot Spot Areas

Sabrina Pacifici - Mon, 07/07/2008 - 17:46
U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS): Police Enforcement Strategies to Prevent Crime in Hot Spot...
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CBO - Monthly Budget Review, July 2008

Sabrina Pacifici - Mon, 07/07/2008 - 17:44
Monthly Budget Review, July 2008 - Based on the Monthly Treasury Statement for May and the Daily Treasury Statements for...
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Recent CRS Reports: U.S.-Russian Civilian Nuclear Cooperation Agreement, DOJ Appropriations, Veterans' Education Benefits

Sabrina Pacifici - Mon, 07/07/2008 - 17:37
Via Secrecy News: U.S.-Russian Civilian Nuclear Cooperation Agreement: Issues for Congress, updated June 26, 2008 Department of Justice (DOJ) Appropriations...
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SEC, FRB Sign Agreement to Enhance Collaboration, Coordination and Information Sharing

Sabrina Pacifici - Mon, 07/07/2008 - 17:37
News release: "Today, Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Chairman...
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next up: Netroots

Lawrence Lessig - Mon, 07/07/2008 - 14:06
The latest REV on the Change-Congress circuit happens in Austin, July 19. Cheap(er) registration available here (the benefits you get by hanging with such a connected guy here).
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Canadians Face Triple Lock on Apple iPhone

Digital Copyright Canada - Mon, 07/07/2008 - 11:13

For those considering buying one of the Apple iPhones on Friday, please read this article by Michael Geist on the "made in Canada" triple-lockdown.

Categories: Blog Canada, Net Law
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