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National Drug Control Strategy: FY 2008 Budget Summary
Comprehensive Study Examines Quality of 615 House and Senate Web Sites, Finds Quality Disappointing
New EEOC Publication Addresses Employment of Health Care Workers With Disabilities
Implementation of the Judicial Conduct and Disability Act of 1980: A Report to the Chief Justice
State Climate Initiatives Are Focus of Pew Center Site
Pew Internet and American Life Project Survey of Wireless Internet Access
Top 100 Federal Prime Contractors: 2006
Free, Open Source Site Covering Congressional Bills, News, Gossip and Elected Officials
Site Offers Free Searching and Viewing of Major Broadcast News Videos
FDIC Quarterly Banking Profile
National Center for State Courts Launches Court Security Forum
EU eGovernment TrendsWatch Website
Searching U.S. Law School Websites

National Drug Control Strategy: FY 2008 Budget Summary

"The Office of National Drug Control Policy's FY 2008 Budget Summary is a companion document to the National Drug Control Strategy. The Budget identifies resources that support the three key elements of the Strategy and demonstrates an approach where activities to reduce the demand for narcotics are augmented by efforts to stem their supply. (NCJ 216432)"

Full text of the report, PDF and Agency Abstract

Topic(s): Government Documents, E-Government

Comprehensive Study Examines Quality of 615 House and Senate Web Sites, Finds Quality Disappointing

"The 2006 Gold Mouse Report: Recognizing the Best Web Sites on Capitol Hill marks the third time that the Congressional Management Foundation has evaluated all Member, committee, and leadership Web sites and recognized the best Congressional Web sites with Mouse Awards."

Press release: "A new report card on congressional Web sites from the Congressional Management Foundation (CMF) says the overall quality is "disappointing" with over a third of the congressional Web sites earning a substandard or failing grade. There was also recognition and praise for the best Web sites on Capitol Hill with the announcement of the winners of the Gold, Silver, and Bronze Mouse Awards."

table of contents, introduction, summary of key findings, selected charts, View the 2006 Mouse Award winners - The Best Web Sites on Capitol Hill, and download the entire 2006 Gold Mouse Report (100 pages, PDF)

Topic(s): Congress, E-Government, Government Documents, Knowledge Management

New EEOC Publication Addresses Employment of Health Care Workers With Disabilities

Press release: "Naomi C. Earp, Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), today announced the issuance of a new question-and-answer (Q&A) fact sheet, Questions and Answers about Health Care Workers and the Americans with Disabilities Act, on the application of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to job applicants and employees in the health care industry...The new Q&A fact sheet provides practical information about applying ADA employment rules in health care jobs, in a variety of settings - from public and private hospitals and nursing care facilities to doctors' and dentists' offices and diagnostic laboratories. The occupations within the health care field are many and varied, including not only physicians, surgeons, dental hygienists and nurses, but social workers, physical therapists, medical records clerks, laboratory technicians, paramedics, home health aides, and custodial and! food service workers in medical facilities."

Topic(s): Government Documents, E-Government, Legal Research

Implementation of the Judicial Conduct and Disability Act of 1980: A Report to the Chief Justice

Implementation of the Judicial Conduct and Disability Act of 1980: A Report to the Chief Justice: Stephen Breyer; Sarah Evans Barker; Pasco M. Bowman; D. Brock Hornby; Sally M. Rider; J. Harvie Wilkinson III, September 2006, 183 pages.

"The Judicial Conduct and Disability Act 1980 Act authorizes any person to file a complaint alleging that a federal judge has engaged in conduct "prejudicial to the effective and expeditious administration of the business of the courts." The late Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, in 2004, responded to criticism from Congress and others about the way in which the Act had been implemented by appointing a committee led by Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer."

Topic(s): Courts, Legal Research

State Climate Initiatives Are Focus of Pew Center Site

Pew Center on Global Climate Change - What's Being Done in the States - "Across the country, states and regions are adopting policies to address climate change. These actions include increasing renewable energy generation, selling agricultural carbon sequestration credits, and encouraging energy efficiency. Such policies reduce vulnerability to energy price spikes, promote state economic development, and improve local air quality. Addressing climate change will require comprehensive national policy and international agreements. However, in the absence of federal policy, states and regions are taking the lead on developing policies that may provide models for future national efforts."

Information updates are available in the following categories: States News and Archives, State Legislation, In-Depth Case Studies, Regional Initiatives, State Action Maps, Publications and Events.

See also the Pew Center on Global Climate Change See also related news, and documents from the National Governors Association winter meeting, February 26, 2007:

WSJ free feature: Carbon Curbs Gain Backers - Energy Groups Shift Stance, Possibly Giving Campaign New Fuel

AP: "Governors from five Western states agreed Monday to work together to reduce greenhouse gases, saying their region has suffered some of the worst of global warming with recent droughts and bad fire seasons. The governors of Arizona, California, New Mexico, Oregon and Washington state agreed that they would develop a regional target to lower greenhouse gases and create a program aimed at helping businesses reach the still-undecided go! als."

Topic(s): Legal Research, Legislation, Government Documents

Pew Internet and American Life Project Survey of Wireless Internet Access

"The Pew Internet & American Life Project has just released a report that 34% of internet users have logged onto the internet using a wireless connection either around the house, at their workplace, or some place else. The report profiles these wireless users and describes their intensive use of the internet, especially in exchanging emails and getting news online."

Topic(s): Wireless Web, Knowledge Management, Internet, E-Mail

Top 100 Federal Prime Contractors: 2006

Washington Technology: The Billion-Dollar Club - To be a member, focus on defense, homeland security, health IT, outsourcing as hot opportunities."

Topic(s): Government Documents

Free, Open Source Site Covering Congressional Bills, News, Gossip and Elected Officials

"OpenCongress brings together official government information with news and blog coverage to give you the real story behind what's happening in Congress. Small groups of political insiders and lobbyists know what's really going on in Congress. Now, everyone can be an insider. OpenCongress is a free, open-source, non-profit, and non-partisan web resource with a mission to help make Congress more transparent and to encourage civic engagement. OpenCongress is a joint project of the Sunlight Foundation and the Participatory Politics Foundation."

"OpenCongress brings together, for the first time in one place, all the best data on what's really happening in Congress: Official Congressional information from Thomas, made available by GovTrack.us: bills, votes, committee reports, and more. News articles about bills and Members of Congress from Google News. Blog posts about bills and Members of Congress from Google Blog Search and Technorati. Campaign contribution information for every Member of Congress from the website of the non-profit, non-partisan Center for Responsive Politics, OpenSecrets.org. Congress Gossip Blog: a blog written by the site editors of OpenCongress that highlights useful news and blog reporting from around the web. The blog also solicits tips, either anonymous or attributed, from political insiders, citizen journalists, and the public in order to build public knowledge about Congress."

Topic(s): Government Documents, Legal Research, Congress, Blogs, Legislation

Site Offers Free Searching and Viewing of Major Broadcast News Videos

"The Tyndall Report monitors the weekday nightly newscasts of the three American broadcast television networks: ABC World News with Charles Gibson, CBS Evening News with Katie Couric and NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams...The Tyndall Blog monitors and comments on each night's newscasts and links to the stories that the networks aired."

Links to a range of reliable, free and fee-based Television and Radio News Transcripts are available in Competitive Intelligence - A Selective Resource Guide, by Sabrina I. Pacifici.

Topic(s): Knowledge Management, Internet, Blogs, Legal Research

FDIC Quarterly Banking Profile

Quarterly Banking Profile - "Provides the earliest comprehensive summary of financial results for all FDIC-insured institutions. This report card on industry status and performance includes written analyses, graphs and statistical tables."

Topic(s): Government Documents

National Center for State Courts Launches Court Security Forum

"NCSC and members of the court and law enforcement communities are concerned about court security. This is an issue that affects us all. This forum was established as a central point of information about aspects of court security. We hope to provide resources, news, and networking opportunities through the Forum."

Topic(s): Courts, Legal Research

EU eGovernment TrendsWatch Website

"The TrendsWatch website aims to become a focal point for all eGovernment research projects and activities in FP6. The website mirrors the results of the study Bringing together and accelerating eGovernment research in the EU".

Topic(s): E-Government

Searching U.S. Law School Websites

John Doyle's (of Washington & Lee Law School Library) Searching U.S. Law School Websites.

Topic(s): Legal Research

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