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April 19, 2007
Headlines - Global Legal Information Network Now Searchable Via World Legal Information Institute
- Justices Breyer, Alito Testify on Pay Raises for Federal Judges
- Senate Judiciary Committee Holds Department of Justice Oversight Hearing
- Energy Commission Proposes Plan to Cut Total U.S. Climate Emissions in First Year of Program
- HHS Report on Abstinence Education Programs
- USA.gov Launches Redesigned Site
- House Veterans' Affairs Committee Report Card for the First Quarter
- VA Health Information Letter on Sarcoidosis
- Phishing Activity Trends for February 2007
- Bureau of Justice Statistics: Crime and the Nation's Households, 2005
- Presidential Proclamation 8126--Honoring the Victims of the Tragedy at Virginia Tech
- DOJ OIG Reports on Equitable Sharing Grants and Justice Program Grants
 Global Legal Information Network Now Searchable Via World Legal Information Institute "The Global Legal Information Network (GLIN) of the United States Law Library of Congress is now searchable via WorldLII, the World Legal Information Institute. GLIN Abstracts provides databases from 40 countries: Angola - Argentina - Belize - Bolivia - Brazil - Canada - Cape Verde - Chile - Colombia - Congo - Costa Rica - Cuba - Dominican Republic - Ecuador - El Salvador - Guatemala - Haiti - Honduras - Kuwait - Mali - Mauritania - Mexico -Mozambique - Nicaragua - Pakistan - Panama - Paraguay - Peru -Philippines - Portugal - Romania - Russia - Saudi Arabia - South Korea - Spain - Taiwan - Tunisia - United States - Uruguay - Venezuela. Approximately half of the the 139,622 abstracts in GLIN provide links to the full texts of the legislation, court decisions and other documents that are abstracted." [Graham Greenleaf, Professor of Law Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales] Justices Breyer, Alito Testify on Pay Raises for Federal Judges Follow up to previous postings on pay raise for judges, "Supreme Court Justices Stephen Breyer and Samuel Alito testified before a House subcommittee, calling for a salary increase for federal judges. Breyer text (pdf). Alito text (pdf). See also this Fact Sheet on Judicial Compensation." Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property Oversight Hearing on Federal Judicial Compensation, April 19, 2007 Senate Judiciary Committee Holds Department of Justice Oversight Hearing "The Senate Judiciary Committee April 19 held a hearing concerning oversight of the Department of Justice. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales testified at the hearing about the abrupt dismissal of eight U.S. Attorneys." Prepared Remarks of Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales at the Senate Judicary Oversight Hearing, April 19, 2007. Statements, Letters, And Releases About The U.S. Attorneys Fired By The Department Of Justice, via Sen. Patrick Leahy's website. Related postings on U.S. Attorney firings McClatchy PowerPoint slides comparing respective communication policies between White House and DOJ under President Clinton and President Bush. [via epluribusmedia] Energy Commission Proposes Plan to Cut Total U.S. Climate Emissions in First Year of Program Press release: "The National Commission on Energy Policy, a bipartisan group of top energy experts from industry, government, labor, academia, and environmental and consumer groups, today released a series of new, sweeping recommendations to address the nation's leading energy challenges. In its new report, Energy Policy Recommendations to the President and the 110th Congress (148 pages, PDF), the Commission proposed revised policies regarding a cap and trade proposal for addressing global climate change, increases in fuel economy standards, approaches for the storage of nuclear waste, development and deployment of advanced coal technologies, adoption of a national renewable energy standard, and other major energy policy issues." "The Commission's current update also tackles critical design elements for a greenhouse-gas cap-and-trade program, including the highly controversial issue of allowance allocation. For reasons detailed in a recent NCEP staff paper on allowance allocation, the Commission now recommends that at least half of the total pool of allowances available on an economy-wide basis be directed toward aiding the transition to a low-carbon economy, including to provide funding for advanced energy technologies and to mitigate impacts on low-income consumers." Related postings on climate change HHS Report on Abstinence Education Programs Impacts of Four Title V, Section 510 Abstinence Education Programs, Final Report, April 2007 by: Christopher Trenholm, Barbara Devaney, Ken Fortson, Lisa Quay, Justin Wheeler, and Melissa Clark, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. Contract No.: HHS 100-98-0010 MPR Reference No.: 8549-110 Submitted to: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. USA.gov Launches Redesigned Site Follow up to January 11, 2007 posting, FirstGov is Now USA.gov, today USA.gov relaunched with a new design, navigation and accessibility platform that significantly enhances user interface with the site. The site maintains a red, white a blue theme, with topical tabs running across the top of each page [For Citizens, For Business and Nonprofits, For Government Employees, For Visitors to the U.S.] There are topical navigation and quick links along the left side of each page. Users may choose to read the site in English or Spanish, and may change the font size of page content with one click. Links to "Print this page," "Receive updates by e-mail," and "USA.gov RSS Feeds" are now prominently displayed on the top right side of each page. House Veterans' Affairs Committee Report Card for the First Quarter House Veterans' Affairs Committee Report Card for the First Quarter, April 19, 2007. Press release: "Today, Chairman of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee Bob Filner (D-CA) announced an ambitious agenda focused on providing funds for the warrior, reaching out to American's veterans and providing Congressional oversight with results. In the first 100 days of the 110th Congress, the Committee worked with individuals and organizations to take the first steps to honor our commitment to our veterans." Phishing Activity Trends for February 2007 Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG), Phishing Activity Trends for February 2007 (8 pages, PDF) "The number of phishing reports received by the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) came to 23,610 in February, a drop of over 6,000 from January's previous record high of 29,930. ► For the first time ever recorded by the APWG, the United States of America has been surpassed as the top national jurisdiction for the hosting of crimeware-spreading websites. China has moved into the top spot with 46.44% of such sites in February and USA dropping to second place with 39.24%. ► The APWG saw a total of 135 brands being hijacked in February. That month saw a continuation of the January trend with many types of websites historically not typically targeted for phishing scams - such as social network portals and gambling sites - being spoofed. APWG notes that fewer brokerages were attacked in February than in January. However, more banks, credit unions and a large number of international banks and brands were spoofed. The number of unique websites hosting keyloggers reached an all time high in February with 3,121, up from 1,750 in January and eclipsing the previous record of 2,945 websites hosting keyloggers recorded in June, 2006." Bureau of Justice Statistics: Crime and the Nation's Households, 2005 Bureau of Justice Statistics: Crime and the Nation's Households, 2005 - "Presents information on households or persons in households who experienced one or more violent or property victimizations in 2005. Measuring crime by counting the affected households gives an understanding of whether crime is concentrated in fewer households or spread among more households in the Nation. Estimates are from data collected in the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), an ongoing survey of households that interviews about 134,000 persons in 77,200 households annually. Violent crimes included in the report are rape, sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault and simple assault. Property crimes examined are burglary, motor vehicle theft, and property theft. The report includes estimates on households that experienced vandalism and intimate partner violence. Findings are presented by race and ethnicity; region; urban, suburban or rural location; and household size. It includes overall trends in households victimized by crime from 1994 to 2005." Acrobat file (117K) | ASCII file (12K) | Spreadsheets (zip format) Presidential Proclamation 8126--Honoring the Victims of the Tragedy at Virginia Tech Proclamation 8126--Honoring the Victims of the Tragedy at Virginia Tech, [Federal Register: April 19, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 75)][Presidential Documents][Page 19777-19779]
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