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- Digital Footprints: Online identity management and search in the age of transparency
Press release: "Forty-seven percent of internet users have searched for their own name online, but few monitor their online presence... - International and Foreign Legal Research: A Coursebook
International and Foreign Legal Research: A Coursebook, by Marci Hoffman Associate Director, International & Foreign Law Librarian, University of California,... - U.S. Geological Survey Toxic Substances Hydrology Program
"The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Toxic Substances Hydrology (Toxics) Program was initiated in 1982 to provide objective and reliable scientific... - HHS OIG Reports Record $43 Billion in Savings and Recoveries
Press release: "The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) Semiannual Report to Congress reported... - Political Bloggers at Newspaper Sites in Drivers Seat for 2008 Campaign Coverage
Editor and Publisher: "Yet it remains something newspapers are embracing as the 2008 presidential campaign hits its stride and the... - Google and Microsoft Battle Over Future of Desktop and Web
New York Times: Google Gets Ready to Rumble With Microsoft - "The growing confrontation between Google and Microsoft promises to... - UN Breakthrough on Climate Change Reached in Bali
Press release: (Bali, 15 December 2007) – Climate Change Conference in Bali - "The Conference, hosted by the Government of... - Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom Casualty Report
Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom Fatalities As of December 14, 2007, 10 a.m. EST.... - Tenth Anniversary of Blogging, December 17, 2007
Via Wired: Top 10 Tips for New Bloggers From Original Blogger Jorn Barger: "Jorn Barger of Robot Wisdom coined the... - Forthcoming Article: Whistleblowers and Qui Tam for Tax
Ventry, Dennis J., Whistleblowers and Qui Tam for Tax. Tax Lawyer, Forthcoming Available via SSRN. "This Article examines the underexplored... - Free, Searchable Database of The Mitchell Report
Follow up to December 13, 2007 posting Senator George J. Mitchell Releases Report on Major League Baseball Investigation, this news:... - FTC Secretary's Letter Responding to Request for Recusal Review from Proposed Google-Doubleclick Merger
Press release: "This statement responds to the “Complaint Requesting Recusal of the Federal Trade Commission Chairman From the Pending Review... - Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Guidance on Pandemic Planning
Press release: "The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) issued guidance [December 12, 2007] for use by financial institutions in... - Federal Law Requires All Businesses to Truncate Credit Card Information on Receipts
Press release: "As merchants get busier with holiday shopping, the Federal Trade Commission reminds them to be sure the credit... - DOJ OIG Reports: U.S. Customs and Border Protection and USCIS Benefit Fraud Referral Process
OIG-08-15 - U.S. Customs and Border Protection's FY 2007 Internal Control (PDF, 23 pages) - New 12/14/2007 OIG-08-09 - Review...