September 2, 2008

Lawyers: Gonzales Mishandled Classified Information

The Associated Press

"Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales mishandled highly classified notes about a secret counterterror program, says a memo by his legal team, which touches on one of the most contentious episodes of high-level infighting in the Bush administration's war on terror. The memo acknowledges that Gonzales improperly stored notes about the program and might have taken them home at one point. Removing secret documents from specially secured rooms violates government policy."

Findlaw has provided a link to the actual Report:

July 28, 2008

U.S. Department of Justice - Allegations of Politicized Hiring

An Investigation of aAllegation of Politicized Hiring by Monica Gooding and Other Staff in the Office of the U.S. Attorney General, July 28, 2008.

To see entire Report in pdf format click here.

June 19, 2008

Codes Rules and Regulations of the State of New York (NYCRR), Sections Affected

Register Citations from 8-1-07 to 6-11-08 (Cumulative)

The following citator compiled by James R. Sahlem, Principal Law Librarian of the New York Supreme Court at Buffalo, is intended to “fill the gap” in NYCRR, both print and electronic format. It covers the most recent ten-month period. It is designed to be printed and stapled and left at the end of your NYCRR or retained in e-format as a back-up to electronic research. Hopefully, this will demonstrate that the long-standing NYCRR gap problem can be cured. I will be providing twice-monthly cumulative updates. Those familiar with the CFR- LSA will have a good analogy.


PROCEDURE

Simply locate the pertinent title and section and consult this citator under that same title and section. If there is no entry, the reg has not been changed during the “gap” period. If an entry is found, it will be either a proposal “P”, or an action. Actions may include additions “Ad”, amendments “Am”, repeals “Rep”, re-numberings “Ren”, or combinations. “E” designations are emergency actions. Actions will have an effective date provided in the second-last column, while proposals will not. Those actions having effective dates earlier than their register publication are in bold . The last column will give the register reference by date and (in parentheses) the page on which it appears. Register pages are available at www.dos.state.ny.us/info/register.htm
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This attachment may be forwarded freely to anyone who might benefit from it. Questions may generally be resolved by examining the New York Register entry referred to in the last column. Failing that, questions, comments or suggestions may be forwarded to jsahlem@courts.state.ny.us. Sections are arranged to the level of section and subsection only; lower level references are given in the adjoining column, in chronological order. Only register references which impact a specific NYCRR title and section are included; table references, rate schedules, waiver requests, etc. are not included.

NYCRR Sections Affected June 2008 # 2


June 2, 2008

Women in International Regularory Law Symposium

Challenges in International Security

"A Symposium to Showcase Senior Women in the Fieldl

June 18, 2008

National Museum of Women in the Arts

1250 New York Ave. N.W.

Washington, DC

For more information, please contact WIRL@TRACEinternational.org .