“(U.S. 6th Cir., Feb. 5, 2008) – Defendants’ sentences resulting from their clumsy robbery of rare books from a university and attempts to sell them at auction are vacated and remanded for re-sentencing, where the district court erred by excluding books dropped and abandoned in the library stairwell from the…
“Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Feb. 11, 2008) – The U.S. Department of Defense announced that six high-value detainees held in Guantanamo Bay were charged, under the Military Commissions Act, with planning and executing the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Specific charges include violations of the laws of war, attacking civilians, attacking…
Report prepared by U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the Inspector General February 2008. Section 1001 of the USA PATRIOT Act (Patriot Act), Public Law 107-56, directs the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ or Department) to undertake a series of actions related…
A Report for Congress Prepared by Garrine P. Laney, Analyst in Social Policy, Domestic Policy Division of the Congressional Research Service, February 4, 2008. The following is from the Summary: “Monitoring the movement of sex offenders in communities continues to be of interest to Congress, state legislatures, and local governments.…
DAVID BADERTSCHER The following posting consists of a series of documents selected to hopefully help provide those readers interested with an overview of the budget and the budget process. It also includes a list of the web sites rererenced in President Bush’s Budget Message.To provide added context I have embedded…
2008 State of the Union Policy Initiatives (PDF 189 KB) Fact Sheets Released by the White House
01/23/2008 Executive Order: Further Amendment of Executive Order 11858 Concerning Foreign Investment in the United States (PDF 70.7 KB) Executive Order Issued by the President on Jan. 23, 2008 To See Executive Order 11858 Click Here
This technology brief by Blue Coat Systems details the vulnerabilities hackers use to take advantage of the web for attacks. To see entire document click on the link below: Top Ten Reasons Hackers Use the Web for Attacks
SUMMARY: 4410-10 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Office of the Secretary 6 CFR Part 37 Docket No. DHS-2006-0030 RIN 1601-AA37 Minimum Standards for Drivers’ Licenses and Identification Cards Acceptable by Federal Agencies for Official Purposes AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DHS. ACTION: Final rule. The Department of Homeland Security is establishing…
The New Jersey Senate voted Monday December 10 to make the state the first in the country to repeal the death penalty since 1976, when the United States Supreme Court set guidelines for the nation’s current system of capital punishment. Legislators on both sides of the debate said they expected…