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Adult Drug Court Research to Practice Initiative: FY 2009 Competition Grant Announcement

“The U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs’ Bureau of Justice Assistance, in partnership with the National Institute of Justice, is pleased to announce it is seeking applications for funding under the Adult Drug Court Research to Practice Initiative. This program furthers the Department’s efforts to assist communities to…

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U.S. Federal Trade Commission Rescinds Enforcement Policy Regarding Advertising of Books

On February 20, 2009 the U.S. Federal Trade Commission announced that it is rescinding the book advertising policy sometimes known as the “mirror image doctrine”. Below is an excerpt from that announcement with links the complete FTC Announcement, the forthcoming notice in the Federal Register, an an article in the…

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Hundreds of TV Stations Still Plan to Make the Switch to Digital on February 17

The following is posted as a service to those readers who still need to convert to digital television: An article by Peter Whorisky and Kim Hart published in the February 11, 2009 Washington Post, “500 TV Stations Still Plan to Make Digital Switch Next Week,”explains “…the onset of the digital…

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Good Breakdown of Comparative Funding Levels Between the House and Senate Versions of the Stimulus Legislation

I was going to post something about the comparative funding levels between the House and Senate versions of the stimulus legislation, but have just learned that ProPublica has already done so on their blog. Congratulations to ProPublica for a really good posting. Here is the link. http://www.propublica.org/special/the-stimulus-bills-house-vs.-senate

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Summary of Proposed U.S. Stimulus Legislation

This posting links to a summary of the highlights of proposed stimulus legislation. including the Nelson-Collins Amendment and other floor amendments as of February 6, 2009. It is not a complete listing of all programs and spending included in the proposed legislation, but it provides a good overview for those…

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Publication: Federal Rules of Evidence 2009

Federal Rules of Evidence 2009 ISSN 566-5645 Published by Federal Evidence Review as a web based publication. According to the publisher this publication consists of “a current version of the Federal Rules of Evidence…,originally enacted in 1975 and as amended to the present.” It is “fully searchable using the Adobe…

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Madoff, Investors, and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Recent news and developments regarding investors and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ( SEC ) as related to the Madoff ponzi scheme: The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has posted information for Madoff investors at: http://www.sec.gov/news/press/2008/2008-293-update.htm See also NYT article 2-5-09: by Diana B. Henriques “At Madoff Hearing, Lawmakers…

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Some Recent Documents from the Obama White House

Below are links to some of the recent documents, January 21, 22 and 26, 2009 : Executive Order: Presidential Records, Released by White House on 1-21-09 Memorandum: Freedom of Information Act ( FOIA ) Released by White House on 1-21-09 Memorandum: Transparency and Open Government, Released by White House on…

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