The Documents Corner

February 8, 2008

Residence Restrictions For Released Sex Offenders

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. In response to some citizens’ concerns, Congress passed the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (P.L. 109-248), which, among other provisions, provides for mandatory registration of sex offenders who are released from prison, closer scrutiny of them,

February 5, 2008

Selected Documents and Web Sites: U.S. President’s Budget for 2009

by David Badertscher

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 some of the citation references within quotations from his message. Due to the size and complexity of this budget as submitted we can only include a few of the documents in this posting. The following includes links to the series of documents selected.

SELECTED DOCUMENTS:

January 29, 2008

Fact Sheets for 2008 State of the Union Address

by David Badertscher

2008 State of the Union Policy Initiatives (PDF 189 KB)
Fact Sheets Released by the White House

January 24, 2008

President Bush: Executive Order 11858 Concerning Foreign Investment in the United States

by David Badertscher

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

January 18, 2008

Top Ten Reasons Hackers Use the Web for Attacks

by David Badertscher

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

January 15, 2008

Homeland Security: The Real ID Final Rules Are Out

by David Badertscher

SUMMARY:

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Office of the Secretary

December 13, 2007

New Jersey Nears Repeal of Death Penalty

by David Badertscher

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 the measure to pass easily on Thursday in the General Assembly, where Democrats hold 50 of the 80 seats.

Gov. Jon S. Corzine, a staunch opponent of the death penalty, has said he would sign a measure ending executions

December 13, 2007

White Paper: Impact of Cybercrime on Your Organization

by David Badertscher

This white paper explores the emerging crimeware industry, examining web based techniques and methods being used to perpetuate cybercrime, with a focus on the business impact of these attacks. The paper also explores the benefits of real time content inspection technology as a possible solution to help secure enterprises frm the growing crimeware threat..

See the complete whitepaper by clicking on the link below:

Impact of Cybercrime

December 4, 2007

Iran: Nuclear Intentions – U.S. National Intelligence Estimate – November 2007

by David Badertscher

On Monday December 3, 2007 the U.S. Intelligence agencies released a new National Intelligence Estimate which concludes that Iran halted a nuclear weapons program in 2003, though it continues to enrich uranium, ostensibly for peaceful purposes.

For the convenience of our readers we are posting below without any editorial comment of our own a copy of the ScopeNote of the Intelligence Estimate and a link to the full document:

S c o p e N o t e

November 19, 2007

2007 Annual Report of the New York State Commission on Judical Conduct

by David Badertscher

The 2007 Annual Report of the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct was released last Thursday. In his article in the November 19, 2007 New York Law Journal Daniel Wise writes that the Commission ” opened more investigations in 2006 [the year covered by the Annual Reporrt] and had more matters pending against judges than at any time in its 29 year history…”.

INTRODUCTION TO THE 2007 ANNUAL REPORT

The New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct is the independent agency designated by the State Constitution to review complaints of misconduct against judges of the State Unified Court System, which includes approximately 3,400 judges and justices.