RSS Feeds from the State of California
MultiMedia RSS Feeds - State of California State of California. From the Air Resources Board to the Legislative Analysts Office, to New Opinions from the U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, lots of RSS feeds! Continue reading
Bush administration devalues life. EPA regulations no longer necessary
No this isn't a news item from [w:The Onion]! It's Stephen Colbert's latest Wørd segment. In it, Colbert finds much to celebrate that our individual monetary value (IMV) as derived by government actuaries has declined by almost a million dollars -- a 12% drop in five years. And Colbert rightly points out that with IMV dropping, the cost of environmental regulations is higher than their benefits which causes IMV to drop even more in a "circle of life -- minus the life!"
Understanding FISA with flow charts
[UPDATE 2/27/2010: It seems that the Ketchup and Caviar blog is no more. The flow charts can still be viewed on BoingBoing and the text of the blog post is preserved and available at the internet Archive's WayBack Machine. jrj] Ketchup and Caviar has a very good post describing in flow charts the old FISA law and the changes made with the new FISA law. Click on the charts to get larger images.
More Trouble for Bush Library
The George W. Bush Library at at Southern Methodist University has been a source of controversy for some time. Now, a new story and video by the Times of London suggests more trouble.
- In New Headache for SMU's Bush Library, Lobbyist Hints at Cash-for-Meetings Deal, Chronicle of Higher Education News Blog, July 14, 2008
Do you want Vice President Dick Cheney’s undivided attention for an hour? Stephen P. Payne, a Texas-based lobbyist, has some advice about how to grease the wheels for such a meeting: Make a six-figure donation to the George W. Bush Presidential Center, a library and museum complex that is scheduled to be built at Southern Methodist University.Continue reading
News by Agency
Government Executive has a new feature that allows you to easily track their stories about many individual government agencies: News By Agency Continue reading