beSpacific http://www.bespacific.com/ Accurate, focused law and technology news en-us Sabrina I. Pacifici Copyright beSpacific LLC. See Terms of Use for RSS Feeds, bespacific.com/terms.html 2010-09-03T17:24:23-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 AP Asserts : "Combat in Iraq is not over, and we should not uncritically repeat suggestions that it is" Follow up to President Obama’s Address on Iraq via Poynter Online - AP: 'Combat in Iraq is not over, and... http://www.bespacific.com/mt/archives/025118.html Government Documents Sabrina 2010-09-03T17:24:23-05:00 Pew Report: Cell phones and American adults Cell phones and American adults - They make just as many calls, but text less often than teens - by... http://www.bespacific.com/mt/archives/025117.html Internet Sabrina 2010-09-03T17:14:21-05:00 Google says it is simplifying and updating privacy policies Official Google Blog: "Long, complicated and lawyerly — that's what most people think about privacy policies, and for good reason.... http://www.bespacific.com/mt/archives/025119.html Privacy Sabrina 2010-09-03T16:37:16-05:00 Census Bureau Reports 16 Percent Increase in Federal Domestic Spending in 2009 News release: "The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that obligations for federal domestic spending increased 16.0 percent in fiscal year... http://www.bespacific.com/mt/archives/025122.html Government Documents Sabrina 2010-09-03T00:59:13-05:00 Census Bureau Reports State and Local Government Employment Remains at 16.6 Million News release: "The nation's 89,526 state and local governments employed 16.6 million full-time equivalent employees in 2009, statistically unchanged from... http://www.bespacific.com/mt/archives/025121.html Government Documents Sabrina 2010-09-03T00:54:38-05:00 Survey of Credit Underwriting Practices 2010 Survey of Credit Underwriting Practices 2010, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, August 2010 "The Office of the Comptroller... http://www.bespacific.com/mt/archives/025120.html Government Documents Sabrina 2010-09-03T00:46:15-05:00 Fed Chairman Testifies on Causes of the Recent Financial and Economic Crisis Chairman Ben S. Bernanke, Causes of the Recent Financial and Economic Crisis Before the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, hearing, Too... http://www.bespacific.com/mt/archives/025110.html Government Documents Sabrina 2010-09-02T18:13:17-05:00 SEC Adopts Temporary Rule Requiring Municipal Advisors to Register With Agency News release:" The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it has adopted a temporary rule requiring municipal advisors to... http://www.bespacific.com/mt/archives/025114.html E-Government Sabrina 2010-09-02T17:55:42-05:00 Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission Preliminary Staff Report Too-Big-to-Fail Financial Institutions Preliminary Staff Report, Governmental Rescues of 'Too-Big-To-Fail' Financial Institutions, August 31, 2010 "The purpose of this preliminary staff report is... http://www.bespacific.com/mt/archives/025111.html Government Documents Sabrina 2010-09-02T17:40:56-05:00 EPIC Challenge to Airport Body Scanner Program Moves Forward in Federal Court Follow up to previous postings on government implementation of whole body scanning technology at airports, via EPIC: "The United States... http://www.bespacific.com/mt/archives/025112.html Civil Liberties Sabrina 2010-09-02T17:40:54-05:00 Asylum Denial Rate Reaches All Time Low: FY 2010 Results, a Twenty-Five Year Perspective "Very timely Justice Department data show that Immigration Judges are declining substantially fewer requests for asylum. Denial rates have reached... http://www.bespacific.com/mt/archives/025109.html Civil Liberties Sabrina 2010-09-02T17:37:08-05:00 Birthright Citizenship in the United States A Global Comparison Birthright Citizenship in the United States, A Global Comparison By Jon Feere, Legal Policy Analyst at the Center for Immigration... http://www.bespacific.com/mt/archives/025115.html Government Documents Sabrina 2010-09-02T06:38:46-05:00 FEMA, the National Weather Service and other agencies are providing updates, advice and other disaster-management information on their websites InformationWeek: "Agencies that deal with disaster-management are preparing for the arrival of Hurricane Earl, as the U.S. braces for another... http://www.bespacific.com/mt/archives/025113.html E-Government Sabrina 2010-09-02T00:21:45-05:00 IMF: Fiscal Space Fiscal Space, Prepared by Jonathan D. Ostry, Atish R. Ghosh, Jun I. Kim, and Mahvash S. Qureshi, September 1, 2010,... http://www.bespacific.com/mt/archives/025105.html Government Documents Sabrina 2010-09-01T18:18:08-05:00 Executive Excess 2010: CEO Pay and the Great Recession Executive Excess 2010: CEO Pay and the Great Recession, by Sarah Anderson, Chuck Collins, Sam Pizzigati, Kevin Shih: "The 17th... http://www.bespacific.com/mt/archives/025102.html Government Documents Sabrina 2010-09-01T18:17:19-05:00