Legendary urban planner Jane Jacobs passed away earlier this week. She's most noted for her book Death and Life of Great American Cities (NA 9108 .J3, on the 5th floor of Gelman) and for her activisim during Robert Moses' reign on New York City.
To see her legacy in action, read about the Federal Transit Administration's Livable Communities Initiative.
Thursday, April 27, 2006
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
USAPATRIOT Act: Re-uppage
1/3/06: H.R. 3199 was issued to extend the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act. The short title, of course: the USAPATRIOT Act.
The link is to the 86 page PDF of the bill presented in the House, but the final version of the bill, as it passed in both chambers of Congress, can be found on thomas.gov by searching the Bill number.
The link is to the 86 page PDF of the bill presented in the House, but the final version of the bill, as it passed in both chambers of Congress, can be found on thomas.gov by searching the Bill number.
Monday, April 24, 2006
Border Patrol
Both the House and the Senate are offering up their take on the Immigration situation...
The House has given us H.R. 4437: Border Protection, Antiterrorism and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005.
The Senate's version, courtesy of Senator Bill Frist is S. 2454: To Ammend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for comprehensive reform and for other purposes, also known by it's shorter title, Securing America's Borders Act.
Friday, April 21, 2006
Hurricane Katrina: Lessons Learned (the White House take)
The White House released it's own report on the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Titled The Federal Response to Hurricane Katrina: Lessons Learned, it's available through the White House website, as an electronic document or a downloadable PDF.
Titled The Federal Response to Hurricane Katrina: Lessons Learned, it's available through the White House website, as an electronic document or a downloadable PDF.
Hurricane Katrina: A Failure of Initiative
Released on February 15, 2006, the House's report, titled A Failure of Initiative detailed the federal government's response to Hurricane Katrina.
From GPOAccess:
From the House's website: http://katrina.house.gov/
Contains links committee members' web pages, Congressional testimony and other requested documents
From GPOAccess: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset/creports/katrinasupp.html
Contains a downloadable PDF of the whole report (be forewarned... downloading it all in one fell swoop has been known to crash out a computer or two), plus an electronic table of contents for the report
From GPOAccess:
The Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for the Response to Hurricane Katrina provides its Final Report regarding the local, State, and Federal government emergency plans, coordination, and response to Hurricane Katrina, together with additional views.Links for this document:
From the House's website: http://katrina.house.gov/
Contains links committee members' web pages, Congressional testimony and other requested documents
From GPOAccess: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset/creports/katrinasupp.html
Contains a downloadable PDF of the whole report (be forewarned... downloading it all in one fell swoop has been known to crash out a computer or two), plus an electronic table of contents for the report
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