Government Information

http://pacer.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinion.pdf/031821A.P.pdf

2-1 decision of a panel of the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond that the Virginia law which outlaws what is termed partial birth infanticide as an abortion method is unconstitutional. The judges found the Virginia law to be more restrictive than the federal ban on late-term abortion that the U.S. Supreme Court approved in Gonzales v. Carhart last year. From the U.S. Courts of Appeal Pacer service.

http://laws.findlaw.com/us/000/06-666

7-2 decision of the U.S. Supreme Court that states may offer tax breaks for investors in their state bonds even while taxing the income of residents from investments in bonds issued by other states. From Findlaw.com.

http://www.dot.gov/affairs/aviation080516/executive_summary_faa_report.pdf

Executive summary of report on maintenance problems at American Airlines which caused grounding of 367 aircraft, cancellation of thousands of flights, and problems for hundreds of thousands of airline passengers. From the Federal Aviation Administration

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/91xx/doc9168/05-20-HealthIT.pdf

Some people see information technology as a means for reducing health care costs and improving quality. This paper examines potential costs and benefits, possible barriers to broader use of information technology in hospitals and clinics, and options for promoting health IT by the federal government. From the Congressional Budget Office

http://www.ed.gov/rschstat/eval/other/small-communities/final-report.pdf

The smaller learning communities program was established as a response to national concerns about alienated students and large, impersonal high schools. This report surveys 18 SLC schools among the first group funded under the program in 2000. From the Education Department.

http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RS22773_20080109.pdf

Some cities try to limit the assistance they offer or refuse to cooperate with federal immigration authorities and have come to be known as sanctuary cities. This report describes the applicable law, the methods used by sanctuary cities to limit their cooperation with federal authorities and pending legislation in the 110th Congress. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by OpenCRS.org.

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/nuke/RL34487.pdf

Examines the prospects that Japan will pursue nuclear weapons capabilities by assessing the existing technical infrastructure of its civilian nuclear energy program. Also discusses the practical, legal, and political obstacles to the development of a nuclear weapons program by Japan and what implications such a program would have for U.S.-Japanese relations. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists.

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/92xx/doc9216/LongtermBudget_Letter-to-Ryan.pdf

Analyzes potential economic effects of allowing federal debt to continue to climb, or to slow the growth of deficits and eliminate them over the next several decades, or to use higher income tax rates alone to finance the expected spending increases in Social Security and Medicare. From the Congressional Budget Office.