Pius XII Memorial Library Government Documents

An Internet blackout may be the news that ends the annual August news lull (forces the reporters back to work from vacation). A report by Homeland Security implies that the “internets” are at risk…  Summary here at the Financial Times.

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So much about the bureaucracy that I will never understand — here is a little gem from FedBizOpps.gov:
Under the authority of FAR 6.302 1, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) intends to award purchase orders to Professor Frank E. Vecchio, Dr. Gene Corley, Professor Jerome F. Hajjar, and Professor James Jirsa to allow them to [...]

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OK, so we have a bit of ugly “discourse” taking place over America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 which has probably been read only by those that wrote it.  In the spirt of public service you can download the full 1017 triple spaced pages PDF here. Congressional Research Service summary follows:

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Mercury contamination is getting attention from the USGS. This is a problem in lakes and in oceans.

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