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Thursday, 30th August 2001

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Congressional Research Service
Selected New or Recently Updated Reports from the Congressional Research Service (Late August Update)
Here we go with another round of new or recenty revised CRS material. I have thrown in a couple of new discoveries as well. Access to these and many more reports are available from either the web site of Rep. Chris Shays or Rep. Mark Green. Once on either of these pages, click and scroll to the appropriate report. All reports are .pdf files. Direct access is not available. This means that most of these reports cannot be found using a general web search engine like AltaVista or Excite.
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Listed In "Issue Briefs" Section
V-22 Osprey Tilt-Rotor Aircraft (IB86103)
Broadband Internet Access: Background and Issues (IB10045)
Libya (IB93109)
Middle East Peace Issues (IB91137)
Products Liability: A Legal Overview (IB97056)
Russia (IB92089)
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Listed In "Short" Reports Section
Level of Taxes in the United States, 1940-2000 (RS20087)
Prescription Drugs: Importation for Personal Use (RS20996)
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Listed In "Long" Reports Section
Airline Passenger Rights Legislation in the 107th Congress (RL30940)
Child Care Issues in the 107th Congress (RL30944)
Commemorative Observances: A Chronological List (98-45)
Telephone Bills: Charges on Local Telephone Bills (RL30052)
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More CRS Material
Here are two additional reports that are directly available.
(Via FAS) Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations, 1993-2000
(Via FAS) Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Weapons and Missiles: The Current Situation and Trends

Copyright--United States
Source: Wired
"No Need to Alter DMCA -- Yet"
From the article, "A study released on Wednesday on how revised U.S. copyright law is working in the digital age recommends some legislative changes to clarify fair use by purchasers of legal copies."
See Also: Access the Full-Text of the U.S. Copyright Office Report,
Study Required by Section 104 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act"

Web Search--Plagiarism
Fee-Based Services
"Pulling Plug on Plagiarism"
Source: San Jose Business Journal
Read about TurnItIn.Com, a fee-based service for educators that searches and analyzes both an in-house database and the web for plagiarized content in student papers.
See Also: TurnItIn.Com's page about how document analysis works
See Also: A sample TurnItIn.Com report (link, middle of page)

Full-Text Document Shelf (3 Items)
Labor--United States
Source: BLS
Report on the American Workforce
Overview ||| Direct to Full-Text
205 pages .pdf
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Home Schooling--United States
Source: NCES
Home Schooling in the United States--1999
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Automobile Safety--United States
Source: NHTSA
Seat Belt Use in the U.S
Summary ||| Full-Text Document #1 ||| Full-Text Document #2

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