From: Latest News for Library of Congress.
THOMAS.gov Will Redirect to Congress.gov Nov. 19
The free legislative information website, Congress.gov, is transitioning into its permanent role as the official site for federal legislative information from the U.S. Congress and related agencies.The site, which launched in beta form last fall and features platform mobility, comprehensive information retrieval and user-friendly presentation, is replacing the nearly 20-year-old THOMAS.gov.
http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2013/13-202.html?loclr=twloc
Compiled by Abby Walters, MLIS, Assistant Librarian at Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand, LLP
Free Electronic Resources:
American Health Lawyers Association – links to print products, links to health law websites. Some content is members only.
The National Congress of State Legislatures – a resource for state and federal legislation, they have up to date information on Health Care Reform on the Federal and State level. Includes Fact Sheets on key provisions and mp3 recordings on website.
CBS News – 2010 Health Care Reform bill summary
Cowan, Gunteski & Co – Highlights from the 2010 Health Care Reform Act
Library of Congress – Thomas – Bill summary and status for H.R.3590
U.S. Government Printing Office – Health Care Reform Bill and Debate Available on GPO’s Federal Digital System
Kaiser Family Foundation – details on Federal Health Care reform, timelines, interactive calculator, issue briefs & analysis, State reform information.
AARP Guide to Reform – includes guides for individuals and small business owners
For Fee Electronic Resources
Lexis.com – Health Care Law Practice Center under the Transactional Advisor Tab
Thomson Reuters EBIA – need subscription for full access, but has copies of both bills and a free newsletter
BNA – access to current health news/legislation/analysis to subscribers of healthcare publications or Daily Reports
Books:
- CCH Law, Explanation and Analysis of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
- TAA’s Law Explanation and Analysis
- Lexis/Matthew Bender – Health Care Reform Special Alert (available in June)
- RIA’s complete analysis of the tax and benefits provisions of the 2010 Health Care Act as amended by the 2010 Health Care Reconciliation Act : with Code and ERISA sections as amended and Committee reports
- CCH 2010 tax legislation : Patient Protection and Affordable Care ; Health Care Reconciliation ; HIRE and other recent tax acts : law, explanation and analysis
- CCH Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 : text of P.L. 111-148, as signed by the President on March 23, 2010; text of P.L. 111-152, as signed by the President on March 30, 2010 : JCT technical explanation of P.L. 111-148 and P.L. 111-152
I don’t often include search engines in this blog but there is something about Wolfram Alpha that intrigues me. Self described as a computational knowledge engine, it is more than any search engine that you might use to search across the web.
I have to admit that I had trouble figuring out how I would use it when I first tried the site. Not having a mathematical mind (Yes Mom, you were right, I should have studied harder in high school), I don’t often turn to computations unless there is a need. But then Wolfram Alpha is more than computations.
For example, searching for ibm,microsoft,oracle will provide you with a comparison of the three companies that includes the latest trades, fundamentals & financials (see the image below for a list of the information you can find, recent returns, relative price history, performance comparisons, correlation matrix, projections, and mean-variance optimal portfolio. Interesting.
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On top of finding it useful, while reading the 3 Geeks post, Wolfram Alpha Lets You Build Your Own Personal Widgets, I was excited to learn that you can now build widgets to make searching easier. While it seems that WordPress doesn’t support this yet, you can click Compare Public Companies to see the widget I built. If you think it is useful, I would appreciate a rating. Well, even if you don’t, it would still be great to see it rated.
See the Money & Finance category to find other widgets that are business focused.
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