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Some new Congressional Research Service ("CRS") Reports have been made available. The Reports cover a wide-range of topics, including: North Korea's Nuclear Test: Motivations, Implications, and U.S. Options Immigration Consequences of Criminal Activity Weapons of Mass Destruction: Trade Between North Korea and Pakistan Taiwan-U.S. Political Relations: New Strains and Changes Nuclear Power Plants: Vulnerability to Terrorist Attack For a more complete list of recent CRS Reports, check out Open CRS .

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The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts recently announced a pilot program where pro se litigants in certain Massachusetts family and probate courts can get limited assistance from attorneys. Massachusetts Law Updates provides a summary of the new program: Beginning November 1, self-represented litigants in Probate and Family courts in Hampden and Suffolk counties can get some valuable assistance. Under a pilot program announced by the Supreme Judicial Court , attorneys can "assist a pro se litigant on a limited basis without undertaking a full representation of the client on all issues related to the legal matter for which the attorney is engaged." For example, "A qualified attorney may limit the scope of his or her representation of a client if the limitation is reasonable under the circumstances and the client gives informed consent." Also, an attorney may make a "limited appearance on behalf of an otherwise unrepresented party." The pilot projec

The Pew Research Center for the People and the Press has recently released its report, Who Votes, Who Doesn't, and Why: Regular Voters, Intermittent Voters, and Those Who Don't . The report discusses the results of a survey about American voting habits and provides data on factors which affect the likelihood of voting, such as views of country and community and demographics of voters and non-voters. Read a summary of the report or download the full report in PDF. From Librarians' Internet Index .

The Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), from inception in 1938 through the 1983 edition, is now available on HeinOnline in searchable PDF format. The CFR is available from 1996 through the present at GPO Access . From WisBlawg .

The Ohio Supreme Court released its 2006 Technology and the Courts survey. The survey found, among other things, the following: Nearly half of the state's courts are utilizing document imaging technology. Courts are moving away from VHS and analog recording and toward digital recording methods. 100 percent of Ohio trial courts are now automated, and only one appellate court remains to be automated at this time. Video arraignment technology continues to grow with 127 courts reporting they conducted video conferencing for various purposes. Fifty courts also reported using multimedia presentation equipment in their courtrooms for slide presentations, digital photography and video reenactments. 250 courts have Web sites as of 2006, which is more than twice the number with Web sites in 2000 Read the Supreme Court press release . The complete survey report can be downloaded here .