Moritz Legal Information Blog

The Bureau of Justice Statistics has issued a new report on the occurrence and consequences of identity theft in the United States. Learn more about identity theft by reviewing this LLRX article which reviews federal law and provides links to other sources.

When Googling someone just won't do, try some of these other resources: AnyWho.com Facebook MySpace Whitepages.com Yahoo! People Search If these resources don't work, check out these in-depth guides to locating people: The Virtual Chase -People Finder Guide Anthony Aycock, Where's Waldo? A Primer on People-Searching Online, Online Jan-Feb 2006 at 28.

As you know by now, Daylight Savings Time begins this Sunday. Will it be the last time we "spring ahead" in April? Maybe. The Energy Policy Act of 2005 (link to PDF of Act) lengthens the time spent in Daylight Savings Time by moving the start date from April to March and the end date from October to November. 15 U.S.C. 260a(a). The Secretary of Energy must determine the impact of the change on energy use and report back to Congress, which has reserved the right to revert back to the 2005 system. P.L. 109-58 , section 110 et. seq.

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention has issued a report on "juvenile crime, violence, and victimization and on the juvenile justice system." More information about the report, including a summary, Excel files of data, and PowerPoint slides of graphs are also available online .

Firstgov.gov has created a list of podcasts from Federal agencies. It includes podcasts from the Pentagon Channel, the State Department, NASA, NOAA, and Presidential speeches and radio addresses. There are podcasts in both English and Spanish. Most surprising entry? A Vodcast (a video on demand podcast) from Barney, the President's dog.

Many of the presentations from the 2006 Computers in Libraries Conference are now available online . From Library Boy .

Ever wished you could search just part of the web? Or several websites at once? Now, you can roll your own search engine or use a searchroll created by someone else. Creating your own searchroll is easy, just name it and enter in the URLs you want it to search. Your searchroll can be public- so others can use it- or private. Learn more about Rollyo here .