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AP: “Banks that are getting taxpayer bailouts awarded their top executives nearly $1.6 billion in salaries, bonuses, and other benefits last year, an Associated Press analysis reveals. The rewards came even at banks where poor results last year foretold the economic crisis that sent them to Washington for a government rescue. Some trimmed their executive …
News release: “The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published the ARL Statistics 20062007, the latest in a series of annual publications that describe the collections, staffing, expenditures, and service activities of ARLs 123 member libraries. Of these member libraries, 113 are university libraries (14 in Canada, 99 in the US); the remaining 10 are …
United States Institute of Peace Peace Briefing – Iraq in the Obama Administration, December 2008, Daniel P. Serwer and Sam Parker “President-elect Obama has stated his commitment to withdraw combat brigades from Iraq within 16 months, leaving a residual force of unspecified size for counterterrorism operations, training and equipping Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and protection …
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Call for Action: Enabling Healthcare Reform Using Information Technology “outlines specific priorities and recommendations for the Obama Administration and 111th Congress to harness IT’s power to reform healthcare and stimulate the U.S. economy.” HIMSS Recommendations to Obama Administration and 111th Congress Electronic Medical Record (EMR) Adoption Model for …
The Role of the United States Postal Service in Public Safety and Security – Implications of Relaxing the Mailbox Monopoly, By Lois M. Davis et al. “The United States Postal Service (USPS) has long held statutory monopolies to deliver mail and to require that only U.S. mail be delivered to the mailbox. While the USPS …
Producing Liquid Fuels from Coal – Prospects and Policy Issues, By Jim T. Bartis et al. “Record-high world oil prices have prompted renewed interest in producing liquid fuels from coal. The United States leads the world in recoverable coal reserves. Moreover, the technology for converting coal to liquid fuels already exists, and production costs appear …
A Guide for the Perplexed: Libraries and the Google Library Project Settlement: Jonathan Band’s article outlines the settlements provisions, with special emphasis on the provisions that apply directly to libraries. The settlement is extremely complex (over 200 pages long, including attachments), so this paper of necessity simplifies many of its details.
From the New York Times, the new Represent (Beta) database provides users with a quick, efficient and informative online tool to locate the respective political districts where they live, their representatives, and news about the reps’ recent activity.
The Government Domain: Wrapping Up 2008 – E-gov expert Peggy Garvin provides an overview of the significant developments in the world of online government information this past year. According to Peggy, overall the year saw a push by individuals and non-government organizations for increased access to digital government information. Specifically, new official government and non-government …
TechCrunch: “Video search on YouTube accounts for a quarter of all Google search queries in the U.S., according to the latest search engine numbers from comScore. Its monthly qSearch report, which was released on Thursday night, breaks out the number of searches conducted on YouTube. If it were a standalone site, YouTube would be the …
“Welcome to the District of Columbias 2009 Presidential Inauguration website. This site will assist you in finding valuable information about the events surrounding the 56th Presidential Inauguration, including lodging information, transportation, security measures and closures. We, in the District government are thrilled to host this historic event on January 20, 2009.” Joint Congressional Committee on …
