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Official Google Blog: “In an effort to provide you with greater transparency and control over their own data, we’ve built the Google Dashboard. Designed to be simple and useful, the Dashboard summarizes data for each product that you use (when signed in to your account) and provides you direct links to control your personal settings. …
Social Isolation and New Technology by Keith Hampton, Lauren Sessions, Eun Ja Her, Lee Rainie, Nov 4, 2009 “This report adds new insights to an ongoing debate about the extent of social isolation in America. A widely-reported 2006 study argued that since 1985 Americans have become more socially isolated, the size of their discussion networks …
CBO – The National Flood Insurance Program: Factors Affecting Actuarial Soundness, November 2009 “The vast majority of homes and small commercial buildings that are insured against flood damage in the United States are covered by the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), which is administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in the Department of …
“Consumer Reports latest tests of canned foods, including soups, juice, tuna, and green beans, have found that almost all of the 19 name-brand foods tested contain measurable levels of Bisphenol A (BPA). The new findings show that BPA can be found in a diverse assortment of canned foods including those labeled organic, and even in …
Follow up to previous postings on e-voting, via Wired: “On Tuesday voters in Takoma Park, Maryland, got to try out a new, transparent voting system that lets voters go online to verify that their ballots got counted in the final tally. The system also lets anyone independently audit election results to verify the votes went …
News release: “Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo today filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against Intel Corporation, the worlds largest maker of computer microprocessors. The suit charges that Intel violated state and federal anti-monopoly laws by engaging in a worldwide, systematic campaign of illegal conduct – revealed in e-mails – in order to maintain its monopoly …
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Spotlight on Statistics, November 2009, Health Care “Health care touches the lives of nearly everyone in the United States at some point. For example, many are born in the delivery wing of a hospital, while others enjoy their golden years in an assisted living facility. Between these two points, whether you …
November 2009 Petroleum Marketing Monthly With Data for August 2009 Nov 2, 2009. “Monthly price and volume statistics on crude oil and petroleum products at a national, regional and state level.”
“Fully one-third of the 110 Am Law 200 firms participating in our fourteenth annual survey of technology directors reported that their capital budgets were down more than 10 percent this year. Staffing levels and salaries have taken hits, and equipment purchases and software upgrades have been put off. None of it is happy news. Access …
News release: “The Federal Highway Administration crossed the $20 billion mark in approved obligations for highway, road and bridge projects this week, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced today. Of the $26.6 billion available for federal highway and bridge projects under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, more than 75 percent has now been obligated.” …
Want a Stronger Democracy? Invest in Education, by Edward L. Glaeser: “Why is there a connection between human capital and freedom? Giacomo Ponzetto, Andrei Shleifer and I have argued that the connection reflects the ability of educated people to organize and fight collaboratively. Dictators provide strong incentives for the ruling clique; democracies provide more modest …
An Overview of Federal Support for Housing, Economic and Budget Issue Brief. November 3, 2009 “The federal government commits substantial resources to support housing and mortgage markets through a combination of spending programs and tax expenditures (that is, subsidies conveyed through reductions in taxes). During the crisis of the past two years, the budgetary commitment …
