Monthly archives: December, 2009

GPO Congressional Directory – 111th Congress (2009-10)

“The Congressional Directory is the official directory of the U.S. Congress, prepared by the Joint Committee on Printing (JCP). Published since 1888, the Congressional Directory presents short biographies of each member of the Senate and House, listed by state or district, and additional data, such as committee memberships, terms of service, administrative assistants and/or secretaries, …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

Google Launches News-by-Topic Service

New York Times: “Google on Tuesday introduced a new approach to presenting news online by topic, developed with The New York Times and The Washington Post, and said that if the experiment succeeded, it would be made available to all publishers. The announcement of the “living stories” project shows Google collaborating with newspapers at a …

Subjects: Search Engines

The Open Government Directive and Open Government Progress Report to the American People

The Open Government Directive The Open Government Progress Report to the American People “The directive, sent to the head of every federal department and agency today, instructs the agencies to take specific actions to open their operations to the public. The three principles of transparency, participation, and collaboration are at the heart of this directive. …

Subjects: E-Government, Freedom of Information, Government Documents

The Nation's Report Card: Trial Urban District Assessment Mathematics 2009

“Results from the 2009 NAEP [National Center for Education Statistics] Trial Urban District Assessment (TUDA) make it possible to compare the performance of students in urban districts to public school students in the nation and large cities (i.e., cities with populations of 250,000 or more). Changes in students’ performance over time can also be seen …

Subjects: Government Documents

TSA's "Screening Management Standard Operating Procedures" Manual Posted on Web, Then Withdrawn

Washington Post: “The Transportation Security Administration inadvertently revealed closely guarded secrets regarding airport passenger screening practices when it posted online this spring a document as part of a contract solicitation, the agency confirmed Tuesday. The 93-page TSA operating manual details procedures for screening passengers and checked baggage and reveals technical settings used by X-ray machines …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents

World Meteorological Organization – 2000–2009, The Warmest Decade

News release: “The year 2009 is likely to rank in the top 10 warmest on record since the beginning of instrumental climate records in 1850, according to data sources compiled by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The global combined sea surface and land surface air temperature for 2009 (January–October) is currently estimated at 0.44°C ± …

Subjects: Government Documents

House Financial Services Committee Considers Regulating Industries That Heavily Fund Members' Campaigns

News release: “The House Financial Services Committee today [began] marking up a bill that would create a new consumer protection agency and increase regulation of a number of financial products, including credit cards, insurance, mortgages and “derivatives.” Even as members of the committee consider how to prevent another economic collapse, they may have another financial …

Subjects: Government Documents

Health at a Glance 2009 – OECD Indicators

Health at a Glance 2009 – OECD Indicators: “This fifth edition of Health at a Glance provides the latest comparable data on different aspects of the performance of health systems in OECD countries. It provides striking evidence of large variations across countries in the costs, activities and results of health systems. Key indicators provide information …

Subjects: Government Documents

Census: The Foreign-Born Population of the United States: 2007 and 2008

News release: “The Foreign-Born Population of the United States: 2007 and 2008 — National-level tabulations from the Current Population Survey on this population group are shown by a wide range of characteristics including education, marital status, employment status, occupation and industry, earnings and poverty, and household type and tenure. Unique to this data set are …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

International Petroleum Monthly – November 2009

U.S. Energy Information Administration: International Petroleum Monthly – November 2009 — Dec 7, 2009: “This report contains world petroleum production data through September 2009; and OECD country petroleum demand, imports, and stocks data through August 2009. Also included are international oil balance data for 2005-2009 and annual petroleum data series for 1970-2008.”

Subjects: Government Documents