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Social Media & Mobile Internet Use Among Teens and Young Adults: “Two Pew Internet Project surveys of teens and adults reveal a decline in blogging among teens and young adults and a modest rise among adults 30 and older. Even as blogging declines among those under 30, wireless connectivity continues to rise in this age …
Follow up to previous postings on government implementation of whole body scanning technology at airports, via EPIC: “The Office of Management and Budget has released the federal budget for fiscal year 2011. The budget proposes funding for several new surveillance initiatives, including over $700 million to the Department of Homeland Security for “Passenger Aviation Security“. …
NASA: Key Management and Program Challenges, GAO-10-387T, February 03, 2010: “The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is in the midst of many changes and one of the most challenging periods in its history. The space shuttle is slated to retire this year, the International Space Station nears completion but remains underutilized, and a new …
Growing Americas Fuel An Innovation Approach to Achieving the Presidents Biofuels Target. Vision: “New jobs and greater economic vitality in rural America, increased energy independence, reduced economic vulnerability to volatile oil prices and uncertain supplies, technological and industrial leadership in renewable biofuels, and reduced global warming pollution all will be achieved by fulfilling the …
News release, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood: I want to encourage owners of any recalled Toyota models to contact their local dealer and get their vehicles fixed as soon as possible. NHTSA will continue to hold Toyotas feet to the fire to make sure that they are doing everything they have promised to make their …
“Within a single generation, digital media and the World Wide Web have transformed virtually every aspect of modern culture, from the way we learn and work to the ways in which we socialize and even conduct war. But is the technology moving faster than we can adapt to it? And is our 24/7 wired world …
News release: “As part of President Obamas commitment to more effective and open government, the public can more quickly access federal regulations at Regulations.gov, thanks to comments received during the Regulations.gov Exchange online forum held last year. Regulations.gov provides one-stop public access to information related to current and forthcoming regulations issued by the federal government. …
Hunger in America 2010 National Report, Mathematica Policy Research Inc., February 2010. “This report presents the result of a study conducted in 2009 for Feeding America (FA) (formerly America’s Second Harvest), the nation’s largest organization of emergency food providers. The study is based on completed in-person interviews with more than 62,000 clients served by the …
Better Use of Terrorist Watchlist Information and Improvements in Deployment of Passenger Checkpoint Technologies Could Further Strengthen Security, GAO-10-401T, January 27, 2010 “The intelligence community uses standards of reasonableness to evaluate individuals for nomination to the consolidated terrorist watchlist. In making these determinations, agencies are to consider information from all available sources. However, for the …
Law of War Deskbook, 2010, International and Operational Law Department, The United States Army Judge Advocate Generals Legal Center and School, Charlottesville, VA “This Law of War Deskbook is intended to replace, in a single bound volume, similar individual outlines that had been distributed as part of the Judge Advocate Officer Graduate and Basic Courses …
Annual Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community for the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Dennis C. Blair, Director of National Intelligence, February 2, 2010 “The national security of the United States, our economic prosperity, and the daily functioning of our government are dependent on a dynamic public and private information infrastructure, which includes telecommunications, …
News release: “Painting a picture of an overwhelmed immigration court system choked by an exploding caseload and an exponential increase in outside pressures, a report submitted to the American Bar Association has the ABA considering a host of policy reforms affecting the adjudication system for determining whether to remove noncitizens from the United States. The …
