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News release: “Targeted killings pose a rapidly growing challenge to the international rule of law. They are increasingly used in circumstances which violate the relevant rules of international law. The international community needs to be more forceful in demanding accountability, said Philip Alston, the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial executions. Alstons report to the Human …
“The National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) gathers information on family life, marriage and divorce, pregnancy, infertility, use of contraception, and men’s and women’s health. The survey results are used by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and others to plan health services and health education programs, and to do statistical studies of …
Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment Summary, April 2010: “Unemployment rates were higher in April than a year earlier in 291 of the 372 metropolitan areas, lower in 73 areas, and unchanged in 8 areas, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Fourteen areas recorded jobless rates of at least 15.0 percent, while 8 areas …
Google Public Policy Blog: “When we launched Google Patent Search in 2006, we wanted to make it easier for people to understand the world of inventions, whether they were browsing for curious patents or researching serious engineering. Recently, weve also worked on a number of public data search features, as well as experimental features like …
“New federal airline passenger protections took effect in April, but they were only a first step. The new rules dont cover all airlines or airports. And passengers still dont have a clear set of rights in many important customer service areas. The Department of Transportation (DOT) now wants to fill these gaps, and it’s asking …
“The Department of Transportation is proposing to improve the air travel environment for consumers by: increasing the number of carriers that are required to adopt tarmac delay contingency plans and the airports at which they must adhere to the plans terms; increasing the number of carriers that are required to report tarmac delay information to …
Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, this news release: “These images, acquired on May 24, 2010 by the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) instrument aboard NASA’s Terra spacecraft, show the encroachment of oil from the former Deepwater Horizon rig into Louisiana’s wildlife habitats. The source of the spill is located off the …
News release: “Many euro area large and complex banking groups (LCBGs) returned to modest profitability in 2009, and their financial performances strengthened further in the first quarter of 2010. These developments, together with a bolstering of their capital buffers to well above pre-crisis levels, suggest that most of these institutions have made important progress on …
FT.com: “Google is phasing out the internal use of Microsofts ubiquitous Windows operating system because of security concerns, according to several Google employees. The directive to move to other operating systems began in earnest in January, after Googles Chinese operations were hacked, and could effectively end the use of Windows at Google, which employs more …
Local government job losses hurt entire economy – Economic Policy Institute, Ethan Pollack, May 27, 2010 “America continues to reel from the worst recession in 75 years. While the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act successfully mitigated the severity and length of the downturn, robust economic recoverythough hoped foris far from guaranteed. Although recent economic indicators …
Urban Institute: The State of Society – Measuring Economic Success and Human Well-Being, Erwin de Leon, Elizabeth T. Boris “This study provides an overview of a broad range of existing measures that go beyond gross domestic product (GDP) to offer a more complete and accurate picture of how a society and its economy are faring. …
