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“In this report, State of the Nation’s River 2010, Potomac Conservancy highlights the value of our natural and working landscapes, as well as the pressures facing both from man-made causes, primarily development. This report makes the case for placing a high value on forested lands, and also appropriately scaled and well-managed farms, by recognizing the …
“Google commissioned The Boston Consulting Group to produce an independent analysis of the value of the UKs Internet economy, the factors that are driving this, how we compare to other countries, and how this will change in the future. Google wants to help UK businesses get online and use the Internet to grow and have …
Immigration Courts Taking Longer to Reach Decisions “During the past year, Immigration Courts took 20 percent longer to act on cases before them than they did the previous year, according to very timely government enforcement data obtained by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC). The average number of days it took to dispose of cases …
Memo on Digital Strategy sent to US News & World Report employees: ‘December issue will be our last printed monthly sent to subscribers’ – “Colleagues, We’re finally ready to complete our transition to a predominantly digital publishing model with selected, single-topic print issues. This will allow us to make the most of the proven products, …
News release: “The JWST Independent Comprehensive Review Panel (ICRP) has completed its work and herewith submits its Report. As Senator Barbara Mikulski noted in her letter requesting an independent review of JWST, The James Webb Space Telescope will be the most scientifically powerful telescope NASA has ever built100 times more powerful than the Hubble, which …
U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes, October 2010: U.S. import prices rose 0.9 percent in October, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today, after edging down 0.1 percent in September. Higher fuel and nonfuel prices contributed to the increase in October. Export prices advanced for the third consecutive month in October, rising 0.8 percent. …
News release: ‘Remittances to developing countries were a resilient source of external financing during the recent global financial crisis, with recorded flows expected to reach $325 billion by the end of this year, up from $307 billion in 2009, according to the World Banks latest Migration and Remittances Factbook 2011. Worldwide, remittance flows are expected …
“FedFlix is a joint venture with the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) in cooperation with other government agencies including the National Archives. They send us government videotapes, we upload them to the Internet Archive, YouTube, and our own public domain stock footage video library then we send the government back their videotapes and a …
Using the Kindle in Library Settings – A Survey, Updated: Recently Montrese Hamilton wrote a summary of responses to her survey of three Special Libraries Association discussion lists about using the Kindle in library settings. The questions were well-received and more replies arrived after her wrap-up was published so she returns with the new comments …
