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The 2010 Brown Center Report on American Education: How Well are American Students Learning?, With Sections on International Tests, Whos Winning the Real Race to the Top, and NAEP and the Common Core State Standards – by Tom Loveless, February 2011 Senior Fellow, the Brown Center on Education Policy, February 2011 “This edition of the …
“A National Offshore Wind Strategy: Creating an Offshore Wind Energy Industry in the United States was prepared by the U.S. Department of Energys (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Wind and Water Power Program to outline the actions it will pursue to support the development of a world‐class offshore wind industry in …
CBO: Monthly Budget Review, January 2011 “The federal government incurred a budget deficit of $424 billion in the first four months of fiscal year 2011, CBO estimates, slightly less than the shortfall recorded in the same period last year. If appropriations for the rest of this fiscal year are set at the same annualized amounts …
“The following resources by the Kaiser Family Foundations Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured (KCMU) examine the latest data findings regarding Medicaids long-term services and supports for seniors and people with disabilities. The materials were released at a public briefing in the Foundations Washington, D.C. offices that featured an expert panel and remarks on long-term …
“The Digital Signage Federation (DSF), a professional membership association, announced today the release of new industry standards for digital signage privacy. The Digital Signage Privacy Standards are a set of voluntary privacy guidelines recommended by DSF for digital signage companies, their partners and the venues that host these systems….The DSF Standards Committee is comprised of …
EPIC: “Facebook will now allow full-session HTTPS. The switch to encrypted cloud-based computing promotes privacy and security, particularly when users access Facebook from public Internet access points. Previously, Facebook only used HTTPS when users passwords were being sent to the site. Third party applications currently do not support HTTPS. Users can opt into HTTPS through …
“The role of social media in Congressional leaders messaging and outreach has exploded over the past few years, whether it be through tweets about floor schedule updates or on Facebook. But within that trend is a clear and nonpartisan divide between the savvy and those still in the dark. House Democratic and Republican …
New START Treaty Entry Into Force Fact Sheet, February 5, 2011 “The New START Treaty officially entered into force with the exchange of Instruments of Ratification between Secretary Clinton and Foreign Minister Lavrov in Munich on February 5, 2011. The entry into force of the New START Treaty sets into motion a number of requirements …
State Cyberbullying Law – A Brief Review of State Cyberbullying Laws and Policies, Sameer Hinduja, Ph.D. and Justin W. Patchin, Ph.D., Cyberbullying Research Center, updated January 2011
