Monthly archives: March, 2011

CRS Report: Committee Types and Roles

http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/98-241_20110211.pdfhttp://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/98-241_20110211.pdf – Valerie Heitshusen, Analyst on Congress and the Legislative Process, February 11, 2011 “Committee Types and Roles Congressional Research Service Structure of the Committee System Congress divides its legislative, oversight, and internal administrative tasks among more than 200 committees and subcommittees. Within assigned areas, these functional subunits gather information; compare and evaluate legislative alternatives; …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents

BLS: Regional and State Employment and Unemployment Summary

News release: “Regional and state unemployment rates were generally unchanged in January. Twenty-four states recorded unemployment rate decreases, 10 states registered rate increases, and 16 states and the District of Columbia had no change, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported [March 11, 2011]. Thirty-nine states and the District of Columbia posted unemployment rate decreases …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Job Openings and Labor Turnover January 2011

“There were 2.8 million job openings on the last business day of January 2011, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The job openings rate (2.1 percent), hires rate (2.8 percent), and total separations rate (2.7 percent) were little changed over the month. This release includes estimates of the number and rate of job …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Unemployment rate for Gulf War-era II veterans at 11.5 percent in 2010

BLS: Unemployment rate for Gulf War-era II veterans at 11.5 percent in 2010 The unemployment rate for veterans of Gulf War era II (September 2001 forward) was 11.5 percent in 2010. About 25 percent of Gulf War-era II veterans reported having a service-connected disability in July 2010, compared with about 13 percent of all veterans.”

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

NYT: Google's Quest to Build a Better Boss

NYT: “In early 2009, statisticians inside the Googleplex here embarked on a plan code-named Project Oxygen. Their mission was to devise something far more important to the future of Google Inc. than its next search algorithm or app. They wanted to build better bosses…Project Oxygen is also unusual…because it is based on Googles own data, …

Subjects: Knowledge Management

CDC: Cancer Survivors – United States, 2007

Cancer Survivors – United States, 2007 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) March 11, 2011 / 60(09);269-272 “As a result of advances in early detection and treatment, cancer has become a curable disease for some and a chronic illness for others; persons living with a history of cancer are now described as cancer survivors rather …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Google Releases Person Finder: 2011 Japan Earthquake

Person Finder: 2011 Japan Earthquake – What is your situation? [Currently tracking about 70400 records…] I’m looking for someone I have information about someone

Subjects: Search Engines

EU Central Bank: Whither Europe after the crisis?

Whither Europe after the crisis? Speech by Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the inauguration of the Academic Year 2011, IMT, Lucca, 11 March 2011 “The lesson to be drawn is that Europe is still evolving, growing, continuing on its path of integration. This is not happening, however, according …

Subjects: Government Documents

BLS – Employment Situation Summary, March 2011

News release: “Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 192,000 in February, and the unemployment rate was little changed at 8.9 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains occurred in manufacturing, construction, professional and business services, health care, and transportation and warehousing. Household Survey Data: The number of unemployed persons (13.7 million) and …

Subjects: Government Documents

FTC Accepts Final Settlement with Twitter for Failure to Safeguard Personal Information

News release: “The Federal Trade Commission has finalized a proposed settlement that it announced in June 2010 with social networking site Twitter, which resolved charges that Twitter deceived consumers and put their privacy at risk by failing to safeguard their personal information. The FTC alleged that serious lapses in the companys data security allowed hackers …

Subjects: Blogs, Government Documents, Legal Research, Privacy

EFF: Court Rules Against Privacy in Battle Over Twitter Records

ACLU And EFF Plan To Appeal Ruling In Case Challenging Government Attempt To Obtain Private Data in WikiLeaks Investigation “A federal magistrate judge in Virginia ruled today that the government can collect the private records of three Twitter users as part of its investigation related to WikiLeaks, and that those users and the public can …

Subjects: Blogs, Courts, Privacy

Gallup: Texans Most Likely to Be Uninsured, Mass. Residents Least

Gallup: “Nearly 3 in 10 adults living in Texas (27.8%) do not have health insurance, making it the state with the highest uninsured rate in the country in 2010. Mississippi and Louisiana also have high rates of uninsured residents, with about one in four lacking coverage. By a significant margin, Massachusetts — where state law …

Subjects: Government Documents

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