Day archives: April 1st, 2011

New Report Defines Economic Security, Shows Families Struggling to Reach American Dream

News release: “As Congress works to meet the April 8 deadline for a final budget deal for fiscal year 2011, a new report on family economic security details the challenges that many Americans face in covering their basic expenses and the additional hardships families could suffer as a result of proposed budget cuts. The national …

Subjects: Government Documents

New GAO Reports: 2010 Lobbying Disclosure, Combating Child Pornography, Key Indicator Systems

2010 Lobbying Disclosure: Observations on Lobbyists’ Compliance with Disclosure Requirements, GAO-11-452, April 01, 2011 Military Base Realignments and Closures: Review of the Iowa and Milan Army Ammunition Plants, GAO-11-488R, April 01, 2011 Combating Child Pornography: Steps Are Needed to Ensure That Tips to Law Enforcement Are Useful and Forensic Examinations Are Cost Effective, GAO-11-334, March …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

The Economist: New studies confirm rate at which the earth's temperature is rising

The Economist: “On Thursday March 31st Richard Muller of Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory gave evidence to the energy and commerce committee of America’s House of Representatives on the surface temperature record…a new and methodologically interesting study, carried out by people some of whom might have been expected to take a somewhat sceptical view on the issue, …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents

Rand – Ready for Takeoff: China's Advancing Aerospace Industry

Ready for Takeoff – China’s Advancing Aerospace Industry by Roger Cliff, Chad J. R. Ohlandt, David Yang “This monograph assesses China’s aerospace capabilities and the extent to which China’s participation in commercial aerospace markets and supply chains is contributing to the improvement of those capabilities. It examines China’s commercial aviation manufacturing capabilities, its commercial and …

Subjects: Government Documents