Day archives: June 2nd, 2011

CRS – Geospatial Information and Geographic Information Systems (GIS): An Overview for Congress

Geospatial Information and Geographic Information Systems (GIS): An Overview for Congress, Peter Folger – Specialist in Energy and Natural Resources Policy. May 18, 2011 “Geospatial information is data referenced to a place—a set of geographic coordinates—which can often be gathered, manipulated, and displayed in real time. A Geographic Information System (GIS) is a computer data …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

Moody's Updates on Rating Implications of US Debt Limit, Long Term Budget Negotiations

Announcement: Moody’s Updates on Rating Implications of US Debt Limit, Long-Term Budget Negotiations: “Moody’s Investors Service said today that if there is no progress on increasing the statutory debt limit in coming weeks, it expects to place the US government’s rating under review for possible downgrade, due to the very small but rising risk of …

Subjects: Government Documents

New GAO Reports: Defense Health Care, Aftermath of the Gulf Oil Spill, Taxes and ID Theft

Defense Health Care: Access to Civilian Providers under TRICARE Standard and Extra, GAO-11-500, June 02, 2011 Oil and Gas: Interior’s Restructuring Challenges in the Aftermath of the Gulf Oil Spill, GAO-11-734T, June 02, 2011 Taxes and Identity Theft: Status of IRS Initiatives to Help Victimized Taxpayers, GAO-11-721T, June 02, 2011

Subjects: Government Documents

More than 4,000 National Academies Press PDFs Now Available to Download for Free

News release: “The National Academies—National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, and National Research Council—are committed to distributing their reports to as wide an audience as possible. Since 1994 we have offered “Read for Free” options for almost all our titles. In addition, we have been offering free downloads of most …

Subjects: Government Documents, Knowledge Management

Petroleum Marketing Monthly, June 2011

EIA – Petroleum Marketing Monthly, June 2011 “World crude oil prices remained volatile in March. Political tensions, economic worries, and natural disasters all served to unsettle prices in markets across the globe. The growing civil war in Libya and spreading political unrest in many other Middle Eastern countries fanned worries about the availability, and unhindered …

Subjects: Government Documents