Day archives: June 7th, 2011

CDC: No Progress in Salmonella During Past 15 Years

News release: “Food safety annual report card targets hard-to-prevent infection Salmonella infections have not decreased during the past 15 years and have instead increased by 10 percent in recent years, according to a new Vital Signs report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. During the same time period, illnesses from the …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Federal Telework Progress Report: Making the Grade?

News release: “Telework Exchange, a public-private partnership focused on demonstrating the tangible value of telework, today announced the results of the Federal Telework Progress Report: Making the Grade?, which gauges Federal telework progress against the Telework Enhancement Act of 2010 requirements, and notably the provisions within 180 days to build the foundation for a sustainable …

Subjects: Government Documents, Legislation

Report: Recommendations for building an “IT Acquisition Cadre” based on a private sector best practices study

Building An IT Acquisition Manager Community: Recommendations for building an “IT Acquisition Cadre”, based on a private sector best practices study – David Litman and Raj Sharma, FAIR (Federal Acquisition Innovation & Reform) Institute “Today, rather than being an enabler for successful IT deployment, the IT acquisition process “moves intolerably slow” and works in silos …

Subjects: Government Documents

TRAC: New Judge Hiring Fails to Stem Rising Immigration Case Backlog

“The number of cases awaiting resolution before the Immigration Courts reached a new all-time high of 275,316 by the beginning of May 2011, according to very timely government enforcement data obtained by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC). The case backlog has continued to grow — up 2.8 percent — since TRAC’s previous report four …

Subjects: Courts, Legal Research

CBO Monthly Budget Review, May 2011

Based on the Monthly Treasury Statement for April and the Daily Treasury Statements for May June 7, 2011: “The federal budget deficit is $929 billion for the first eight months of fiscal year 2011, CBO estimates – $6 billion less than the shortfall recorded over the same period last year. For the first two-thirds of …

Subjects: Government Documents

The State of the Nation's Housing 2011

Joint Center for Housing Statistics of Harvard University: The State of the Nation’s Housing 2011, June 2011 “With employment growth strengthening, consumer spending up, and rental markets tightening, some of the ingredients for a housing recovery were taking shape in early 2011. Yet in the first quarter of the year, new home sales plumbed record …

Subjects: Government Documents

Report: "'If It Is Too Inconvenient, I'm Not Going After It:' Convenience as a Critical Factor in Information-seeking Behaviors"

Connaway, Lynn Silipigni, Timothy J. Dickey, and Marie L. Radford. 2011. “‘If It is Too Inconvenient, I’m Not Going After It.:’ Convenience as a Critical Factor in Information-seeking Behaviors.” Library and Information Science Research, 33: 179-190. doi:10.1016/j.lisr.2010.12.002 Pre-print. “In today’s fast-paced world, anecdotal evidence suggests that information tends to inundate people, and users of information …

Subjects: Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Search Engines

Feinstein, Grassley Release Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control Report on Mexico

News release: “U.S. Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), co-chairs of the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control released a report outlining key steps and initiatives to combat Mexico’s brutal drug trafficking organizations and reduce violence in the country. The report, U.S. and Mexican Responses to Mexican Drug Trafficking Organizations, is endorsed by …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents, Legal Research

The World Top Income Database

The World Top Incomes Database (Select Countries, Select Years, Select Variables – populated as choices are made): “Information taken from this site should be cited as Alvaredo, Facundo, Anthony B. Atkinson, Thomas Piketty and Emmanuel Saez, The World Top Incomes Database, http://g-mond.parisschoolofeconomics.eu/topincomes, dd/mm/yyyy. We advise making explicit reference to the date when the database was …

Subjects: Legal Research