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A Bibliographic Framework for the Digital Age (October 31, 2011) “Library of Congress Bibliographic Framework Initiative General Plan: A central activity to the Bibliographic Framework Initiative is the development of a new means for capturing and sharing bibliographic data. Included in this activity is pursuing a replacement of the MARC format as the common exchange …
Aviation Security: TSA Has Taken Steps to Enhance Its Foreign Airport Assessments, but Opportunities Exist to Strengthen the Program, GAO-12-163, Oct 21, 2011 Financial Crisis: Review of Federal Reserve System Financial Assistance to American International Group, Inc., GAO-11-616, Sep 30, 2011 Language and Culture Training: Opportunities Exist to Improve Visibility and Sustainment of Knowledge and …
News release: “In 2009, state and local governments brought in nearly $2.1 trillion, a 22.1 percent ($587.5 billion) decrease from 2008, according to statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau. Most tax revenue categories saw declines except property tax, which saw a 3.7 percent increase to $424.0 billion. These findings come from the 2009 Annual Surveys …
LLRX.com – FOIA Facts: DOJ FOIA Regulations – Scott A. Hodes addresses the proposed new Department of Justice (“DOJ”) FOIA regulations which call for DOJ components to “respond to the request as if the excluded records did not exist.” This response should not differ in wording from any other response given by the component” when …
“The worlds population will shortly reach 7 billion. The United Nations estimates the world will reach this milestone on October 31, 2011. The U.S. Census Bureau estimates the world population will pass 7 billion on March 12, 2012 (link to Census Bureaus estimates of todays population, as well as annual midyear estimates from 1950 to …
The Role of Colleges and Universities in Building Local Human Capital, Jaison R. Abel and Richard Deitz, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, October 2011 “Colleges and universities can contribute to the economic success of a region by deepening the skills and knowledge or human capital of its residents. Producing graduates who join the region’s …
Judicial Ethics and Social Networking Sites: “Michael Crowell UNC School of Government, September 2011 (Revised) “One of the significant developments in communication in the last few years is the astounding growth of social networking websites. Increasing numbers of people join Facebook or LinkedIn or Twitter or other on-line social networks as a means to notify …
“Global food prices remain high and volatile even though the average global Food Price Index did not change between July and September. Domestic food prices also remained volatile in the same period. But domestic price volatility does not follow a clear pattern, making it difficult to predict the direction of future domestic prices. Among the …
Data brief: “The U.S. automobile industry can be viewed as both a barometer and beneficiary of American growth and economic achievement. Supporting that view is the fact that the automobile industry affects industries that manufacture steel, glass, plastics, and rubber, as well as those that refine and sell gasoline, build roads, and maintain, repair, and …
News release: “Washington, DC, October 24, 2011 – The income earned by the top 1% of Americans has declined for the second year in a row while their average tax rate has increased, according to a new Tax Foundation study. The average federal tax rate for those reporting at least $343,927 in income has increased …
News release: “Faced with the end of stimulus money and a continuing weak economy, Medicaid officials in virtually every state are enacting a variety of cost cutting measures as states spending for Medicaid is projected to increase 28.7 percent this fiscal year to make up for the loss of federal funds, according to a new …
“The most important indicator of global warming, by far, is the land and sea surface temperature record. This has been criticized in several ways, including the choice of stations and the methods for correcting systematic errors. The Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature study sets out to to do a new analysis of the surface temperature record …
