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NYT Chart – Tracking Europe’s Debt Crisis – “European leaders obtained an agreement from banks to take a 50 percent loss on the face value of their Greek debt.” European Council and Euro area summit, 26 October 2011: “The package we have agreed tonight is a comprehensive package that confirms that Europe will do what …
News release: “The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) sued the Department of Justice (DOJ) today for answers about “secret interpretations” of the USA PATRIOT Act, signed into law ten years ago today. Several senators have warned that the DOJ is using Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act to support what government attorneys call a “sensitive collection …
“The nation’s primary payer for long-term services and supports, Medicaid finances 43 percent of all spending on long-term care services and covers a range of services and supports, including those needed by people to live independently in the community, as well as services provided in institutions. This report provides an overview of long-term care users …
Google Transparency Report – Government Requests: “Like other technology and communications companies, Google regularly receives requests from government agencies and courts around the world to remove content from our services and hand over user data. Our Government Requests tool discloses the number of requests we receive from each government in six-month reporting periods with certain …
News release: “Congressional websites are getting better, according to an analysis by the Congressional Management Foundation (CMF). The nonprofit organization graded 618 congressional websites and found the most common grade moved from an F in the 111th Congress to a B in the 112th Congress. CMF has been grading congressional websites since 2001 and issues …
News release: “New research from SMU’s Geothermal Laboratory, funded by a grant from Google.org, documents significant geothermal resources across the United States capable of producing more than three million megawatts of green power 10 times the installed capacity of coal power plants today. Sophisticated mapping produced from the research, viewable via Google Earth at …
Financial Stability Issues in Emerging Market and Developing Economies – Report to the G-20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors, October 2011 “At the November 2010 Summit in Seoul, the G20 Leaders asked the FSB, IMF and the World Bank to deliver a report on financial stability issues that are of particular interest to emerging …
Pakistan-U.S. Relations: A Summary. Alan Kronstadt, Specialist in South Asian Affairs, October 20, 2011 “This report summarizes important recent developments in Pakistan and in Pakistan-U.S. relations. Obama Administration engagement with Pakistan has been seriously disrupted by recent events. A brief analysis of the current state of Pakistan-U.S. relations illuminates the main areas of contention and …
Afghanistan Casualties: Military Forces and Civilians – Susan G. Chesser, Information Research Specialist, September 30, 2011 “This report collects statistics from a variety of sources on casualties sustained during Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), which began on October 7, 2001, and is ongoing. OEF actions take place primarily in Afghanistan; however, OEF casualties also includes American …
