Day archives: January 11th, 2012

2012 R&D Gains for Basic Research, Energy, and Environment; Overall Investment Down

American Association for the Advancement of Science: “Basic and applied research and energy and environmental research scored significant increases in a 2012 budget bill signed recently by President Barack Obama, but overall research and development spending will decline by 1.3%, according to a new analysis by the AAAS R&D Budget and Policy Program. Total R&D …

Subjects: Government Documents

ALA – PIPA, SOPA and the OPEN Act Quick Reference Guide

PIPA, SOPA and the OPEN Act Quick Reference Guide, Corey Williams, American Library Association “Three copyright-related bills are currently in play at the start of 2012 – all of which take aim at any website beyond U.S. borders that distribute counterfeit or copyright infringing products. All three bills operate under the assumption that there is …

Subjects: Copyright, Legislation, Libraries

Econ Stats: The Economic Statistics and Indicators Database

“Welcome to the beta version of Econ Stats, the Economic Statistics Database service provided by EconomyWatch.com…Finding accurate and update economic statistics can be a considerable challenge. Multiple different intergovernmental agencies, national governments and analysts continuously update figures that are calculated and presented in a multitude of different ways. These include Gross Domestic Product (GDP), employment, …

Subjects: Government Documents