Day archives: February 13th, 2012

Bloggers Under Fire "tracks instances of bloggers, Internet users being threatened, arrested, harassed, harmed

Bloggers Under Fire: “As activists and ordinary citizens around the world are increasingly making use of the Internet to express their opinions and connect with others, many governments are increasing their surveillance and censorship capabilities and taking legal or extrajudicial actions against bloggers and social media users. The threats to netizens are increasing. The Committee …

Subjects: Blogs, Censorship, Civil Liberties, Free Speech

New Spanish Website and Brochure With Info on Credit Scores

News release: “At a press conference today, Hispanic America Saves, Consumer Federation of America and VantageScore Solutions, LLC, announced the availability of www.CreditScoreQuiz.org/espanol (or http://www.cuestionarioparaelpuntajedecredito.org), an interactive and educational website and brochure on credit scores translated into Spanish. Both feature 20 questions and answers that provide the most important information consumers need to know about …

Subjects: Government Documents

How Colleges and Universities Can Help Their Local Economies

How Colleges and Universities Can Help Their Local Economies, Jaison R. Abel and Richard Deitz “Policymakers are increasingly viewing colleges and universities as important engines of growth for their local areas. In addition to having direct economic impacts, these institutions help to raise the skills of an area’s workforce (its local “human capital”), and they …

Subjects: Government Documents

FTC FY 2012 and 2013 Performance Plan

“The Federal Trade Commission submitted its Fiscal Year 2013 budget request to Congress, including the FY 2013 Budget Overview Statement, and FY 2012 and FY 2013 Performance Plans required under the Government Performance and Results and Modernization Act of 2010. The FTC’s formal budget request was submitted to Congress on February 13, 2012, in support …

Subjects: Government Documents

Kaiser: People with Disabilities and Medicaid Managed Care: Key Issues to Consider

People with Disabilities and Medicaid Managed Care: Key Issues to Consider, February 2013 “As many states expand their use of managed care in Medicaid, a growing number of beneficiaries with disabilities are being enrolled in risk-based managed care arrangements for at least some of their care. Further growth in managed care is expected in 2014, …

Subjects: Government Documents

EPA Releases Final Health Assessment for Tetrachloroethylene (Perc)

News release: “Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) posted the final health assessment for tetrachloroethylene – also known as perchloroethylene, or perc – to EPA’s Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) database. Perc is a chemical solvent widely used in the dry cleaning industry. It is also used in the cleaning of metal machinery and …

Subjects: Government Documents

ArchiveGrid connects you with primary source material held in archives around the world

“ArchiveGrid connects you with primary source material held in archives around the world. You will find historical documents, personal papers, family histories, and more. ArchiveGrid also helps researchers contact archives to request information, arrange a visit, and order copies. ArchiveGrid includes archival collection descriptions from WorldCat bibliographic records and from finding aids harvested from ArchiveGrid …

Subjects: Knowledge Management, Libraries

Federal Reserve: Assets and Liabilities of Commercial Banks in the United States

H.8 Assets and Liabilities of Commercial Banks in the United States “Due to the conversion of thrifts to commercial banks during the week ending February 1, 2012, the assets and liabilities of domestically chartered commercial banks increased $75.9 billion. The major asset items affected were: Treasury and agency securities, mortgage-backed securities (MBS), $6.7; other securities, …

Subjects: Government Documents