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Spiffing up your search results page search – “Youll notice a new simpler, cleaner design on the search results page weve been working on ways to create a consistent search experience across the wide variety of devices and screen sizes people use today. We started with tablets last year, got it to mobile phones …
Hurricane Sandy: Health-Related Resources Overview U.S. Federal Agency Web Pages on Hurricane Sandy State Agency Web Pages with Hurricane Sandy Information Cleanup and Recovery Specific Populations Mental Health & Disasters Health Resources for the Public Multi-language Resources Social Media Maps Apps and Widgets Animal Handling in Disasters
“During the 1980s and 1990s, the National Weather Service (NWS) undertook a major program called the Modernization and Associated Restructuring (MAR). The MAR was officially completed in 2000. Now twelve years after the official completion of the (MAR), the challenges faced by the NWS are no less important than those of the pre-MAR era. The …
Arrest in the United States, 1990-2010, Howard N. Snyder, Ph.D – October 31, 2012. NCJ 239423 “Presents annual estimates of arrests in the United States covering the period between 1990 and 2010. Based on data collected by the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program, this report expands the FBI’s set of published arrest estimates to include …
Maritime Territorial and Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Disputes Involving China: Issues for Congress, Ronald O’Rourke, Specialist in Naval Affairs, October 22, 2012 “This report presents policy and oversight issues for Congress arising from (1) maritime territorial disputes involving China in the South China Sea (SCS) and East China Sea (ECS) and (2) an additional dispute …
Federal Involvement in Flood Response and Flood Infrastructure Repair: Storm Sandy Recovery, Nicole T. Carter, Specialist in Natural Resources Policy, October 31, 2012 “Storm Sandy was a reminder that the United States is vulnerable to significant weather hazards, and that infrequent but intense flood events can cause significant damage and disruption. In addition to wind …
The Yale Forum on Climate Change & The Media: “The years string of weird weather what weather professionals generally refer to as anomalies appears to have had some significant impact on Americans attitudes toward global warming as a factor in determining every-day weather, according to new survey results. A question that arises now …
Lee, Charles M.C., Ma, Paul and Wang, Charles C. Y., Identifying Peer Firms: Evidence from Edgar Search Traffic (November 5, 2012). Available at SSRN “Using internet traffic patterns at the SEC EDGAR website, we show that firms appearing in chronologically adjacent searches by the same individual are fundamentally similar on multiple dimensions. In fact, traffic-based …
Managing the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Policy Implications of Expanding Global Access to Nuclear Power. Mary Beth Nikitin, Coordinator, Specialist in Nonproliferation, Anthony Andrews, Specialist in Energy and Defense Policy. October 19, 2012. “After several decades of widespread stagnation, nuclear power has attracted renewed interest in recent years. New license applications for 30 reactors have been …
Via SSRN: Field Notes from the Super-Storm Sandy Catastrophe, Elizabeth Burleson, Pace Law School, November 4, 2012 Sandy struck a strategically important city in a strategically important country within days of a strategically important election. Climate justice has many synergistic and sometimes competing dimensions. Irrespective of the degree to which climate change contributes to any …
New York City Metropolitan Area Retail Motor Gasoline Supply Report “As of Sunday, Nov. 4, based on EIA’s emergency survey of gasoline availability, EIA estimates that 27% of gasoline stations in the New York metropolitan area did not have gasoline available for sale. This is a sharp decrease from the estimated 67% on Friday. This …
CRS – The Fiscal Cliff: Macroeconomic Consequences of Tax Increases and Spending Cuts. Jane G. Gravelle, Senior Specialist in Economic Policy, September 20, 2012 “A major policy concern for Congress is when and whether to address the fiscal cliff, a set of tax increases and spending cuts that would substantially reduce the deficit in 2013. …
