Day archives: March 18th, 2015

Federal Reserve Board and Federal Open Market Committee release economic projections from the March 17-18 FOMC meeting

Release Date: March 18, 2015 – “Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in January suggests that economic growth has moderated somewhat. Labor market conditions have improved further, with strong job gains and a lower unemployment rate. A range of labor market indicators suggests that underutilization of labor resources continues to diminish. Household …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents

Geographical Mobility: 2013 to 2014

“About 1 in 9 People Changed Residences Between 2013 and 2014 – For the past several years, the mover rate has remained between 11.5 and 12.5 percent, according to new 2014 statistics released today from the U.S. Census Bureau. The mover rate between 2013 and 2014 was 11.5 percent or 35.7 million people age 1 …

Subjects: Economy, Government Documents, Housing

Mussel Watch Contaminant Monitoring

National Ocean Service: “Mussel Watch represents the longest running continuous contaminant monitoring program in U.S. coastal and Great Lakes waters. The project was developed to analyze chemical and biological contaminant trends in sediments and bivalve tissues collected at over 300 coastal sites from 1986 to present. Parameters monitored include sediment and bivalve tissue chemistry for …

Subjects: E-Government, Environmental Law, Government Documents

The HTTPS-Only Standard proposed by OMB

“The American people expect government websites to be secure and their interactions with those websites to be private. Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) offers the strongest privacy protection available for public web connections with today’s internet technology. The use of HTTPS reduces the risk of interception or modification of user interactions with government online services. …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Government, Government Documents, Internet

Graphical map to airport three letter codes

“Every airport has a unique three-letter IATA code. Some make sense if you know the city or the name of the airport and others, well, what the heck? Turns out there’s usually a reasonable explanation. Knowing what each IATA code stands for isn’t super useful, but it sure can be fun. This site was designed …

Subjects: Transportation

New GAO Reports – Crop Insurance, Security Clearances

Crop Insurance: Reducing Subsidies for Highest Income Participants Could Save Federal Dollars with Minimal Effect on the Program, GAO-15-356: Published: Mar 18, 2015. Publicly Released: Mar 18, 2015: “The federally subsidized crop insurance program helps about 1 million participants manage the risk inherent in farming. In recent years, the government’s costs for the crop insurance …

Subjects: Defense, Economy, Financial System

OECD Economic Outlook and Interim Global Economic Assessment

“Low oil prices and monetary easing are boosting growth in the world’s major economies, but the near-term pace of expansion remains modest, with abnormally low inflation and interest rates pointing to risks of financial instability, according to the OECD’s latest Interim Economic Assessment. Strong domestic demand is driving growth in the United States, which, combined with …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents

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