Day archives: May 11th, 2016

Anacostia Tributary Trail System

“D.C. area residents and visitors can preview nearly 63 miles of the Anacostia Tributary Trail System (ATTS) from a computer or hand held device before setting out to hike or bike, thanks to a new interactive digital map that features 360-degree Panoramic views of the system’s trails. The ATTS is a system of trails located …

Subjects: Environmental Law

Wireless Substitution: Early Release of Estimates From the National Health Interview Survey, July–December 2015

Wireless Substitution: Early Release of Estimates From the National Health Interview Survey, July–December 2015. Stephen J. Blumberg, Ph.D., and Julian V. Luke, Division of Health Interview Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics. Released May 2016. “Preliminary results from the July–December 2015 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) indicate that the number of American homes with only …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management, Web Site Accessibility and Usability, Wireless Web

Transportation Security: Issues for the 114th Congress

CRS report – Transportation Security: Issues for the 114th Congress. Bart Elias, Specialist in Aviation Policy; David Randall Peterman, Analyst in Transportation Policy; John Frittelli, Specialist in Transportation Policy. May 9, 2016. “The nation’s air, land, and marine transportation systems are designed for accessibility and efficiency, two characteristics that make them highly vulnerable to terrorist …

Subjects: Congress, Economy, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation, Transportation

USAGov’s Five Tips to Get Great Deals from Government Auctions and Sales

USA.gov: “You may have heard that you can buy “stuff” from the government. But how does it work? Can you really get good deals? With these tips from USAGov, you can learn how to be a smart shopper at government auctions and sales and discover the surprising variety of things you can buy: Who sells …

Subjects: E-Government, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Housing

FDA Seeks Comments on Draft 3D Device Printing Guidance

Document issued on May 10, 2016 – “FDA has developed this draft guidance to provide FDA’s initial thinking on technical considerations specific to devices using additive manufacturing, the broad category of manufacturing encompassing 3-dimensional (3D) printing. Additive manufacturing (AM) is a process that builds an object by iteratively building 2-dimensional (2D) layers and joining each …

Subjects: Economy, Government Documents, Marketing, Medicine

Treasury Department Issues White Paper on Online Marketplace Lending Industry

“The U.S. Treasury Department today issued a white paper regarding its review of the online marketplace lending industry. The white paper titled, “Opportunities and Challenges in Online Marketplace Lending,” provides an overview of what the Treasury Department heard in response to its Request for Information, and it contains research on and recommendations for the industry. …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents

NASA’s Kepler Mission Announces Largest Collection of Planets Ever Discovered

“NASA’s Kepler mission has verified 1,284 new planets – the single largest finding of planets to date. “This announcement more than doubles the number of confirmed planets from Kepler,” said Ellen Stofan, chief scientist at NASA Headquarters in Washington. “This gives us hope that somewhere out there, around a star much like ours, we can …

Subjects: Government Documents, Knowledge Management

DOT proposes increased use of the zipper merge

Minnesota Department of Transportation: “When a lane is closed in a construction zone, a zipper merge occurs when motorists use both lanes of traffic until reaching the defined merge area, and then alternate in “zipper” fashion into the open lane. Benefits Reduces differences in speeds between two lanes Reduces the overall length of traffic backup …

Subjects: Knowledge Management, Transportation

National Defense Authorization Act for FY2017 and Low Energy Nuclear Reactions

Via the New Energy Times, Excerpt from May 4, 2016, Report of the Committee on Armed Services House of Representatives on HR 4909 Together With Additional Views see Congress Directs Secretary of Defense to Provide LENR Briefing as follows: “The committee is aware of recent positive developments in developing low-energy nuclear reactions (LENR), which produce …

Subjects: Congress, Defense, Economy, Energy, Environmental Law, Financial System, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation