News release: “According to a report released today by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA), Americans took 10.4 billion trips on public transportation in 2011, the second highest annual ridership since 1957. Only ridership in 2008, when gas rose to more than $4 a gallon, surpassed last years ridership. With an increase of 2.3 percent… Continue Reading
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Chinas Banking System: Issues for Congress
Chinas Banking System: Issues for Congress, Michael F. Martin, Specialist in Asian Affairs, February 20, 2012 “Chinas banking system has been gradually transformed from a centralized, government-owned and government-controlled provider of loans into an increasingly competitive market in which different types of banks, including several U.S. banks, strive to provide a variety of financial services.… Continue Reading
Macondo Well-Deepwater Horizon Blowout: Lessons for Offshore Drilling Safety
Follow up to previous postings on the Deepwater Horizon Spill, “The blowout of the Macondo well on April 20, 2010, led to enormous consequences for the individuals involved in the drilling operations, and for their families. Eleven workers on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig lost their lives and 16 others were seriously injured. There were… Continue Reading
CDC – 75 Years of Mortality in the United States, 19352010
75 Years of Mortality in the United States, 19352010, Donna L. Hoyert, Ph.D., CDC/National Center for Health Statistics, March 2012 “A 75-year perspective points to both stability and change in the leading causes of death: stability because three causes (heart disease, cancer, and stroke) remained among the five leading causes each year between 1935 and… Continue Reading
EPIC Publishes 2012 FOIA Gallery
“In celebration of Sunshine Week, EPIC published the EPIC FOIA Gallery: 2012. The gallery highlights key documents obtained by EPIC in the past year, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s watch list guidelines, records of the Department of Homeland Security’s social media monitoring program, Google’s first Privacy Compliance Report, records detailing the government’s FAST scanning… Continue Reading
Federal Reserve releases paper describing methodology used in 2012 Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review stress test
News release: “The Federal Reserve on Monday released a paper describing the methodology used in the stress test in the 2012 Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR) as well as the templates for disclosure of the summary results, which will be issued at 4:30 p.m. EDT on Thursday, March 15. The CCAR is a rigorous… Continue Reading
FTC Issues Report on the Experiences of Victims Recovering from Identity Theft
News release: “The Federal Trade Commission issued a staff report, Using FACTA Remedies: An FTC Staff Report on a Survey of Experience of Identity Theft Victims, summarizing the results of a survey of identity theft victims who were asked to describe their experiences dealing with consumer reporting agencies and, more generally, exercising their rights under… Continue Reading
Implications of Great Lakes Free of Ice
News release: “As the mild winter of 2012 yields to an early spring, the Great Lakes are relatively free of ice. However, as longtime residents of the region know, ice cover on the lakes can vary dramatically from one winter to the next. Researchers at the NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab (GLERL) have been… Continue Reading
Pew – Social networking sites and politics
Social networking sites and politics, by Lee Rainie, Aaron Smith, Mar 12, 2012 “Chatter in peoples social networks about political issues prompts a share of disagreements among friends and the sites yield surprising revelations about peoples views; 18% of users have shunned friends who have different ideas and 16% have found friends whose beliefs match… Continue Reading
Small Firms, Employment, and Federal Policy
New Small Firms Account for a Disproportionate Share of Net Job Growth, March 2012 “Although the most recent recession ended more than two years ago, the recovery has been slow and the economy remains in a severe slump. From December 2007 (when the recession began) to February 2010 (when the number of people on business… Continue Reading
CBO – Small Firms, Employment, and Federal Policy
New Small Firms Account for a Disproportionate Share of Net Job Growth, March 2012: “Small firms, widely believed to promote job growth, both create and eliminate jobs at higher rates than large firms do. Although small firms account for a disproportionate share of net job growth, that greater growth is driven primarily by new small… Continue Reading
Classified National Security Information Program for State, Local, Tribal and Private Sector Entities Implementing Directive
DHS – Classified National Security Information Program for State, Local, Tribal and Private Sector Entities [STLPS] – Implementing Directive, February 2012 “Under the authority of the Order, and through this implementing directive, a governance and oversight structure are put in place that will serve to instill and promote the uniform application of security standards within… Continue Reading
