“Business Round Table CEOs believe that America possesses enormous strengths, including a large and sophisticated internal market; abundant natural resources; and a culture that values hard work, investment and entrepreneurship. They believe that, while the urgency of the nations current condition is very real, the United States and its people have the wherewithal to Take… Continue Reading
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Internet Memory Foundation – non-profit actively supports preservation of Internet as new media for heritage and cultural purpose
“Based in Amsterdam and Paris, the Internet Memory Foundation (formerly European Archive) is a non-profit institution. Since 2004, it actively supports the preservation of Internet as a new media. The foundation is currently archiving dozens of Terabytes of data per months and is developing several technologies to support the growth and use of the Internet… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports – Food Safety, Interagency Collaboration, Nursing Home Quality, Capital Purchase Program Revenues, Military Base Realignments
Food Safety – Preslaughter Interventions Could Reduce E. coli in Cattle, GAO-12-257, Mar 9, 2012 Interagency Collaboration – State and Army Personnel Rotation Programs Can Build on Positive Results with Additional Preparation and Evaluation, GAO-12-386, Mar 9, 2012 Interagency Collaboration – Survey Results of State and Army Personnel Rotation Program Participants and Their Host-Agency Supervisors… Continue Reading
ComScore – Google Maintains 66% share of search market
News release: “comScore, Inc. a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its monthly comScore qSearch analysis of the U.S. search marketplace. Google Sites led the explicit core search market in February with 66.4 percent of search queries conducted.” Continue Reading
CRS – U.S. Farm Income
U.S. Farm Income, Randy Schnepf, Specialist in Agricultural Policy, February 15, 2012 “According to USDAs Economic Research Service (ERS), national net farm income – a key indicator of U.S. farm well-beingis forecast at $91.7 billion in 2012, down $6.5 billion (6.5%) from the record total of $98.1 billion achieved in 2011. Record revenues from crop… Continue Reading
BLS – The Employment Situation – February 2012
The Employment Situation – February 2012: “Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 227,000 in February, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 8.3 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment rose in professional and businesses services, health care and social assistance, leisure and hospitality, manufacturing, and mining. The number of unemployed persons, at… Continue Reading
Daylight Time – March 11, 2012
Naval Oceanography Portal: “Starting in 2007, daylight time begins in the United States on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November. On the second Sunday in March, clocks are set ahead one hour at 2:00 a.m. local standard time, which becomes 3:00 a.m. local daylight time. On the first… Continue Reading
Pew – Search Engine Use 2012
Search Engine Use 2012, by Kristen Purcell, Joanna Brenner, Lee Rainie, Mar 9, 2012 “Even though online Americans are more satisfied than ever with the performance of search engines, strong majorities have negative views of personalized search results and targeted ads…Google continues to dominate the list of most used search engines. Asked which search engine… Continue Reading
International Trade Administration: Exports, Jobs, and Foreign Investment
Exports, Jobs, and Foreign Investment: “This series details the following effects of international trade on all 50 states’ economic infrastructures: The value of state merchandise exports, major manufacturing industries and markets; The number of state jobs in manufacturing and non-manufacturing sectors that are dependent on exports of manufactured goods; The number of companies, including small-… Continue Reading
AnnualCreditReport.com only authorized source under federal law to obtain free credit reports
FTC: “AnnualCreditReport.com is the ONLY authorized source for the free annual credit report that’s yours by law. The Fair Credit Reporting Act guarantees you access to your credit report for free from each of the three nationwide credit reporting companies Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion every 12 months. The Federal Trade Commission has received… Continue Reading
SLA Presentation on Cloud Computing
A New Way to Compute or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Cloud – Robert Bohn, NIST, March 7, 2012 – DC/SLA Washington, DC Chapter “NIST Cloud Computing Program Goal – Accelerate the federal governments adoption of cloud computing* Build a USG Cloud Computing Technology Roadmap which focuses on the highest priority… Continue Reading
College Search Engine – Online College & University Degree Search
College Search & Statistics for Over 7,000 U.S. Colleges and Universities [h/t J. Browning] “Trying to determine which college or university is best qualified to meet your unique academic, professional and lifestyle objectives can be a difficult and time consuming endeavor. CollegeSearchDatabase.com was developed to help aspiring students and education minded professionals quickly and easily… Continue Reading
