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News release: “The Department of State today launches Opinion Space”, an interactive site hosted on State.gov that seeks to foster global conversations on foreign affairs. Opinion Space, developed jointly by the Department of State and the University of California at Berkeleys Center for New Media (BCNM), is accessible to anyone around the world.”
Washington Post Political Blog: “On Wednesday [March 17, 2010], C-SPAN will launch a searchable video library that includes all of its programming dating to 1987. Which means that, if you were so inclined, you could watch every one of the late Sen. Ted Kennedy’s floor speeches or relive Barack Obama’s speech at the 2007 Iowa …
News release: “As part of Administrator Lisa P. Jacksons strong commitment to increase information on chemicals, for the first time, EPA is providing web access, free of charge, to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Chemical Substance Inventory. This inventory contains a consolidated list of thousands of industrial chemicals maintained by the agency. EPA is …
Office of Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Chairman Chris Dodd: Financial Reform Legislation Summary Financial Reform Legislation (1336 pages, PDF) – To promote the financial stability of the United States by improving accountability and transparency in the financial system, to end “too big to fail”, to protect the American taxpayer by ending bailouts, to …
News release: “Titled Connecting America: The National Broadband Plan, the Plan found that while broadband access and use have increased over the past decade, the nation must do much more to connect all individuals and the economy to broadbands transformative benefits. Nearly 100 million Americans lack broadband at home today, and 14 million Americans do …
2009 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, March 11, 2010 “The idea of human rights begins with a fundamental commitment to the dignity that is the birthright of every man, woman and child. Progress in advancing human rights begins with the facts. And for the last 34 years, the United States has produced the Country …
“My Administration is committed to reducing payment errors and eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse in Federal programs — a commitment reflected in Executive Order 13520 of November 20, 2009, Reducing Improper Payments. Executive departments and agencies should use every tool available to identify and subsequently reclaim the funds associated with improper payments. Thorough identification of …
“On March 13, 2010, the Obama Administration released its blueprint for revising the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) to help states raise expectations of students and reward schools for producing dramatic gains in student achievement. The blueprint provides incentives for states to adopt academic standards that prepare students to succeed in college and the …
News release: “Despite President Barack Obama’s and Attorney General Eric Holder’s 2009 memoranda calling for reform in government agencies’ administration of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the latest government-wide FOIA Audit released today by the National Security Archive at George Washington University found: Ancient requests–as old as 18 years–still persist in the FOIA system. …
“A report released [January 26, 2010] shows that many states are making dramatic improvements in websites designed to disseminate information about their share of the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), while others have failed to make vital information available. This is the finding of Show Us the Stimulus (Again), a report released …
News release: “Climate change threatens to further imperil hundreds of species of migratory birds, already under stress from habitat loss, invasive species and other environmental threats, a new report released today by Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar concludes. The State of the Birds: 2010 Report on Climate Change follows a comprehensive report issue released …
International Regulation and Treatment of Trade Finance: What Are the Issues? Marc Auboin Economic Research and Statistics, WTO “The paper discusses a number of issues related to the treatment of trade credit internationally, a priori (treatment by banking regulators) and a posteriori (treatment by debtors and creditors in the case of default), which are …
