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“The Federal Reserve on February 1, 2010 launched a website to help new bank directors learn how they can work to ensure the safety and soundness of their institutions. The website, BankDirectorsDesktop.org, also provides a refresher course for experienced board members. BankDirectorsDesktop.org is tailored to directors of community banks and features online training and other …
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence – “nearly 70 offerings that address important events, individuals, or periods in African American history.”
UK DirectGov – Crime justice and the law – Reporting hate, extremism and terrorism online: “Some people use the internet to spread hate and violent extremism. They chat with their supporters, share their beliefs and hope to gain new followers online. Find out what is illegal in the UK, and how you can report it.”
News release: “After more than a decade of nationwide effort, the Digital Promise Project has achieved an essential goal the creation of the National Center for Research in Advanced Information and Digital Technologies. This year the Department of Education, as provided by their 2010 appropriations legislation, will make available the initial funding required to …
NASA: Assessments of Selected Large-Scale Projects, GAO-10-227SP, February 01, 2010 Defense Acquisitions: Observations on the Department of Defense Service Contract Inventories for Fiscal Year 2008, GAO-10-350R, January 29, 2010 Employment and Training Administration: Increased Authority and Accountability Could Improve Research Program, GAO-10-243, January 29, 2010 New Markets Tax Credit: The Credit Helps Fund a Variety …
News release: “President Barack Obama sent to Congress a proposed defense budget of $708 billion for fiscal 2011. The budget request for the Department of Defense (DoD) includes $549 billion in discretionary budget authority to fund base defense programs and $159 billion to support overseas contingency operations (OCO), primarily in Afghanistan and Iraq. This proposal …
Gross Domestic Product release, Fourth Quarter 2009 (Advance Estimate). Note – includes highlights, technical note, and associated tables. “Real gross domestic product – the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States — increased at an annual rate of 5.7 percent in the fourth quarter of 2009, (that …
HIV in Prisons, 2007-08 (NCJ 228307), by Bureau of Justice Statistics statistician Laura M. Maruschak and intern Randy Beavers. On December 31, 2008, a reported 20,449 state prisoners and 1,538 federal prisoners were HIV positive or had confirmed AIDS, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) in the Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, …
Privacy Impact Assessment for the Office of Operations Coordination and Planning Haiti Social Media Disaster Monitoring Initiative, January 21, 2010: “The Office of Operations Coordination and Planning (OPS), National Operations Center (NOC), has launched a Haiti Social Media Disaster Monitoring Initiative (Initiative) to assist the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and its components involved in …
News release: “A one-stop source for biogeographic information collected from U.S. waters and oceanic regions is now available from the National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) Program. The OBIS-USA website offers a unique combination of tools, resources, and biodiversity information to aide scientists, resource managers and decision makers in the research and analyses critical to sustaining …
February 2010 Petroleum Marketing Monthly With Data for November 2009 Feb 1, 2010:” “Monthly price and volume statistics on crude oil and petroleum products at a national, regional and state level. Natural Gas Monthly Jan 29, 2010: “Monthly natural and supplemental gas production, supply, consumption, disposition, storage, imports, exports, and prices in the …
Office of the Special Inspector General of the Troubled Asset [SIGTARP] Relief Program Advancing Economic Stability Through Transparency, Coordinated Oversight and Robust Enforcement – Quarterly Report to Congress – October 30, 2010. “Well into its second year of operations, the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) remains a vitally important part of the Federal Governments response …
