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News release: “Astronauts aboard the International Space Station received a special software upgrade this week – personal access to the Internet and the World Wide Web via the ultimate wireless connection. Expedition 22 Flight Engineer T.J. Creamer made first use of the new system Friday, when he posted the first unassisted update to his Twitter …
News release: “With an innovative, unique and digitally rich experience, the U.S. Census Bureau today launched its 2010 Census Spanish language Web site. The site’s goal is to inform the more than 34 million people who speak Spanish at home about the 2010 Census and to demonstrate to the Hispanic community that participation is easy, …
“Search the worlds government data here. Governments around the globe are opening up their data vaults allowing you to check out, visualise and analyse the numbers for yourself. This is the Guardians gateway to that information. Search for government data here from the UK, USA, Australia and New Zealand – and look out for …
Race and Hispanic Origin of the Foreign-Born Population in the United States: 2007: “This report from American Community Survey data describes the race and Hispanic-origin composition of the foreign-born population in 2007 and compares it with that of the total and native-born populations. It shows the foreign-born have a pattern of race and Hispanic-origin reporting …
Via Rick McKinney: “GPO finally made available the text of the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009, H.R. 4173, as passed by the House on December 11, 2009. The 1706 page bill had been 1279 pages when introduced, but after numerous amendments adopted on the House floor (there was no reported version …
News release: “Median weekly earnings of the nation’s 98.7 million full-time wage and salary workers were $748 in the fourth quarter of 2009, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. This was 2.7 percent higher than a year earlier, compared with a gain of 1.4 percent in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban …
Report of the Joint Economic Committee Congress of the United States on the 2009 Economic Report of the President Together With Minority Views, January 11, 2010. “The Obama administration and Congress headed into 2009 with an economy teetering on the brink of depression; the housing bubble had burst and a financial crisis had rippled through …
Report: Social Networking in Government: Opportunities & Challenges, Human Capital Institute, January 2010 “Social networking (SN) has become the new online rage. Blogs, wikis, RSS feeds and social networking sites like Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn have provided creative ways to recruit, engage, connect and retain employees. They have also provided an opportunity to facilitate strategic …
2010 Earthquake in Haiti – Includes links to:
CDC Estimates of 2009 H1N1 Influenza Cases, Hospitalizations and Deaths in the United States, April December 12, 2009 “CDC estimates that between 39 million and 80 million cases of 2009 H1N1 occurred between April and December 12, 2009. The mid-level in this range is about 55 million people infected with 2009 H1N1. CDC estimates …
Follow up to previous posting, FAA Issues Special New Security Regs for Boeing Model 787, see Federal Aviation Administration, Special Conditions: Boeing Model 7478/8F Airplanes, Systems and Data Networks SecurityProtection of Airplane Systems and Data Networks From Unauthorized External Access – Federal Register: January 15, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 10)][Rules and Regulations][Page 2433-2434]: “These special …
Follow up to previous postings on Follow up to previous postings on missing White House emails during Bush administrations, from the National Security Archive: “Pursuant to a settlement reached between the National Security Archive and the White House Executive Office of the President (EOP), the White House today issued a letter describing critical aspects of …
