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Australian Government, Department of Defense White Paper: Defending Australia in the Asia Pacific Century: Force 2030, May 2, 2009. “The global economic crisis is the most fundamental economic challenge facing this Government. At times such as these, the Government must be fiscally responsible. It would be reckless to commit substantial new resources to Defence while …
Update to May 1, 2009 posting – White House Website Adds Links to FaceBook, Twitter, MySpace – the Official White House Photostream on Flickr EFF: White House Photos Does the Public Need a License to Use?
American Customer Satisfaction Index E-Government (ACSI) Satisfaction Index Q1 2009 – April 28, 2009 – by Larry Freed, ForeSee Results: “Citizen satisfaction with e-government websites dropped more than half a point since last quarter, down to 73.6 on the studys 100-point scale. The aggregate score has been dragged down in large part by declining satisfaction …
“The Congressional Record Daily Digest is now available as the first RSS feed from THOMAS. The Daily Digest from THOMAS is one of five RSS feeds available from the Law Library of Congress as described on our RSS Feeds and Email Delivery http://www.loc.gov/law/news/rss.php page. To see a complete list of RSS feeds and email updates …
News release: “A new landmark study published [May 1, 2009] documents for the first time the process in which increased mercury emissions from human sources across the globe, and in particular from Asia, make their way into the North Pacific Ocean and as a result contaminate tuna and other seafood. Because much of the mercury …
News release: “This survey provides quarterly summary data on assets, revenue and expenditure of the largest public-employee retirement systems in the United States, which comprise about 85 percent of national activity among such entities. It provides the most current data about investment decisions by public employee retirement systems, which are among the largest types of …
Follow up to related postings on swine flu, news that CABI has “announced free access to its specialist Global Health database, the definitive database for public health information, to assist in the battle against swine flu.” Direct link to Global Health current and archival databases search engine.
“On Tuesday, April 28, the Senate overwhelmingly passed anti-fraud legislation that was reported earlier this year by the Senate Judiciary Committee. The Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act was introduced on February 5 by Committee Members Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), and Ted Kaufman (D-Del.). On February 11, the Committee held a hearing to consider …
News release: “The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Federal Trade Commission are alerting the public to be wary of Internet sites and other promotions for products that claim to diagnose, prevent, mitigate, treat or cure the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus. The agencies are also advising operators of offending Web sites that they must …
The White House homepage (scroll to the very bottom, on the right hand side) now includes links to social networking sites Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, MySpace, as well as to YouTube, Vimeo and iTunes.
FDA: 2009 H1N1 Flu Virus, Topics on this Page: Background News Health Fraud Information for Consumers Information for Health Care Professionals Emergency Use Authorization Related postings on swine flu
White House: “A lot of people were taking stock today of the change that the President has so far. But throughout the federal government change has been unfolding at the agency level in thousands of ways you have likely never even heard about. Take a look at the agency reports for whatever issues you are …
