Accurate, Focused Research on Law, Technology and Knowledge Discovery With Daily Postings Since 2002
Recent Changes in U.S. Family Finances: Evidence from the 2001 and 2004 Survey of Consumer Finances “The Federal Reserve Boards Survey of Consumer Finances for 2004 provides insights into changes in family income and net worth since the 2001 survey. The survey shows that, over the 200104 period, the median value of real (inflation-adjusted) family …
News release: “An estimated 809,800 prisoners of the 1,518,535 held in the nations prison at midyear 2007 were parents of minor children, according to a report by the Justice Departments Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). Parents in prison 52 percent of state inmates and 63 percent of federal inmates reported having an estimated …
Follow up to August 27, 2008 posting on new Census Bureau and income data, and New York has the highest poverty rate of all northern states, from Brookings, Poverty and Income in 2007: A Look at the New Census Data and What the Numbers Mean “First, poverty as I’m sure you already know did not …
Petroleum Supply Monthly (August 2008) (08/26/2008): “Supply and disposition of crude oil and petroleum products on a national and regional level. The data series describe production, imports and exports, movements and inventories.” Electric Power Monthly (08/26/2008): “The latest EPM issue (July 2008) is now available. Data being published in the July 2008 EPM include April …
Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) news release: “U.S. home prices fell in the second quarter of 2008 according to OFHEOs seasonally-adjusted purchase-only house price index. The index, which is based on data from home sales, was 1.4 percent lower on a seasonally-adjusted basis in the second quarter than in the first quarter. This …
Fiscal Policy Institute: “Despite several years of moderate economic growth, New York did not gain any ground in key areas of poverty and family incomes. New Yorkers were just as likely to be poor in 2007 as they were when the last recession in 2001, according to Census Bureau data released today. Also, the income …
News release: “Commercial banks and savings institutions insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) reported net income of $5.0 billion in the second quarter of 2008, a decline of $31.8 billion (86.5 percent) from the $36.8 billion that the industry earned in the second quarter of 2007. With the exception of the fourth quarter …
Transmittal Letter: “The insider threat to critical infrastructures constitutes a real and significant threat because of the potential a trusted insider has to inflict serious damage, including cascading and cross-sector effects and economic interruptions from critical infrastructure service losses. While many critical infrastructure operators have programs or measures in place addressing this threat to some …
Medical Review of Claims for the Fiscal Year 2006 Comprehensive Error Rate Testing Program, August 22, 2008 | Audit A-01-07-00508 Executive Summary: “In two reviews of beneficiaries’ medical records, KePRO, an independent medical review contractor, identified errors in claims for durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DME) that the Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) …
Electronic Media and Youth Violence: A CDC Issue Brief for Educators and Caregivers “focuses on the phenomena of electronic aggression. Electronic aggression is defined as any kind of harassment or bullying that occurs through email, chat rooms, instant messaging, websites, blogs, or text messaging. The brief summarizes what is known about young people and electronic …
Library of Congress Federal Research Division Country Profile: Afghanistan, August 2008
CDT: “In comments filed with the Department of Homeland Security today, CDT highlighted privacy concerns implicated by DHS’ new system of databases to record personal information and border crossing history. CDT called on DHS to reduce the 15-year period for retaining records of the date, time and place an American re-enters the United States at …
