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Chief Justice’s Year-End Reports on the Federal Judiciary, 2011: “Some observers have recently questioned whether the Judicial Conferences Code of Conduct for United States Judges should apply to the Supreme Court. I would like to use my annual report this year to address that issue, as well as some other related issues that have recently …
Top ten global weather events of 2011 by Dr. Jeff Masters “A remarkable blitz of extreme weather events during 2011 caused a total of 32 weather disasters costing at least $1 billion worldwide. Five nations experienced their most expensive weather-related natural disasters on record during 2011–Thailand, Australia, Colombia, Sri Lanka, and Cambodia. According to insurance …
Revolution in the Arab World: “In the first article, Dr. Laleh Khalili compares the Arab Spring with other revolutions in the twentieth century, pointing out how difficult it is to ascertain what the effects of revolutions might be. Next, Dr. Jillian Schwedler also takes a historical approach to the study of revolution by looking systematically …
Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, 2011 Annual Report to Congress, Report Period CY 2010, December 2011 – Issued December 2011 “The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) is an inter-agency committee authorized to review transactions that could result in control of a U.S. business by a foreign person (covered …
LSCMs Past, Present, and Future of Keeping America Informed FY2011 Year in Review: “One LSCM focus this past year has been to increase content in GPOs Federal Digital System (FDsys) by improving and escalating our efforts to partner and collaborate with Federal depository libraries, Federal executive agencies, the Library of Congress, and the Federal courts. …
“In September 2009, the President announced thatfor the first time in historyWhite House visitor records would be made available to the public on an ongoing basis. Today, the White House releases visitor records that were generated in September 2011. Todays release also includes several visitor records generated prior to September 16, 2009 that were requested …
News release: “The Federal Trade Commission has approved a biennial report to Congress focusing on the use of the Do Not Call Registry by both consumers and businesses over the past two years, as well as the impact that new technologies have had on the Registry. As detailed in the report, the Do Not Call …
Labor Force Exits Are Complicating Unemployment Rate Forecasts, Richard Peach, Josiah Bethards, and Joseph Song. December 28, 2011 “What will the unemployment rate be in 2013? Even if you were certain how much the U.S. economy (gross domestic product, or GDP) would grow over the next year or two, it would still be difficult to …
(WSJ graphic) – “New York had its safest decade in recorded history. Fire deaths, murders and other crimes were down.” News release: “Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly and Fire Commissioner Salvatore J. Cassano today announced that near record levels for public safety were maintained in 2011, with crime on the decline …
PRNewswire: “With mortgage rates continuing to be near record lows, LendingTree.com, the nation’s leading online lender exchange and personal finance resource, today released data highlighting the average loan amount on residential real estate purchases for all 50 states and Washington D.C. for the year. Hawaii, by far, leads the nation with an average home loan …
The Federal Food Safety Working Group Progress Report, December 2011 “American consumers deserve to trust the safety of the food they purchase for themselves and their families. While we enjoy one of the safest food supplies in the world, it requires constant monitoring. We need to be able to rapidly identify and address risks to …
News release: “As our nation prepares to ring in the new year, the U.S. Census Bureau today projected the Jan. 1, 2012, total United States population will be 312,780,968. This would represent an increase of 2,250,129, or 0.7 percent, from New Year’s Day 2011, and an increase of 4,035,430, or 1.3 percent, since Census Day …
