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“This application allows public access to court electronic records for Federal District Courts across the United States. Users MUST be registered, have a valid PACER account, to use this application. New users may register here PACER. This application is ‘CASE SEARCH’ only, therefore documents CANNOT be filed using this applciation, users can only view documents …
Children and Justice During and in the Aftermath of Armed Conflict, September 2011. Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict “The purpose of this paper is to bring more conceptual clarity to the issue of children and justice in times of armed conflict by examining relevant legal provisions, academic …
Reductions in Northeast Refining Activity: Potential Implications for Petroleum Product Markets, December 2011 “Reduction in refining activity in the Northeast, as reflected in recently announced plans to idle over 50% of the regional refining capacity, is likely to impact supplies of petroleum products. The transition period as supply sources shift could be problematic for Ultra-Low …
H.8 Assets and Liabilities of Commercial Banks in the United States [from this link you may view chart and choose data download options] – last released Friday, December 23, 2011 Related postings on financial system
Department of Defense Annual Report on Sexual Harassment and Violence at the Military Service Academies Academic Program Year 2010-2011, Report to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives, released December 27, 2011 “While a number of challenges remain, the Department believes the greatest …
U.S. Nuclear Cooperation with India: Issues for Congress, Paul K. Kerr, Analyst in Nonproliferation, December 15, 2011 “India, which has not signed the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and does not have International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards on all of its nuclear material, exploded a peaceful nuclear device in 1974, convincing the world of the need for …
Enhancing Personnel Reliability among Individuals with Access to Select Agents, Report of the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB), December 2011 “Scientific research on highly pathogenic microorganisms and toxins underpins our ability to successfully combat infectious diseases affecting humans, animals and plants, and enables the development of effective countermeasures against bioterrorism threats. An in-depth …
Booms, Busts, and Divorce, Judith K. Hellerstein and Melinda Sandler Morrill (2011), The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy: Vol. 11: Iss. 1 (Contributions), Article 54. “For almost a century, anecdotes have suggested that divorce rates decline during recessions. However, until very recently there has been surprisingly little formal empirical evidence on whether such …
“ViewPoint, the quarterly report from the Atlanta Fed’s supervision and regulation division, presents the most recent data about banking conditions in the Southeast and nationally. This quarter’s report in Financial Update includes information about small business lending, real estate lending, earnings performance, liquidity, and more.” Related postings on financial system
“Healthy People 2020 provides a comprehensive set of 10-year, national goals and objectives for improving the health of all Americans. Healthy People 2020 contains 42 topic areas with nearly 600 objectives (with others still evolving), which encompass 1,200 measures. A smaller set of Healthy People 2020 objectives, called Leading Health Indicators, has been selected to …
Homicide Trends in the United States, 1980-2008 – Annual Rates for 2009 and 2010. Alexia Cooper and Erica L. Smith, BJS Statisticians “The nations homicide rate fell to 4.8 homicides per 100,000 U.S. residents in 2010, its lowest level in four decades, the Bureau of Justice Statistics announced today. Much of the decline was in …
OECD Economic Surveys – Israel, December 2011 “Israels economy passed through the 2008-09 global downturn in relatively good shape but is now suffering alongside others from the continuing effects of the renewed global crisis, and geopolitical tensions have increased. So far there have been no major failures in the financial sector or need for any …
