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“The U.S. Department of State alerts U.S. citizens to ongoing political and social unrest in Egypt. Violent demonstrations on January 28 took place in several areas of Cairo and other parts of the country, disrupting road travel between city centers and airports. Disruptions in communications included the interruption of internet and mobile telephone service. The …
SIGR Audit Report, January 28, 2011 – Sons of Iraq Program: Results Are Uncertain and Financial Controls Were Weak, “In June 2007, the Multi-National CorpsIraq (MNC-I) began using Commanders Emergency Response Program (CERP) funds to hire former insurgents and their passive supporters to guard checkpoints, buildings, and key parts of neighborhoods in Iraq. Known as …
“EPA is announcing the release of the draft report, Biofuels and the Environment: The First Triennial Report to Congress (EPA/600/R-10/183A), and the scheduling of an independent peer review meeting on March 14, 2011 in Arlington, VA. [Federal Register Jan 28, 2011]” “The Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA Section 204) directs EPA to conduct a …
News release: “Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), Arnold Fields, released SIGAR’s January 2011 Quarterly Report to Congress today. The tenth Quarterly Report highlights SIGAR’s growing concern that critical reconstruction programs are at risk because of poor planning, insufficient oversight, and the inability of the Afghan authorities to sustain them. The report includes a …
Four in 10 unemployed Americans expect to have a job in the next four weeks, by Dennis Jacobe, Chief Economist, Gallup” “Six in 10 unemployed Americans say the next job they get is not likely to be one they want; instead, they’ll have to settle for one they don’t really want. Four in 10 underemployed …
News release: “Real gross domestic product — the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States — increased at an annual rate of 3.2 percent in the fourth quarter of 2010, (that is, from the third quarter to the fourth quarter), according to the “advance” estimate released by …
Why the Rich Are Getting Richer, American Politics and the Second Gilded Age, by Robert C. Lieberman – Professor of Political Science and Public Affairs at Columbia University “The U.S. economy appears to be coming apart at the seams. Unemployment remains at nearly ten percent, the highest level in almost 30 years; foreclosures have forced …
News release: “A new report by Moody’s Investors Service presents combined net tax-supported debt and pension liability figures for the U.S. states, providing a clearer view of how each factors into the evaluation of states’ total current liabilities. “Pensions have always had an important place in our analysis of states, but we looked separately at …
PewInternet: 22% of online Americans used social networking or Twitter for politics in 2010 campaign, by Aaron Smith, January 27, 2011: “After first gaining prominence as tools for political engagement during the 2008 presidential election, social media became a regular part of the political environment for voters in the 2010 midyear elections. Some 22% of …
Afghanistan Security: Afghan Army Growing, but Additional Trainers Needed; Long-term Costs Not Determined, GAO-11-66, January 27, 2011 Payday Lending: Federal Law Enforcement Uses a Multilayered Approach to Identify Employees in Financial Distress, GAO-11-147, January 26, 2011
News release: “Today the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission delivered the results of its investigation into the causes of the financial and economic crisis. The Commission concluded that the crisis was avoidable and was caused by: Widespread failures in financial regulation, including the Federal Reserves failure to stem the tide of toxic mortgages; Dramatic breakdowns in …
National Corrections Reporting Program – Statistical Tables (update), Thomas P. Bonczar, January 20, 2011: “This update adds data for 2007 and 2008 to the electronic series of selected tables on most serious offense, sentence length, and time served in state prison. The National Corrections Reporting Program collects demographic information, conviction offenses, sentence length, credited jail …
