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Unemployment in January 2010: “In January, the number of unemployed persons decreased to 14.8 million, and the unemployment rate fell by 0.3 percentage point to 9.7 percent. In January, unemployment rates for most major worker groupsadult men (10.0 percent), teenagers (26.4 percent), blacks (16.5 percent), and Hispanics (12.6 percent)showed little change. The jobless rate for …
News release: “The U.S. Import Price Index advanced 1.4 percent in January, as fuel and nonfuel prices each increased. The rise in overall imports followed a 0.2 percent uptick in December. Export prices rose 0.8 percent in January after advancing 0.6 percent in December and 0.8 percent in November.”
Internet Use in the United States: 2009 Tables with national- and state-level data showing who is accessing the Internet, cross-tabulated by age, sex, race, Hispanic-origin, educational attainment and employment status. State data show Internet usage at home versus use at other locations. Also included is whether people are using broadband or dial-up for Internet …
FY 2009 Federal Prosecutions Sharply Higher – Surge Driven by Steep Jump in Immigration Filings: “The latest case-by-case data from the Justice Department show that in November 2009 (the second month of fiscal year 2010) the government reported 11,816 new prosecutions. The immigration category continues to dominate the DOJ’s caseload, accounting for 53% of all …
International Petroleum Monthly – January 2010 Feb 17, 2010 “This report contains world petroleum production data through November 2009; and OECD country petroleum demand, imports, and stocks data through October 2009. Also included are international oil balance data for 2005-2009 and annual petroleum data series for 1970-2008. Short-Term Energy Outlook February 2010 Feb …
Follow up to Google Buzz Social Media Integrated into Gmail, news that “EPIC has filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission, urging the FTC to open an investigation into Google Buzz. Last week, Google tried to transform its popular email service into an untested social networking service. As a consequence, Google displayed social networking …
CNMI Immigration and Border Control Databases, GAO-10-345R, February 16, 2010 Disaster Assistance: Federal Assistance for Permanent Housing Primarily Benefited Homeowners; Opportunities Exist to Better Target Rental Housing Needs, GAO-10-17, January 14, 2010 Surface Coal Mining: Financial Assurances for, and Long-Term Oversight of, Mines with Valley Fills in Four Appalachian States, GAO-10-206, January 14, 2010
Project on National Security Reform (PNSR) released the study Recalibrating the System: Toward Efficient and Effective Resourcing of National Preparedness, December 2009 “In the U.S. three levels of government share sovereignty over common territory. This fundamental reality requires substantive improvement to current approaches to homeland security mission preparedness and execution, and if necessary, establishment of …
Contemporary Global Anti-Semitism Report Released by the Office of the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, U.S. Department of State: “In memory of Tom Lantos, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the U.S. House of Representatives, a leader of moral force and a champion of human rights. As the only Holocaust survivor …
The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases, D. Andrew Austin, Analyst in Economic Policy, Mindy R. Levit, Analyst in Public Finance, January 28, 2010 “Total debt of the federal government can increase in two ways. First, debt increases when the government sells debt to the public to finance budget deficits and acquire the financial resources …
Insurance and Financial Regulatory Reform in the 111th Congress, Baird Webel, Specialist in Financial Economics, January 13, 2010 “In the aftermath of the recent financial crisis, broad financial regulatory reform legislation has been advanced by the Obama Administration and by various Members of Congress. Under the McCarran-Ferguson Act of 1945, insurance regulation is generally = …
New York Times: “Some big companies, like Hearst and The Associated Press, have been quietly ramping up their legal efforts, by doing more of the work in-house and saving costs by not hiring outside lawyers and being more aggressive in states where they can recoup legal fees and at the federal level, which …
