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News release: “The Foreign-Born Population of the United States: 2007 and 2008 National-level tabulations from the Current Population Survey on this population group are shown by a wide range of characteristics including education, marital status, employment status, occupation and industry, earnings and poverty, and household type and tenure. Unique to this data set are …
U.S. Energy Information Administration: International Petroleum Monthly – November 2009 Dec 7, 2009: “This report contains world petroleum production data through September 2009; and OECD country petroleum demand, imports, and stocks data through August 2009. Also included are international oil balance data for 2005-2009 and annual petroleum data series for 1970-2008.”
Jobs Crisis Fact Sheet By Anna Turner, Economic Policy Institute, December 4, 2009 “Number unemployed: 15.4 million (up from 7.5 million in December 2007) Portion of unemployed who have been jobless more than six months: 38.3% Total jobs lost during the recession: 8.0 million Jobs lost in November, 2009: 11,000 Jobs needed to return to …
“After a thorough examination of the scientific evidence and careful consideration of public comments, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that greenhouse gases (GHGs) threaten the public health and welfare of the American people.” Press release | Administrator’s Speech | Read more about the endangerment finding Related postings on climate change
“The Unified Agenda (also known as the Semiannual Regulatory Agenda), published twice a year (usually in April and October) in the Federal Register (FR), summarizes the rules and proposed rules that each Federal agency expects to issue during the next year. It is published by the Office of the Federal Register National Archives and Records …
Financial Management Systems: DHS Faces Challenges to Successfully Consolidating Its Existing Disparate Systems, GAO-10-76, December 04, 2009 U.S. Labor Force Statistics: Illustrative Simulations of the Likely Effects of Underrepresenting Unauthorized Residents, GAO-10-99, November 30, 2009 State Department: Diplomatic Security’s Recent Growth Warrants Strategic Review, GAO-10-156, November 12, 2009 Medicare: CMS Working to Address Problems from …
Mass Shootings at Virginia Tech – Addendum to the Report of the Review Panel Presented to: Governor Timothy M. Kaine, Commonwealth of Virginia, November 2009. “This Addendum responds to the comments and questions received from the families and Virginia Tech by correcting facts in the original report, including the timeline, and by adding additional information …
Research RoundUp: Business Filings Databases Updated – Kathy Biehl’s guide to online corporate and business filings available provides links to and descriptions of services available from all 50 states and the District of Columbia, as well as selected commercial services. It is the most comprehensive, reliable web resource available on the topic.
“On June 3, 2009 Speaker Nancy Pelosi requested the Statement of Disbursements (SOD) be published online, as part of her continued commitment to increase governmental transparency and accountability. Since 1964 Congress has been required by law to publish the SOD, which is a quarterly public report of all receipts and expenditures for Members of Congress, …
Implementing the Obama Cyber Security Strategy via the ISA Social Contract Model: “The Internet Security Alliance (ISA) report aimed at taking the Obama Administrations Cyberspace Policy Review document to the next level. The report emphasizes the need to focus on the economics of cyber security.”
U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General Semiannual Report to Congress, April 1, 2009-September 30, 2009 “During this semiannual reporting period, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has continued to focus our resources on the top challenges facing the Department of Justice (Department), including issues involving counterterrorism, improving information technology, effective grant …
News release: “On December 31, 2008, a reported 20,606 state prisoners and 1,538 federal prisoners were HIV positive or had confirmed AIDS, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) in the Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, announced [December 1, 2009]. At year end 2008, an estimated 5,672 inmates in state and federal prisons …
