Category «Government Documents»

National Center for State Legislatures launches online resource with latest updates on emergency plans

News release: “As the federal government develops a national strategy to address the H1N1 virus for the fall and winter flu seasons, the National Conference of State Legislatures has developed a comprehensive webpage with resources for states. Since states are first responders to public health emergencies, state legislators and legislative staff now have a wealth …

Subjects: Government Documents

White House voluntary disclosure policy – visitor access records

White Hosue Policy: “The President has decided to increase governmental transparency by implementing a voluntary disclosure policy governing White House visitor access records. The White House will release, on a monthly basis, all previously unreleased WAVES and ACR access records that are 90 to 120 days old. For example, records created in January 2010 will …

Subjects: E-Government, Freedom of Information, Government Documents

Executive Agency Ethics Pledge Waivers

White House: “We have previously reported six limited waivers that have been granted by the White House pursuant to the President’s Executive Order on Ethics for Executive Branch personnel – the strongest ethics standards in U.S. government history. Three of these waivers involved lobbying-related issues and three did not. We blogged about them here, here, …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

GPO Releases 8 new collections into the Federal Digital System

The Government Printing Office (GPO) is pleased to announce the release of 8 new collections into the Federal Digital System (FDsys). The new collections are: Congressional Directory (105th Congress to present) Congressional Record (Bound) (1999 to 2001) Congressional Record Index (Daily) (1983 to Present) Economic Report of the President (1996 to present) GAO Reports and …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

Employment Situation Summary – August 2009

News release: “Nonfarm payroll employment continued to decline in August (-216,000), and the unemployment rate rose to 9.7 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Although job losses continued in many of the major industry sectors in August, the declines have moderated in recent months. In August, the number of unemployed persons increased …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Federal Government Must Hire Tens of Thousands of New Workers to Fill Mission-Critical Jobs

News release: “Great news for job seekers this Labor Day: the federal government is hiring tens of thousands of new employees, according to new projections in Where the Jobs Are 2009: Mission-Critical Opportunities for America, released today by the Partnership for Public Service. The online projections outline government-wide, mission-critical hiring needs through 2012 and are …

Subjects: Government Documents, Internet, Legal Research

European Central Bank Papers: Equity, Macroeconomic projections, bond purchase program, OTC derivatives, credit default swaps

03/09/2009 – Working paper no. 1086: Euro area money demand: empirical evidence on the role of equity and labour markets 03/09/2009 – Publication: ECB staff macroeconomic projections for the euro area 03/09/2009 – Publication: Eurosystem covered bond purchase programme 03/09/2009 – Publication: OTC derivatives and post-trading infrastructure 31/08/2009 – Occasional paper no. 105: Flow-of-funds analysis …

Subjects: Government Documents

Petroleum Marketing Monthly, Peak Underground Working Gas Storage Capacity in U.S.

September 2009 Petroleum Marketing Monthly With Data for June 2009 (09/01/2009): Monthly price and volume statistics on crude oil and petroleum products at a national, regional and state level. Estimates of Peak Underground Working Gas Storage Capacity in the United States, 2009 Update (08/31/2009): “This report provides estimates of aggregate peak working gas capacity and …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents