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Center for Responsive Politics now provides 20 years of downloadable money-in-politics data–for free
News release: “Today the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics is putting 200 million data records from the watchdog group’s archive directly into the hands of citizens, activists, journalists and anyone else interested in following the money in U.S. politics. For the first time in CRP’s 26-year history, the nonprofit research group’s most popular data archives …
White House Fact Sheet: Reaching Out to the Cuban People
White House Fact Sheet – Reaching Out to the Cuban People: “Today, the Obama administration announced a series of changes in U.S. policy to reach out to the Cuban people in support of their desire to freely determine their countrys future. In taking these steps to help bridge the gap among divided Cuban families and …
World Bank Is Emphasizing the Importance of Risk Management
News release: “The world economy remains mired in a severe financial crisis, threatening decades of development progress in many countries. Emerging market economies are particularly vulnerable as the sharp contraction in capital flows from public and private sources is occurring in an environment of increased investor risk aversion. The World Bank estimates that the developing …
Commentary: With the right policies in place, an expansion of public transportation could help reindustrialize the US
From Mass Transit to New Manufacturing – With the right policies in place, an expansion of public transportation could help reindustrialize the United States. Jonathan Michael Feldman | March 23, 2009 “A new industrial-policy initiative for domestic production of mass-transit products could help the United States overcome multiple economic challenges. It could provide high-wage jobs, …
401(k) Balances and Changes Due to Market Volatility Data to April 10, 2009
“The Employee Benefit Research Institute and the Investment Company Institute have been collaborating since 1996 to develop the most comprehensive database on 401(k) plan participants yet assembled. Participant data include demographic, contribution, asset allocation, and loan and withdrawal activity information. The December 2008 EBRI Issue Brief presents analysis of data collected for 2007 on more …
The 2009 Retirement Confidence Survey: Economy Drives Confidence to Record Lows; Many Looking to Work Longer
The 2009 Retirement Confidence Survey (RCS): Economy Drives Confidence to Record Lows; Many Looking to Work Longer, April 2009, Employee Benefit Research Institute, Issue Brief #328 “Faced with concerns about the economy and the cost of living, as well as worries about the declining value of savings and the increase in health care expenses, American …
80 Percent of Governments Dont Account for Spending
“The Open Budget Initiative is a global research and advocacy program to promote public access to budget information and the adoption of accountable budget systems.” “Eighty percent of the worlds governments fail to provide adequate information for the public to hold them accountable for managing their money, according to the Open Budget Index 2008. Nearly …
New on LLRX.com – Internally Displaced Persons: Guide to Legal Information Resources on the Web
Internally Displaced Persons: Guide to Legal Information Resources on the Web – Elisa Mason’s guide highlights information resources focused on the arena of human rights and humanitarian law norms that are evolving to address the broadening scope of protection issues that encompass millions of internally displaced around the world.
EIA: Quarterly Coal Report, Natural Gas Production Data, Market Assessment of Planned Refinery Outages, Green Pricing and Net Metering Programs
Federal Register notice: Financial Reporting System (04/10/2009): “Attached is a Federal Register notice for the Energy Information Administration’s Financial Reporting System. Comments are due by June 8, 2009.” EIA’s Natural Gas Production Data (04/09/2009): “This special report examines the stages of natural gas processing from the wellhead to the pipeline network through which the raw …
EPA Adds Nine Hazardous Waste Sites to Superfunds National Priorities List
News release: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is adding nine new hazardous waste sites that pose risks to human health and the environment to the National Priorities List of Superfund sites. Also, EPA is proposing to add 13 other sites to the list. Superfund is the federal program that investigates and cleans up the most …
Probation and Parole in the United States, 2007 – Statistical Tables
News release: “Presents the number of persons on probation and parole at yearend 2007, by state, with percent changes in each state during the year. The statistical tables provide state-level probation and parole supervision rates and entries and exits. National and state-level data on parole re-incarceration rates are presented. Tables provide the total community supervision …
