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The National Snow and Ice Data Center: “Sea ice extent has fallen below the 2005 minimum, previously the second-lowest extent recorded since the dawn of the satellite era. Will 2008 also break the standing record low, set in 2007? We will know in the next several weeks, when the melt season comes to a close. …
USA.gov: “The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) issued e-mail archiving applications guidance July 31 for certain e-mails that are considered records under the Federal Records Act. The bulletin informs agencies that e-mail archiving technologies may not necessarily meet all of the Federal Records Act requirements.”
Recent Trends in Home Prices: Differences across Mortgage and Borrower Characteristics, August 2008 – “This Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) research paper analyzes differences in recent price trends for homes with different types of financing and borrower characteristics. The work follows preliminary research published in January that uncovered relative price weakness for homes …
Recent Changes in U.S. Family Finances: Evidence from the 2001 and 2004 Survey of Consumer Finances “The Federal Reserve Boards Survey of Consumer Finances for 2004 provides insights into changes in family income and net worth since the 2001 survey. The survey shows that, over the 200104 period, the median value of real (inflation-adjusted) family …
News release: “An estimated 809,800 prisoners of the 1,518,535 held in the nations prison at midyear 2007 were parents of minor children, according to a report by the Justice Departments Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). Parents in prison 52 percent of state inmates and 63 percent of federal inmates reported having an estimated …
August 21, 2008 – State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs: FY2009 Appropriations August 15, 2008 – Comparing Global Influence: China’s and U.S. Diplomacy, Foreign Aid, Trade, and Investment in the Developing World August 15, 2008 – Capturing CO2 from Coal-Fired Power Plants: Challenges for a Comprehensive Strategy August 13, 2008 – Nomination and Confirmation of …
Follow up to August 27, 2008 posting on new Census Bureau and income data, and New York has the highest poverty rate of all northern states, from Brookings, Poverty and Income in 2007: A Look at the New Census Data and What the Numbers Mean “First, poverty as I’m sure you already know did not …
Is the U.S. on the Path to the Lowest Motor Vehicle Fatalities in Decades? by Michael Sivak, The University of Michigan, Transportation Research Institute “Trends in U.S. motor vehicle fatalities, gasoline sales, and distance driven were examined for 12 months from May 2007 through April 2008. The results show substantial year-to year reductions in motor …
Petroleum Supply Monthly (August 2008) (08/26/2008): “Supply and disposition of crude oil and petroleum products on a national and regional level. The data series describe production, imports and exports, movements and inventories.” Electric Power Monthly (08/26/2008): “The latest EPM issue (July 2008) is now available. Data being published in the July 2008 EPM include April …
Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) news release: “U.S. home prices fell in the second quarter of 2008 according to OFHEOs seasonally-adjusted purchase-only house price index. The index, which is based on data from home sales, was 1.4 percent lower on a seasonally-adjusted basis in the second quarter than in the first quarter. This …
Fiscal Policy Institute: “Despite several years of moderate economic growth, New York did not gain any ground in key areas of poverty and family incomes. New Yorkers were just as likely to be poor in 2007 as they were when the last recession in 2001, according to Census Bureau data released today. Also, the income …
News release: “Commercial banks and savings institutions insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) reported net income of $5.0 billion in the second quarter of 2008, a decline of $31.8 billion (86.5 percent) from the $36.8 billion that the industry earned in the second quarter of 2007. With the exception of the fourth quarter …
