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The Brookings Institution, Metropolitan Policy Program – Mapping the Growth of Older America, by William H. Frey: “Aging baby boomers constitute this decade’s fastest growing age group, expanding nearly 50 percent in size from 2000 to 2010. This group-more highly educated, with more professional women, and more diverse than its predecessors-will add new stresses to …
International Migration Outlook 2007: “International migration has jumped up the policy agenda in OECD countries. This annual publication analyses recent developments in migration movements and policies in these countries. It underlines the growing importance of inflows of highly qualified workers, temporary workers and students. It highlights the increased immigration from India, China, Eastern Europe and …
“A new national survey by The Washington Post, the Kaiser Family Foundation, and Harvard University provides a detailed look at self-identified independents who they are, what issues matter to them, how they approach politics and elections, and their views on key issues including health care, Iraq, and immigration. The survey assesses the views and …
Pollingreport.com, June 28, 2007: “A decade ago, Fabrizio, McLaughlin and Associates (FMA) released its groundbreaking study entitled “The Elephant Looks in the Mirror.” The study took a critical look at the core beliefs of the GOP and broke the party down into issue and principle based segments. That study became a roadmap for many in …
Press release: “Driven by a strong global economy, the wealth of the world’s high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs1) increased 11.4 percent to US$37.2 trillion in 2006, according to the 11th annual World Wealth Report, released…by Merrill Lynch and Capgemini. The number of HNWIs in the world increased 8.3 percent in 2006 to 9.5 million and the number …
The Blogging Revolution: Government in the Age of Web 2.0, David C. Wyld, Associate Professor Southeastern Louisiana University (99 pages, PDF) Description: “Dr. Wyld examines the phenomenon of blogging in the context of the larger revolutionary forces at play in the development of the second-generation Internet, where interactivity among users is key. This is also …
Shanghai Express: Donating and Shipping Law Books Overseas, by Kara Phillips Better Connections with Clients, by Wells H. Anderson Competitive Intelligence – A Selective Resource Guide, Updated – by Sabrina I. Pacifici 60 Gadgets in 60 Minutes, by Barbara Fullerton, Brian Neale and Holly Pinto An Overview of Selected Legal Digital Libraries, by George Butterfield …
Press release: “Two significant collections of previously classified historical documents are now available in the CIA’s FOIA Electronic Reading Room. The first collection, widely known as the “Family Jewels,” consists of almost 700 pages of responses from CIA employees to a 1973 directive from Director of Central Intelligence James Schlesinger asking them to report activities …
askSam releases free searchable ebook: Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases, by Greenville Kleiser: “A Practical Handbook Of Pertinent Expressions, Striking Similes, Literary, Commercial, Conversational, And Oratorical Terms, For The Embellishment Of Speech And Literature, And The Improvement Of The Vocabulary Of Those Persons Who Read, Write, And Speak English.”
World Drug Report 2007 – Full Report (282 pages, PDF): “UN drug agency reports “significant and positive changes” in world drugs markets. Countries urged to provide greater health care to drug addicts. See the press release here.
“How trustworthy are state-level primary legal resources on the Web? The American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) is pleased to announce the publication of the State-by-State Report on Authentication of Online Legal Resources that answers this very important and timely question. The comprehensive report examines the results of a state survey that investigated whether government-hosted …
Survey of DHS Intelligence Collection and Dissemination (Unclassified Summary) OIG-07-49 (PDF, 6 pages)
