Gross Domestic Product and Corporate Profits: Second Quarter 2006 “Preliminary” Estimates Full Release: PDF Technical Note Tables: XLS Highlights: PDF Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: August 2006
Joint Status Report on Microsoft's Compliance with the Final Judgments
Joint Status Report on Microsoft’s Compliance with the Final Judgments – Aug 30, 2006. Continue Reading
Top State and Local Government Web Portals and Applications Awarded
The 2006 Best of the Web and Digital Government Achievement Awards includes a list and links to all sites that were won awards, as well as finalists. Below is a sampling of information about specific categories: Winner in the State Portal Category: Michigan County Portal Category: 1st Place – Seminole County, Florida City Portal Category:… Continue Reading
NIST Guidelines for Media Sanitization
August 30, 2006: “NIST is proud to announce the release of Special Publication 800-88, Guidelines for Media Sanitization. This guide is intended to assist organizations and system owners in making practical sanitization decisions based on the type of information on their system media. It does not, and cannot, specifically address all known types of media… Continue Reading
Testimony on the Budgetary Impact of Current and Proposed Border Security and Immigration Policies
CBO Testimony on the Budgetary Impact of Current and Proposed Border Security and Immigration Policies, August 30, 2006 Related postings on immigration issues Continue Reading
New LC Country Profile of Iraq
New LC Country Profile of Iraq, August 2006. Continue Reading
Pew Research Report: American Work Life is Worsening, But Most Workers Still Content
American Work Life is Worsening, But Most Workers Still Content, August 30, 2006 (40 pages, PDF) “Americans believe that workers in this country are worse off now than a generation ago – toiling longer and harder for less in wages and benefits, for employers who aren’t as loyal as they once were, in jobs that… Continue Reading
Report Documents Federal Criminal Justice Trends from 1994-2003
Bureau of Justice Statistics press release: “The number of suspects and defendants processed in the federal criminal justice system grew substantially during the 10-year period of 1994 to 2003, the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. U.S. federal prosecutors investigated more than 130,000 suspects during 2003 (a new record), up from 99,000… Continue Reading
Annual Superfund Report to Congress for Fiscal 2005
EPA-350-R-06-002 Annual Superfund Report to Congress for Fiscal 2005 (PDF, 19 pages), August 2006. Continue Reading
Free Downloads of Public Domain Books Now Available From Google Book Search
Google press release: “Starting today, readers can find new, and free, downloadable versions of some of the world’s greatest books on Google Book Search. Working with our library partners, we’re expanding access to books that are out of copyright and have become public domain material. Users can search and read these books on Google Book… Continue Reading
AP Gramling Awards Include News Research Center Director
The Associated Press names 9 winners of Gramling Award for excellence: “The honorees include a video journalist who established a new bureau in North Korea, a department head whose team takes the lead in using research in everything from urgent breaking news to long-term investigative work, and editors who expanded AP’s medical and science offerings… Continue Reading
European Approaches to Homeland Security and Counter-Terrorism
CRS Report, European Approaches to Homeland Security and Counter-Terrorism, July 24, 2006. “This report examines homeland security and counterterrorist measures in six selected European countries: Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom. None of these European countries currently has a single ministry or department equivalent to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. In… Continue Reading
