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Daily Archives: December 9, 2007

New CRS Reports: FCC and Media Ownership, China, THUD, State Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Pension Protection, RFS

  • The FCC’s 10 Commissioned Economic Research Studies on Media Ownership: Policy Implications, December 5, 2007
  • China’s 17th Communist Party Congress, 2007: Leadership and Policy Implications, December 5, 2007
  • State Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Comparison and Analysis, December 5, 2007
  • Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education: FY2008 Appropriations, December 4, 2007
  • Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD): FY2008 Appropriations, November 16, 2007
  • Federal Land Ownership: Constitutional Authority and the History of Acquisition, Disposal, and Retention, December 3, 2007
  • Lump-Sum Distributions Under the Pension Protection Act, December 3, 2007
  • U.S. Civilian Space Policy Priorities: Reflections 50 Years After Sputnik, December 3, 2007
  • Selected Issues Related to an Expansion of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), December 3, 2007
  • EU Study – Trafficking in human beings: Internet recruitment

    Trafficking in human beings: Internet recruitment. Misuse of the Internet for the recruitment of victims of trafficking in human beings, prepared by Athanassia P. Sykiotou, Lecturer in Criminology, Faculty of Law, Democritus University of Thrace (Greece). Directorate General of Human Rights and Legal Affairs Council of Europe 2007. (150 pages, PDF) The Campaign: Human being… Continue Reading

    CRS Report – Open Source Intelligence

    Via OpenCRS – CRS Report, Open Source Intelligence (OSINT): Issues for Congress, December 5, 2007 (27 pages, PDF). “Open source information (OSINT) is derived from newspapers, journals, radio and television, and the Internet. Intelligence analysts have long used such information to supplement classified data, but systematically collecting open source information has not been a priority… Continue Reading

    Pew Hispanic Center Report on 2008 Elections

    Hispanics and the 2008 Election: A Swing Vote?, by Paul Taylor and Richard Fry, Pew Hispanic Center, December 6, 2007: “After spending the first part of this decade loosening their historic ties to the Democratic Party, Hispanic voters have reversed course in the past year, a new nationwide survey of Latinos by the Pew Hispanic… Continue Reading

    PQ Media Report: Campaign Media Spending to Grow 64.1% in 2008 to All-Time High of $4.50 Billion

    Press release: “Political campaign spending on advertising media and marketing services is expected to rocket to an all-time high of $4.50 billion in the 2008 election cycle, as an acrimonious political environment, record fundraising and the high number of presidential candidates are driving an unprecedented media spending splurge, according to a preliminary forecast analysis released… Continue Reading

    New CBO Reports: Monthly Budget Review, Impact of Unauthorized Immigrants on the Budgets of State and Local Governments, Cost Estimate for Energy Independence and Security Ac

    Monthly Budget Review, December 2007: “The federal budget deficit was $157 billion during the first two months of fiscal year 2008, CBO estimates, $35 billion more than the shortfall recorded through November of last year. Close to half of that difference is the result of shifts in the timing of certain payments and a difference… Continue Reading

    Role of Health Insurance Coverage in Women's Access to Prescription Medicines

    Role of Health Insurance Coverage in Women’s Access to Prescription Medicines: “This article presents findings from the 2004 Kaiser Women’s Health Survey examining how health insurance coverage affects access to prescription medicines for non-elderly women. Results from the nationally representative telephone survey indicate that a lack of health insurance coverage is significantly associated with experiencing… Continue Reading