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Administration Shuts Down economicindicators.gov

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Via ThinkProgress.org and Free Government Info:

  • “Forbes has awarded EconomicIndicators.gov one of its “Best of the Web” awards. As Forbes explains, the government site provides an invaluable service to the public for accessing U.S. economic data:

    “This site is maintained by the Economics and Statistics Administration and combines data collected by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, like GDP and net imports and exports, and the Census Bureau, like retail sales and durable goods shipments. The site simply links to the relevant department’s Web site. This might not seem like a big deal, but doing it yourself — say, trying to find retail sales data on the Census Bureau’s site — is such an exercise in futility that it will convince you why this portal is necessary.”

    Yet the Bush administration has decided to shut down this site because of “budgetary constraints,” effective March 1.”

    (From economicindicators.gov) Due to budgetary constraints, the Economic Indicators service will be discontinued effective March 1, 2008. Economic Indicators.gov is brought to you by the Economics and Statistics Administration at the U.S. Department of Commerce. Our mission is to provide timely access to the daily releases of key economic indicators from the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the U.S. Census Bureau.

    • Update of CBO's Economic Forecast

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    Update of CBO’s Economic Forecast, February 15, 2008 “In preparation for new baseline projections that will be released at the beginning of March, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has updated its macroeconomic forecast. CBO has occasionally issued revisions to the forecast it publishes in January, but they are relatively uncommon. This revision is motivated by… Continue Reading

    New Report Calls For Steps Toward a Nuclear-Free World

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    Press release: “The Federation of American Scientists, along with the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), and independent analysts, have issued a report, Toward True Security, that calls for immediately declaring that the sole mission for U.S. nuclear weapons is to deter nuclear attack, for taking all nuclear weapons off… Continue Reading

    White Paper – Wireless Security: Past, Present and Future

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    CODENOMICON White Paper – Wireless Security: Past, Present and Future, by Sami Petäjäsoja, Tommi Mäkilä, Mikko Varpiola, Miikka Saukko and Ari Takanen, Version 1.0, February 1st, 2008 “New wireless technologies such as WiMAX, NFC and ZigBee are rapidly being adopted, along with existing wireless standards such as Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GSM and other cellular technologies. Bluetooth… Continue Reading

    Registry of USG Recommended Biometric Standards

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    “This Registry of USG Recommended Biometric Standards (Registry) supplements the NSTC Policy for Enabling the Development, Adoption and Use of Biometric Standards. This Registry is based upon interagency consensus on biometric standards required to enable the interoperability of various Federal biometric applications, and to guide Federal agencies as they develop and implement related biometric programs.… Continue Reading