News release: “This years updated version of the Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) compiled by World Bank researchers shows many developing country governments making important gains in control of corruption, and some of them matching rich country performance in overall governance measures…This years study is the seventh update of the WGI, a decade-long effort by the… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: June 2008
U.S. Copyright Office Releases New Technology to Process Applications Online
News release: “Handling about 550,000 copyright claims annually, the U.S. Copyright Office in the Library of Congress is making it much easier for the public to register and protect its collective creativity. On July 1, the Copyright Office will enter the next phase in the implementation of its multi-year business process re-engineering effort to modernize… Continue Reading
National Intelligence Assessment on the National Security Implications of Global Climate Change to 2030
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, 25 June 2008. National Intelligence Assessment on the National Security Implications of Global Climate Change to 2030. Statement for the Record of Dr. Thomas Fingar, Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Analysis and Chairman of the National Intelligence Council. “We… Continue Reading
EIA: Monthly Energy Review
Monthly Energy Review (06/25/2008): “EIA’s primary report of recent energy statistics: total energy production, consumption, and trade; energy prices; overviews of petroleum, natural gas, coal, electricity, nuclear energy, renewable energy, and international petroleum; and data unit conversions. In the first quarter of 2008, total net imports of energy as a share of consumption in the… Continue Reading
EIA: International Energy Outlook 2008
Report #:DOE/EIA-0484(2008) – Release Date: June 2008 “World marketed energy consumption is projected to increase by 57 percent from 2004 to 2030. Total energy demand in the non-OECD countries increases by 95 percent, compared with an increase of 24 percent in the OECD countries. In the IEO2008 reference casewhich reflects a scenario where current laws… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Border Security, Deepwater Management and Oversight, Medicare Advantage Organizations, Risk Management
Border Security: State Department Expects to Meet Projected Surge in Demand for Visas and Passports in Mexico, GAO-08-931T, June 25, 2008 Coast Guard: Change in Course Improves Deepwater Management and Oversight, but Outcome Still Uncertain, GAO-08-745, June 24, 2008 Medicare Advantage Organizations: Actual Expenses and Profits Compared to Projections for 2005, GAO-08-827R, June 24, 2008… Continue Reading
Anthropology of YouTube
Pew Internet news release: “The Library of Congress invited Michael Wesch to deliver the third of four Digital Natives lectures. Wesch, creator of the world-famous YouTube video, The Machine is Us/ing Us, presented the “Anthropology of YouTube” to a packed, fascinated and amused audience on Monday…Wesch said that there are now well over 200,000 three-minute… Continue Reading
EIA: Annual Energy Review 2007, World Crude Oil Distillation Capacity, Refinery Capacity Report
Annual Energy Review 2007 (06/23/2008): “Summarizes U.S. energy history 1949-2007 in tables and figures. Covers all major forms of energy (fossil fuels, nuclear, and renewable energy) and total energy by activity (e.g., production, consumption, trade, stocks, and prices). Also includes financial indicators related to energy; international energy; environmental indicators; and data unit conversions. Key long-term… Continue Reading
DHS OIG: TSA Efforts to Proactively Address Employee Concerns, Network Outage at LA Airport
OIG-08-62 – Transportation Security Administration’s Efforts to Proactively Address Employee Concerns (PDF, 48 pages) New 06/24/2008: “Low employee morale continues to be an issue at some airports, contributing to the Transportation Security Administrations 17% voluntary attrition rate. More than half of the employees we interviewed described the agencys efforts to educate them on the various… Continue Reading
US Courts: Digital Audio Recordings Online – Update
The Third Branch: “In a pilot project that began last August, five federal courts are docketing some digital audio recordings to Case Management/Electronic Case Files (CM/ECF) systems to make the audio files available in the same way written files have long been available on the Internet. The three other courts are the Eastern District of… Continue Reading
EPA Proposes Standards for Water Efficient Homes
News release: “To protect our nations water supply for future use, the Environmental Protection Agency is promoting and enhancing the market for water efficient products through the WaterSense program. The latest is a draft specification for water-efficient new single-family homes. The specification will create standards that new homes must meet to be certified and labeled… Continue Reading
DOJ OIG: Hiring in DOJ Honors Program and the Summer Law Intern Program
Office of the Inspector Generals (OIG) and the Office of Professional Responsibilitys (OPR) Investigation of Allegations of Politicized Hiring in the Department of Justice Honors Program and the Summer Law Intern Program (SLIP), June 24, 2008 (115 pages, PDF) “This report describes the Office of the Inspector Generals (OIG) and the Office of Professional Responsibilitys… Continue Reading
