Chris Harrelson, Tech Lead & Creator of Google Transit: “We’ve just added comprehensive transit info for the entire New York metro region, encompassing subway, commuter rail, bus and ferry services from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, New Jersey Transit and the City of New York. That… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: September 2008
Landmark New Report Says Emerging Green Economy Could Create Tens of Millions of New "Green Jobs"
United Nations Environment Programme: “A new, landmark study on the impact of an emerging global “green economy” on the world of work says efforts to tackle climate change could result in the creation of millions of new “green jobs” in the coming decades. The new report entitled Green Jobs: Towards Decent work in a Sustainable,… Continue Reading
BLS Introduces New Employment Cost Indexes for 14 Metropolitan Areas
BLS Introduces New Employment Cost Indexes for 14 Metropolitan Areas [24 September 2008] by Albert E. Schwenk: “This article presents a first look at new estimates from the National Compensation Survey (NCS): Employment Cost Index (ECI) 12-month change in total compensation and in wages and salaries for private industry for 14 selected metropolitan areas. The… Continue Reading
Web 2.0 and E-Government Facilitate Transparency and Access
W. David Stephenson – Automated Data Feeds Make Smart Regulation Possible Now: “The District of Columbia, long plagued by corruption, began a transparency initiative under former Mayor Anthony Williams. It shifted into high gear under Mayor Adrian Fenty, and CTO Vivek Kundra. They now publish, on a real-time basis, more than 260 different data streams… Continue Reading
Reuters Seeks Injunction Preventing Distribution of Open Source Zotero Software
Courthouse News: “Thomson Reuters demands $10 million and an injunction to stop George Mason University from distributing its new Web browser application, Zotero software, an open-source format that allows users to convert Reuters’ EndNote Software. Reuters claims George Mason is violating its license agreement and destroying the EndNote customer base.” LLRX.com: A Review of Zotero,… Continue Reading
SEC Requests Comments on Modernizing its Disclosure System
Securities and Exchange Commission [Release Nos. 33-8962; 34-58657; File No. 4-567] Roundtable on Modernizing the SECs Disclosure System AGENCY: Securities and Exchange Commission. Action: Notice of roundtable discussion; request for comment. “In June 2008, Chairman Christopher Cox launched the 21st Century Disclosure Initiative and called for a fundamental rethinking of our current disclosure system, which… Continue Reading
Presidential Candidates on Key Health Care Issues: New Side-by-Side Comparison and Video Clips
“Health care has been an important issue in this year’s presidential campaign and the candidates have staked out positions on key health care issues. Both major party candidates have developed comprehensive health care reform proposals addressing health coverage and access, rising health care costs and health care quality. A side-by-side comparison of these proposals has… Continue Reading
Deloitte: Energy Policy of Presidential Candidates
“Energy Policy of Presidential Candidates reviews key oil and gas tax policy differences of the presidential candidates. It focuses predominantly on the issues and political positions that are most relevant to the oil and gas industry from a tax perspective. Few industries have the impact on global economic livelihood, societal functioning and quality of life… Continue Reading
Senate Commerce Committee Hearing: Broadband Providers and Consumer Privacy
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation – Hearing on: Broadband Providers and Consumer Privacy, September 25, 2008 Testimony of Gigi B. Sohn, President, Public Knowledge: “Today’s hearing on consumer privacy comes in the wake of two high-profile online consumer privacy violations, both of which involved the use of Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) technology on… Continue Reading
CBO: Federal Responses to Market Turmoil
Federal Responses to Market Turmoil, September 24, 2008. Testimony before the Committee on the Budget, U.S. House of Representatives Continue Reading
Creation of Nationwide, Interoperable Public Safety Broadband Network
News release: “In a sustained commitment to help solve the nations communications challenges currently faced by Americas first responders, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today adopted a Third Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Notice) that proposes licensing the 700 MHz D Block spectrum as part of a revised 700 MHz Public/Private partnership that will maximize… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: U.S. Asylum System, Energy Markets, Food Safety, Social Security Disability
Information Security: Actions Needed to Better Protect Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Unclassified Computer Network, GAO-08-1001, September 09, 2008 U.S. Asylum System: Agencies Have Taken Actions to Help Ensure Quality in the Asylum Adjudication Process, but Challenges Remain, GAO-08-935, September 25, 2008 Energy Markets: Analysis of More Past Mergers Could Enhance Federal Trade Commission’s Efforts to… Continue Reading
