New York Times: Obama Bolsters Recovery Plans as Economic Outlook Dims – “Faced with worsening forecasts for the economy, President-elect Barack Obama is expanding his economic recovery plan and will seek to create 3 million jobs in the next two years, up from a goal of 2.5 million jobs set just last month, several advisers to Mr. Obama said Saturday. Even Mr. Obamas more ambitious goal would not fully offset as many as 4 million jobs that some economists are projecting might be lost in the coming year, according to the information he received from advisers in the past week. That job loss would be double the total this year and could push the nations unemployment rate past 9 percent if nothing is done.”
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Daily Archives: December 20, 2008
College Newspaper Releases Documents on Virginia Tech Massacre
CNET: “One day after Virginia Tech released thousands of documents solely to families of victims in last year’s massacre, the university’s student newspaper made them public. On Thursday, the Collegiate Times posted the documents, which include e-mails sent from the account of gunman Seung-Hui Cho, who killed 32 fellow students and faculty members and then… Continue Reading
CFTC Issues FY 2008 Financial Report
News release: “Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Acting Chairman Walt Lukken announced today that, for the fourth consecutive year, the agency earned a clean audit opinion on its fiscal year (FY) financial statements. The FY 2008 report also shows the CFTC in substantial compliance with all financial laws and regulations, with no material weaknesses or… Continue Reading
Coalition Letter to President-elect Obama on the Future of Privacy
“Thirty privacy, consumer, and civil liberties organizations sent a letter to President-elect Barack Obama on the importance of protecting privacy in the next administration. The organizations support the incoming presidents expressed on privacy, consumer rights, and civil liberties. President-elect Obama stated support for strengthening of privacy protection by harnessing the power of technology to hold… Continue Reading
HHS's Leavitt Announces New Privacy Principles, Agency Issues Guidance
CDT: “HHS Secretary Leavitt announced new key privacy principles for electronic health information exchange. In addition, HHSs Office of Civil Rights published new HIPAA Privacy Rule guidance, which provides important clarifying information on how the Privacy Rule governs covered entities engaged in electronic health information exchange. For example, it clarifies when covered entities must enter… Continue Reading
Pew Survey: The Religious Makeup of Congress
Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life – Faith on the Hill: The Religious Affiliations of Members of Congress, December 19, 2009 “Members of Congress are often accused of being out of touch with average citizens, but an examination of the religious affiliations of U.S. senators and representatives shows that, on one very basic level,… Continue Reading
