Prado news release: “Google launches the Prado layer in Google Earth allowing you to explore highly detailed photographic images of fourteen of the Prado Museum’s masterpieces in very high resolution where you can explore the finer-details of the works. With the launching of this Prado layer in Google Earth, you will be able to zoom in on famous paintings such as The Maids of Honor by Velázquez or The Three Graces by Rubens. The Prado Museum has become the first art gallery in the world to provide access to and navigation of its collection in Google Earth. Using the advanced features of Google Earth art historians, students and tourists everywhere can zoom in on and explore the finer details of the artist’s brushwork that can be easily missed at first glance. The paintings have been photographed and contain as many as 14,000 million pixels (14 gigapixels). With this high level resolution you are able to see fine details such as the tiny bee on a flower in The Three Graces by Rubens, delicate tears on the faces of the figures in The Descent from the Cross by Roger van der Weyden and complex figures in The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch.”
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Daily Archives: January 13, 2009
Treasury Provides TARP Funds to Local Banks
News release: “The U.S. Treasury Department announced details this week of a $14.77 billion investment in 43 banks made through its Capital Purchase Program. Treasury created the Capital Purchase Program, a part of the Troubled Asset Relief Program, to help to stabilize and strengthen the U.S. financial system. Treasury allocated $250 billion under TARP’s Capital… Continue Reading
EIA: OPEC Revenues Fact Sheet, Short-Term Energy Outlook
OPEC Revenues Fact Sheet (01/13/2009): Based on projections from the EIA January 2009 Short Term Energy Outlook (STEO), members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) could earn $387 billion of net oil export revenues in 2009 and $526 billion in 2010. Last year, OPEC earned $972 billion in net oil export revenues,… Continue Reading
CBO: The Role of the 25 Percent Revenue Offset in Estimating the Budgetary Effects of Legislation
The Role of the 25 Percent Revenue Offset in Estimating the Budgetary Effects of Legislation, January 13, 2009, Economic and Budget Issue Brief. “When excise taxes, customs duties, and other types of indirect taxes are imposed on goods and services, they tend to reduce income for workers or business owners in the taxed industry and… Continue Reading
A Visual Guide to the Financial Crisis: The Bailout
A Visual Guide to the Financial Crisis: The Bailout by WallStats.com: “What do you do if you dont have the money to pay a debt? If you are like most of us, you borrow. The US Government is no different. In order to pay for the $700 billion bailout, it will have to borrow more… Continue Reading
Information Security Oversight Office Releases FY 2008 Annual Report to the President
News release: “The Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO) announced today that it has released its Report to the President for Fiscal Year 2008. The Report profiles data about the Government-wide security classification program during Fiscal Year 2008.” Continue Reading
BJS Report: Stalking Victimization in the United States
Stalking Victimization in the United States (NCJ 224527), January 13, 2009, by BJS statisticians Katrina Baum, Shannan Catalano, Michael Rand, and Kristina Rose of the National Institute of Justice. “An estimated 3.4 million persons identified themselves as victims of stalking during a 12-month period in 2005 and 2006, the U.S. Department of Justices Bureau of… Continue Reading
DOJ OIG: An Investigation of Allegations of Politicized Hiring and Other Improper Personnel Actions in the Civil Rights Division
An Investigation of Allegations of Politicized Hiring and Other Improper Personnel Actions in the Civil Rights Division, July 2, 2008 (Released Publicly January 13, 2009) “The evidence in our investigation showed that Schlozman, first as a Deputy Assistant Attorney General and subsequently as Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General and Acting Assistant Attorney General, considered political… Continue Reading
Severe Space Weather Events–Understanding Societal and Economic Impacts Workshop Report
Severe Space Weather Events–Understanding Societal and Economic Impacts, Workshop Report, 2008 “As a first step toward determining the socioeconomic impacts of extreme space weather events and addressing the questions of space weather risk assessment and management, a public workshop was held in May 2008. The workshop brought together representatives of industry, the government, and academia… Continue Reading
POGO Releases Previously Unavailable Government Report Detailing Recommendations to Reduce Procurement Fraud
News release: “The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) is publicly releasing for the first time the final version of a white paper created by the National Procurement Fraud Task Force Legislation Committee recommending ways to reduce procurement fraud. The June 9, 2008, white paper titled “Procurement Fraud: Legislative and Regulatory Reform Proposals,” consists of recommendations… Continue Reading
Pew Survey: Internet Overtakes Newspapers As News Outlet
Pew Research Center for the People & the Press: “The internet, which emerged this year as a leading source for campaign news, has now surpassed all other media except television as an outlet for national and international news. Currently, 40% say they get most of their news about national and international issues from the internet,… Continue Reading
Understanding Crime Trends: Workshop Report
Understanding Crime Trends: Workshop Report, 2008 “Changes over time in the levels and patterns of crime have significant consequences that affect not only the criminal justice system but also other critical policy sectors. Yet compared with such areas as health status, housing, and employment, the nation lacks timely information and comprehensive research on crime trends.… Continue Reading
