The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR): Problems in the Past, Potential for the Future? Report by the Majority Staff of the Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight of the Committee on Science and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives to Subcommittee Chairman Brad Miller, March 10, 2009 “Last April the Subcommittee on Investigations and… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: March 2009
Nuclear Loan Guarantees Another Taxpayer Bailout Ahead?
Nuclear Loan Guarantees Another Taxpayer Bailout Ahead?, March 2009. Advocates of nuclear power are now promoting a nuclear renaissance based on claims that a new generation of reactors will produce relatively cheap electricity while solving threats posed by global climate change. The industry has proposed building almost 30 new nuclear reactors, with some calling for… Continue Reading
U.S. G-20 Fact Sheet , Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors' Communiqué
US Fact Sheet in Advance of G-20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting March 11, 2009, Economic Recovery and Financial Reform: “The G-20 countries together must take aggressive action on two fronts first, to ensure economic recovery and restart global growth, and second to reform supervisory and regulatory framework to prevent economic crises… Continue Reading
Human Health Implications of Non-Therapeutic Antibiotic Use in Animal Agriculture
An HSUS Report: Human Health Implications of Non-Therapeutic Antibiotic Use in Animal Agriculture “In 1951, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the addition of penicillin and tetracycline to chicken feed as growth promoters, encouraging pharmaceutical companies to mass-produce antibiotics for animal agriculture. By the 1970s, nearly 100% of all birds commercially raised for… Continue Reading
Graphical Database Tracks Bailout Funds to Specific Banks
Nicolas Rapp, Art Director for the multimedia and graphic department at AP, posted a link to one of his many outstanding infographics of special value to financial researchers. As noted on his site, since November 2008 he has been tracking the financial sector bailout, and the resulting infographic, [Flash application developed by Sean McDade], is… Continue Reading
List Of Expiring Federal Tax Provisions 2008-2020
Joint Committee on Taxation: JCX-20-09 (March 09, 2009) List Of Expiring Federal Tax Provisions 2008-2020 Continue Reading
Indicators on Economic Recovery?
New York Times: New Has the Economy Hit Bottom Yet? “And when we do hit bottom this year or years from now how will we know? Theres no easy answer, but stocks, home prices and consumer spending are valuable indicators.” Related postings on financial system Continue Reading
Economic Downturn Spurs Expanded Need for Libraries
New York Times: Times Are Tough, and Libraries Are Thriving “People are flocking to libraries after forsaking Barnes & Noble or ditching their HBO service and subscriptions to Netflix, library officials said, because libraries books, DVDs and CDs have a significant advantage: They are free. Some people are showing up at libraries for the first… Continue Reading
Paradigm Shift for Newspapers – Eliminating Print and Rebalancing Online
Two articles focused on significant changes impacting newspapers and professional journalists: Clay Shirky – Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkable: “Society doesnt need newspapers. What we need is journalism. For a century, the imperatives to strengthen journalism and to strengthen newspapers have been so tightly wound as to be indistinguishable. Thats been a fine accident to… Continue Reading
FEC Introduces Web Resource on HLOGA Lobbyist Bundling Disclosure Requirements
News release: “he Federal Election Commission has added a new page to its website to aid compliance with the lobbyist bundling disclosure provisions of the Honest Leadership and Government Act of 2007 (HLOGA). The new rules require disclosure of contributions bundled by lobbyists and registrants as of March 19 and of those bundled by the… Continue Reading
DOJ Withdraws "Enemy Combatant" Definition for Guantanamo Detainees
News release: “n a filing today with the federal District Court for the District of Columbia, the Department of Justice submitted a new standard for the governments authority to hold detainees at the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility. The definition does not rely on the Presidents authority as Commander-in-Chief independent of Congresss specific authorization. It draws… Continue Reading
Health Care Costs Put U.S. Workers and Employers at a Significant Disadvantage Compared With Global Competitors
“According to the Business Roundtable Health Care Value Comparability Study, a new measure of the value (cost and performance) of the U.S. health care system relative to our competitors systems on a weighted scale, the workers and employers of the United States face a 23 percent value gap relative to five leading economic competitors … Continue Reading
