News release: “With the NYCStat Stimulus Tracker, New Yorkers can track the Citys use of federal stimulus/recovery funds provided through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). This funding includes federal tax cuts, expansion of unemployment benefits and other social welfare provisions, and domestic spending in education, health care, energy efficiency and infrastructure. The stimulus money for New York City will be used to ensure continued vital City services, provide assistance to New Yorkers in need, and stimulate the Citys economy.”
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Daily Archives: April 28, 2009
Court Extends Time to Opt Out of Google Settlement by Four Months
Follow up to Authors, Publishers, and Google Reach Landmark Settlement, from the Authors Guild: “The court overseeing Authors Guild v. Google extended the time for authors and publishers to opt out of the settlement by four months, to September 4th (Judge Chin’s order). The fairness hearing will be on October 7th.” New York Times: “The… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Acquisition Workforce, Social Security Administration, USAID, Gender Pay Gap
Acquisition Workforce: DOD Can Improve Its Management and Oversight by Tracking Data on Contractor Personnel and Taking Additional Actions, GAO-09-616T, April 28, 2009 Bureau of Public Debt: Areas for Improvement in Information Security Controls, GAO-09-633R, April 28, 2009 Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Request: U.S. Government Accountability Office, GAO-09-587T, April 28, 2009 Social Security Administration: Effective… Continue Reading
CBO: U.S. Overview: When Will Growth Resume? and Infrastructure Projects as Economic Stimulus
Milken Institute Global Conference, April 2009, Presentation by CBO Director Douglas Elmendorf U.S. Overview: When Will Growth Resume? Infrastructure Projects as Economic Stimulus Related postings on financial system Continue Reading
The Nation's Report Card: Trends in Academic Progress 2008
The Nation’s Report Card: Long-Term Trend 2008 “This report presents the results of NAEPs long-term trend assessments in reading and mathematics that were administered in the 200708 school year to students aged 9, 13, and 17. Because the long-term trend assessments have been administered at different times during NAEPs 40-year history, it is possible to… Continue Reading
Obama Administration Announces New Details on Making Home Affordable Program
News release: “The Obama Administration today announced details of new efforts to help bring relief to responsible homeowners under the Making Home Affordable Program, including an effort to achieve greater affordability for homeowners by lowering payments on their second mortgages as well as a set of measures to help underwater borrowers stay in their homes.”… Continue Reading
Feingold Issues 100 Day Report on Obama's Actions to Restore the Rule of Law
News release: “In anticipation of President Obamas 100th day in office, U.S. Senator Russ Feingold today released a “100 Day Rule of Law Report” to examine the new administrations efforts to reverse the Bush administrations eight year assault on the rule of law. Feingold assessed the steps the Obama administration has taken thus far to… Continue Reading
New Google Search Feature Makes It Easier Find and Compare Public Data.
Official Google Blog: “We just launched a new search feature that makes it easy to find and compare public data. So for example, when comparing Santa Clara county data to the national unemployment rate, it becomes clear not only that Santa Clara’s peak during 2002-2003 was really dramatic, but also that the recent increase is… Continue Reading
U.S. News Ranks and Rates Best Graduate Schools
“U.S. News analyzed more than 12,000 graduate programs to bring you this year’s rankings.” The following are included: Business School Rankings Education School Rankings Engineering School Rankings Law School Rankings Medical School Rankings Library and Information Studies Continue Reading
UN Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific 2008
News release: “With fewer children being born and people living longer, the population of the Asia-Pacific region is steadily growing older so much so, that since 2000, the regions annual population growth has fallen to 1.1 per cent the lowest rate among the worlds developing regions. This finding is one of many contained… Continue Reading
Federal CIO Seeks "context-driven government"
Federal Computer Week: “The Obama administration wants a context-driven government with services accessible through people’s regular daily activities that involve information technology, according to the administrations top IT officer.” Continue Reading
