FIT for Purpose The New FLARE Index to Treaties: Dr. Peter Clinch and Steven Whittle describes the background development, various ways in which the service can be used, and technical issues of this fully searchable database. Launched in March 2009, it indexes and lists over 1,500 of the most significant multilateral treaties concluded from… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: April 2009
Google Announces News Timeline
Google News Blog: “Today, we’re announcing Google News Timeline–a new feature on Google Labs that organizes many different types of search results on a zoomable, graphical timeline. Google News Timeline presents search results from a wide range of sources. You can search and browse results from Google News, including headlines, quotes, photos from our Hosted… Continue Reading
2009 Retirement Confidence Survey: Economy Drives Confidence to Record Lows
The 2009 Retirement Confidence Survey: Economy Drives Confidence to Record Lows; Many Looking to Work Longer, Employee Benefit Research Institute, April 2009 “Workers who say they are very confident about having enough money for a comfortable retirement this year hit the lowest level in 2009 (13 percent) since the Retirement Confidence Survey started asking the… Continue Reading
The Conference Board Leading Economic Index for the U.S. Declines Again
Press release: “The Conference Board Leading Economic Index (LEI) for the U.S. decreased 0.3 percent, The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index (CEI) decreased 0.4 percent and The Conference Board Lagging Economic Index (LAG) decreased 0.4 percent in March.” Download a PDF of the technical notes for underlying detail, diffusion indexes, components, contributions and graphs. Related… Continue Reading
Cabinet Asked to Cut $100 Million in 90 days
News release: “President Obama [held] the first cabinet meeting of his Administration this morning. As part of his commitment to go line by line through the budget to cut spending and reform government he… challenge[d] his cabinet to cut a collective 100 million dollars in the next 90 days. Agencies will be required to report… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Army Health Care, Drug Control
Army Health Care: Progress Made in Staffing and Monitoring Units that Provide Outpatient Case Management, but Additional Steps Needed, GAO-09-357, April 20, 2009 Drug Control: Better Coordination with the Department of Homeland Security and an Updated Accountability Framework can Further Enhance DEA’s Efforts to Meet Post-9/11 Responsibilities, GAO-09-63, March 20, 2009 Continue Reading
The World Digital Library Has Launched
“The World Digital Library will make available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from cultures around the world, including manuscripts, maps, rare books, musical scores, recordings, films, prints, photographs, architectural drawings, and other significant cultural materials. The objectives of the World Digital Library are to promote international and… Continue Reading
Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Breach Notification Guidance
News release: “On April 17, 2009, HHS issued guidance specifying the technologies and methodologies that render protected health information unusable, unreadable, or indecipherable to unauthorized individuals, as required by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act passed as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). This guidance… Continue Reading
New Report Calls for Stronger State and Local Food Safety Roles
New release: “Recent Salmonella outbreaks involving peanut butter and fresh produce underscore the need to repair gaps in state and local food safety programs and integrate them better with federal food safety efforts, according to a new report, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, prepared with extensive input from state and local officials. The… Continue Reading
21st Century Energy Technology Deployment Act
News release: “[April 17, 2009] the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee posted to its website a joint discussion draft and summary for the 21st Century Energy Technology Deployment Act. {CEDA] This proposal, put forward by the bipartisan Committee staff, seeks to improve the loan guarantee program at the Department of Energy and to provide… Continue Reading
Landmark Agriculture and Open Space Conservation Bill Introduced
News release: “…Congressmen Mike Thompson (D-CA) and Eric Cantor (R-VA) introduced the Conservation Easement Incentive Act, H.R. 1831. This bill will aid in the protection of millions of acres of the nations agricultural lands and open spaces. H.R. 1831 makes permanent an expiring incentive that allows modest-income landowners to receive significant tax deductions for donating… Continue Reading
Daily Cognition.com Illustrates What ONE TRILLION dollars looks like in dollar bills…
What 1 TRILLION Dollars Looks Like In Dollar Bills – scroll to the bottom of the page to see the complete range of illustrations. Note that the size of the person changes dramatically as the scale is defined. Related postings on financial system Continue Reading
