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Daily Archives: May 12, 2009
Pew Hispanic Center Report: Minorities, Immigrants and Homeownership
Through Boom and Bust: Minorities, Immigrants and Homeownership, May 12, 2009: “The boom-and-bust cycle in the U.S. housing market over the past decade and a half has generated greater gains and larger losses for minority groups than it has for whites, according to an analysis of housing, economic and demographic data by the Pew Hispanic… Continue Reading
Social Security Board of Trustees: Economic Downturn Leads to Worsening of Long-Range Financing Outlook
News release: “The Social Security Board of Trustees today released its annual report on the financial health of the Social Security Trust Funds. The Trustees project that program costs will exceed tax revenues in 2016, one year sooner than projected in last years report. The combined assets of the Old-Age and Survivors, and Disability Insurance… Continue Reading
LLRX.com: Can Collaboration Solve Copyright Status Questions? The WorldCat Copyright Evidence Registry
Can Collaboration Solve Copyright Status Questions? The WorldCat Copyright Evidence Registry – As Roger V. Skalbeck documents, one of the underlying obstacles to reproducing older books is a central place to look for information about what is protected by copyright and what may have passed into the public domain is lacking. Responding to this need,… Continue Reading
DOJ Antitrust Division Announces Initiative to Help Protect Recovery Funds from Fraud, Waste and Abuse
News release: “The Department of Justices Antitrust Division today announced the details of its newly formed initiative aimed at preparing government officials and contractors to recognize and report efforts by parties to unlawfully profit from the stimulus projects that are being awarded as part of The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Consistent with… Continue Reading
March Airline On-Time Performance Higher Than Last Year, Down from February
March Airline On-Time Performance Higher Than Last Year, Down from February (05/12/09) “The nations largest airlines had a rate of on-time flights this past March that was higher than the same month last year but down from the mark posted in February 2009, according to the Air Travel Consumer Report released by the U.S. Department… Continue Reading
CDT Recommends Standards for Use of Analytics Tools on Federal Web Sites
News release: “The Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) today released a report examining the use of analytics tools on federal agency Web sites. The report analyzes existing policy and makes recommendations for how federal agency Web sites can use analytics a useful tool in developing open government… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Motor Carrier Safety, Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Motor Carrier Safety: Commercial Vehicle Registration Program Has Kept Unsafe Carriers from Operating, but Effectiveness Is Difficult to Measure, GAO-09-495, May 12, 2009 Strategic Petroleum Reserve: Issues Regarding the Inclusion of Refined Petroleum Products as Part of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, GAO-09-695T, May 12, 2009 See also related postings on Petroleum Reserve Continue Reading
Network Airlines Report Fifth Consecutive Quarterly Loss Margin
Fourth-Quarter 2008 System Airline Financial Data: Network Airlines Report Fifth Consecutive Quarterly Loss Margin (05/11/09) “The seven largest network airlines, as a group, reported an operating loss margin of 6.7 percent in the fourth quarter of 2008, the fifth consecutive quarterly loss margin since the group reported a profit margin in the third quarter of… Continue Reading
Radioisotope Power Systems: An Imperative for Maintaining U.S. Leadership in Space Exploration
Radioisotope Power Systems: An Imperative for Maintaining U.S. Leadership in Space Exploration, 2009 “Spacecraft require electrical energy. This energy must be available in the outer reaches of the solar system where sunlight is very faint.It must be available through lunar nights that last for 14 days, through long periods of dark and cold at the… Continue Reading
Council of Economic Advisors: Estimates of job creation from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
White House Council on Economic Advisers, Estimates of Job Creation from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, May 2009: “The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) was designed to save and create jobs, as well as to cushion the economic downturn and make crucial public investments. At the time of passage, the Council… Continue Reading
