Economic Policy Institute Briefing Paper – Working the Graveyard Shift, Why raising the Social Security retirement age is not the answer, by Monique Morrissey and Emily Garr: “The life expectancy of older Americans has increased by three and a half years over the past half century. In 2005, Americans who survived to age 65 could… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: May 2009
The World Internet Project Report 2009
News release: “Center for the Digital Future at USC Annenberg with 13 Partner Countries Release First World Internet Project Report – Pioneering Report Finds Remarkable Similarities and Significant Differences Globally – Online Purchasing Not Yet Part of the Global Internet Experience; A Majority of Users Believe Only Half of the Information they Find Online is… Continue Reading
GPO Access: Budget of the United States Government
Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Documents A New Era of Responsibility: Renewing Americas Promise – “Provides a description of the Obama Administrations fiscal policies and major budgetary initiatives. This document is an overview of the full Fiscal Year 2010 Budget expected to be released this spring.” Appendix – “Contains detailed information on the various appropriations and… Continue Reading
The Future of Journalism Communications, Technology, and the Internet
On May 6, 2009 the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held the following Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet hearing: The Future of Journalism. Witness statements: Marissa Mayer, Vice President, Search Products & User Experience, Google Inc. Alberto Ibargüen, President and Chief Executive Officer, John S. And James L. Knight Foundation David… Continue Reading
Article: Press Releases by Academic Medical Centers: Not So Academic?
Press Releases by Academic Medical Centers: Not So Academic?, Steven Woloshin, MD, MS; Lisa M. Schwartz, MD, MS; Samuel L. Casella, MPH; Abigail T. Kennedy, BA; and Robin J. Larson, MD, MPH. Annals of Internal Medicine 5 May 2009 | Volume 150 Issue 9 | Pages 613-618 [full text available at no charge] “Medical journalism… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Statutory Authorities to Prohibit IG Activities, Financial Management Systems, SEC Enforcement Division
Statutory Authorities to Prohibit Inspector General Activities, GAO-09-660R, May 08, 2009: “The IG Act provides specific protections intended to help ensure the independence of IG audits and investigations. For example, the IG Act prohibits an agency head from preventing an IG from initiating, carrying out, or completing any audit or investigation, or from issuing any… Continue Reading
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Employment Situation Summary, April 2009
Employment Situation Summary, April 2009: “Nonfarm payroll employment continued to decline in April (-539,000), and the unemployment rate rose from 8.5 to 8.9 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Since the recession began in December 2007, 5.7 million jobs have been lost. In April, job losses were… Continue Reading
Government Launches Opportunity.gov
Opportunity.gov – New Educational Opportunities for Unemployed Workers: “Americans with more education and training have more secure jobs and higher earnings. With jobs hard to find, it may be a good time to consider going back to school. The President recently announced that unemployed workers receiving unemployment benefits may qualify for a special hand in… Continue Reading
DOT OIG: Review of Web Applications Security and Intrusion Detection in Air Traffic Control Systems
Review of Web Applications Security and Intrusion Detection in Air Traffic Control Systems, May 04, 2009 “On May 4, 2009, we issued our report on Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) web applications security and intrusion detection in air traffic control (ATC) systems, requested by the Ranking Minority Members of the full House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee… Continue Reading
CRS: The 2009 Influenza A(H1N1) Outbreak: Selected Legal Issues
CRS Report – The 2009 Influenza A(H1N1) Outbreak: Selected Legal Issues – May 4, 2009: “Recent human cases of infection with a novel influenza A(H1N1) virus have been identified both internationally and in the United States. Since there has been human to human transmission and the new virus has the potential to become pandemic, it… Continue Reading
The Presidents 2010 Budget
White House news release: “The Presidents 2010 Budget seeks to usher in a new era of responsibility an era in which we not only do what we must to save and create new jobs and lift our economy out of recession, but in which we also lay a new foundation for long-term growth and… Continue Reading
Federal Reserve, OCC, and FDIC release results of the Supervisory Capital Assessment Program
News release: “The results of a comprehensive, forward-looking assessment of the financial conditions of the nation’s 19 largest bank holding companies (BHCs) by the federal bank supervisory agencies were released on Thursday. The exercise–conducted by the Federal Reserve, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation–was conducted so that… Continue Reading
