March 05, 2209 – Legal Issues Related to Funding for Religious Schools in P.L. 111-5, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 April 23, 2009 – Airport Passenger Screening: Background and Issues for Congress April 20, 2009 – Insolvency of Systemically Significant Companies: Bankruptcy vs. Conservatorship/Receivership April 16, 2009 – Organized Crime in the… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: May 2009
The Official White House Photostream's photostream
Update to May 1, 2009 posting – White House Website Adds Links to FaceBook, Twitter, MySpace – the Official White House Photostream on Flickr EFF: White House Photos Does the Public Need a License to Use? Continue Reading
New Survey: Satisfaction with E-Gov Stumbles
American Customer Satisfaction Index E-Government (ACSI) Satisfaction Index Q1 2009 – April 28, 2009 – by Larry Freed, ForeSee Results: “Citizen satisfaction with e-government websites dropped more than half a point since last quarter, down to 73.6 on the studys 100-point scale. The aggregate score has been dragged down in large part by declining satisfaction… Continue Reading
2007 Economic Census Industry Series
“The economic census provides a detailed portrait of the United States’ economy once every five years, from the national to the local level. The 2007 Economic Census covers most of the U.S. economy in its basic collection of establishment statistics. There also are several related programs, including statistics on minority- and women-owned businesses. Censuses of… Continue Reading
AARP Research Report: Social Security: Ten Facts that Matter
Social Security: Ten Facts that Matter – Research Report, Selena Caldera, AARP Public Policy Institute, April 2009. “Social Security insures families against the loss of income caused by retirement, disability, or death, with nearly universal coverage; Social Security insurance covers 94 percent of workers in paid employment and self-employment. The program has been a success;… Continue Reading
THOMAS Launches First RSS Feed
“The Congressional Record Daily Digest is now available as the first RSS feed from THOMAS. The Daily Digest from THOMAS is one of five RSS feeds available from the Law Library of Congress as described on our RSS Feeds and Email Delivery http://www.loc.gov/law/news/rss.php page. To see a complete list of RSS feeds and email updates… Continue Reading
U.S. Geological Survey Study Demonstrates How Methylmercury, Known to Contaminate Seafood, Originates in the Ocean
News release: “A new landmark study published [May 1, 2009] documents for the first time the process in which increased mercury emissions from human sources across the globe, and in particular from Asia, make their way into the North Pacific Ocean and as a result contaminate tuna and other seafood. Because much of the mercury… Continue Reading
Quarterly Public-Employee Retirement Systems Survey: 4th Quarter 2008
News release: “This survey provides quarterly summary data on assets, revenue and expenditure of the largest public-employee retirement systems in the United States, which comprise about 85 percent of national activity among such entities. It provides the most current data about investment decisions by public employee retirement systems, which are among the largest types of… Continue Reading
A Framework for Assessing the Systemic Risk of Major Financial Institution
A Framework for Assessing the Systemic Risk of Major Financial Institutions, by Xin Huang, Hao Zhou and Haibin Zhu, Working Papers No 281, April 2009. Bank for International Settlements. “In this paper we propose a framework for measuring and stress testing the systemic risk of a group of major financial institutions. The systemic risk is… Continue Reading
The OIE strongly counsels against the culling of pigs
In following postings on A/H1N1 influenza virus, with references of attribution to swine flu, please see this statement from the World Organisation for Animal Health: “The OIE strongly counsels against the culling of pigs in the current situation with A/H1N1 influenza that started in North America. Scientific information currently available to the OIE and partner… Continue Reading
Keep Flu at Bay – Wash Your Hands
May 3, 2009 – Swine Flu: First, Sow No Panic, By Elisabeth Rosenthal: “Wash your hands. I know this sounds silly, but it is far more effective at preventing flu than having a dose-pack of Tamiflu in the medicine chest. Take it from a doctor, mother and reporter who covered SARS as well as bird… Continue Reading
Free access to world-renowned public health database to assist swine flu effort
Follow up to related postings on swine flu, news that CABI has “announced free access to its specialist Global Health database, the definitive database for public health information, to assist in the battle against swine flu.” Direct link to Global Health current and archival databases search engine. Continue Reading
