Joel Zand, FindLaw: “A panel of three federal judges ordered the State of California to reduce its inmate population because of prison overcrowding, resulting in the release of approximately 43,000 prisoners during the next two years so that the state’s prisons can operate at 137.5% of their design capacity. In a 184-page opinion, the panel ordered California to provide an inmate reduction plan within 45 days to carry out the court’s directive “in no more than two years.”
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Daily Archives: August 4, 2009
Energy Market and Economic Impacts of American Clean Energy And Security Act of 2009
EIA – Energy Market and Economic Impacts of H.R. 2454, the American Clean Energy And Security Act of 2009 (08/04/2009): “This report responds to a request from Chairman Henry Waxman and Chairman Edward Markey for an analysis of H.R. 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (ACESA). ACESA, as passed by the… Continue Reading
Making Home Affordable Program on Pace to Offer Help to Millions of Homeowners
News release: “Today, the Obama Administration released its first monthly Servicer Performance Report detailing the progress to date of the Making Home Affordable (MHA) loan modification program. The purpose of the report is to document the number of struggling homeowners already helped under the program, provide information on servicer performance and expand transparency around the… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Air Pollution, Climate Change Policy
Air Pollution: Air Quality and Permitting of New Coal-Burning, Electricity-Generating Units in Central Texas, GAO-09-787R, August 04, 2009 Climate Change Policy: Preliminary Observations on Options for Distributing Emissions Allowances and Revenue under a Cap-and-Trade Program, GAO-09-950T, August 04, 2009 Hurricane Katrina: Barriers to Mental Health Services for Children Persist in Greater New Orleans, Although Federal… Continue Reading
Energy Economist: World Oil Supplies Running Out Fast
Warning: Oil supplies are running out fast – Catastrophic shortfalls threaten economic recovery, says world’s top energy economist “The world is heading for a catastrophic energy crunch that could cripple a global economic recovery because most of the major oil fields in the world have passed their peak production, a leading energy economist has warned.… Continue Reading
Report: Costs of Renting Still Considerably Cheaper than Ownership
News release: “Though Congress leaves for its August recess this week, one of the items sure to be on the agenda when it returns is how to deal with the continuing collapse of the nations housing market. A new study from the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) examining housing costs shows that market… Continue Reading
International comparisons of GDP per capita and per employed person for 17 countries, 1960–2008
International comparisons of GDP per capita and per employed person 17 countries, 1960-2008 – Division of International Labor Comparisons July 28, 2009. U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Division of International Labor Comparison “This report presents comparative levels and trends of real gross domestic product (GDP) per capita and per employed person for… Continue Reading
Pew: The Audience for Online Video-Sharing Sites Shoots Up
The Audience for Online Video-Sharing Sites Shoots Up, Pew Internet & American Life Project, Mary Madden, Senior Research Specialist, July 2009. “The audience for online video sharing sites like YouTube and Google Video continues to grow swiftly across all demographic groups, far outpacing the adoption rates of many other internet activities. Fully 62% of adult… Continue Reading
EIA: China Country Analysis Brief
China Country Analysis Brief, July 30, 2009: “Despite the economic slowdown in exports and domestic demand in the past year, China’s demand for energy remains high. China has emerged from being a net oil exporter in the early 1990s to become the world’s third-largest net importer of oil in 2006. Natural gas usage in China… Continue Reading
"Tool uses crowdsourcing to gain insight into what users around the world are experiencing in terms of Web accessibility"
“Herdict is a project of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. Herdict is a portmanteau of ‘herd’ and ‘verdict’ and seeks to show the verdict of the users (the herd). Herdict Web seeks to gain insight into what users around the world are experiencing in terms of web accessibility; or in… Continue Reading
BLS: A portrait of the youth labor market in 13 countries, 1980-2007
A portrait of the youth labor market in 13 countries, 1980-2007, by Gary Martin, Monthly Labor Review, July 2009, pp. 3-21. “In most industrialized countries, relatively high rates of joblessness among young persons have persisted for many years, although with considerable variation across the countries. In recent decades, the unemployment rate for persons under the… Continue Reading
Ensuring the Integrity, Accessibility, and Stewardship of Research Data in the Digital Age
Ensuring the Integrity, Accessibility, and Stewardship of Research Data in the Digital Age, Committee on Ensuring the Utility and Integrity of Research Data in a Digital Age; National Academy of Sciences “As digital technologies are expanding the power and reach of research, they are also raising complex issues. These include complications in ensuring the validity… Continue Reading
