Will the Demand for Assets Fall When the Baby Boomers Retire? September 2009. Background Paper “Between 1946 and 1964, some 78 million babies were born in the United States, forming a cohort that has come to be known as the baby-boom generation. When the oldest people in the group turned 62 in 2008, the generations… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: September 2009
mitochondrial DNA Data Indicates a Single Origin for Dogs South of Yangtze River, less than 16,300 Years Ago, from Numerous Wolves
Molecular Biology and Evolution, doi:10.1093/molbev/msp195: “There is no generally accepted picture of where, when, and how the domestic dog originated…We therefore analysed entire mitochondrial genomes for 169 dogs to obtain maximal phylogenetic resolution, and the CR for 1,543 dogs across the Old World for a comprehensive picture of geographical diversity. Hereby, a detailed picture of… Continue Reading
The Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010
“Switzerland tops the overall ranking in The Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010, released today by the World Economic Forum ahead of its Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2009 in Dalian. The United States falls one place to second position, with weakening in its financial markets and macroeconomic stability. Singapore, Sweden and Denmark round out the… Continue Reading
New on LLRX.com – PACER Spending Survey
PACER Spending Survey: Stanford Law School deputy library director Erika Wayne describes an open source document access project focused on improving PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records), sponsored by a small group of research savvy and customer service oriented group of law librarians. Continue Reading
CDC, HHS and FDA Resources on 2009 H1N1 Influenza Vaccine
CDC – “What are the plans for developing 2009 H1N1 vaccine? “Vaccines are the most powerful public health tool for control of influenza, and the U.S. government is working closely with manufacturers to take steps in the process to manufacture a 2009 H1N1 vaccine. Working together with scientists in the public and private sector, CDC… Continue Reading
Summary Report of the Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee
“A summary of the report from the Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee was provided to the Director, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), and NASA Administrator on Tuesday, September 8. The summary’s text is consistent with presentations made during the committee’s final public meeting on Aug. 12.” Transmittal Letter… Continue Reading
New Political Realtiy of Web 2.0 – Connecting With the Public Via Microblogging
Newsweek: Whos Winning the Twitter Wars? How Democratic and Republican politicians use the popular microblogging service. “For the foreseeable future, Republicans will continue to broadcast their message widely,while the left-most wing of the Democratic Party mounts a quiet, steady defense. Strategists on both sides agree that Twitteror at least, the short-form communication that Twitter has… Continue Reading
Working Paper – Electronic Public Access Fees and the United States Federal Courts Budget: An Overview
Electronic Public Access Fees and the United States Federal Courts Budget: An Overview Stephen Schultze, Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard. “This draft working paper examines the role of user fees for public access to records in the budgeting process of the federal courts. It sketches the policy principles that have traditionally… Continue Reading
Ensuring the Quality, Credibility, and Relevance of U.S. Justice Statistics
Ensuring the Quality, Credibility, and Relevance of U.S. Justice Statistics, 2009 “The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) of the U.S. Department of Justice is one of the smallest of the U.S. principal statistical agencies but shoulders one of the most expansive and detailed legal mandates among those agencies. Ensuring the Quality, Credibility, and Relevance of… Continue Reading
FDA Opens the Reportable Food Registry – Electronic Portal for Industry
“The Reportable Food Registry (RFR or the Registry) is an electronic portal for Industry to report when there is reasonable probability that an article of food will cause serious adverse health consequences. The Registry helps the FDA better protect public health by tracking patterns and targeting inspections. The Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of… Continue Reading
Prepared Remarks of President Barack Obama Back to School Event Arlington, Virginia September 8, 2009
Prepared Remarks of President Barack Obama Back to School Event, Arlington, Virginia, September 8, 2009: “Every single one of you has something youre good at. Every single one of you has something to offer. And you have a responsibility to yourself to discover what that is. Thats the opportunity an education can provide.” More And… Continue Reading
UN Trade and Development Report 2009
United Nations Trade and Development Report 2009 presents a gloomy global economic outlook in the context of the ongoing global financial and economic crisis. It looks at the channels through which this deep crisis, which originated in developed countries, is spreading to developing and transition economies: through financial flows, international trade and commodity prices, migrants´… Continue Reading
