“CDT filed a “friend of the court” brief in the Southern District of New York [September 4, 2009] requesting that key privacy requirements be included in the Court’s approval of the class-action settlement that would dramatically expand Google Book Search. CDT previously released a report in July analyzing the privacy implications of this settlement and… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: September 2009
Measuring the Effects of the Business Cycle on the Federal Budget: An Update
Measuring the Effects of the Business Cycle on the Federal Budget: An Update, September 1, 2009 Under CBOs assumptions for its baseline, the cyclically adjusted budget deficit will rise sharply in 2009, to 8.6 percent of potential gross domestic product (GDP) (from 2.7 percent in 2008). Potential GDP is the amount of output that corresponds… Continue Reading
Sick Around the World – Five Capitalist Democracies and How They Do It
PBS Frontline: Five Capitalist Democracies and How They Do: UK, Japan, Germany, Taiwan, Switzerland Graphs: U.S. Health Stats Compared to Other Countries Health Care Systems — The Four Basic Models Related postings on health care Continue Reading
Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization: The 2009 Annual Revision
September 2, 2009: “A Federal Reserve Bulletin article, Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization: The 2009 Annual Revision article reviews the 2009 annual revision to the index of industrial production (IP) and the related measures of capacity and capacity utilization. It discusses both the changes in estimation methods introduced in the revision and the revised estimates… Continue Reading
Annual Institute for Policy Studies "Executive Excess" Report
America’s Bailout Barons – Taxpayers, High Finance, and the CEO Pay Bubble. Institute for Policy Studies. 16th Annual Executive Compensation. “The 20 U.S. financial firms that have received the most bailout dollars from taxpayers awarded their top five executive officers, in the three years through 2008, pay packages worth a combined $3.2 billion. These 100… Continue Reading
D.C. Air Quality 2008 vs. 2009
D.C. Air Quality 2008 vs. 2009, posted by Chris Naille, Meteorologist. More Code Red Days in 2008 than in 2009: “Much of the summer thus far has been noted by slightly cooler than average temperatures coupled with an active weather pattern that has yielded nearly daily chances of showers and storms. Compared to 2008 when… Continue Reading
Site Compares 4 Online Map Services on One Page
Via Google Maps Mania: “Maps Compare [created by Hussein Nasser] is a website with four different on-line map services on one page. The site places Google Maps, the Google Earth browser plugin, Yahoo Maps and Bing Maps beside each other, which can be quite useful if you want to compare the map coverage provided by… Continue Reading
Army's Warrior Mind Training Program
Time: “Think military and you think macho, not meditation, but that’s about to change now that the Army intends to train its 1.1 million soldiers in the art of mental toughness. The Defense Department hopes that giving soldiers tools to fend off mental stress will toughen its troops at war and at home. It’s the… Continue Reading
Economic Policy Institute – Labor Day by the numbers
Economic Policy Institute Fact Sheet, Labor Day by the Numbers, September 7, 2009 . Note that all numbers are current as of September 4, 2009. TOTAL JOBS LOST DURING THE RECESSION: 6.9 MILLION. “New jobs needed per month to keep up with population growth: 127,000 Jobs lost in August 2009: 216,000 Jobs needed to regain… Continue Reading
CRS: United States expanded role as world's leading weapons supplier
New York Times – U.S. Increases Its Share of Worldwide Arms Market: “Despite a recession that knocked down global arms sales last year, the United States expanded its role as the worlds leading weapons supplier, increasing its share to more than two-thirds of all foreign armaments deals, according to a new Congressional study [“Conventional Arms… Continue Reading
The Economic Crisis Hits Home: The Unfolding Increase In Child and Youth Homelessness
“The National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth(NAEHCY) is the voice and social conscience for the education of children and youth experiencing homelessness. NAEHCY accomplishes this through advocacy, partnerships, and education.” Report: The Economic Crisis Hits Home: The Unfolding Increase In Child and Youth Homelessness Related postings on financial system Continue Reading
National September 11 Memorial & Museum
“The National September 11 Memorial & Museum is a private not-for-profit (501c3), responsible for oversight of the design, raising the necessary funds, programming and operating the Memorial & Museum being built at the World Trade Center site.” New York Times: Sept. 11 Steel Forms Heart of Far-Flung Memorials: “The best way we can honor the… Continue Reading
