News release: “Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today took steps to help the country develop technologies that could potentially unlock the nations oil shale reserves while protecting taxpayers, water resources, the environment, and local communities. Pledging to reform the nations oil shale program, Salazar announced that the Department of the Interior is offering additional opportunities for energy companies to conduct oil shale research, development and demonstration (RD&D) projects on public lands in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming. In addition, Salazar has asked the Departments Inspector General to investigate a set of lease addenda that the previous administration entered into with the holders of six existing RD&D leases on January 15, 2009.”
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Daily Archives: October 20, 2009
Bureau of Transportation Statistics: 2009 Passenger Airline Employment Down 5.5 Percent from August 2008
News release: “U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 5.5 percent fewer workers in August 2009 than in August 2008, the 14th consecutive decrease in full-time equivalent employee (FTE) levels for the scheduled passenger carriers from the same month of the previous year, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today. FTE calculations… Continue Reading
Producer Price Index, September 2009
Producer Price Index, September 2009: “The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods declined 0.6 percent in September, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. This decrease followed a 1.7-percent rise in August and a 0.9-percent decline in July. In September, at the earlier stages of processing, prices… Continue Reading
Speech by Mervyn King, Governor, Bank of England
Speech by Mervyn King, Governor of The Bank of England, to Scottish Business Organisations in Edinburgh, October 20, 2009: “Banking has not been good for the wealth of the Scottish and, it should be said, almost any other nation recently. Over the past year, almost six million jobs have been lost in the… Continue Reading
HHS OIG: Medicare Part D Plan Sponsor Electronic Prescribing Initiatives
Medicare Part D Plan Sponsor Electronic Prescribing Initiatives (OEI-05-08-00322), Otober 16, 2009 “E-prescribing occurs when a prescriber uses a computer or an electronic hand-held device, such as a personal digital assistant, to write and send a prescription directly to a dispenser. Before a prescriber sends a prescription to a dispenser, he or she can request… Continue Reading
New GAO Report: Technical Assistance and Better Defined Evaluation Plans Will Help Girls' Delinquency Programs
Juvenile Justice: Technical Assistance and Better Defined Evaluation Plans Will Help Girls’ Delinquency Programs. GAO-10-133T, October 20, 2009: “…from 1995 through 2005, delinquency caseloads for girls in juvenile justice courts nationwide increased 15 percent while boys caseloads decreased by 12 percent.1 More recently, in 2007, 29 percent of juvenile arrestsabout 641,000 arrestsinvolved girls, who accounted… Continue Reading
EIA: Arctic Oil and Natural Gas Potential
Energy Information Administration: Arctic Oil and Natural Gas Potential (10/19/2009): “This paper examines the discovered and undiscovered Arctic oil and natural gas resource base with respect to their location and concentration. The paper also discusses the cost and impediments to developing Arctic oil and natural gas resources, including those issues associated with environmental habitats and… Continue Reading
Report: The Reconstruction of American Journalism
The Reconstruction of American Journalism, A report by Leonard Downie, Jr., and Michael Schudson, October 20, 2009: “Reporting is becoming more participatory and collaborative. The ranks of news gatherers now include not only newsroom staffers, but freelancers, university faculty members, students, and citizens. Financial support for reporting now comes not only from advertisers and subscribers,… Continue Reading
Report – Smart on Crime: Reconsidering the Death Penalty in a Time of Economic Crisis
News release: “A report released today by the Death Penalty Information Center concludes that states are wasting hundreds of millions of dollars on the death penalty, draining state budgets during the economic crisis and diverting funds from more effective anti-violence programs. A nationwide poll of police chiefs conducted by RT Strategies, released with the report,… Continue Reading
Whole-body scanners activated in airports around the world
Follow up to previous postings on airport whole body imaging technology, this article from the Economist.com: “Much excitement in Manchester where trials have started of Britains first whole-body scanner. The machine takes X-ray photographs of passengers, and can reveal concealed threats without requiring the removal of clothing.” BBC news: “Action on Rights for Childen (Arch)… Continue Reading
BookServer is an open system to find, buy, or borrow e- books
Internet Archive BookServer: “The widespread success of digital reading devices has proven that the world is ready to read books on screens. As the audience for digital books grows, we can evolve from an environment of single devices connected to single sources into a distributed system where readers can find books from sources across the… Continue Reading
Trends in College Pricing 2009 and Trends in Student Aid 2009.
Trends in College Pricing 2009: “provides up-to-date information on undergraduate tuition and fees, room and board, and other expenses. It also includes information on revenues and expenditures of colleges and universities, as well as related topics. Trends in Student Aid 2009: “provides annual data on grants, loans, work-study and education tax benefits available to assist… Continue Reading
