Follow up to previous postings on high speed passenger rail transport in the U.S., via New York Times: “But faster trains are critical to [Amtrak’s] future. So while Amtrak got some desperately needed financing from the federal government this year, its forecasts suggest that speedier rail travel in the United States remains a daunting challenge.… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: December 2009
Census Bureau Projects U.S. Population of 308.4 Million on New Years Day
News release: “On the eve of the 2010 Census, as the Census Bureau prepares to conduct an actual count of the nations population, the bureau projects that on Jan. 1, 2010 three months out from Census Day the total U.S. population will be 308,400,408. This would represent an increase of 2,606,181, or 0.9… Continue Reading
Congressional Candidates Raised $1.42 Billion in 2007-2008
News release includes links to PDF and Excel documents: “House and Senate candidates seeking office in 2007-2008 reported over $1.42 billion in receipts, according to campaign finance reports filed with the Federal Election Commission. The 2,382 candidates who participated in primary and general election campaigns for the U.S. Congress spent a total of $1.38 billion… Continue Reading
Executive Order – Original Classification Authority
Executive Order – Original Classification Authority, December 29, 2009: designating specific officials to classify information originally as “Top Secret” or “Secret” New York Times: “President Obama declared on Tuesday that no information may remain classified indefinitely as part of a sweeping overhaul of the executive branchs system for protecting classified national security information. In an… Continue Reading
EIA – December 2009 Natural Gas Monthly With Data for October 2009
December 2009 Natural Gas Monthly With Data for October 2009 Dec 29, 2009 – “Natural and supplemental gas production, supply, consumption, disposition, storage, imports, exports, and prices in the United States.” Continue Reading
Council of State Governments Report – Green Jobs Slow But Coming
News release: “While the Recovery Act has made unprecedented investments in clean energy, energy efficiency, and other environmental improvements, a new report by The Council of State Governments finds that in most states the wave of green jobs tied to these investments has yet to arrive. CSG has released a state-by-state analysis of green jobs… Continue Reading
CRS Report – Privacy: An Overview of Federal Statutes Governing Wiretapping and Electronic Eavesdropping
Privacy: An Overview of Federal Statutes Governing Wiretapping and Electronic Eavesdropping, December 3, 2009: “Depending on ones perspective, wiretapping and electronic eavesdropping are either dirty business, essential law enforcement tools, or both. This is a very general overview of the federal statutes that proscribe wiretapping and electronic eavesdropping and of the procedures they establish for… Continue Reading
FJC Report Focuses On Sealed Cases
“A new report by the Federal Judicial Center offers an analysis of all cases that were sealed in federal district, bankruptcy and appellate courts in 2006, and describes why and how they were sealed.” Sealed Cases in Federal Courts, Tim Reagan, George Cort, Federal, Judicial Center, October 23, 2009 Continue Reading
EIA – Performance Profiles of Major Energy Producers 2008
Performance Profiles of Major Energy Producers 2008 (Performance Profiles 2008), “a legislatively mandated annual report to the U.S. Congress, was released on December 18, 2009. Performance Profiles 2008 presents a comprehensive financial review and analysis of the domestic and worldwide operations of the major U.S.-based energy-producing companies. The report examines the majors’ operations primarily on… Continue Reading
FDIC Makes Public November Enforcement Actions; No Administrative Hearings are Scheduled
News release: “The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) released a list of orders of administrative enforcement actions taken against banks and individuals in November. No administrative hearings are scheduled. The FDIC processed a total of 51 matters in November. These included 34 cease and desist consent orders; nine civil money penalties; three prompt corrective action… Continue Reading
Lowest Murder Rate Since 1962 for New York City
New York on Track for Fewest Murders on Record: “The city is on track, for the second time in three years, to have the fewest number of homicides in a 12-month period since the current record keeping system began. As of Sunday, there had been 461 murders; the record low was in 2007, when there… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Medicare Managed Care, Recovery Act,Nursing Homes
Medicare Managed Care: Observations about Medicare Cost Plans, GAO-10-185, December 28, 2009 Medicaid Outpatient Prescription Drugs: Second Quarter 2008 Federal Upper Limits for Reimbursement Compared with Average Retail Pharmacy Acquisition Costs, GAO-10-118R, November 30, 2009 Recovery Act: Planned Efforts and Challenges in Evaluating Compliance with Maintenance of Effort and Similar Provisions, GAO-10-247, November 30, 2009… Continue Reading
