New York Times: “On Jan. 7, 2010, President Obama addressed the findings of a review into the intelligence and screening failures prior to a Nigerian mans attempt to blow up an airplane on Christmas Day. The White House released a declassified account of the review, as well as a list of actions the president ordered various government agencies to adopt to better secure the safety of the American people…The White House released the report detailing what the government knew about the terrorist incident and what should have been done to prevent it as an attempt to illustrate that the administration is conducting its business with transparency and airing mistakes in an effort to show the American people that they will be corrected.”
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Daily Archives: January 7, 2010
Reboot.FCC.gov is your portal to take part in improving citizen interactions with the Federal Communications Commission
“Welcome to Reboot.FCC.gov, the Federal Communication Commission’s website for discussion on how to transform the FCC into a model of excellence in government. The FCC is beginning an overhaul of the way it interacts with citizens, including a complete and comprehensive redesign of FCC.gov and its online systems. The reform initiatives at the FCC expand… Continue Reading
EPA Strengthens Smog Standard
News release: “The United States Environmental Protection Agency today proposed the strictest health standards to date for smog. Smog, also known as ground-level ozone, is linked to a number of serious health problems, ranging from aggravation of asthma to increased risk of premature death in people with heart or lung disease. Ozone can even harm… Continue Reading
UC Davis Economists: Shareholder Value Destruction following the Tiger Woods Scandal
News release: “Shareholders of Nike, Gatorade and other Tiger Woods sponsors lost a collective $5 to $12 billion in the wake of the scandal involving his extramarital affairs, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, Davis.” Shareholder Value Destruction following the Tiger Woods Scandal, Christopher R. Knittel and Victor Stango,… Continue Reading
Withdrawn support for open-education content projects blow to educators and public
Chronicle of Higher Education: “The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is closing a grant program that financed a series of high-profile university software projects, leaving some worried about a vacuum of support for open-source ventures. Mellons decade-old Research in Information Technology program, or RIT, helped bankroll a catalog of freely available software that includes Sakai, a… Continue Reading
The Richest Members of the US Congress
Center for Responsive Politics – Personal Finances Disclosures: “In some ways, lawmakers’ finances look a lot like those of many Americans. They include diverse portfolios of stocks, bonds, mutual funds and real estate. They have bank accounts, credit cards and mortgages. The difference: Politicians generally have more money andunlike most people they representthey must make… Continue Reading
Survey – Student Engagement in Law School: Enhancing Student Learning
2009 Annual Survey Results – Student Engagement in Law School: Enhancing Student Learning “The 2009 findings continue to track the rising debt load for law students. Although the sample of participating schools has changed over the years, the high cost of going to law school remains a constant in each years report. This year, the… Continue Reading
The Happy Planet Index 2.0: Why good lives don't have to cost the Earth
“Download the new report The Happy Planet Index 2.0: Why good lives dont have to cost the Earth, first published in July 2009. The report presents the results of the second global compilation of the Happy Planet Index, based on improved data for 143 countries around the world representing 99 per cent of the… Continue Reading
