BBC News: “Web founder Sir Tim Berners-Lee has unveiled his latest venture for the UK government, which offers the public better access to official data. A new website, data.gov.uk, will offer reams of public sector data, ranging from traffic statistics to crime figures, for private or commercial use. The target is to kickstart a new… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: January 2010
CBO's Analysis of Scenarios for Funding the Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq
CBO’s Analysis of Scenarios for Funding the Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, Letter to John M. Spratt Jr., January 21, 2010 “As you requested, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has analyzed both the funding needed to support an additional 30,000 troops in Afghanistan and the reduction in costs resulting from the ongoing withdrawal of U.S.… Continue Reading
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship
“Through entrepreneurship education, the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE), helps young people from low-income communities build skills and unlock their entrepreneurial creativity. Since 1987, NFTE has reached more than 280,000 young people, and currently has programs in 21 states and 12 countries. NFTE has more than 1,500 active Certified Entrepreneurship Teachers, and is continually improving… Continue Reading
Report: Data Highlights: U.S. Feeds One Quarter of its Grain to Cars While Hunger is on the Rise
Earth Policy Institute: “The 107 million tons of grain that went to U.S. ethanol distilleries in 2009 was enough to feed 330 million people for one year at average world consumption levels. More than a quarter of the total U.S. grain crop was turned into ethanol to fuel cars last year. With 200 ethanol distilleries… Continue Reading
Understanding Immigration Employment Rights: An ESOL Tool
Via DOJ Office of Special Counsel of the Civil Rights Division: “ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) instructors and immigrant advocates now have new workbooks at their disposal courtesy of the Justice Departments Office of Special Counsel for Immigration Related Unfair Employment Practices (OSC) education grant program. Through lessons titled: Working in the United… Continue Reading
Connecting and Giving: A Report on How Mid-life and Older Americans Spend Their Time, Make Connections and Build Communities
AARP – Connecting and Giving: A Report on How Mid-life and Older Americans Spend Their Time, Make Connections and Build Communities, January 2010. “Key findings of the August 2009 telephone survey revealed that: The nature of civic engagement is changing, becoming more personal and more secular. Mid-life and older Americans are less likely to join… Continue Reading
CBO: The Long-Term Outlook for the U.S. Navy's Fleet
The Long-Term Outlook for the U.S. Navy’s Fleet, Statement of Eric J. Labs, Senior Analyst for Naval Forces and Weapons The Long-Term Outlook for the U.S. Navys Fleet before the Subcommittee on Seapower and Expeditionary Forces Committee on Armed Services, U.S. House of Representatives, January 20, 2010 “If the Navy receives the same amount of… Continue Reading
Interior OID Finds That Capture of Endangered Jaguar Was Intentional
News release: “[January 21, 2010] the Interior Departments Inspector General office released a report concluding that the last known wild jaguar in the United States, dubbed Macho B, who was captured and killed last year in Arizona, had been intentionally caught by employees of the Arizona Game and Fish Department in a snare. This directly… Continue Reading
Sixty Corporations Begin Measuring Emissions from Products and Supply Chains
World Resources Institute: “On January 20th, sixty corporations begin measuring the greenhouse gas emissions of their products and supply chains by road testing a new global framework that is part of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Initiative. Developed by the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), the two new… Continue Reading
NOAA: December Global Ocean Temperature Second-Warmest on Record
News release: “The global ocean surface temperature was the second warmest on record for December, according to scientists at NOAAs National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C. Based on records going back to 1880, the monthly NCDC analysis is part of the suite of climate services NOAA provides. Scientists also reported the combined global land… Continue Reading
NASA Extends the World Wide Web Out Into Space
News release: “Astronauts aboard the International Space Station received a special software upgrade this week – personal access to the Internet and the World Wide Web via the ultimate wireless connection. Expedition 22 Flight Engineer T.J. Creamer made first use of the new system Friday, when he posted the first unassisted update to his Twitter… Continue Reading
comScore Reports Global Search Market Growth of 46 Percent in 2009
News release: “comScore, Inc. today released a study on growth in the global search market in 2009. The study revealed that the U.S. remains the largest search market worldwide, while Google Sites retains a commanding position in the global search market…The total worldwide search market boasted more than 131 billion searches conducted by people age… Continue Reading
