YouTube Blog: “Diversity of content is one of the great things about YouTube. But we know that some of you want a more controlled experience. That’s why we’re announcing Safety Mode, an opt-in setting that helps screen out potentially objectionable content that you may prefer not to see or don’t want others in your family… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: February 2010
New Proposed Changes Posted for Leading Manual of Mental Disorders
News release: “The American Psychiatric Association today released the proposed draft diagnostic criteria for the fifth edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). The draft criteria represent content changes under consideration for DSM, which is the standard classification of mental disorders used by mental health and other health professionals, and is used… Continue Reading
Federal Reserve Chairman's Exit Strategy
Chairman Ben S. Bernanke, Federal Reserve’s exit strategy, Before the Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., February 10, 2010 Statement as prepared for delivery. The hearing was postponed due to inclement weather. “In summary, to help stabilize financial markets and to mitigate the effects of the crisis on the economy, the… Continue Reading
The 2009 Global "Go-To Think Tanks"
The 2009 Global “Go-To Think Tanks”, The Leading Public Policy Research Organizations In The World, Revised, January 31, 2010, James G. McGann, Ph.D. [Stuart Basefsky] “The 2009 Global Go To Think Tank Rankings marks the fourth year edition of what has now become an annual report. The Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program at the… Continue Reading
9/11 World Trade Center Photos Obtained By FOIA Request Released By ABC News
World Trade Center 9/11 Photos: A Fresh But Painful Look at Sept. 11 Tragedy “A trove of aerial photographs of the collapsing World Trade Center was widely released this week, offering a rare and chilling view from the heavens of the burning twin towers and the apocalyptic shroud of smoke and dust that settled over… Continue Reading
Department of Veterans Affairs IT Product Delivery Dashboard
“To provide greater transparency into cost, schedule and overall performance of IT projects, OI&T information is currently being collected as part of the Internal Monthly Performance Review. OMB provides status information on the IT investments of 28 agencies (VA included) at their website. This information is limited to Exhibit 300 detail level (a total… Continue Reading
Census: 2008 Annual Capital Expenditures Survey
“2008 Annual Capital Expenditures Survey These data provide preliminary estimates of business spending for new and used structures and equipment at the sector level based on the 2002 North American Industry Classification System. These figures are critical to evaluate productivity growth, the ability of U.S. business to compete with foreign business, changes in industrial… Continue Reading
Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States
“On behalf of the National Science and Technology Council, the U.S. Global Change Research Program is pleased to transmit to the President and the Congress this state of knowledge report: Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States. This report summarizes the science of climate change and the impacts of climate change on the United… Continue Reading
FEMA Draft National Disaster Recovery Framework Initiative
The National Disaster Recovery Framework will: Define the Federal, State, local, Tribal, private non-profit, private sector roles and individual citizen’s roles in disaster recovery. Design and establish an effective coordinating structure for disaster recovery programs. Identify gaps, as well as, duplications, in recovery programs and funding. Establish performance standards for the Federal support of State… Continue Reading
Loss Aversion, Asymmetric Market Comovements, and the Home Bias
Loss Aversion, Asymmetric Market Comovements, and the Home Bias. Kevin Amonlirdviman and Carlos Carvalho, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, February 2010. “Loss aversion has been used to explain why a high equity premium might be consistent with plausible levels of risk aversion. The intuition is that the different utility impact of wealth gains and… Continue Reading
Bureau of Economic Analysis: International Trade in Goods and Services
News release and tables: The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, through the Department of Commerce, announced today that total December exports of $142.7 billion and imports of $182.9 billion resulted in a goods and services deficit of $40.2 billion, up from $36.4 billion in November, revised. December exports were $4.6… Continue Reading
Washington DC Metro Area Inundated With Record Breaking Snowfall
Well, this is what is up, here in the DC burbs, where we are hunkered down, anticipating another 10 inches of snow on top of the 30 we already have: AP – “Some spots, including parts of Maryland, had nearly 3 feet of snow from the earlier storm. One scientist said if all that fell… Continue Reading
