Grab Your Bike and Go with Google Maps – Users can now choose biking when deciding how to get to their destination: “If youre one of the 57 million Americans who ride a bike, mapping your daily commute, exploring new trails, and planning recreational rides just became a little bit easier. Google is announcing that we have added biking directions in the U.S. to Google Maps. This has been the most requested addition to Google Maps, and were delighted to be unveiling this new feature at the National Bike Summit in Washington, DC. This new feature includes: step-by-step bicycling directions; bike trails outlined directly on the map; and a new Bicycling layer that indicates bike trails, bike lanes, and bike-friendly roads.”
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Daily Archives: March 10, 2010
Connecticut AG Sues Credit Agencies For Tainted Ratings That Enabled Financial Meltdown
News release: “Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today sued two of the nations largest credit rating agencies — Moodys and Standard & Poors — for knowingly assigning tainted credit ratings to risky investments backed by sub-prime loans. Blumenthal said Moodys and S&Ps alleged misconduct enabled the worst economic downturn in the nation since The Great Depression.… Continue Reading
Google Announces agreement with the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage to Digitize Rare Books
Official Google Blog: “Today were announcing an agreement with the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage [to] digitize up to a million out-of-copyright works. The libraries will select the works to be digitized from their collections, which include a wealth of rare historical books, including scientific works, literature from the period of the founding of Italy… Continue Reading
CBO: Fiscal Policy Choices March 2010
Fiscal Policy Choices, March 2010. CBO Director Doug Elmendorf’s presentation to the National Association for Business Economics. “CBO projects that the debt is on a trajectory that poses significant economic risks and becomes unsustainable. The key choices for medium-term and long-term policy are how quickly and in what way to restrain federal borrowing.” Related postings… Continue Reading
Joint Economic Committee Releases Report On Benefits of Paid Sick Leave
News release: “Representative Carolyn Maloney, Chair of the Joint Economic Committee (JEC), and Senator Charles E. Schumer, Vice Chair of the JEC, released a report today estimating the impact of the Healthy Families Act (S. 1152, introduced by Senator Chris Dodd, and H.R. 2460, introduced by Representative Rosa DeLauro), on access to paid sick leave.… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Defense Acquisitions, Space Acquisitions, VA Faces Challenges, Afghanistan Drug Control, Iraqi Refugees
Defense Acquisitions: Opportunities for the Army to Position Its Ground Force Modernization Efforts for Success, GAO-10-493T, March 10, 2010 Space Acquisitions: DOD Poised to Enhance Space Capabilities, but Persistent Challenges Remain in Developing Space Systems, GAO-10-447T, March 10, 2010 VA Faces Challenges in Providing Substance Use Disorder Services and Is Taking Steps to Improve These… Continue Reading
President Obama Announces New Effort to Crack Down on Waste and Fraud
News release: “While discussing health insurance reform in St. Charles, Missouri today, President Obama announced new efforts to reign in waste and fraud in Medicare, Medicaid and other government programs. He explained that the administration plans to prevent wasted dollars through the use of payment recapture audits by giving auditors incentives to catch improper payments… Continue Reading
CBO: H.R. 4213, American Workers, State, and Business Relief Act of 2010
H.R. 4213, American Workers, State, and Business Relief Act of 2010 March 10, 2010. Direct spending and revenues effects estimate for the bill as passed by the Senate on March 10, 2010 News release: “Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D‐Mont.) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D‐Nev.) [March 1, 2010] introduced legislation to extend… Continue Reading
BLS: Regional and State Employment and Unemployment, January 2010
News release: “In January, 30 states and the District of Columbia recorded over-the-month unemployment rate increases, 9 states registered decreases, and 11 states had no change. Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 31 states and the District of Columbia, decreased in 18 states, and remained unchanged in 1 state.” Related postings on financial system Continue Reading
New on LLRX.com: The Web Guide for the New Economy
New on LLRX.com: The Web Guide for the New Economy – This guide by Marcus P. Zillman showcases the latest world wide web resources for discovering new knowledge on and understanding about developments with regard to the New Economy. The rapid changes in government transparency policies have resulted in the release of large volumes of… Continue Reading
Draft K-12 Common Core State Standards Available for Comment
News release: “The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) today released the first official public draft of the K-12 standards as part of the Common Core State Standards Initiative, a process being led by governors and chief state school officers in 51 states,… Continue Reading
Shaping a Healthier Generation: Healthy Kids, Healthy America State Profiles of Progress
Follow up to previous postings on obesity, this News release: “Childhood obesity has reached epidemic proportions in the United States, and today, nearly 23 million or one in three American children are overweight or obese. Through the Healthy Kids, Healthy America program, the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) supported… Continue Reading
