Follow up to Google Announces “A new approach to China”, from the New York Times: “Ever since Google disclosed in January that Internet intruders had stolen information from its computers, the exact nature and extent of the theft has been a closely guarded company secret. But a person with direct knowledge of the investigation now says that the losses included one of Googles crown jewels, a password system that controls access by millions of users worldwide to almost all of the companys web services, including e-mail and business applications.”
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Daily Archives: April 19, 2010
TRAC Reports Drug Prosecutions Surge in the Southwest
TRAC Immigration – Federal Prosecutors Along Southwest Border Overwhelmed by Soaring Arizona Drug Cases: “Federal prosecutors along the Southwest border with Mexico — many already strained by the rise in their immigration caseloads — are facing a new challenge: how to handle a sharp jump in drug cases. The extent of this problem can be… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Drawdown of U.S. Forces and Equipment from Iraq, Poorly Performing Nursing Homes, Combat Skills Training
Operation Iraqi Freedom: Actions Needed to Facilitate the Efficient Drawdown of U.S. Forces and Equipment from Iraq, GAO-10-376, April 19, 2010 Poorly Performing Nursing Homes: Special Focus Facilities Are Often Improving, but CMS’s Program Could Be Strengthened, GAO-10-197, March 19, 2010 Military Training: Actions Needed to Further Improve the Consistency of Combat Skills Training Provided… Continue Reading
Gadgets Not Necessarily Embraced on College Campuses
Kindle Failed Tests at Several Colleges. Will iPads Do Better?, By Jeff Young, Chronicle of Higher Education “Reed College plans to do a formal experiment with iPads by loading the devices with class readings and giving them to students to see how they compare with traditional textbooks. Reed was one of seven campuses to run… Continue Reading
Delaware Posts Authenticated PDF Version of Administrative Code
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Joint Economic Committee Releases Monthly Economic Snapshots of States
News release: “Today the Joint Economic Committee (JEC) released its monthly state-by-state report Understanding the Economy: State-by-State Snapshots, featuring key economic indicators for each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The report has been updated to include state data released April 16 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and is the… Continue Reading
Testimony by Chairman Bernanke on lessons from the failure of Lehman Brothers
Chairman Ben S. Bernanke – Lessons from the failure of Lehman Brothers Before the Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., April 20, 2010: “The Federal Reserve fully understood that the failure of Lehman would shake the financial system and the economy. However, the only tool available to the Federal Reserve to… Continue Reading
DOJ Releases Email Retention Policy In Response to FOIA Request from CREW
Follow up to Missing White House E-Mails Still Factor in Torture Memo Investigation, this CREW news release: “On Friday, April 16, CREW received an initial response to its Freedom of Information Act request of the Department of Justices Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) related to the failure of former OLC official John Yoo to preserve… Continue Reading
BEA: Summary Estimates for Multinational Companies: Employment, Sales, and Capital Expenditures for 2008
Summary Estimates for Multinational Companies: Employment, Sales, and Capital Expenditures for 2008 – “The following are advance summary estimates of the employment, capital spending, and sales activity of U.S. multinational companies (comprising both their U.S. and foreign operations) and the corresponding activity of foreign multinational companies in the United States. U.S. multinational companies: U.S. and… Continue Reading
FTC: Consider Ways Alternative Energy Sources Could be Used More Efficiently in Nation's Power Generation System
News release: “The Federal Trade Commission has submitted comments to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on how alternative sources of energy such as wind farms, solar cells, and solar thermal installations can best be integrated into the nations electric power grid. The FTC recommends that FERC study ways to make electricity markets better… Continue Reading
Federal Regulators Release Model Consumer Privacy Notice Online Form Builder
News release: “Eight federal regulators released an Online Form Builder today that financial institutions can download and use to develop and print customized versions of a model consumer privacy notice. The Online Form Builder, based on the model form regulation published in the Federal Register on December 1, 2009, under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, is available… Continue Reading
