The Gavel Blog: “Today, the Office of the Clerk beta launched HouseLive.gov a streaming video feed of the House Floor. The site also hosts searchable and downloadable video archives going back to the start of the 111th Congress (January 6, 2009) and has a highlighted archive for events like the State of the Union… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: April 2010
FY 2010 Reporting Instructions for Federal Information Security Management Act and Agency Privacy Management
EPIC: “A new White House memo sets out the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 (FISMA) standards for federal agencies. All agencies must comply with the FISMA standard and report security practices for information under agency control. The standard also extends obligations to agency contractors. By November 15, 2010, all agencies must be capable… Continue Reading
A Day Without Media – Research by ICMPA and students at Phillip Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland
“24 Hours: Unplugged – What is is like to go without media? What if you had to give up your cell phone, iPod, television, car radio, magazines, newspapers and computer (i.e. no texting, no Facebook or IM-ing)? Could you do it? Is it even possible? Well, not really, if you are an American college student… Continue Reading
FDA Changes Process for Medical Device Advisory Committees
News release: “The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced that it will change the way its expert panels review and discuss data and information during public hearings on medical devices under review for premarket approval, effective May 1, 2010. The changes were prompted by an increasing number of medical device advisory panel meetings in… Continue Reading
Who Borrows Most? Bachelors Degree Recipients with High Levels of Student Debt
Who Borrows Most? Bachelors Degree Recipients with High Levels of Student Debt, by Sandy Baum & Patricia Steele – The College Board Advocacy & Policy Center “Many discussions of student loan debt are clouded by a failure to distinguish between typical students and the growing minority who borrow amounts and types of loans that are… Continue Reading
DHS Report on Refugees and Asylees: 2009
Refugees and Asylees: 2009 – Daniel C. Martin “The United States provides refuge to persons who have been persecuted or have a well-founded fear of persecution through two programs: one for refugees (persons outside the U.S.) and one for asylees (persons in the U.S.). This Office of Immigration Statistics Annual Flow Report provides information on… Continue Reading
Report highlights commonalities between airport baggage screening and medical image searches
Generalized satisfaction of search: Adverse influences on dual-target search accuracy – Mathias S. Fleck, Ehsan Samei, and Stephen R. Mitroff, Department of Psychology & Neuroscience, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Duke University, Carl E. Ravin Advanced Imaging Laboratories, Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center “The successful detection of a target in a radiological search can… Continue Reading
U.S. Courts Report Rise in Business Bankruptcies
News release: “Much attention has been paid by the media and others to the recent rapid rise in consumer bankruptcies. But less attention has been paid to the even faster rise in business bankruptcies. Recently, John Golmant, a statistician in the Statistics Division of the Administrative Office, examined the numbers behind the increase. In 2009,… Continue Reading
BLS Mass Layoffs Summary – March 2010
News release: “Employers took 1,628 mass layoff actions in March that resulted in the separation of 150,864 workers, seasonally adjusted, as measured by new filings for unemployment insurance benefits during the month, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Each action involved at least 50 persons from a single employer. The number of mass… Continue Reading
FDA Performance Management Tracking System Launched
“FDA-TRACK is a new agency-wide program performance management system that monitors over 100 FDA program offices through key performance measures. These measures are developed by the program offices across the FDA and reported on a monthly basis. Each quarter, monthly performance data is analyzed and senior managers present this data to FDA senior leadership. This… Continue Reading
POGO's Federal Contractor Misconduct Database Updated
“POGO has updated its Federal Contractor Misconduct Database (FCMD) with a new top 100 ranking based on the fiscal year 2009 data of USAspending.gov: “The government awards contracts to companies with histories of misconduct such as contract fraud and environmental, ethics, and labor violations. In the absence of a centralized federal database listing instances of… Continue Reading
DHS Report on Naturalizations in the United States: 2009
Naturalizations in the United States: 2009, James Lee “Naturalization is the process by which U.S. citizenship is conferred upon foreign citizens or nationals after fulfilling the requirements established by Congress in the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). After naturalization, foreign-born citizens enjoy nearly all the same benefits, rights and responsibilities that the Constitution gives to… Continue Reading
