The Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL) is the national institute for strategic policy analysis in the field of environment, nature and spatial planning: “PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency found no errors that would undermine the main conclusions in the 2007 report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on possible future regional impacts of climate change. The IPCC report conclusively shows that these effects already are visible in many places around the world, and that these will become more serious under further temperature increases. However, the foundation for some of these conclusions could have been made more transparent. Furthermore, the PBL found that, in the IPCCs [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change] summary conclusions, the emphasis had been put on the main negative impacts of climate change. It is the PBLs advice, for future IPCC reports, to supplement this risk approach with 1) a summary of the full spectrum of the effects of climate change, and 2) with an analysis of worst-case scenarios.”
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Daily Archives: July 5, 2010
Cost ot BP's Gulf oil spill cleanup tops $3 billion
Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, this July 5, 2010 BP press release: “To date, almost 95,000 claims have been submitted and more than 47,000 payments have been made, totalling almost $147 million. The cost of the response to date amounts to approximately $3.12 billion, including the cost of the spill… Continue Reading
Report: China and India nullify global reduction in CO2 emissions
News release: “Despite the continued economic crisis, global emissions of carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas, have remained constant in 2009, as strong increases in CO2 emissions from fast-growing developing countries, such as China and India, have completely nullified CO2 emission reductions in the industrialised world. This according to calculations in the report No growth… Continue Reading
2010 Federal Community Social Media Study
“This study captured online survey responses from 321 Federal Defense and Civilian Agency personnel and 167 Government Contractors, as well as five in-depth interviews with government contractor senior executives. Secondary research into social media trends and federal government social media policies was also incorporated into the overall study. This research serves as an excellent benchmark… Continue Reading
2010 Open Government Research Report
News release: “On December 8, 2009, the White House issued the Open Government Directive, requiring federal agencies, to take immediate, specific steps to achieve key milestones in transparency, participation, and collaboration. However, according to the 2010 Open Government Research Report, a Harris Interactive® study commissioned by RightNow, nearly 60 percent of constituents dont think the… Continue Reading
Internet Archive's Launches Digital Lending Library
“Checking out digital versions of books that are automatically returned after two weeks is as easy as logging onto the Internet Archives Open Library site, announced digital librarian and Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle. By integrating this new service, more than seventy thousand current books best sellers and popular titles are borrowable by… Continue Reading
National Compensation Survey: Occupational Earnings in the United States, 2009
National Compensation Survey: Occupational Earnings in the United States, 2009, Bureau of Labor Statistics, June 2010: “The National Compensation Survey (NCS) provides comprehensive measures of occupational earnings, compensation cost trends, the incidence of benefits, and detailed benefit provisions. This bulletin presents estimates of occupational pay for the Nation. These national estimates originate from the NCS… Continue Reading
Presidents Council of Advisors on Science and Technology Plan New Critical Info Infrastructure
Polishing Technologys Golden Triangle: “Each side of the Golden Triangle represents one of three areas of research that together are transforming the technology landscape today: information technology, biotechnology, and nanotechnology. Information technology (IT) encompasses all technologies used to create, exchange, store, mine, analyze, and evaluate data in its multiple forms. Biotechnology uses the basic components… Continue Reading
WaPo: U.S. housing market remains fragile despite low mortgage rates
Washington Post: “After showing signs of a fledgling recovery from the worst downturn in decades, the U.S. housing market appears to be heading back toward the doldrums, as the expiration of a lucrative tax credit for buyers and increased uncertainty about the economy cause home sales to plummet. The sudden weakness in residential real estate… Continue Reading
America Speaks Out -Yet Another E-Gov Site Reaches out for Comments and Collaboration
America Speaks Out: “This site was developed as part of an official effort to increase the dialogue between Americans and their Congress. Here, Americans are provided a new platform to share their priorities and ideas for a national policy agenda. As House Republicans, we are committed to our principles of limited, more accountable government; economic… Continue Reading
The Decline: The Geography of a Recession
LaToya Egwuekwe: “In the face of the worst economic upheaval since the Great Depression, millions of Americans are hurting. The Decline: The Geography of a Recession is a vivid representation of just how much. Its an interactive map I created as a graduate student at American University, Washington, D.C. Watch the deteriorating transformation of the… Continue Reading
