- NOAA: “The vast majority of the oil from the BP oil spill has either evaporated or been burned, skimmed, recovered from the wellhead or dispersed much of which is in the process of being degraded. A significant amount of this is the direct result of the robust federal response efforts. A third (33 percent) of the total amount of oil released in the Deepwater Horizon/BP spill was captured or mitigated by the Unified Command recovery operations, including burning, skimming, chemical dispersion and direct recovery from the wellhead, according to a federal science report released today – BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Budget: What Happened To the Oil?
- Deepwater Horizon MC252 Gulf Incident Oil Budget Government Estimates – Through August 01 (Day 104)
- New York Times: Oil Spill Calculations Stir Debate on Damage
- Government Estimates of Oil From Spill Raise New Doubts Among Researchers
- Related postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill
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Daily Archives: August 4, 2010
Cadillac Escalade, Ford F-250 pickup, and Infiniti G37 top list of highest insurance claims for theft
News release, includes a data chart: “The rate at which people file insurance claims for theft is highest for versions of the 2007-09 Cadillac Escalade, a luxury SUV, followed by the Ford F-250 crew pickup, Infiniti G37 luxury car, and Dodge Charger with a HEMI engine. Theft rates for these vehicles are 3 to 5… Continue Reading
EPIC FOIA – Feds Save Thousands of Body Scan Images
Follow up to previous postings on government implementation of whole body scanning technology at airports, via EPIC new the organization has filed an open government lawsuit against the United States Marshals Service, EPIC has obtained more than one hundred images of undressed individuals entering federal courthouses. The images, which are routinely captured by the federal… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Lower Copyright Royalty Rate, Medicaid Managed Care, Recovery Act
In a Previous Rate-Setting Proceeding for Some Sound Recordings, the Standard Addressing the Disruptive Impact on the Industries Contributed to a Lower Copyright Royalty Rate, but the Effect of Its Proposed Removal Is Unclear, GAO-10-828R, August 04, 2010 Medicaid Managed Care: CMS’s Oversight of States’ Rate Setting Needs Improvement, GAO-10-810, August 04, 2010 Recovery Act:… Continue Reading
Verizon 2010 Data Breach Investigations Report
2010 Data Breach Investigations Report, A study conducted by the Verizon RISK Team in cooperation with the United States Secret Service “In some ways, data breaches have a lot in common with fingerprints. Each is unique and we learn a great deal by analyzing the various patterns, lines, and contours that comprise each one. The… Continue Reading
Microsoft Street Slide: Browsing Street Level Imagery
Street Slide: Browsing Street Level Imagery – Johannes Kopf, Billy Chen, Richard Szeliski, Michael Cohen [Microsoft Research]. Please see the accompanying video here. “Systems such as Google Street View and Bing Maps Streetside enable users to virtually visit cities by navigating between immersive 360 degree panoramas, or bubbles. The discrete moves from bubble to bubble… Continue Reading
United States Institute of Peace Releases Review of Quadrennial Defense Report
News release: “On Thursday, July 29, the co-chairs of a select, bipartisan panel testified that their study of the Defense Departments 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) found that without needed reform the All-Volunteer Force may be unsustainable and that the nation needs a new national security strategic planning process that better incorporates civilian departments and… Continue Reading
National Declassification Center Issues First Report
News release: “The National Archives National Declassification Center (NDC) has issued its first status report, covering the reporting period of January 1- June 30, 2010. During this time, nearly 8 million pages of material were processed and made available to the public. The creation of the NDC is specified in the Executive Order on Classified… Continue Reading
