PBS Newshour: “With a contentious midterm election just around the corner, the Obama administration is continuing to tout what health reform will mean for Americans — even turning the president into an online pitchman for the administration’s new health coverage website, healthcare.gov…The site — like some other provisions of the law, such as the high-risk… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: August 2010
TRAC: Current ICE Removals of Noncitizens Exceed Numbers Under Bush Administration
Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) Immigration study: “Just released figures from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), however, show that during the first nine months of FY 2010, 279,035 non-U.S. citizens were removed* from the country as a result of ICE enforcement. This number is ten (10) percent more than the same period during FY 2008… Continue Reading
Nielsen Reports What Americans Do Online: Social Media And Games Dominate Activity
“Americans spend nearly a quarter of their time online on social networking sites and blogs, up from 15.8 percent just a year ago (43 percent increase) according to new research released today from The Nielsen Company. The research revealed that Americans spend a third their online time (36 percent) communicating and networking across social networks,… Continue Reading
White House: Facts and Figures on Drawdown in Iraq
Facts and Figures on Drawdown in Iraq – Let me say this as plainly as I can: by August 31, 2010, our combat mission in Iraq will end. – President Barack Obama, Camp Lejeune, February 27, 2009. When President Obama took office in January 2009, there were 144,000 U.S. troops in Iraq. At his Camp… Continue Reading
New Estimates Confirm BP Oil Spill As Largest Marine Accident on Record
Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, from the New York Times: The BP spill is by far the worlds largest accidental release of oil into marine waters, according to the most precise estimates yet of the wells flow rate, announced by federal scientists on Monday. Nearly five million barrels of oil… Continue Reading
EPA Announces Nation's Top 50 Green Power Organizations
News release: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has named the 50 green power partners using the most renewable electricity. The Green Power Partnerships top purchasers use more than 12 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) of green power annually, equivalent to the annual carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the electricity use of more than 1 million average… Continue Reading
EPA Releases Second Phase of Toxicity Testing Data for Eight Oil Dispersants
Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, news that “the US Environmental Protection Agency today released peer reviewed results from the second phase of its independent toxicity testing on mixtures of eight oil dispersants with Louisiana Sweet Crude Oil. EPA conducted the tests as part of an effort to ensure that EPA… Continue Reading
Cyberspace: United States Faces Challenges in Addressing Global Cybersecurity and Governance
Cyberspace: United States Faces Challenges in Addressing Global Cybersecurity and Governance, GAO-10-606, July 02, 2010 “There are a number of key entities and efforts with significant influence on international cyberspace security and governance. The organizations range from information-sharing forums that are nondecision-making gatherings of experts to private organizations to treaty-based, decision-making bodies founded by countries.… Continue Reading
Now You Can See Weather in Google Earth
Google Lat Long Blog: “Its the middle of summer, but for those of us who long for the return of cold winter weather and warm cups of cocoa, throw on your favorite poncho and check out the weather in Google Earth 5.2. The latest version projects images of rain and snow over the areas with… Continue Reading
Bankruptcy Statistics For Each State Now Available on Interactive Map
“Statistics compiled by the Administrative Office (AO) show that total liabilities and assets rose among the 1.4 million individuals filing non-business bankruptcy petitions in 2009 when compared to 2008, and that over a quarter of Chapter 13 filers have filed for bankruptcy before. These and other statistics regarding debtors who are individuals with primarily consumer… Continue Reading
FDA Approves Vaccines for the 2010-2011 Influenza Season
News release: “The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it has approved vaccines for the 2010-2011 influenza season in the United States. Seasonal influenza vaccine protects against three strains of influenza, including the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus, which caused the 2009 pandemic. Last year because the 2009 H1N1 virus emerged after production began on… Continue Reading
Trust Online: Young Adults' Evaluation of Web Content
Trust Online: Young Adults’ Evaluation of Web Content, by Eszter Hargittai, Lindsay Fullerton, Ericka Menchen-Trevino, Kristin Yates Thomas. International Journal of Communication, Vol 4 (2010) “Little of the work on online credibility assessment has considered how the information-seeking process figures into the final evaluation of content people encounter. Using unique data about how a diverse… Continue Reading
