“The FDsys”: the new GPO Access – “GPO Access will be going away soon as the U.S. Government Printing Office rolls out the Federal Digital System (FDsys), an advanced digital system that will enable GPO to manage Government information from all three branches of the U.S. Government. Learn about the new system and its features, what content is available through it, and search strategies. Not only is FDsys a powerful tool for the public to access online, authoritative Federal information, but it also serves as a preservation repository for the content and a content management system for Federal agencies.”
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Daily Archives: November 21, 2010
FBI Hate Crime Statistics, 2009 Report
News release: “Today, the FBI released 2009 statistics which indicated that 6,604 criminal incidents involving 7,789 offenses were reported as a result of bias toward a particular race, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity/national origin, or physical or mental disability. Hate Crime Statistics, 2009, published by the FBIs Uniform Crime Reporting Program, includes data from hate crime… Continue Reading
Pew Study: Growing Gap between Landline and Dual Frame Election Polls
The Growing Gap between Landline and Dual Frame Election Polls – Republican Vote Share Bigger in Landline-Only Surveys – by Scott Keeter, Leah Christian and Michael Dimock, Pew Research Center, November 22, 2010 “The number of Americans who rely solely or mostly on a cell phone has been growing for several years, posing an increasing… Continue Reading
CRS: Afghanistan: U.S. Rule of Law and Justice Sector Assistance
Afghanistan: U.S. Rule of Law and Justice Sector Assistance, Liana Sun Wyler Analyst in International Crime and Narcotics – Kenneth Katzman, Specialist in Middle Eastern Affairs, November 9, 2010 [via FAS] “Developing effective Afghan justice sector institutions is considered by many observers to be essential in winning the support of the Afghan population, improving the… Continue Reading
New TSA Sreening Procedures for Pilots Rolling Out
Follow up to previous postings on government implementation of whole body scanning technology at airports, this news release: “The Air Line Pilots Association, Intl (ALPA), welcomed the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announcement of expedited screening for airline pilots as important action to move the nation toward a threat-based strategy that focuses security resources where the… Continue Reading
A Proposal for Reviving U.S. Manufacturing and Creating Millions of Good Jobs
Reindustrialiazing America – A Proposal for Reviving U.S. Manufacturing and Creating Millions of Good Jobs, by Robert Pollin and Dean Baker, New Labor Forum 19(2): 17-34, Spring 2010 “The U.S. economy faces enormous questions and challenges in attempting to recover from the collapse of 2008-2009. Some of the most pressing questions are short term and… Continue Reading
Student Debt and the Class of 2009
News release: “College seniors who graduated in 2009 carried an average of $24,000 in student loan debt, up 6% from the previous year. Meanwhile, unemployment for recent college graduates climbed from 5.8% in 2008 to 8.7% in 2009 the highest annual rate on record for college graduates aged 20 to 24. The Project on… Continue Reading
DOD Establishes Wounded Warrior Task Force
News release: “The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness announced [November 19, 2010] the names of 14 people who will serve on the Department of Defense Task Force for Care, Management, and Transition of Recovering Wounded, Ill, and Injured Members of the Armed Forces. The four year mission of the… Continue Reading
SEC Proposes Rules on Security-Based Swap Reporting
Fact Sheet: “The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted unanimously to propose new rules entailing how security-based swap transactions should be reported and publicly disseminated. The rules are proposed under Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which generally authorizes the SEC to regulate security-based swaps. The proposed rules (Regulation… Continue Reading
