“As 2010 draws to a close, the latest tracking poll shows the public still divided in their views of the health reform law, a sentiment largely unchanged since the laws enactment in March. Forty-two percent of Americans say they have a generally favorable view of the law, while 41 percent have a generally unfavorable view… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: December 2010
Customs and Border Protection's Implementation of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative at Land Ports of Entry
DHS OIG: Customs and Border Protection’s Implementation of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative at Land Ports of Entry, November 29, 2010 “The Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative requires citizens of the United States, Canada, Bermuda, and Mexico arriving at land ports of entry to present passports or other approved documents to enter the United States. Although… Continue Reading
The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index® Dips in December
News release: “The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index®, which had improved in November, decreased slightly in December. The Index now stands at 52.5 (1985=100), down from 54.3 in November. The Present Situation Index declined to 23.5 from 25.4. The Expectations Index decreased to 71.9 from 73.6 last month…Says Lynn Franco, Director of the Consumer Research… Continue Reading
Washington Post: Auditor's Question TSA Spending Checkpoint Screening Technologies
Washington Post: Auditors question TSA’s use of and spending on technology: “The massive push to fix airport security in the United States after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, led to a gold rush in technology contracts for an industry that mushroomed almost overnight. Since it was founded in 2001, the TSA has spent roughly… Continue Reading
EIA Monthly Energy Review, December 2010
Monthly Energy Review Dec 22, 2010: “Preliminary data show that U.S. primary energy production rose by 2% in the first 9 months of 2010 compared with the first 9 months of 2009. Fossil fuels accounted for 78% of primary energy production, nuclear electric power accounted for 11% of primary energy production, and renewable energy… Continue Reading
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta: An inflation (or lack thereof) chart show
The Atlanta Fed’s macroblog [Dave Altig, Senior vice president and research director at the Atlanta Fed]: “In Atlanta, we have been monitoring a newer core inflation measure, called the “sticky-price CPI,” jointly developed by Mike Bryan and Brent Meyer (of the Atlanta and Cleveland Feds, respectively). As described by Bryan and Meyer: “Some of the… Continue Reading
New on LLRX.com: Juror Behavior in the Information Age
Via LLRX.com – Juror Behavior in the Information Age: Ken Strutin focuses on the impact of social media on jurors who increasingly try to stay connected to work and home while performing their civic duty, and the resulting impact of the power of individual jurors to virtualize a trial by going online. His article collects… Continue Reading
Deepwater Horizons Final Hours Documented with Charts, Photos, and Testimony
Follow up to previous postings on the Deepwater oil spill via the NYT: Deepwater Horizon’s Final Hours: “Interviews, sworn testimony and statements from crew members show that the oil rig should have weathered the well blowout, but it didn’t because every one of its defenses failed.” Video and graphic and Photo slideshow – Firestorm Aboard… Continue Reading
NPR Interactive Map: The Economy Where You Live
“The fallout from the recession has cut deeply into the housing security, employment and income of many Americans. But some parts of the country are clearly faring better than others. Here, three interactive maps – Foreclosure Rates | Unemployment Rates | Median Household Income | show foreclosure and jobless rates as well as household income… Continue Reading
Center Presents New Approach to Improve the Effectiveness of Juvenile Justice Programs
News release: “Georgetown Public Policy Institutes Center for Juvenile Justice Reform released a paper titled Improving the Effectiveness of Juvenile Justice Programs: A New Perspective on Evidence-Based Practice…The paper is co-authored by Mark W. Lipsey, James C. Howell, Marion R. Kelly, Gabrielle Chapman, and Darin Carver. The paper presents a new approach to evidence-based practice… Continue Reading
Links to Free Kindle Books
Free Kindle Books: A Guide, by Lauren Indvik “Project Gutenberg: 33,000 free e-books, including all of the classics, available in Kindle, HTML and simple text formats. Google E-Bookstore: The free section is filled with thousands of free, scanned copies of books, available in Kindle-friendly PDF formats. Internet Archive: Millions of primarily rare, out-of-print works in… Continue Reading
Principles and Guidelines for Deficit Reduction -The Roosevelt Institute
Principles and Guidelines for Deficit Reduction, Joseph E. Stiglitz | The Roosevelt Institute, December 2010 “Median income has declined by some 5% over the past decadeand was even in decline before the recession. Poverty has increased from 11.9% in 1999 to 14.3% in 2009.1 Median income of males with only a high school education has… Continue Reading
