Extraordinary Financial Assistance Provided to Citigroup, Inc., SIGTARP – Office of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, January 13, 2011 In November 2008, worried that Citigroup would fail absent a strong statement of support from the U.S. Government, and that such failure could cause catastrophic damage to the economy, federal officials… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: January 2011
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services November 2010
News release: “The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, through the Department of Commerce, announced today that total November exports of $159.6 billion and imports of $198.0 billion resulted in a goods and services deficit of $38.3 billion, down from $38.4 billion in October, revised. November exports were $1.2 billion more… Continue Reading
Proposed Rule: Nutrition Standards in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs
Department of Agriculture, 7 CFR Parts 210 and 220 – Nutrition Standards in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs; Proposed Rule “This rule proposes to revise the meal patterns and nutrition requirements for the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program to align them with the 2005 “Dietary Guidelines for Americans,”… Continue Reading
Federal Reserve announces online publication on rules about credit decisions and notices
News release: “Lenders often consider a consumer’s credit history or credit score when deciding whether, and at what cost, to extend credit. A new online Federal Reserve publication helps consumers better understand new notices they may receive from lenders when credit reports or credit scores affect a decision to grant credit. The publication, What You… Continue Reading
Emissions Data from Animal Feeding Operations Study Now Available
News release: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is making data publicly available from a two-year study of air emissions from animal feeding operations (AFOs). AFOs, which house large numbers of animals for production of meat, dairy products and eggs, were monitored for the following air pollutants: ammonia, hydrogen sulfide, particulate matter and volatile organic compounds.… Continue Reading
National Organic Program: Notice of Draft Guidance Concerning "Made With Organic Specified Ingredients or Food Groups"
Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA. [Doc. No. AMS-NOP-10-0045; NOP-10-03] – National Organic Program: Notice of Draft Guidance Concerning “Made With Organic (Specified Ingredients or Food Groups)” Products: Product Composition and Use of Percentage Statements “This notice announces draft guidance for the organic industry to address the labeling, composition of and use of percentage statements in “made… Continue Reading
Gulf War and Health: Volume 6. Physiologic, Psychologic, and Psychosocial Effects of Deployment-Related Stress
“The sixth in a series of congressionally mandated reports on Gulf War veterans’ health, this volume evaluates the health effects associated with stress. Since the launch of Operation Desert Storm in 1991, there has been growing concern about the physical and psychological health of Gulf War and other veterans. In the late 1990s, Congress responded… Continue Reading
New Research Paper: Rulemaking 2.0
Farina, Cynthia R., Newhart, Mary , Cardie, Claire and Cosley, Dan, Rulemaking 2.0 (November 3, 2010). University of Miami Law Review, Vol. 65, No. 2, 2011; Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 010-010. “In response to President Obamas Memorandum on Transparency and Open Government, federal agencies are on the verge of a new generation in… Continue Reading
EPIC Uses FOIA to Obtain TSA documents on Airport Screening Procurement Specifications
Follow up to previous postings on government implementation of whole body scanning technology at airports, this News release: “A federal district court has granted the Department of Homeland Security’s motion to conclude one of EPIC’s Freedom of Information Act lawsuits. EPIC was seeking more than 2,000 images generated by airport body scanners held by the… Continue Reading
President Obama's remarks at the University of Arizona
Via the National Journal: “”What we cant do is use this tragedy as one more occasion to turn on one another. As we discuss these issues, let each of us do so with a good dose of humility. Rather than pointing fingers or assigning blame, let us use this occasion to expand our moral imaginations,… Continue Reading
"ResearchGATE: revolutionising social networking for scientists"
“Niche social networking is radically transforming collaboration in research as scientists discover that opening up and sharing knowledge reduces redundancy. In a world where success is often built on the back of painstaking trial and error, ResearchGATE promises to make a truly great difference,” by Mandy De Waal. “We started the network about three-and-a-half years… Continue Reading
NASA Research Finds 2010 Tied For Warmest Year On Record
News release: “Global surface temperatures in 2010 tied 2005 as the warmest on record, according to an analysis released Wednesday by researchers at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York. The two years differed by less than 0.018 degrees Fahrenheit. The difference is smaller than the uncertainty in comparing the temperatures of… Continue Reading
