“The President’s Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2012 is now available from the United States Government Printing Office (GPO). The public can search or browse the authentic, electronic version of the budget, which is accessible from GPO’s Federal Digital System. GPO authenticated the document by digital signature. This signature assures the public… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: February 2011
Triangle Research Libraries Networks IP Rights Strategy for Digitization of Modern Manuscript Collections and Archival Record Groups
The Triangle Research Libraries Networks Intellectual Property Rights Strategy for Digitization of Modern Manuscript Collections and Archival Record Groups, January 2011 – Laura Clark Brown, Judy Ruttenberg, and Kevin L. Smith, J.D. “Curated online exhibits have dominated the manuscript and archival digitization projects of academic libraries. These exhibits typically present a small number of selected… Continue Reading
FTC Offers Tips on Wise Use of Wi-Fi Networks
News release: “The Federal Trade Commission, the nations consumer protection agency, released tips to help people protect their personal information while they use public wireless networks Wi-Fi hotspots in coffee shops, libraries, airports, hotels, universities, and other public places. While convenient, public Wi-Fi networks often are not secure. When using wireless networks, its best… Continue Reading
Cloud-sourcing Research Collections: Managing Print in the Mass-digitized Library Environment
Cloud-sourcing Research Collections: Managing Print in the Mass-digitized Library Environment, Constance Malpas, Program Officer OCLC Research, January 2011 “Analysis of the distribution of subject matter and library holdings represented in the HathiTrust Digital Library and shared print repositories further confirmed that the digital corpus is largely representative of the collective academic library collection, suggesting a… Continue Reading
New York State Public Health Legal Manual – A Guide for Judges, Attorneys and Public Health Professionals
“In todays world, we face many natural and man-made catastrophic threats, including the very real possibility of a global influenza outbreak or other public health emergency that could infect millions of people. While it is impossible to predict the timing or severity of the next public health emergency, our government has a responsibility to anticipate… Continue Reading
Gallup: U.S.' Least, Most Educated Most Likely to Find Jobs in 2010
U.S.’ Least, Most Educated Most Likely to Find Jobs in 2010 – Those with some college fared worst, by Dennis Jacobe, Gallup Chief Economist: “Unemployment improved the most between January 2010 and January 2011 among Americans with a high school education or less, declining to 13.6% from 15.4%, and among those with postgraduate work, declining… Continue Reading
Subprime Foreclosures and the 2005 Bankruptcy Reform
Subprime Foreclosures and the 2005 Bankruptcy Reform, Donald P. Morgan, Benjamin Iverson, and Matthew Botsch “Is it just coincidence that subprime foreclosures surged right after the bankruptcy abuse reform (BAR) took effect in October 2005. This article presents arguments and evidence suggesting that it is not. Before BAR, any household could file Chapter 7 bankruptcy… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Nuclear Weapons, Medicare Home Oxygen
Nuclear Weapons: NNSA Needs More Comprehensive Infrastructure and Workforce Data to Improve Enterprise Decision-making, GAO-11-188, February 14, 2011 Medicare Home Oxygen: Refining Payment Methodology Has Potential to Lower Program and Beneficiary Spending, GAO-11-56, January 21, 2011 Continue Reading
Testimony by Fed Gov.on assessing regulatory, economic, and market implications of Dodd-Frank derviatives title
Governor Daniel K. Tarullo, Assessing the regulatory, economic, and market implications of the Dodd-Frank derivatives title, Before the Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., February 15, 2011 “The Dodd-Frank Act requires that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission consult with the Board on the rules they… Continue Reading
General Explanations of the Administration's Fiscal Year 2012 Revenue Proposals
Treasury Fact Sheet: “Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury released a crucial piece of that plan the General Explanations of the Administration’s FY2012 Revenue Proposals, or Greenbook. The Greenbook explains the Administrations revenue proposals, which are designed to provide incentives for innovation, infrastructure, and education; provide middle-class tax relief; reduce the deficit in… Continue Reading
Regional Economy and Trends in Household Debt – NY Fed
Regional Economy and Trends in Household Debt, February 14, 2011 – William C. Dudley, President and Chief Executive Officer – Remarks at the Quarterly Regional Economic Press Briefing, New York City “Much of this recent weakness in employment stems from job losses in the retail, wholesale and manufacturing sectors in our region. In the rest… Continue Reading
Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2012
Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2012 contains the Budget Message of the President, information on the Presidents priorities, budget overviews organized by agency, and summary tables. To download “Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2012” as a single PDF click here (216 pages, 4.1 MB) Continue Reading
