PACER, RECAP, and the Movement to Free American Case Law, by Steve Schultze, VoxPopuLII, LII/Legal Information Institute, Cornell University Law School (February 3, 2011), via freegovinfo.info: “…The ultimate solution to the PACER {Public Access to Court Electronic Records) fee problem unfortunately lies…in bureaucratic details of authorization subcommittees and technical details of network architecture. This is… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: February 2011
Plants For A Future: A resource and information centre for edible and otherwise useful plants
“Plants For A Future (PFAF) is a charitable company, originally set up to support the work of Ken and Addy Fern on their experimental site in Cornwall, where they carried out research and provided information on edible and otherwise useful plants suitable for growing outdoors in a temperate climate. Over time they planted 1500 species… Continue Reading
Report: Managing Talent Will Be Even Tougher in 2011
Managing Talent Will Be Even Tougher in 2011: “Several trends are expected to make the mission of talent management even more challenging in 2011, according to Douglas Matthews, President and Chief Operating Officer for Right Management. Right Management is the talent and career management expert within Manpower, the world leader in innovative workforce solutions. Retaining,… Continue Reading
White House Fact Sheet on Strategy for American Innovation: Securing Our Economic Growth
“Americas future economic growth and international competitiveness depend on our capacity to innovate. We can create the jobs and industries of the future by doing what America does best investing in the creativity and imagination of our people. To win the future, we must out-innovate, out-educate, and out-build the rest of the world. We… Continue Reading
New physical activity guidance can help reduce risk of breast, colon cancers
News release: “Undertaking 150 minutes a week of moderate physical activity can reduce the risk of breast and colon cancers, according to the new Global Recommendations on Physical Activity for Health released by WHO today on World Cancer Day. In 2008, almost 460,000 females died from breast cancer, while close to 610,000 males and females… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Medicaid and CHIP, Electronic Records Archive
Medicaid and CHIP: Given the Association between Parent and Child Insurance Status, New Expansions May Benefit Families, GAO-11-264, February 04, 2011 Electronic Records Archive: National Archives Needs to Strengthen Its Capacity to Use Earned Value Techniques to Manage and Oversee Development, GAO-11-86, January 13, 2011: “Since 2001, the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has… Continue Reading
Program Provides Provide Weekend Nourishment to School Children on Federal Free and Reduced Meal Program
“Blessings in a Backpack is a results-oriented program. This unique program is designed to feed elementary school children whose families qualify for the federal free and reduced meal program, and may not have any or enough food on the weekends. Better test scores, improved reading skills, positive behavior, improved health and increased attendance have all… Continue Reading
BLS: Employment Situation Summary, January 2011
News release: “The unemployment rate fell by 0.4 percentage point to 9.0 percent in January, while nonfarm payroll employment changed little (+36,000), the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment rose in manufacturing and in retail trade but was down in construction and in transportation and warehousing. Employment in most other major industries changed… Continue Reading
Report: $1 Trillion in Profits and Still at the Trough: Oil and Gas in the 21st Century
$1 Trillion in Profits and Still at the Trough: Oil and Gas in the 21st Century, February 3, 2011. House Committee on Natural Resources, Democratic Staff. U.S. gasoline prices have increased 44 cents per gallon in the last year to an average price of $3.10 per gallon, with some parts of the country paying much… Continue Reading
Census – State Population Estimates: April 1, 2010
News release: “The Census Bureau is releasing a preliminary set of April 1, 2010, estimates of total population for the nation, states and Puerto Rico. An Internet table will show the estimates in comparison with official April 1, 2010, Census counts released in December 2010. The estimates are based on the 2000 Census and were… Continue Reading
The Economic Outlook and Macroeconomic Policy
The Economic Outlook and Macroeconomic Policy – Chairman Ben S. Bernanke At the National Press Club, Washington, D.C., February 3, 2011 “While indicators of spending and production have, on balance, been encouraging, the job market has improved only slowly. Following the loss of about 8-1/2 million jobs in 2008 and 2009, private-sector employment showed gains… Continue Reading
Pew: Generations and their gadgets
Report: Generations, Mobile, Seniors – Generations and their gadgets, by Kathryn Zickuhr, Feb 3, 2011 Many devices have become popular across generations, with a majority now owning cell phones, laptops and desktop computers. Younger adults are leading the way in increased mobility, preferring laptops to desktops and using their cell phones for a variety of… Continue Reading
