“The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday released the attached table summarizing the economic projections made by Federal Reserve Board members and Federal Reserve Bank presidents for the April 26-27 meeting of the Committee. The table will be incorporated into a summary of economic projections released on May 18 with… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: April 2011
Interior Releases Report Highlighting Impacts of Climate Change to Western Water Resources
News release: “Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today released a report that assesses climate change risks and how these risks could impact water operations, hydropower, flood control, and fish and wildlife in the western United States. The report to Congress, prepared by Interiors Bureau of Reclamation, represents the first consistent and coordinated assessment of… Continue Reading
USDA: International Evidence on Food Consumption Patterns
International Evidence on Food Consumption Patterns: An Update Using 2005 International Comparison Program Data, By Andrew Muhammad, James L. Seale, Jr., Birgit Meade, and Anita Regmi – Technical Bulletin No. (TB-1929) 59 pp, March 2011 “In a 2003 report, International Evidence on Food Consumption Patterns, ERS economists estimated income and price elasticities of demand for… Continue Reading
Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund 2: Report on Apportionments, Expenditures, and Status at End of Fiscal Year 2010
Special Inspector General for IRAQ Reconstruction, Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund 2: Report on Apportionments, Expenditures, and Status at End of Fiscal Year 2010 – April 22, 2011. “P.L. 108-106 and its amendments provided $18.45 billion for security, relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction in Iraq. During FYs 2004 and 2005, OMB apportioned $17.86 billion of the… Continue Reading
Report: Areas of Ecological and Biological Significance or Vulnerability in the Arctic Marine Environment
IUCN/NRDC Workshop to Identify Areas of Ecological and Biological Significance or Vulnerability in the Arctic Marine Environment – Workshop Report Prepared by Lisa Speer and Thomas L. Laughlin, April 7, 2011 “Human activity is expanding in the Arctic marine environment, in part due to warming ocean temperatures and the dramatic loss of summer sea ice.… Continue Reading
WSJ – Bernanke's Code: a Guide to Fed Chairman's First Q&A
WSJ: “When Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke makes his debut press conference Wednesday, his every word will be parsed for signs of where he hopes to take U.S. monetary policy. Specifically, many people want to know when the central bank will begin raising interest rates, and when it will begin off-loading some assets, including Treasurys… Continue Reading
NOAA releases phase one of independent assessment of fishery management system in New England
News release: “Today, we are releasing phase one of an independent assessment of the fishery management system in New England that I requested last year. This review was initiated last fall following a recommendation by John Pappalardo, the chairman of the New England Fishery Management Council. We welcomed the proposal as a timely opportunity to… Continue Reading
PC World: A trade group raises concerns about the FTC settlement with Google over Buzz
A trade group raises concerns about the FTC settlement with Google over Buzz, by Grant Gross “The U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s proposed settlement with Google over its bungled launch of the Buzz social-networking service could have disastrous effects on the rest of the e-commerce industry, the head of a trade group said. Privacy groups and… Continue Reading
ACSI E-Government Report Links Good Federal Websites with Cost Savings and Better Democracy
“ForeSee Results today issued its quarterly report on the American Customer Satisfaction Indexs (ACSI) E-Government Satisfaction Index, which indicates that good federal government websites save the government money and foster democracy. The research quantifies a direct cause-and-effect relationship between highly satisfied citizens and cost savings for the government. Highly satisfied visitors to federal government websites… Continue Reading
Introducing the WebM Community Cross-License Initiative
News release: “It’s been almost a year since Mozilla, Opera, Xiph.Org, Matroska, Google and over 40 other partners launched the WebM Project with the goal of developing a world-class, open source media format for the web. The open development model has led to rapid quality improvements in WebM, and the format is now supported in… Continue Reading
White House Blueprint for a Secure Energy Future
The Blueprint for a Secure Energy Future outlines a three-part strategy: Develop and Secure Americas Energy Supplies: We need to deploy American assets, innovation, and technology so that we can safely and responsibly develop more energy here at home and be a leader in the global energy economy. Provide Consumers With Choices to Reduce Costs… Continue Reading
TweetCongress.org
Total Tweeters By Party – 402: “We believe transparent government is better government. Twitter enables real conversation between lawmakers and voters, in real time. Find your representatives in Congress, follow them…* Democrat 167, * Independent 2, * Republican 233” Continue Reading
