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Monthly Archives: May 2011
DHS OIG – Oversight of Component Acquisition Programs
DHS Oversight of Component Acquisition Programs, OIG-11-71, April 2011 “Acquisitions consume a significant part of the Department of Homeland Securitys annual budget and are fundamental to the departments ability to accomplish its mission. The departments revised enacted budget authority for fiscal year 2010 is approximately $55.3 billion, and between October 2009 and August 2010, it… Continue Reading
University of Texas Releases Faculty Productivity Data
Release of Faculty-Productivity Data Roils U. of Texas, By Audrey Williams June, Chronicle of Higher Education “How much professors in the University of Texas system earn and how many courses and students they teach were parts of a vast data file that system officials compiled at the request of a newly formed task force on… Continue Reading
A History of the New York Public Library as Seen Through Notable Researchers
A History of the Library as Seen Through Notable Researchers by Thomas G. Lannon, Assistant Curator, Manuscripts & Archives Division, May 2, 2011 “The New York Public Librarys Beaux-Arts Stephen A. Schwarzman Building celebrates its 100th anniversary this month on May 23. The Centennial offers a wonderful opportunity to reflect on Library use from the… Continue Reading
CBO Monthly Budget Review, May 2011
CBO Monthly Budget Review – May 6, 2011 “The federal government incurred a budget deficit of $871 billion in the first seven months of fiscal year 2011, CBO estimates. That year-to-date total is roughly $70 billion more than the deficit incurred in the same period in 2010. Both outlays and revenues are about 9 percent… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Grants.gov, Nursing Home Quality
Grants.gov: Additional Action Needed to Address Persistent Governance and Funding Challenges, GAO-11-478, May 06, 2011 Nursing Home Quality: Implementation of the Quality Indicator Survey, GAO-11-403R, April 06, 2011 Continue Reading
Applications Made to Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court During 2010
FISA Annual Reports to Congress 2010 [via FAS] “During calendar year 2010, the Government made 1,579 applications to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (hereinafter “FISC”) for authority to conduct electronic surveillance andlor physical searches for foreign intelligence purposes. The 1,579 applications include applications made solely for electronic surveillance, applications made solely for physical search, and… Continue Reading
EPIC: Do Not Track Bills Introduced in Congress, Move Forward in California
“Rep. Markey (D-MA) and Rep. Barton (R-TX) released a discussion draft of the “Do Not Track Kids Act of 2011.” This Act establishes enhanced protections for the use and disclosure of the personal information of children and teens online. In February, Rep. Speier (D-CA) introduced the broader Do Not Track Me Online Act. And in… Continue Reading
Access to Government Information – FY 2012 Appropriation Issues
American Library Association (ALA): “President Obamas FY2012 Budget Request to Congress, proposed the elimination of the Statistical Compendia Branch in the U.S. Census Bureau. This branch compiles and releases all kinds of reports such as the Statistical Abstract and the County and City Data Book that include tremendous amounts of data used extensively by the… Continue Reading
Census Bureau Releases 2010 Census Demographic for DC and 12 States
News release: “The U.S. Census Bureau [May 4, 2011] released the Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 for the District of Columbia, Florida, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee and West Virginia. The demographic profiles provide 2010 Census data on age and sex distributions, race,… Continue Reading
New on LLRX.com – The Age of Innocence: Actual, Legal and Presumed
Via LLRX.com – The Age of Innocence: Actual, Legal and Presumed: Ken Strutin reasons that any accounting of the justice system would put the presumption of innocence at the top of the ledger. The premise underlying this evidentiary rule is that no one should be found guilty of a crime unless the state has convinced… Continue Reading
Payroll employment rises 244,000 in April; unemployment rate edges up to 9.0%
Employment Situation Summary – April 2011 “Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 244,000 in April, and the unemployment rate edged up to 9.0 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains occurred in several service providing industries, manufacturing, and mining. Household Survey Data: The number of unemployed persons, at 13.7 million, changed little… Continue Reading
