CRS – Europes Preferential Trade Agreements: Status, Content, and Implications. Raymond J. Ahearn, Specialist in International Trade and Finance, March 3, 2011 “Preferential trade agreements (PTAs) comprise a variety of arrangements that favor member parties over non-members by extending tariff and other non-tariff preferences. PTAs, particularly free trade agreements (FTAs), have proliferated in recent years.… Continue Reading
Accurate, Focused Research on Law, Technology and Knowledge Discovery Since 2002
Monthly Archives: May 2011
BLS -Monthly LaborReview, April 2011
Monthly Labor Review – The 2007-09 Recession and Employment: “This issue takes an in-depth look at the 2007-09 recession by industry using Current Employment Statistics data.” Continue Reading
More Working Women Than Men Have College Degrees, Census Bureau Reports
News release: “Among the employed population 25 and older, 37 percent of women had attained a bachelor’s degree or more as of 2010, compared with 35 percent of men, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau. In contrast, among all adults 25 and older, 29.6 percent of women and 30.3 percent of men… Continue Reading
Census: Number of Asian-Owned Businesses Increased at More Than Twice the National Rate
News release: “The number of U.S. businesses owned by people of Asian origin increased 40.4 percent to 1.5 million between 2002 and 2007, increasing at more than twice the national rate, according to U.S. Census Bureau data. These businesses also generated $507.6 billion in receipts, a 55.4 percent increase from 2002. Asian-owned businesses continued to… Continue Reading
President Addresses Nation – Osama bin Laden is dead
CNN: “Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of the worst terrorist attacks on American soil, is dead, officials said — almost 10 years after the attacks that killed about 3,000 people. The founder and leader of al Qaeda was killed by U.S. forces Monday in a mansion in Abbottabad, north of the Pakistani capital of Islamabad,… Continue Reading
CDT: "Take Back Your Privacy's" Top 5 Privacy Tips
Cyrus Nemati, CDT: “If you’ve been following our Take Back Your Privacy campaign, you’ve seen our weekly privacy tips. Each week, we offer readers a new way to protect their privacy online through plug-ins, browser tricks, programs, and general privacy best practices. While each tip has merit in its own right, there are a few… Continue Reading
The Am Law 100 2011
The Am Law 100 2011 – American Lawyer.com: “After watching profits per partner sink 4.3 percent in 2008 and revive only 0.3 percent in 2009, Am Law 100 firms finally posted a healthy increase–8.4 percent–in 2010. But much of that gain is attributable to firms aggressive cost-control measures, especially in the area of headcount, which… Continue Reading
NOAA – 600 tornadoes during the month of April 2011
NOAA April 2011 tornado information: “NWSs preliminary estimate is that there have been more than 600 tornadoes…during the month of April 2011…NOAA’s preliminary estimate is that there were 312 tornadoes during the entire outbreak from 8:00 a.m. EDT April 26 to 8:00 a.m. April 28, 2011…The largest previous number of tornadoes on record in one… Continue Reading
Implementing Telework Enhancement Act of 2010 IT Purchasing Requirements
Implementing Telework Enhancement Act of 2010 IT Purchasing Requirements: M-1l-20 – Memorandum for Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies from Jacob Lew, director of the Office of Management and Budget, April 28, 2011 “Implementing Telework Enhancement Act of 2010 IT Purchasing Requirements: “On December 9,2010, President Obama signed into law the Telework Enhancement Act of… Continue Reading
Study: U.S. Public Libraries and the Use of Web Technologies, 2010
U.S. Public Libraries and the Use of Web Technologies, 2010 – April 2011, Zeth Lietzau, Jamie Helgren. This study was funded through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) by the Colorado State Library, Colorado Department of Education. “It’s well known that technology is changing at an increasingly rapid pace and that many public libraries… Continue Reading
DC Circuit overturns preliminary injunction barring NIH funding of human embryonic stem cells research
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, James Sherley v. Kathleen Sebelius, April 29, 2011: “GINSBURG, Circuit Judge – Two scientists brought this suit to enjoin the National Institutes of Health from funding research using human embryonic stem cells (ESCs) pursuant to the NIHs 2009 Guidelines. The district court granted their motion for a… Continue Reading
DOJ OIG: FBI's Ability to Address the National Security Cyber Intrusion Threat
DOJ OIG: The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Ability to Address the National Security Cyber Intrusion Threat (Redacted Version), Audit Report 11-22, April 2011 “…Despite these efforts, the National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force (NCIJTF) needs to continue to improve its capabilities to combat cyber attacks.” Continue Reading
