WSJ [includes data chart[: “Auto sales dropped in May, but the prices consumers paid for new cars were higher than ever. According to estimates by TrueCar.com, an industry research and forecasting company, the average transaction price for passenger vehicles in the U.S. totaled $29,817 in May, an increase of $608 or 2.1% compared with a… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: June 2011
UN – Report of Special Rapporteur on promotion and protection of right to freedom of opinion and expression
United Nations General Assembly: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, Frank La Rue, May 16, 2011 “This report explores key trends and challenges to the right of all individuals to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds through the… Continue Reading
New Publication, Web Page Shed Light on Process of Becoming a Judge
American Constitution Society (ACS): “Have you ever thought about becoming a judge? Even most lawyers and law students dont know much about how to approach the process, the National Asian Pacific American Bar Associations Tina Matsuoka pointed out during an event on the topic yesterday. ACS and seven other legal groups have launched a publication,… Continue Reading
BEA: GDP and the Economy Advance Estimates for the First Quarter of 2011
GDP and the Economy, May 2011: “Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased 1.8 percent at an annual rate in the first quarter of 2011, according to the advance estimates of the national income and product accounts (NIPAs). In the fourth quarter of 2010, real GDP increased 3.1 percent. The deceleration in real GDP in the… Continue Reading
CRS – Geospatial Information and Geographic Information Systems (GIS): An Overview for Congress
Geospatial Information and Geographic Information Systems (GIS): An Overview for Congress, Peter Folger – Specialist in Energy and Natural Resources Policy. May 18, 2011 “Geospatial information is data referenced to a placea set of geographic coordinateswhich can often be gathered, manipulated, and displayed in real time. A Geographic Information System (GIS) is a computer data… Continue Reading
Moody's Updates on Rating Implications of US Debt Limit, Long Term Budget Negotiations
Announcement: Moody’s Updates on Rating Implications of US Debt Limit, Long-Term Budget Negotiations: “Moody’s Investors Service said today that if there is no progress on increasing the statutory debt limit in coming weeks, it expects to place the US government’s rating under review for possible downgrade, due to the very small but rising risk of… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Defense Health Care, Aftermath of the Gulf Oil Spill, Taxes and ID Theft
Defense Health Care: Access to Civilian Providers under TRICARE Standard and Extra, GAO-11-500, June 02, 2011 Oil and Gas: Interior’s Restructuring Challenges in the Aftermath of the Gulf Oil Spill, GAO-11-734T, June 02, 2011 Taxes and Identity Theft: Status of IRS Initiatives to Help Victimized Taxpayers, GAO-11-721T, June 02, 2011 Continue Reading
More than 4,000 National Academies Press PDFs Now Available to Download for Free
News release: “The National AcademiesNational Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, and National Research Councilare committed to distributing their reports to as wide an audience as possible. Since 1994 we have offered Read for Free options for almost all our titles. In addition, we have been offering free downloads of most… Continue Reading
Petroleum Marketing Monthly, June 2011
EIA – Petroleum Marketing Monthly, June 2011 “World crude oil prices remained volatile in March. Political tensions, economic worries, and natural disasters all served to unsettle prices in markets across the globe. The growing civil war in Libya and spreading political unrest in many other Middle Eastern countries fanned worries about the availability, and unhindered… Continue Reading
U.S. Coal Supply and Demand: 2010 Year in Review
Energy Information Administration: U.S. Coal Supply and Demand: 2010 Year in Review, June 1, 2011 “Coal production in the United States in 2010 increased to a level of 1,085.3 million short tons according to preliminary data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), an increase of 1.0 percent, or 10.4 million short tons above the… Continue Reading
Report of the Global Commission on Drug Policy, June 2011
War on Drugs – The Global Commission on Drug Policy, June 2011 “The global war on drugs has failed, with devastating consequences for individuals and societies around the world. Fifty years after the initiation of the UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, and 40 years after President Nixon launched the US governments war on drugs,… Continue Reading
Agencies release list of distressed or underserved nonmetropolitan middle-income geographies
“The federal bank and thrift regulatory agencies today announced the availability of 2011 list [and lists from previous years] of distressed or underserved nonmetropolitan middle-income geographies where revitalization or stabilization activities will receive Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) consideration as “community development.” “Distressed nonmetropolitan middle-income geographies” and “underserved nonmetropolitan middle-income geographies” are designated by the agencies… Continue Reading
