News release: “The Getty recently unveiled a newly expanded search function on its website that will allow scholars, researchers, and the interested public to better access the Getty’s vast resources of information about the visual arts. The Getty Search Gateway, which is now available online, provides streamlined searches through the Museum’s collections and the Getty… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: August 2011
Realty Trac: National Real Estate Trends
Search the database from National Real Estate Trends – 1,612,778 Foreclosure Homes | $183,377 Average Foreclosure Sales Price. Find foreclosures, MLS listings and home values; Search ANY address in the U.S. Top Foreclosure Cities: 1. Las Vegas, NV; 2. Phoenix, AZ; 3. Chicago, IL; 4. Los Angeles, CA; 5. Miami, FL See also SFGate.com –… Continue Reading
Gallup: Emotional Health Higher Among Older Americans
Poll – Even among people in their 80s and 90s, emotional health remains high: “Americans aged 60 and older demonstrate significantly better emotional health than those younger than 60 years. In fact, a septuagenarian is far more likely than someone in their 30s to have high emotional health. These results hold true even after statistically… Continue Reading
USPS IG – Market Intelligence Audit Report
Market Intelligence Audit Report, August 10, 2011, Report Number MS-AR-11-005. “To enhance their understanding of their business environment, companies gather and analyze market, customer, and competitive intelligence. When acted upon, such information improves planning, decision-making, operations, and performance all of which are essential to ensuring that products and services successfully meet customer needs. Focusing… Continue Reading
Pew Findings: Search and email remain the top online activities
Search and email still top the list of most popular online activities – Two activities nearly universal among adult internet users, by Kristen Purcell “A May 2011 Pew Internet survey finds that 92% of online adults use search engines to find information on the Web, including 59% who do so on a typical day. This… Continue Reading
World Water Week in Stockholm August 2127, 2011
Responding to Global Changes: Water in an Urbanising World, Published 2011 by Stockholm International Water Institute, SIWI. This is the Abstract Volume (360 pages) of the 2011 World Water Week workshops. The topics of this year’s workshops are: Cities in a 3-D Landscape Perspective – Hidden Risks Need for a Paradigm Shift: New Technologies and… Continue Reading
White House Rural Council Report – Jobs and Economic Security For Rural America
Jobs and Economic Security For Rural America, White House Rural Council Report, August 2011 The vitality of rural America is critical to ensuring the strength of our economy, the affordability of our food, the independence of our energy supply, and the vibrancy of small communities. President Obama values rural Americas important contributions to our Nations… Continue Reading
CBO: Sequestration Update Report for Fiscal Year 2012
Sequestration Update Report for Fiscal Year 2012 – August 12, 2011 “Under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (BBEDCA), as amended by the Budget Control Act of 2011 (Public Law 112-25), the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) is required to issue, on August 15 each year, a report providing information about the… Continue Reading
UK Report – Future libraries Change, options and how to get there
Future libraries – Change, options and how to get there = Learning from the Future Libraries Programme Phase 1, August 2011 “The Future Libraries Programme is a partnership between the Local Government Group (LG Group) and Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA), and is driven by local authorities themselves. It is about sharing good practice.… Continue Reading
9th Annual Digital Counties Survey – 2011 Results
“The Center for Digital Government’s Digital Counties Survey is conducted in partnership with the National Association of Counties (NACo) annually in the spring: March – April. All U.S. counties are invited to participate (consolidated county-city jurisdictions are invited to participate in the Digital Cities Survey in the summer). The awards are presented during NACO’s annual… Continue Reading
Treasury, HHS Take New Steps to Help States Build Affordable Insurance Exchanges
News release: “The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Department of Health and Human Services today took the next steps to establish Affordable Insurance Exchanges one-stop marketplaces where consumers can choose a private health insurance plan that fits their health needs and have the same kind of insurance choices as members of Congress.… Continue Reading
Privatization of GPO, Defunding of FDsys, and the Future of the FDLP
Privatization of GPO, Defunding of FDsys, and the Future of the FDLP, by jajacobs “On July 22, the House passed a bill that would remove funding for FDsys, reduce funding for GPO by 20%, and reduce funding for the Superintendent of Documents by 16% (Kelley). The House Report on the bill also directs the Government… Continue Reading
