Chairman Ben S. Bernanke At the Economic Club of Minnesota Luncheon, Minneapolis, Minnesota – September 8, 2011 – The U.S. Economic Outlook: “Notably, the housing sector has been a significant driver of recovery from most recessions in the United States since World War II, but this time–with an overhang of distressed and foreclosed properties, tight… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: September 2011
The World Trade Center had its own ZIP code – An Expert Enumerates the Loss
“Andrew A. Beveridge has taught sociology at Queens College since 1981, done demographic analyses for the New York Times since 1993, and been in charge of Gotham Gazette’s demographics topic page since 2000. The opinions expressed are his alone”. A Demographic Portrait Of The Victims In 10048 10 Years Later: Enumerating the Loss at Ground… Continue Reading
Panels Advise FDA to Increase Warnings on Labels for Bone Drugs
Background Document for Meeting of Advisory Committee for Reproductive Health Drugs and Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee, September 9, 2011: “This meeting is being convened to review and discuss the available data regarding the long term (greater than 3 – 5 years) use of bisphosphonates for the treatment and/or prevention of osteoporosis. In… Continue Reading
BookStats Publishing Formats Highlights
The Association of American Publishers – BookStats Publishing Formats Highlights: “e-books and other non-physical formats – “The consistent, growing popularity of e-books and apps are a major success story in content formats, even in advance of data for 2011, which is currently tracking high e-format sales. Highlights: e-books have grown from 0.6% of the total… Continue Reading
Legislation Related to the Attack of September 11, 2001
The Library of Congress – THOMAS: “This site was begun in September 2001 as a way of keeping the public readily apprised of legislation related to the terrorist attack on the United States that month. The selection, made by hand, is necessarily subjective, as the September 11th attack had a ripple effect on legislation in… Continue Reading
National Snow and Ice Data Center: Arctic sea ice near record lows
Arctic sea ice near record lows, September 6, 2011: “Arctic sea ice extent averaged for August 2011 reached the second lowest level for the month in the 1979 to 2011 satellite record. Both the Northwest Passage and the Northern Sea route appear to be open. Throughout August, sea ice extent tracked near the record lows… Continue Reading
Decline Seen in DHS Deportation Proceedings of Terrorists and Criminals
Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, Immigration Enforcement Since 9/11: A Reality Check – “An examination of millions of case-by-case records show that the overall number of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) deportation proceedings in the Immigration Courts in the decade after 9/11 were up by almost one half (45%) — from 1.6 million in the ten… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Energy Policy Act of 2005, Tax Whistleblowers
Energy Policy Act of 2005 – BLM’s Use of Section 390 Categorical Exclusions for Oil and Gas Development, GAO-11-941T, September 9, 2011 Opportunities for Improvements in the Congressional Award Foundation’s Internal Controls and Accounting Procedures, GAO-11-825R, September 9, 2011 Tax Whistleblowers – Incomplete Data Hinders IRS’s Ability to Manage Claim Processing Time and Enhance External… Continue Reading
Securing the Future: Management Lessons of 9/11
Securing the Future: Management Lessons of 9/11, published 08/29/2011 “In the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, President George W. Bush supported and Congress approved two of the most significant government reorganizations in decadesthe creation of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). To… Continue Reading
Tracking Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
worldAtWork: Tracking Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Updated September 8, 2011: “On Wednesday, July 21, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The Act calls for sweeping reforms, not just for the financial services industry, but for all publicly-traded companies. With many of the… Continue Reading
National Earthquake Resilience: Research, Implementation, and Outreach
“The United States will certainly be subject to damaging earthquakes in the future. Some of these earthquakes will occur in highly populated and vulnerable areas. Coping with moderate earthquakes is not a reliable indicator of preparedness for a major earthquake in a populated area. The recent, disastrous, magnitude-9 earthquake that struck northern Japan demonstrates the… Continue Reading
Transcript: Obamas Speech to Congress on Jobs
NYT Transcript: Obamas Speech to Congress on Jobs – The following is a transcript of President Obamas speech to a joint session of Congress about jobs and the economy, as provided by the White House. Continue Reading
