Chief Justice’s Year-End Reports on the Federal Judiciary, 2011: “Some observers have recently questioned whether the Judicial Conferences Code of Conduct for United States Judges should apply to the Supreme Court. I would like to use my annual report this year to address
that issue, as well as some other related issues that have recently drawn public attention. The space constraints of the annual report prevent me from setting out a detailed dissertation on judicial ethics. And my judicial responsibilities preclude me from commenting on any ongoing debates about particular issues or the constitutionality of any enacted legislation or pending proposals. But I can provide some clarification on how the Justices address ethical issues and dispel some common misconceptions.”
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Monthly Archives: December 2011
Report – Top ten global weather events of 2011
Top ten global weather events of 2011 by Dr. Jeff Masters “A remarkable blitz of extreme weather events during 2011 caused a total of 32 weather disasters costing at least $1 billion worldwide. Five nations experienced their most expensive weather-related natural disasters on record during 2011–Thailand, Australia, Colombia, Sri Lanka, and Cambodia. According to insurance… Continue Reading
Mobile Apps Continue to Gain Users
comScore Reports November 2011 U.S. Mobile Subscriber Market Share: “For the three-month average period ending in November, 234 million Americans age 13 and older used mobile devices. Device manufacturer Samsung ranked as the top OEM with 25.6 percent of U.S. mobile subscribers (up 0.3 percentage points), followed by LG with 20.5 percent share and Motorola… Continue Reading
Gallup – In the U.S., Health Insurance Linked to Better Health Habits
News release: “Americans who have health insurance have higher Healthy Behaviors Index scores than the uninsured at any age in the 18 to 64 cohort. This holds true even after controlling for age, gender, education, ethnicity, employment, and income. Overall, 80% of American adults younger than 65 report having health insurance coverage. This analysis is… Continue Reading
Paper – Revolutions in the Arab World: The Long View
Revolution in the Arab World: “In the first article, Dr. Laleh Khalili compares the Arab Spring with other revolutions in the twentieth century, pointing out how difficult it is to ascertain what the effects of revolutions might be. Next, Dr. Jillian Schwedler also takes a historical approach to the study of revolution by looking systematically… Continue Reading
Treasury Committee on Foreign Investment in U.S – Annual Report to Congress
Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, 2011 Annual Report to Congress, Report Period CY 2010, December 2011 – Issued December 2011 “The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) is an inter-agency committee authorized to review transactions that could result in control of a U.S. business by a foreign person (covered… Continue Reading
GPO Library Services and Content Managemeny FY2011 Year in Review
LSCMs Past, Present, and Future of Keeping America Informed FY2011 Year in Review: “One LSCM focus this past year has been to increase content in GPOs Federal Digital System (FDsys) by improving and escalating our efforts to partner and collaborate with Federal depository libraries, Federal executive agencies, the Library of Congress, and the Federal courts.… Continue Reading
White House: More Than 1.9 Million Records Released
“In September 2009, the President announced thatfor the first time in historyWhite House visitor records would be made available to the public on an ongoing basis. Today, the White House releases visitor records that were generated in September 2011. Todays release also includes several visitor records generated prior to September 16, 2009 that were requested… Continue Reading
O'Reilly: 2011 Gov 2.0 year in review
A look at the Gov 2.0 themes, moments and achievements that made an impact in 2011. by Alex Howard By most accounts, the biggest stories of 2011 were the Arab Spring, the historic earthquake and tsunami in Japan, and the death of Osama Bin Laden. In each case, an increasingly networked world experienced those events… Continue Reading
FTC Sends Biennial Report to Congress on the National Do Not Call Registry
News release: “The Federal Trade Commission has approved a biennial report to Congress focusing on the use of the Do Not Call Registry by both consumers and businesses over the past two years, as well as the impact that new technologies have had on the Registry. As detailed in the report, the Do Not Call… Continue Reading
NY Fed: Labor Force Exits Are Complicating Unemployment Rate Foreca
Labor Force Exits Are Complicating Unemployment Rate Forecasts, Richard Peach, Josiah Bethards, and Joseph Song. December 28, 2011 “What will the unemployment rate be in 2013? Even if you were certain how much the U.S. economy (gross domestic product, or GDP) would grow over the next year or two, it would still be difficult to… Continue Reading
The 2011 ABA Journal Blawg 100
The 2011 ABA Journal Blawg 100 Continue Reading
