News release: “The U.S. Census Bureau today released a 2010 Census brief, The Asian Population: 2010 [PDF], that shows the Asian population grew faster than any other race group over the last decade. The population that identified as Asian, either alone or in combination with one or more other races, grew by 45.6 percent from 2000 to 2010, while those who identified as Asian alone grew by 43.3 percent. Both populations grew at a faster rate than the total U.S. population, which increased by 9.7 percent from 2000 to 2010. Out of the total U.S. population, 14.7 million people, or 4.8 percent, were Asian alone. In addition, 2.6 million people, or another 0.9 percent, reported Asian in combination with one or more other races. Together, these two groups totaled 17.3 million people. Thus, 5.6 percent of all people in the United States identified as Asian, either alone or in combination with one or more other races.”
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Daily Archives: March 21, 2012
New GAO Reports: Corporation for Travel Promotion, Debt Management, Defense Headquarters, Economic Development, Government Efficiency and Effectiveness
Corporation for Travel Promotion – Establishment and Planned Programmatic Activities, GAO-12-485R, Mar 21, 2012 Debt Management – Buybacks Can Enhance Treasury’s Capacity to Manage under Changing Market Conditions [Reissued on March 21, 2012], GAO-12-314, Mar 7, 2012 Defense Headquarters – Further Efforts to Examine Resource Needs and Improve Data Could Provide Additional Opportunities for Cost… Continue Reading
January Indexes of Coincident Economic Indicators (CEIs) for New York State, New York City, and New Jersey
Federal Reserve Bank of New York – Jason Bram and James Orr “The January Indexes of Coincident Economic Indicators (CEIs) for New York State, New York City, and New Jersey, released today, show fairly robust economic growth entering 2012. Importantly, this months release incorporates the annual benchmark employment revisions for 2010 and 2011, with the… Continue Reading
Firefox enables HTTPS safe searching as default setting
Follow up to New ‘HTTPS Everywhere’ Version Warns Users About Web Security Holes see the following from privacy researcher Christopher Soghoian – Firefox switching to HTTPS Google search by default (and the end of referrer leakage). “A few days ago, Mozilla’s developers quietly enabled Google’s HTTPS encrypted search as the default search service for the… Continue Reading
Status of Discretionary Appropriations: FY 2012 Senate
CBO – Status of Discretionary Appropriations: FY 2012 Senate Continue Reading
The Federal Reserve and the Financial Crisis – four-part lecture series
“In March 2012, Chairman Ben S. Bernanke will deliver a four-part lecture series about the Federal Reserve and the financial crisis that emerged in 2007. The series begins with a lecture on the origins and missions of central banks, followed by a lecture that will discuss the role and actions of the Federal Reserve in… Continue Reading
Rules Proposed to Limit New Uses of Potentially Harmful Chemicals
News release: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed that companies be required to report to EPA all new uses, including in domestic or imported products, of five groups of potentially harmful chemicals. Over the years, these chemicals have been used in a range of consumer products and industrial applications, including paints, printing inks, pigments… Continue Reading
Changes in federal and state unemployment insurance legislation in 2011
Changes in federal and state unemployment insurance legislation in 2011, Loryn Lancaster – Monthly Labor Review, February 2012. “In 2011, the federal government addressed a pair of issues concerning methodological aspects associated with the unemployment rate, as well as discontinuing an important surtax. First, regarding methodology, on June 13, 2011, the Department of Labor published… Continue Reading
IRS Tax Deadline Extended to April 17
News release: “The Internal Revenue Service today opened the 2012 tax filing season by announcing that taxpayers have until April 17 to file their tax returns. The IRS encourages taxpayers to e-file as it is the best way to ensure accurate tax returns and get faster refunds. The IRS also announced a number of improvements… Continue Reading
Pakistan: U.S. Foreign Aid Conditions, Restrictions, and Reporting Requirements
CRS – Pakistan: U.S. Foreign Aid Conditions, Restrictions, and Reporting Requirements, Susan B. Epstein- Specialist in Foreign Policy, K. Alan Kronstadt, Specialist in South Asian Affairs – January 5, 2012 “The 112th Congress continues to debate levels of U.S. assistance to Pakistan in light of signs that Pakistan may not be a fully willing and… Continue Reading
DARPA's Active Authentication Program – No More Passwords
Active Authentication: “The current standard method for validating a users identity for authentication on an information system requires humans to do something that is inherently unnatural: create, remember, and manage long, complex passwords. Moreover, as long as the session remains active, typical systems incorporate no mechanisms to verify that the user originally authenticated is the… Continue Reading
