Transportation and the New Generation Why Young People Are Driving Less and What It Means for Transportation Policy, Frontier Group, U.S. PIRG Education Fund – April 2012 “From World War II until just a few years ago, the number of miles driven annually on Americas roads steadily increased. Then, at the turn of the century,… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: April 2012
Alleviating Poverty in the United States: The Critical Role of SNAP Benefits
Alleviating Poverty in the United States: The Critical Role of SNAP Benefits, by Laura Tiehen, Dean Jolliffe, and Craig Gundersen – Economic Research Report No. (ERR-132) 30 pp, April 2012 “The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is one of the largest safety net programs in the United States, serving 44.7 million individuals in an average… Continue Reading
New York Fed releases report on domestic open market operations during 2011
A Report Prepared for the Federal Open Market Committee by the Markets Group of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, March 2012 “Domestic open market operations in 2011 were shaped by continuing efforts of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) to provide additional policy accommodation by adjusting the size and composition of the Federal… Continue Reading
Library of Congress: Translation of National Legislation into English
The Law Library of Congress, Translation of National Legislation into English, March 2012 – Global Legal Research Center Afghanistan, Argentina, Brazil, China, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Mexico, and Russia International Organizations International Courts Continue Reading
Chronicle of Higher Education – 2012 Faculty Salary Survey
2012 Faculty Salary Survey – Interactive Database – How much 1,251 colleges paid their faculty members Analysis: Reframing the Salary Debate – Professors pay barely budged this year. Is it time to stop blaming salaries for the rising cost of college? Continue Reading
OpenStreetMap -The Free Wiki World Map
Wikimedia – “Previous versions of our application used Google Maps for the nearby view. This has now been replaced with OpenStreetMap – an open and free source of Map Data that has been referred to as Wikipedia for Maps. This closely aligns with our goal of making knowledge available in a free and open manner… Continue Reading
WSJ Report – Selling You on Facebook
Selling You on Facebook: “Some of the most widely used apps on Facebookthe games, quizzes and sharing services that define the social-networking site and give it such appealare gathering volumes of personal information. A Wall Street Journal examination of 100 of the most popular Facebook apps found that some seek the email addresses, current location… Continue Reading
UNESCO: Open Access to scientific information – Policy guidelines released
Policy guidelines for the development and promotion of open access: “Besides strengthening capacities to adopt Open Access (OA) and to serve as a clearing-house on global OA debate, the 187th session of the Executive Board identified provision of upstream policy advice as the core priority while approving the Open Access Strategy on UNESCOs contribution to… Continue Reading
USDA Agricultural Projections to 2021
USDA Agricultural Projections to 2021 – By Paul Westcott, ERS Contact, Outlook Report No. (OCE-121) 102 pp, February 2012 “Each year, USDA makes 10-year economic projections for the food and agriculture sector. The projections reflect a set of assumptions regarding macroeconomic developments and farm policies, and cover major agricultural commodities, agricultural trade, and aggregate indicators… Continue Reading
The Global Information Technology Report 2012
The Global Information Technology Report 2012 – Living in a Hyperconnected World – World Economic Forum, 2012 “We live in an environment where the Internet and its associated services are accessible and immediate, where people and businesses can communicate with each other instantly, and where machines are equally interconnected with each other. The exponential growth… Continue Reading
Global Integrity Report 2011
“Regardless of how weak or sophisticated their political financing regulations are, countries around the world are equally failing to effectively regulate the flow of money into politics, a new report finds. The Global Integrity Report: 2011, a major investigative study of 31 countries, was released today by Global Integrity, an award-winning international nonprofit organization that… Continue Reading
VA IG – Department of Veterans Affairs Federal Information Security Management Act Assessment for FY 2011
Department of Veterans Affairs Federal Information Security Management Act Assessment for FY 2011, April 6, 2012 11-00320-138 “FISMA requires each Federal agency to develop, document, and implement an agency-wide information security risk management program. VA has made progress developing policies and procedures as part of its program. However, VA still faces challenges implementing components of… Continue Reading
