EIA: “The Department of Energy (DOE) recently released a study of the 2010 lighting market, finding that lighting across all sectors became more energy efficient since their study of the 2001 lighting market. The residential sector, which accounted for 25% of total lighting energy consumption in 2010, remained the least energy efficient of the sectors,… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: May 2012
TRAC: Fifteen New Domestic Terrorism Prosecutions Filed in February 2012
“The latest available data from the Justice Department show that in February 2012 the federal government filed charges against fifteen individuals in investigations involving domestic terrorism, an uptick from the previous month when only four such prosecutions were filed. The charges were filed in eleven cases, spanning eleven different federal judicial districts. To view recent… Continue Reading
EPIC Stresses Need For Privacy Evaluation in Drone Testing
“In comments to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), EPIC emphasized the need for transparency and accountability in drone operations, and recommended the development of privacy protections before drones are more widely deployed in the US. The FAA Notice of Proposed Rulemaking set out proposed criteria for drone testing. Congress has tasked the FAA with facilitating… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports – HHS, DHS and TSA, Indian Issues, Indigent Defense, Medicare, Workplace Safety and Health
Department of Health and Human Services – Opportunities for Financial Savings and Program Improvements in Medicare and Medicaid Remain, Continue Reading
Google – First Amendment Protection for Search Engine Results
Google – First Amendment Protection for Search Engine Results, April 20, 2012. Eugene Volokh and Donald M. Falk [This White Paper was commissioned by Google, but the views within it should not necessarily be ascribed to Google.] “…search engines produce and deliver their speech through a different technology than that traditionally used for newspapers and… Continue Reading
CBO's Projections of Federal Receipts and Expenditures in the Framework of the National Income and Product Accounts
CBO: “The fiscal transactions of the federal government are recorded in two major sets of accounts. One is The Budget of the United States Government, prepared by the Office of Management and Budget, which is the framework generally used by executive branch agencies and the Congress and as commonly discussed in the press. The other… Continue Reading
Accelerating Progress in Obesity Prevention: Solving the Weight of the Nation
Accelerating Progress in Obesity Prevention: Solving the Weight of the Nation, May 8, 2012: “Two-thirds of adults and one-third of children are overweight or obese. Left unchecked, obesity’s effects on health, health care costs, and our productivity as a nation could become catastrophic. The staggering human toll of obesity-related chronic disease and disability and an… Continue Reading
2011 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports
“2011 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports: For the ninth year in a row, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has produced the 2011 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports For the ninth year in a row, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has produced the National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR)… Continue Reading
Insourcing Functions Performed by Federal Contractors: An Overview of the Legal Issues
CRS: Insourcing Functions Performed by Federal Contractors: An Overview of the Legal Issues – Kate M. Manuel, Legislative Attorney; Jack Maskell, Legislative Attorney, May 7, 2012 “Recent Congresses and the Obama Administration have taken numerous actions to promote insourcing, or the use of government personnel to perform functions that contractors have performed on behalf of… Continue Reading
CRS – Racial Profiling: Legal and Constitutional Issues
Racial Profiling: Legal and Constitutional Issues, Jody Feder – Legislative Attorney, April 16, 2012 “Racial profiling is the practice of targeting individuals for police or security detention based on their race or ethnicity in the belief that certain minority groups are more likely to engage in unlawful behavior. Examples of racial profiling by federal, state,… Continue Reading
OTC derivatives market activity in the second half of 2011
OTC derivatives market activity in the second half of 2011. Bank for International Settlements, May 9, 2012. Key developments in the second half of 2011: “Data at end-December 2011 are not fully comparable with previous periods because of an increase in the reporting population. Australia and Spain reported for the first time, expanding the reporting… Continue Reading
CSIS – Political Governance and Strategy in Afghanistan
Political Governance and Strategy in Afghanistan, By Robert D. Lamb. Contributor: Brooke Shawn, Apr 30, 2012 “Afghanistans de facto system of governance is a politically driven hybrid order made up of shifting links among many different formal, informal, and illicit actors, networks, and institutions. Because its central government does not have the capacity to govern… Continue Reading
