New National Security Archive Publication Makes Available 900 Formerly Classified Documents: “The National Security Archive announces the publication of its latest digital compilation of declassified records on U.S. ties with a critically important global partner — Japan. The new collection, Japan and the United States: Diplomatic, Security, and Economic Relations, Part III, 1961-2000, includes the most recent U.S. government releases covering a broad spectrum of issues and events in the bilateral relationship, and providing essential content for understanding the current global economic crisis as well as recent geopolitical developments in East Asia and the Pacific Rim.”
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Daily Archives: June 20, 2012
New GAO Reports – Charter Schools, Commercial Space Transportation, Federal Real Property, Intelligence Community Personnel, Nanotechnology
Charter Schools – Additional Federal Attention Needed to Help Protect Access for Students with Disabilities, GAO-12-543, June 7, 2012 Commercial Space Transportation – Industry Trends, Government Challenges, and International Competitiveness Issues, GAO-12-836T, June 20, 2012 Federal Real Property – National Strategy and Better Data Needed to Improve Management of Excess and Underutilized Property, GAO-12-645, June… Continue Reading
Yahoo Image and Video Search Expands Partnership with Getty Images
News release: “Today, we are taking Yahoo! Image Search and Video Search to an eye-catching new level. Through an extension of our partnership with Getty Images and some reengineering (and redesigning) of our multimedia search experiences, we are delivering a more timely experience, supported by the most recent, and often never-seen-before content…thanks to Getty Images,… Continue Reading
CRS – Unauthorized Alien Students: Issues and DREAM Act Legislation
Unauthorized Alien Students: Issues and DREAM Act Legislation, Andorra Bruno, Specialist in Immigration Policy, June 19, 2012 “Unauthorized aliens in the United States are able to receive free public education through high school. They may experience difficulty obtaining higher education, however, for several reasons. Among these reasons is a provision enacted in 1996 that prohibits… Continue Reading
BLS Monthly Labor Review – May 2012
Monthly Labor Review, May 2012, Vol. 135, Number 5 Older men: pushed into retirement in the 1970s and 1980s by the baby boomers? – Diane J. Macunovich Older workers and short-term jobs: employment patterns and determinants – Kevin E. Cahill, Michael D. Giandrea, and Joseph F. Quinn Measuring annual change in household wealth with the… Continue Reading
UK Report of the Working Group on Expanding Access to Published Research Findings the Finch Group
Accessibility, sustainability, excellence: how to expand access to research publications – Report of the Working Group on Expanding Access to Published Research Findings, June 2012 “This report tackles the important question of how to achieve better, faster access to research publications for anyone who wants to read or use them. It has been produced by… Continue Reading
