Airport and Airway Trust Fund: Less Than Half of Noncommercial Jet Fuel Tax Receipts Are Transferred, GAO-16-746R: Published: Aug 8, 2016. Publicly Released: Aug 8, 2016. K-12 Education: Education’s Experiences with Flexibility Waivers Could Inform Efforts to Assist States with New Requirements, GAO-16-650: Published: Jul 7, 2016. Publicly Released: Aug 8, 2016. Patient Protection and… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: August 2016
State of the Climate 2015
“An international, peer-reviewed publication released each summer, the State of the Climate is the authoritative annual summary of the global climate published as a supplement to the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. The report, compiled by NOAA’s Center for Weather and Climate at the National Centers for Environmental Information is based on contributions from scientists… Continue Reading
Federal Source Code Policy: Achieving Efficiency, Transparency, and Innovation through Reusable and Open Source Software
Federal Source Code Policy – “The U.S. Government is committed to improving the way Federal agencies buy, build, and deliver information technology (IT) and software solutions to better support cost efficiency, mission effectiveness, and the consumer experience with Government programs. Each year, the Federal Government spends more than $6 billion on software through more than… Continue Reading
EFF – How to: Avoid Phishing Attacks
EFF Surveillance Self Defense – “When an attacker sends an email or link that looks innocent, but is actually malicious, it’s called phishing. Phishing attacks are a common way that users get infected with malware—programs that hide on your computer and can be used to remotely control it, steal information, or spy on you. In… Continue Reading
Data – Which Percentage of People Is Older and Younger Than You
Via PublicHealthIntelligence.org: On Tuesday May 10th 2016, Nathan Yau created and published a chart that allows us to learn the percentage of people older and younger than a person from the U.S. given his/her age, based on the 5-year American Community Survey estimates from 2014. I found the chart informative, and I wanted to replicate it but in a way that helps people from every country to… Continue Reading
Monthly Budget Review for July 2016
“The federal budget deficit was $514 billion for the first 10 months of fiscal year 2016, CBO estimates—$49 billion more than the shortfall recorded during the same period last year. Both revenues and outlays were higher than they were last year, but outlays rose much more. If not for shifts in the timing of certain… Continue Reading
One in Five International Terrorism Prosecutions in Eastern Virginia
“The Eastern District of Virginia headquartered in Alexandria leads the country in the number of international terrorism cases it prosecutes. The recent arrest of a Metro Transit Police Department (MTPD) law enforcement officer, Nicholas Young, is but the latest example. A total of 232 out of 1,180 federal criminal prosecutions nationally for international terrorism –… Continue Reading
Washington State AG announces lawsuit against Comcast for more than $100 million
News release: “Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a lawsuit (August 1, 2016) against cable television and Internet giant Comcast Corporation in King County Superior Court, alleging the company’s own documents reveal a pattern of illegally deceiving their customers to pad their bottom line by tens of millions of dollars. The lawsuit accuses the company of… Continue Reading
Paper – Coming to Terms with Secret Law
Rudesill, Dakota S., Coming to Terms with Secret Law (November 01, 2015). 7 Harvard National Security Journal 241 (2015); Ohio State Public Law Working Paper No. 321. Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2687223 “The allegation that the U.S. government is producing secret law has become increasingly common. This article evaluates this claim, examining the available… Continue Reading
Report – Economic Pulse of the World
Via Ipsos – Citizens in 25 Countries Assess the Current State of their Country’s Economy for a Total Global Perspective, July 2016 “The average global economic assessment of national economies surveyed in 25 countries is up two points with 40% of global citizens rating their national economies as ‘good’.” Continue Reading
Global Trends – Forced Displacement in 2015
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees – Global Trends – Forced Displacement in 2015 “The total number of refugees has increased for the fifth consecutive year, from 10.4 million at end-2011 – a 55 per cent rise in just four years. This increase was driven mainly by the conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic, which… Continue Reading
Pew – Surge in Cuban immigration to U.S. continues into 2016
Pew Factank: “The number of Cubans who have entered the U.S. has spiked dramatically since President Obama announced a renewal of ties with the island nation in late 2014, a Pew Research Center analysis of government data has found. The U.S. has since opened an embassy in Havana, a move supported by a large majority… Continue Reading
