“As the President has said, the shutdown that occurred last month inflicted completely unnecessary damage on our economy and took a toll on families and businesses across the country. Today, OMB is releasing a report that catalogs the breadth and depth of this damage, and details the various impacts and costs of the October 2013… Continue Reading
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National Security Archive Posts Able Archer 83 Sourcebook
The Able Archer 83 Sourcebook: “Today marks the 30th anniversary of the beginning of Able Archer 83, a NATO exercise that utilized “new nuclear weapons release procedures” to simulate the transition from conventional to nuclear war with the Soviet Union. Although US officials saw Able Archer 83 as a routine exercise, it resulted in an “unprecedented Soviet… Continue Reading
CRS – Promoting Global Internet Freedom: Policy and Technology
Promoting Global Internet Freedom: Policy and Technology – Patricia Moloney Figliola, Specialist in Internet and Telecommunications Policy – October 22, 2013 “Modern communication tools such as the Internet provide a relatively inexpensive, accessible, easy-entry means of sharing ideas, information, and pictures around the world. In a political and human rights context, in closed societies when the more established, formal… Continue Reading
The Relationship of the Court and Defense Counsel
The Relationship of the Court and Defense Counsel: The Impact on Competent Representation and Proposals for Reform – Richard Daniel Klein 29 Boston College Law Review 531 (1988), Touro Law Center Legal Studies Research Paper “This Article examines the impact of the trial court upon the quality of legal assistance provided the indigent criminal defendant.… Continue Reading
Wireless Networks: Technological Challenges and Policy Implications
Yoo, Christopher S., Wireless Networks: Technological Challenges and Policy Implications (November 6, 2013). U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 13-31. Available at SSRN “Since June 2012, mobile wireless has emerged as the largest and fast growing medium for broadband service. At the same time, mobile wireless networks have proven considerably… Continue Reading
NOAA internet tool provides unique access to environmental data
“NOAA today unveiled the beta version of “NOAA View,” an online educational tool that gives educators and the public interactive access to NOAA environmental data, enabling unique views of the world’s oceans, land, atmosphere, cryosphere and climate. The NOAA View imagery portal provides a single point for experiencing NOAA data, including environmental information captured by… Continue Reading
Supplemental Measure of Poverty Remains Unchanged
Census news release: “The nation’s poverty rate was 16.0 percent in 2012, unchanged from 2011, according to the supplemental poverty measure released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. The 2012 rate was higher than the official measure of 15.0 percent. The official poverty rate in 2012 was also not significantly different from the corresponding rate… Continue Reading
News – First Global Census Shows Record of 2,170 Billionaires Worldwide
News release: “The inaugural Wealth-X and UBS Billionaire Census 2013, released today, reveals that the global billionaire population reached a record 2,170 individuals in 2013 and total billionaire wealth in Asia surged nearly 13 percent, making it the fastest-growing region. At current growth rates, the Wealth-X and UBS Billionaire Census 2013, the first-ever comprehensive global… Continue Reading
Social Security Administration – Wage Statistics for 2012
“The national average wage index (AWI) is based on compensation (wages, tips, and the like) subject to Federal income taxes, as reported by employers on Forms W-2. Beginning with the AWI for 1991, compensation includes contributions to deferred compensation plans, but excludes certain distributions from plans where the distributions are included in the reported compensation subject to… Continue Reading
Research – canine companion is capable of reaching toddler-level cognition and language acquisition
TIME – article by John W. Pilley: “When people ask me how smart my dog is, I say that she has about the intelligence of a toddler. Chaser is a 9-year-old border collie who knows 1,000 words, but any dog is potentially capable of reaching toddler-level cognition and development, including learning the basic elements of… Continue Reading
CRS – Israel: Background and U.S. Relations
Israel: Background and U.S. Relations – Jim Zanotti, Specialist in Middle Eastern Affairs – November 1, 2013 “Since Israel’s founding in 1948, successive U.S. Presidents and many Members of Congress have demonstrated a commitment to Israel’s security and to maintaining close U.S.-Israel defense, diplomatic, and economic cooperation. U.S. and Israeli leaders have developed close relations… Continue Reading
Iran: U.S. Concerns and Policy Responses
Iran: U.S. Concerns and Policy Responses, Kenneth Katzman, Specialist in Middle Eastern Affairs. November 4, 2013 “A priority of Obama Administration policy has been to reduce the perceived threat posed by Iran to a broad range of U.S. interests. Well before Iran’s nuclear issue rose to the forefront of U.S. concerns about Iran in 2003,… Continue Reading
