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Defense and international security
Terrorism, extremism and homeland security
International economic
relations and trade
Development and
international assistance
Fisheries and marine environment
Transportation and
infrastructure
Public
administration and budget
Energy Efficiency:
The First Fuel
eJournal USA, April 2009
http://www.america.gov/publications/ejournalusa/0409.html
Increasing
the efficient use of existing energy supplies is widely acknowledged as the
fastest, cheapest, and cleanest way to meet future energy needs. Energy Efficiency: The
First Fuel examines the strong U.S. record of tapping efficiency as a
resource, and the accelerated efforts by individuals, organizations, and
governments to squeeze greater productivity from all energy sources. eJournal USA is an online journal of the U.S.
Department of State.
Hard Lessons: The Iraq Reconstruction Experience
Briefing by Stuart Bowen, Jr., U.S. Special
Inspector General for Iraq, at the Foreign Press Center, U.S. Dept of State,
April 14, 2009
http://fpc.state.gov/121681.htm
Iraq: Key Issues for Congressional Oversight
Government Accountability Office (GAO) report,
March 2009
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09294sp.pdf
Land, Property, and the Challenge of Return for Iraq’s Displaced
Deborah Isser and Peter Van der Auweraert, U.S.
Institute of Peace, April 2009
http://library.usip.org/articles/1012167.1075/1.PDF
There is a summary at
http://www.usip.org/pubs/specialreports/sr221.html
The Return and Resettlement of Displaced Iraqis
Hearing before the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign
Relations, March 31, 2009
http://foreign.senate.gov/hearings/2009/hrg090331pp.html
Poor Policy, Not Sanctions, Weaken Iran’s Economy
Interview with Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, interviewed
by Greg Bruno, Council on Foreign Relations, March 26, 2009
http://www.cfr.org/publication/18937/
Djavad Salehi-Isfahani is professor of economics at
Virginia Tech, and a nonresident guest scholar at the Brookings
Institution.
The Iran Sanctions Act (ISA)
Congressional Research Service, updated March 9,
2009
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/121921.pdf
Lebanon
Briefing by U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of
State David Hale and U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Colin Kahl, at
the Foreign Press Center, U.S. Dept of State, April 8, 2009
http://fpc.state.gov/121571.htm
Update on Lebanon
Hearing before a subcommittee of the U.S. House
Committee on Foreign Affairs, March 24, 2009
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing_notice.asp?id=1057
For transcripts, please go to
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/schedule.asp and scroll down.
The Oil Boom in the GCC Countries, 2002-2008: Old Challenges, Changing
Dynamics
Ibrahim Saif, Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace, March 2009
http://carnegieendowment.org/files/cmec15_saif_final.pdf
There is a summary at
http://carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=view&id=22869&prog=zgp&proj=zme with a link to the full text in Arabic.
A New Strategy for
Afghanistan and Pakistan
The
White House, March 27, 2009
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/09/03/27/A-New-Strategy-for-Afghanistan-and-Pakistan/
There
is a 6-page White Paper on the new policy at http://www.whitehouse.gov/assets/documents/Afghanistan-Pakistan_White_Paper.pdf
and a further description at
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Whats-New-in-the-Strategy-for-Afghanistan-and-Pakistan/
President Obama’s
Afghanistan-Pakistan (AFPAK) Strategy
Briefing
by General James Jones, U.S. National Security Adviser, at the Foreign Press
Center, U.S. Dept of State, March 27, 2009
http://fpc.state.gov/120965.htm
Obama’s
Afghanistan-Pakistan Strategy: ‘A Reasonable First Step’
Interview
with Stephen Biddle, interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Council on Foreign
Relations, March 30, 2009
http://www.cfr.org/publication/18982/
U.S. Strategy for
Afghanistan: Achieving Peace and Stability in the Graveyard of Empires
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, April 2,
2009
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing_notice.asp?id=1062
For
transcripts, please go to
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/schedule.asp and scroll
down.
U.S. Policy toward
Afghanistan and Pakistan
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services, April 1, 2009
http://armed-services.senate.gov/e_witnesslist.cfm?id=3758
Remarks at the
International Conference on Afghanistan
Remarks
by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, in The Hague, March 31,
2009
http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2009a/03/121037.htm
Negotiating with
the Taliban
Views of six experts. Council on Foreign
Relations, March 20, 2009
http://www.cfr.org/publication/18893/
The
experts whose views are presented here are Shuja Nawaz; Thomas H. Johnson;
Robert Templer; Hilary Synnott; Michael Semple; and Masood Aziz.
Enhanced
Partnership with Pakistan Act
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, April 1, 2009
http://foreign.senate.gov/hearings/2009/hrg090401p.html
Pakistan’s Fragile
Foundations
Backgrounder
by Jayshree Bajoria, Council on Foreign Relations, March 12, 2009
http://www.cfr.org/publication/18749/
Reforming the
Intelligence Agencies in Pakistan’s Transitional Democracy
Frederic
Grare, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, March 2009
http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/pakistan_intelligence_transitional_democracy.pdf
There
is a summary of this 109-page publication at
http://www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=view&id=22817&prog=zgp&proj=zsa
Remarks on
India
Remarks
by U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James B. Steinberg, at the Brookings
Institution, March 23, 2009
http://www.state.gov/s/d/2009/120856.htm
DEFENSE and INTERNATIONAL
SECURITY
Address by
President Obama in Prague
White
House Press Office, April 5, 2009
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Remarks-By-President-Barack-Obama-In-Prague-As-Delivered/
In
this major speech, President Obama addressed issues relating to U.S. nuclear
weapons policy, arms control, and disarmament.
START Aggregate
Numbers of Strategic Offensive Arms
Fact
sheet, U.S. Dept of State, April 1, 2009
http://www.state.gov/t/vci/rls/121027.htm
The Status of U.S.
Strategic Programs
Opening
statement by subcommittee chair Ellen Tauscher at a hearing on The Status of U.S. Strategic Programs, before the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces,
U.S. House Committee on Armed Services, March 17, 2009
http://armedservices.house.gov/apps/list/speech/armedsvc_dem/tauscheros031709.shtml
For transcripts, please go to
http://armedservices.house.gov/hearing_information.shtml and scroll
down.
Project on National
Security Reform: Commentary and Alternate Views
Opening
statement by subcommittee chairman Vic Snyder at hearing on National Security Reform: Commentary and
Alternate Views, before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations,
U.S. House Committee on Armed Services, March 19, 2009
http://armedservices.house.gov/apps/list/speech/armedsvc_dem/snyderos031909.shtml
For transcripts, please go to
http://armedservices.house.gov/hearing_information.shtml and scroll
down.
Future Naval
Capabilities
Opening
statement by subcommittee chairman Gene Taylor at hearing on Future Naval Capabilities of the U.S. Maritime Forces, before the Subcommittee
on Seapower and Expeditionary Forces, U.S. House Committee on Armed Services,
March 26, 2009
http://armedservices.house.gov/apps/list/speech/armedsvc_dem/tayloros032609.shtml
For transcripts, please go to
http://armedservices.house.gov/hearing_information.shtml and scroll
down.
The Current and
Future Roles, Missions, and Capabilities of U.S. Military Land Power
Hearing
before the Subcommittee on Airland, U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services,
March 26, 2009
http://armed-services.senate.gov/e_witnesslist.cfm?id=3738
A
transcript of the hearing is now available at
http://armed-services.senate.gov/Transcripts/2009/03%20March/Airland/09-15%20-%203-26-09.pdf
Special Operations
Forces: Challenges and Opportunities
Opening
statement by subcommittee chairman Adam Smith at a hearing on Special Operations Forces: Challenges and Opportunities, before the Subcommittee on
Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities, U.S. House Committee on
Armed Services, March 3, 2009
http://armedservices.house.gov/apps/list/speech/armedsvc_dem/smithos030309.shtml
For transcripts, please go to
http://armedservices.house.gov/hearing_information.shtml and scroll
down.
TERRORISM, EXTREMISM and HOMELAND
SECURITY
The New Age of
Irregular Warfare: Challenges and Opportunities
Opening
statement by subcommittee chairman Adam Smith at a hearing on The New Age of Irregular Warfare: Challenges and Opportunities, before the
Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities, U.S. House
Committee on Armed Services, April 2, 2009
http://armedservices.house.gov/apps/list/speech/armedsvc_dem/smithos040209.shtml
100% Air Cargo
Screening: Can We Secure America’s Skies?
Hearing before a subcommittee of the U.S.
House Committee on Homeland Security, March 18, 2009
http://homeland.house.gov/Hearings/index.asp?ID=179
A New
Foundation
Speech
by President Barack Obama, at Georgetown University, April 14, 2009
http://www.america.gov/st/texttrans-english/2009/April/20090414142247eaifas0.3019068.html
Monetary Policy in
the Financial Crisis
Speech
by Donald L. Kohn, vice chairman, U.S. Federal Reserve, April 18, 2009
http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/kohn20090418a.htm
Financial Innovation
and Consumer Protection
Speech
by Ben S. Bernanke, chairman, U.S. Federal Reserve, April 17, 2009
http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/bernanke20090417a.htm
Four Questions
about the Financial Crisis
Speech
by Ben S. Bernanke, chairman, U.S. Federal Reserve, April 14, 2009
http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/bernanke20090414a.htm
The
four questions referred to in the title are: How Did We Get Here? What is the
Fed Doing to Address the Situation? Does the Fed’s Aggressive Response Risk
Inflation down the Road? and
Why
Did the Fed and the Treasury Act to Prevent the Bankruptcy of Some Major
Financial Firms?
The Return of
Depression Economics?
Briefing
by Professor Paul Krugman at the Foreign Press Center, U.S. Dept of State,
April 13, 2009
http://fpc.state.gov/121662.htm
Paul
Krugman is professor of economics and international affairs at Princeton
University.
Could a Systemic
Regulator Have Seen the Current Crisis?
Speech
by Eric S. Rosengren, president and chief executive officer, Federal Reserve
Bank of Boston, April 15, 2009
http://www.bos.frb.org/news/speeches/rosengren/2009/041509.htm
The Panic of
2008
Speech
by Kevin Warsh, a governor of the U.S. Federal Reserve, April 6, 2009
http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/warsh20090406a.htm
Policies to Bring
Us out of the Financial Crisis and Recession
Speech
by Donald L. Kohn, vice chairman, U.S. Federal Reserve, April 3, 2009
http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/kohn20090403a.htm
Economic Policy:
Lessons from the New Deal
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, March
31, 2009
Better Late than
Never: Addressing Too-Big-To-Fail
Speech
by Gary H. Stern, president, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, March 31,
2009
http://www.minneapolisfed.org/news_events/pres/Stern03-31-09.cfm
Treasury Outlines
Framework for Regulatory Reform
U.S.
Dept of the Treasury, March 26, 2009
http://www.ustreas.gov/press/releases/tg72.htm
Remarks before the
Council on Foreign Relations
Remarks
by U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner before the Council on
Foreign Relations, March 25, 2009
http://www.ustreas.gov/press/releases/tg68.htm
In
this speech, the Treasury Secretary describes the Obama Administration’s
actions to confront economic and financial challenges facing the United States.
Primer: The
Financial Stability Plan
Backgrounder
by Lee Hudson Teslik, Council on Foreign Relations, March 24, 2009
http://www.cfr.org/publication/18921/
A Framework for
Analyzing Bank Lending
Speech
by Elizabeth A. Duke, a governor of the U.S. Federal Reserve, March 30,
2009
http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/F918CF1E7D0C4ABCBE1BDCB5E4918006.htm
Lessons Learned in
Risk Management Oversight at Federal Financial Regulators
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, March
18, 2009
The Credit Crisis
and Cycle Proof Regulation
The
2009 Homer Jones Lecture, by Raghuram Rajan. Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis,
April 15, 2009
http://www.stlouisfed.org/news/fiyc/assets/2009HomerJones.pdf
Raghuram
Rajan is professor in finance at the University of Chicago
Booth School of Business.
Current Issues in
Deposit Insurance
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, March
19, 2009
Mortgage Lending
Reform: A Comprehensive Review of the American Mortgage System
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, March
11, 2009
http://www.house.gov/apps/list/hearing/financialsvcs_dem/hr0311092.shtml
Technological
Change, Financial Innovation, and Diffusion in Banking
Working
paper by W. Scott Frame and Lawrence J. White, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta,
March 2009
http://www.frbatlanta.org/filelegacydocs/wp0910.pdf
This
33-page paper discusses the technological change and financial innovation that
commercial banking has experienced in the past 25 years. There is a summary at
http://www.frbatlanta.org/invoke.cfm?objectid=19B5C40B-5056-9F12-1245D4FD2BB3C59E&method=display
Lessons of the
Financial Crisis
Benn
Steil, Council on Foreign Relations, March 2009
http://www.cfr.org/content/publications/attachments/Financial_Regulation_CSR45.pdf
Reform of Financial
Markets: The Collapse of Market Fundamentalism and the First Steps to Revitalize the Economy
Mark
Cooper and Barbara Roper, Consumer Federation of America, April 2009
http://www.consumerfed.org/pdfs/FinancialMarketReformReport.pdf
There
is an issue brief at
http://www.consumerfed.org/pdfs/FinancialMarketReformIssueBrief.pdf and a press
release at http://www.consumerfed.org/pdfs/Press_Release_Market_Fundamentalism_4_06_09.pdf
‘Too Big to Fail’? The Role of Antitrust Law in Government-Funded
Consolidation in the Banking Industry
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, March 17,
2009
http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/hear_090317.html
Merger Review of
Firms in Financial Distress
EAG
discussion paper by Ken Heyer and Sheldon Kimmel, Economic Analysis Group
(EAG), Antitrust Division, U.S. Dept of Justice, March 2009
http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/eag/244098.pdf
Remarks by the
President on the American Automotive Industry
Remarks
by President Obama, March 30, 2009
The Wall Street
Journal Survey of CEO Compensation
Wall
Street Journal, April 2, 2009
http://graphicsweb.wsj.com/php/CEOPAY09.html
Innovation in Small
Business: Drivers of Change and Value Use
C.J.
Isom and David R. Jarczyk, Small Business Administration, March 2009
http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/rs342tot.pdf
There
is a fact sheet at
http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/factsinnovation09.pdf
Research on the
Economic Impact of Cooperatives
Findings
of a project of the U.S. Dept of Agriculture; the Wisconsin Dept of
Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection; the University of Wisconsin at
Madison; and the National Cooperative Business Association, 2009
There
is a news release, April 8, 2009, at
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC
RELATIONS and TRADE
Money, Markets, and
Sovereignty
Briefing
with Dr Benn Steil, Council on Foreign Relations, at the Foreign Press Center,
U.S. Dept of State, April 14, 2009
http://fpc.state.gov/121915.htm
Dr
Steil is senior fellow and director of international economics at the Council
on Foreign Relations, New York.
International
Economic and Exchange Rate Policies
Release
of Semi-Annual Report to Congress on International Economic and Exchange Rate
Policies. Statement by U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner, April
15, 2009
http://www.ustreas.gov/press/releases/tg90.htm
There
are links to the report and appendices.
2009 Trade Estimate
Report on Foreign Trade Barriers
Office
of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), March 2009
There
is a USTR news release at
China-U.S. Trade
Issues
Congressional
Research Service, updated March 4, 2009
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/121916.pdf
DEVELOPMENT and INTERNATIONAL
ASSISTANCE
USAID in the 21st
Century
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, April 1, 2009
http://foreign.senate.gov/hearings/2009/hrg090401a.html
2008 U.S. Official
Development Assistance
U.S.
Dept of State, March 30, 2009
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2009/03/120982.htm
(statistical summary)
Striking the
Appropriate Balance: The Defense Department’s
Expanding Role in Foreign Assistance
Hearing
before the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, March 18, 2009
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing_notice.asp?id=1054
For
transcripts, please go to
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/schedule.asp and scroll
down.
Swimming against
the Tide: How Developing Countries are Coping with the
Global Crisis
World
Bank, March 2009
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/NEWS/Resources/swimmingagainstthetide-march2009.pdf
There
is a news release at
The 2008-2009 World
Economic Crisis: What It Means for U.S. Agriculture
Economic
Research Service, U.S. Dept of Agriculture, March 2009
http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/WRS0902/WRS0902.pdf
Agricultural
Commodity Price Spikes in the 1970s and 1990s: Valuable Lessons for Today
Economic
Research Service, U.S. Dept of Agriculture, Amber
Waves, March 2009
http://www.ers.usda.gov/AmberWaves/March09/Features/AgCommodityPrices.htm
Growing
Crops for Biofuels Has Spillover Effects
Economic
Research Service, U.S. Dept of Agriculture, Amber
Waves, March 2009
http://www.ers.usda.gov/AmberWaves/March09/Features/Biofuels.htm
Land Use Effects of
U.S. Corn-Based Ethanol
Thomas
L. Darlington, published by Renewable Fuels Association, February 24, 2009
http://www.ethanolrfa.org/objects/documents/2192/land_use_effects_of_us_corn-based_ethanol.pdf
The Impact of
Ethanol Use on Food Prices and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Congressional
Budget Office, April 2009
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/100xx/doc10057/04-08-Ethanol.pdf
There
is a blog entry, summarizing the publication, at http://cboblog.cbo.gov/?p=228
Traceability in the
Food Supply Chain
Office
of Inspector General, U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services, March 2009
http://www.oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/oei-02-06-00210.pdf
FISHERIES and MARINE
ENVIRONMENT
The South Pacific
Tuna Treaty: Next Steps for Renewal
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, April 2,
2009
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing_notice.asp?id=1061
For
transcripts, please go to
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/schedule.asp and scroll
down.
Hungry Oceans: What
Happens When the Prey is Gone?
Oceana,
March 2009
http://oceana.org/fileadmin/oceana/uploads/Hungry_oceans/hungry_oceans_OCEANA_01.pdf
There
is a news release at
http://oceana.org/north-america/media-center/press-releases/all-press-releases/press_release/0/964/
A Rising Tide of
Ocean Debris and What We Can Do about It
Ocean
Conservancy, March 2009
http://www.oceanconservancy.org/site/PageServer?pagename=icc_report
There
is a press release at
http://www.oceanconservancy.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=12527&news_iv_ctrl=0&abbr=press_
Building a
Sustainable Energy Future
Draft
for public comment, National Science Board, April 10, 2009
http://www.nsf.gov/nsb/publications/2009/comments_se_report.pdf
There
is an announcement at http://www.nsf.gov/nsb/committees/se/pub_comment.jsp and a news
release, April 14, 2009, at
http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=114501&org=OLPA&from=news
On Pending
Legislation to Strengthen American Manufacturing through Improved Industrial Energy Efficiency
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, March 26,
2009
Annual Wind Energy
Report: Year Ending 2008
American
Wind Energy Association, April 2009
http://www.awea.org/publications/reports/AWEA-Annual-Wind-Report-2009.pdf
There
is a news release at
http://www.awea.org/newsroom/releases/Annual_Industry_Rankings_2009_041209.html
U.S. Solar Industry
Year in Review 2008
Solar
Energy Industries Association, March 2009
http://www.seia.org/galleries/pdf/2008_Year_in_Review-small.pdf
There
is a news release at
http://www.seia.org/cs/news_detail?pressrelease.id=385
Three Mile Island:
Looking Back on 30 Years of Lessons Learned
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public
Works, March 24, 2009
Proposed
Endangerment and Cause or Contribute Findings for Greenhouse Gases under the Clean Air Act
Finding
by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), April 17, 2009
http://epa.gov/climatechange/endangerment.html
There
is a press release describing the context of this EPA action at
http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/0EF7DF675805295D8525759B00566924
Evaluating Options
for U.S. Greenhouse-Gas Mitigation Using Multiple Criteria
RAND,
2009
http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/2009/RAND_OP252.pdf
There
is a summary at
http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP252/
Price Volatility in
Climate Change Legislation
Hearing
before the U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means, March 26, 2009
http://waysandmeans.house.gov/hearings.asp?formmode=detail&hearing=668
Flexibility in the
Timing of Emission Reductions under a Cap-and-Trade Program
Statement
by Congressional Budget Office director Douglas W. Elmendorf to a hearing
before the U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means, March 26, 2009
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/100xx/doc10020/03-26-Cap&Trade_Testimony.1.1.shtml
Trade Aspects of
Climate Change Legislation
Hearing before the Subcommittee on Trade, U.S. House Committee on Ways and
Means, March 24, 2009
http://waysandmeans.house.gov/hearings.asp?formmode=detail&hearing=667
Monitoring,
Verification, and Accounting for CO2 Stored in Deep Geologic Formations
National
Energy Technology Laboratory, U.S. Dept of Energy (DOE), March 2009
http://www.netl.doe.gov/technologies/carbon_seq/refshelf/MVA_Document.pdf
There
is a DOE news release at
http://www.fossil.energy.gov/news/techlines/2009/09016-DOE_Releases_MVA_Report.html
The California
Drought: Actions by Federal and State Agencies to Address Impacts on Lands, Fisheries, and Water Users
Hearing
before the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources, March 31, 2009
http://resourcescommittee.house.gov/index.php?option=com_jcalpro&Itemid=54&extmode=view&extid=238
EPA’s Role in
Promoting Water Use Efficiency
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public
Works, March 31, 2009
Draft National
Institutes of Health Guidelines for Human Stem Cell Research
National
Institutes of Health, April 17, 2009
http://stemcells.nih.gov/policy/2009draft
Federal R&D
Obligations to Universities and Colleges Totaled $25 Billion in FY 2007
National
Science Foundation, March 2009
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf09313/
More Than 9,000
National Academies Reports Now Available in Open Access
News
release, the National Academies, April 10, 2009
http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=04102009
“The
National Academies today announced the completion of the first phase of a
partnership with Google to digitize the library’s collection of reports from
1863 to 1997, making them available – free, searchable, and in full text –
through Google Book Search. The Academies plan to have their entire collection
of nearly 11,000 reports digitized by 2011.”
The Budgetary
Implications of NASA’s Current Plans for Space Exploration
Congressional
Budget Office, April 2009
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/100xx/doc10051/04-15-NASA.pdf
Export Controls on
Satellite Technology
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, April 2,
2009
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing_notice.asp?id=1060
For
transcripts, please go to
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/schedule.asp and scroll
down.
TRANSPORTATION and
INFRASTRUCTURE
A Vision for
High-Speed Rail in America
Remarks
by President Obama and Vice President Biden, April 16, 2009
Federal
Railroad Administration information about this is at
http://www.fra.dot.gov/us/content/31
High Speed
Passenger Rail: Future Development Will Depend on Addressing Financial and Other Challenges and Establishing a Clear
Federal Role
Government
Accountability Office (GAO), March 2009
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09317.pdf
The Need for
Transportation Investment
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, March 25,
2009
The Role of
Research in Addressing Climate in Transportation Infrastructure
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Science and Technology,
March 31, 2009
http://science.house.gov/publications/hearings_markups_details.aspx?NewsID=2400
Examining Federal
Vehicle Technology Research and Development Programs
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Science and Technology,
March 24, 2009
http://science.house.gov/publications/hearings_markups_details.aspx?NewsID=2395
Getting Current:
Recent Demographic Trends in Metropolitan America
Brookings
Institution, March 2009
There
is a summary at
http://www.brookings.edu/reports/2009/03_metro_demographic_trends.aspx
Miracle Mets: Our
Fifty States Matter a Lot Less Than Our 100 Largest Metro Areas
Bruce
Katz, Mark Muro and Jennifer Bradley, Democracy:
A Journal of Ideas, Spring 2009
http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/articles/2009/0311_metro_katz/0311_metro_katz.pdf
There
is a summary at
http://www.brookings.edu/articles/2009/0311_metro_katz.aspx
Philadelphia 2009:
The State of the City
Pew
Charitable Trusts, March 2009
There
is a news release at
http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=50476
Explaining Trends
in Wages, Work, and Occupations
David
H. Autor, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Chicago
Fed Letter, April 2009
http://www.chicagofed.org/publications/fedletter/cflapril2009_261.pdf
Job Sprawl
Revisited: The Changing Geography of Metropolitan Employment
Elizabeth
Kneebone, Brookings Institution, April 2009
There
is a summary at
http://www.brookings.edu/reports/2009/0406_job_sprawl_kneebone.aspx
U.S. Labor Market
in 2008: Economy in Recession
Monthly Labor
Review,
March 2009
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2009/03/art1full.pdf
Substantial Job
Losses in 2008: Weakness Broadens and Deepens across Industries
Monthly Labor
Review,
March 2009
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2009/03/art2full.pdf
Green Jobs and
Their Role in Our Economic Recovery
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor, March
31, 2009
http://edlabor.house.gov/hearings/2009/03/green-jobs-and-their-role-in-o.shtml
Characteristics of
Minimum Wage Workers: 2008
Bureau
of Labor Statistics, U.S. Dept of Labor, March 2009
http://www.bls.gov/cps/minwage2008.htm
A Complete and
Competitive American Education
Speech
by President Barack Obama to the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, March 10,
2009
Comparative
Indicators of Education in the United States and Other G-8 Countries: 2009
National
Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education, March 2009
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2009/2009039.pdf
The Rapid Growth
and Changing Complexion of Suburban Public Schools
Richard
Fry, Pew Hispanic Center, March 31, 2009
http://pewhispanic.org/files/reports/105.pdf
There
is a summary at
http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1173/suburban-schools-rapid-growth-latino-enrollment
Charter Schools in
Eight States: Effects on Achievement, Attainment, Integration, and Competition
RAND,
2009
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2009/RAND_MG869.pdf
There
is a summary at
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG869/
Achieving
Excellence at Scale: State Support for High-Performing Charter School
Expansion
Issue
brief, NGA Center for Best Practices, April 15, 2009
http://www.nga.org/Files/pdf/0904CHARTERSCHOOLEXPANSION.PDF
There
is a news release at
The Challenge of
Establishing World Class Universities
Jamil
Salmi, World Bank, 2009
Findings from the
2009 CGS International Graduate Admissions Survey: Phase I: Applications
Council
of Graduate Schools, April 2009
http://www.cgsnet.org/portals/0/pdf/R_IntlApps09_I.pdf
Foundations Address
the Impact of the Economic Crisis
Steven
Lawrence, The Foundation Center, April 2009
http://foundationcenter.org/gainknowledge/research/econ_outlook5.html
Foundation Growth and
Giving Estimates: Current Outlook: 2009 Edition
The
Foundation Center, March 2009
http://foundationcenter.org/gainknowledge/research/pdf/fgge09.pdf
There
is a news release at
http://foundationcenter.org/media/news/20090331.html
Nonprofit Finance
Fund Survey: America’s Nonprofits in Danger
Nonprofit
Finance Fund, March 26, 2009
http://www.nonprofitfinancefund.org/content.php?autoID=166
Philanthropy
Annual: 2008 Review
The
Foundation Center, 2009
http://foundationcenter.org/philanthropyannual/philanthropyannual2008.pdf
There
is general information about this 116-page publication at
http://foundationcenter.org/philanthropyannual/;jsessionid=4AGXHKUCDGLNPLAQBQ4CGXD5AAAACI2F
The Next Generation
of National Service
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions,
March 10, 2009
http://help.senate.gov/Hearings/2009_03_10_b/2009_03_10_b.html
The Geography of
Buzz: Art, Culture and the Social Milieu in Los Angeles and New York
Working
paper by Elizabeth Currid and Sarah Williams, Norman Lear Center, April
2009
http://www.learcenter.org/pdf/CurridWilliamsGeogBuzz.pdf
There
is a summary at
and an article in the New York Times, April 7, 2009, at
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/07/arts/design/07buzz.html
The Economic and
Employment Impact of the Arts and Music Industry
Hearing
before the U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor, March 26, 2009
http://edlabor.house.gov/hearings/2009/03/the-economic-and-employment-im.shtml
The
Committee has summarized the respective witnesses’ statements in a news release
“Economic Crisis is Having Catastrophic Effects on the Arts and Music,
Witnesses Tell House Panel”, at
http://edlabor.house.gov/newsroom/2009/03/economic-crisis-is-having-cata.shtml
Diverging
Coalitions: The Transformation of the American Electorate
Alan
Abramowitz, April 9, 2009
http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/article.php?id=AIA2009040901
The Internet’s Role
in Campaign 2008
Pew
Internet & American Life Project, April 2009
http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2009/6--The-Internets-Role-in-Campaign-2008.aspx?r=1
There is a PDF version at
http://www.pewinternet.org/~/media//Files/Reports/2009/The_Internets_Role_in_Campaign_2008.pdf
Election 08 Results
by District
Congressional
Quarterly Inc., 2009
http://innovation.cqpolitics.com/atlas/district_08
This
interactive map shows November 2008 Presidential and House of Representative
results by House electoral district. There is an announcement, April 6, 2009,
at
http://corporate.cq.com/wmspage.cfm?parm1=353
Reining in the
Imperial Presidency: Lessons and Recommendations Relating to the Presidency of George W. Bush
Final
report by the majority staff of the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary to
committee chairman John Conyers, Jr., March 2009
http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/printers/111th/IPres090316.pdf
There
is a news release, April 2, 2009, at
http://judiciary.house.gov/news/090402.html
Statehouse Rock: 36
Governorships on the Chopping Block in 2010
Larry
J. Sabato, March 12, 2009
http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/article.php?id=LJS2009031201
There
are further analyses,
http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/article.php?id=LJS2009031901 (March 19, 2009)
and
http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/article.php?id=LJS2009032601 (March 26,
2009).
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION and
BUDGET
Fiscal
Responsibility Summit
Washington
DC, February 23, 2009, report released March 20, 2009
http://www.whitehouse.gov/assets/blog/Fiscal_Responsibility_Summit_Report.pdf
Financial Crisis
and Public Policy
Jagadeesh
Gokhale, Cato Institute, March 23, 2009
http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa634.pdf
The Federal
Government Debt: Its Size and Economic Significance
Congressional
Research Service, March 4, 2009
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/121929.pdf
Tax Compliance and
Enforcement Issues with Respect to Offshore Accounts and Entities
Staff
of the Joint Committee on Taxation, U.S. Congress, March 30, 2009
http://www.jct.gov/publications.html?func=startdown&id=3520
States Strengthen
Whistleblower Protection Laws
Public
Employees for Environmental Responsibility, April 16, 2009
http://www.peer.org/news/news_id.php?row_id=1181
Internet Typology:
The Mobile Difference: Wireless Connectivity Has Drawn Many Users More Deeply into Digital Life
Pew
Internet & American Life Project, March 25, 2009
http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1162/internet-typology-users-mobile-communication-devices
Freedom on the Net:
A Global Assessment of Internet and Digital Media
Freedom
House, April 1, 2009
http://www.freedomhouse.org/uploads/specialreports/NetFreedom2009/FreedomOnTheNet_FullReport.pdf
This
publication includes country reports on Brazil, China, Cuba, Egypt, Estonia,
Georgia, India, Iran, Kenya, Malaysia, Russia, South Africa, Tunisia, Turkey
and the United Kingdom.
Internet Crime
Report 2008
Internet
Crime Complaint Center (IC3), March 2009
http://www.nw3c.org/downloads/2008_IC3_Annual%20Report_3_27_09_small.pdf
There
is an FBI news release, March 30, 2009, at
http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel09/internet033009.htm
Sinking the
Copyright Pirates: Global Protection of Intellectual Property
Hearing
before the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, April 6, 2009
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing_notice.asp?id=1065
For
transcripts, please go to
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/schedule.asp and scroll
down.
The Office of U.S.
Trade Representative Releases Summary of Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) Negotiations
News
release, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), April 6, 2009
The
summary is at
http://www.ustr.gov/assets/Document_Library/Fact_Sheets/2009/asset_upload_file917_15546.pdf
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