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Defense and international security
Terrorism, extremism and
homeland security
Science
and mathematics education
Telecommunications and the
internet
Campus
Connections
eJournal
USA, August 2009
http://www.america.gov/publications/ejournalusa/0809.html
A globalized economy makes business and employment
spill across national boundaries, so an education abroad is likely to make a
young person better prepared for the world’s future. Almost double the numbers
of students travel abroad for an education today as compared with 20 years ago.
Campus Connections examines the
international study experience and its influence on individual growth. eJournal USA is an electronic journal of
the Bureau of International Information Programs, U.S. Department of
State.
Asia-Pacific
U.S. Military Overview
Briefing by Admiral Timothy Keating, Commander,
U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM), at the Foreign Press Center, U.S. Dept of State,
July 28, 2009
http://fpc.state.gov/126572.htm
Ushering
in Change: A New Era for U.S. Regional Policy in the Pacific
Hearing before a subcommittee of the U.S. House
Committee on Foreign Affairs, July 29, 2009
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing_notice.asp?id=1105
For transcripts, please go to
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/schedule.asp
and scroll down. This hearing looks at U.S. policy
in relation to the smaller island nations of the Pacific.
Closing
Remarks for U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue
Remarks by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham
Clinton, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner, Chinese State
Councillor Dai Bingguo, and Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan, July 28,
2009
http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2009a/july/126599.htm
There is a joint press release on the First Round
of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue at
http://www.ustreas.gov/press/releases/tg242.htm
and a joint fact sheet on the Economic Track at
http://www.ustreas.gov/press/releases/tg240.htm
China-U.S.
Relations: Current Issues and Implications for U.S. Policy
Congressional Research Service, updated July 10,
2009
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/128379.pdf
Human
Rights in China: Trends and Policy Implications
Congressional Research Service, updated July 13,
2009
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/128378.pdf
Managing
Strategic Competition with China
Phillip G. Saunders, Institute for National
Strategic Studies, Strategic Forum,
July 2009
http://www.ndu.edu/inss/Strforum/SF242/SF242.pdf
A
Question of Balance: Political Context and Military Aspects of the China-Taiwan
Dispute
RAND, 2009
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2009/RAND_MG888.pdf
There is a summary, August 5, 2009, at
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG888/index.html
China’s
New Think Tanks: Where Officials, Entrepreneurs, and Scholars Interact
Cheng Li, Hoover Institution, China Leadership Monitor, Summer 2009
http://media.hoover.org/documents/CLM29CL.pdf
There is a brief summary at
http://www.hoover.org/publications/clm/issues/52971792.html
Pakistan 2009
Annotated
webliography with hyperlinks, by Muir S. Fairchild Research Information Center,
July 2009
http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/bibs/pakistan09.htm
Afghanistan’s Narco War:
Breaking the Link between Drug Traffickers and the Insurgents
A
report to the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, August 10, 2009
http://www.foreign.senate.gov/afghan.pdf
There
is a press release at
http://kerry.senate.gov/cfm/record.cfm?id=316988
How Opium Profits the
Taliban
Gretchen
Peters, U.S. Institute of Peace, August 2009
http://www.usip.org/files/resources/taliban_opium_1.pdf
Afghanistan’s Police: The
Weak Link in Security Sector Reform
Robert
M. Perito, U.S. Institute of Peace, August 2009
http://www.usip.org/files/resources/afghanistan_police.pdf
Afghanistan: U.S. Foreign
Assistance
Congressional
Research Service, July 14, 2009
http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/R40699_20090714.pdf
The U.S. Security
Relationship with Russia and its Impact on Transatlantic Security
Statement
by U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Philip H. Gordon to the U.S. House
Committee on Armed Services, July 30, 2009
http://www.state.gov/p/eur/rls/rm/2009/126769.htm
For
other witnesses’ testimony, please go to
http://armedservices.house.gov/hearing_information.shtml and scroll down.
The Reset Button Has Been
Pushed: Kicking off a New Era in U.S.-Russian Relations
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, July 28,
2009
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing_notice.asp?id=1104
For
transcripts, please go to
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/schedule.asp and scroll down.
Georgia: One Year after the
August War
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, August 4, 2009
http://foreign.senate.gov/hearings/2009/hrg090804p.html
U.S.-Iraq Withdrawal/Status
of Forces Agreement: Issues for Congressional Oversight
Congressional
Research Service, updated July 13, 2009
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/128352.pdf
Withdrawing from Iraq:
Alternative Schedules, Associated Risks, and Mitigating Strategies
RAND,
July 2009
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2009/RAND_MG882.pdf
There
is a short summary at
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG882/?ref=homepage&key=t_iraq_withdrawal
Iran Status Report: Iran
and the Challenges to U.S. Policy
Anthony
H. Cordesman and Adam C. Seitz, Center for Strategic and International Studies,
Georgetown University, August 11, 2009
http://csis.org/files/publication/090812_iranbrief.pdf
Minimizing Potential
Threats from Iran: Assessing Economic Sanctions and Other U.S. Policy
Options
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, July
30, 2009
Iran Sanctions
Congressional
Research Service, July 9, 2009
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/127295.pdf
U.S. Foreign Assistance to
the Middle East: Historical Background, Recent Trends, and the FY2010 Request
Congressional
Research Service, July 17, 2009
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/128331.pdf
Internet in the Middle East
and North Africa
OpenNet
Initiative, August 2009
http://opennet.net/research/regions/mena
The
OpenNet Initiative blog has an extensive Q&A on the report and its
findings:
http://opennet.net/blog/2009/08/oni-releases-2009-middle-east-north-africa-research
DEFENSE and INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
The Long Road from
Prague
Address
by U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Rose Gottemoeller, August 14, 2009
http://www.state.gov/t/vci/rls/127958.htm
In
this address, the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Verification,
Compliance, and Implementation outlines the Obama Administration’s policy on
arms control and nuclear disarmament, and looks at issues relating to the START
treaty (which expires on December 5, 2009), the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban
Treaty, and efforts towards a fissile material cutoff treaty.
Remarks to U.S. Strategic
Command Deterrence Symposium
Remarks
by U.S. Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security
Ellen Tauscher, at the U.S. Strategic Command, Omaha, Nebraska, July 30,
2009
http://www.state.gov/t/us/126862.htm
Strategic Arms Control
after START: Issues and Options
Congressional
Research Service, July 9, 2009
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/128392.pdf
Implementation of UN
Security Council Resolution 1874 on North Korea
Briefing
by Philip S. Goldberg, U.S. Coordinator for Implementation of UNSC Resolution
1874, August 13, 2009
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2009/aug/127860.htm
Climate Change and National
Security
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, July 30,
2009
New Challenges for
International Peacekeeping Operations
Hearing
before the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, July 29, 2009
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing_notice.asp?id=1106
For
transcripts, please go to
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/schedule.asp and scroll down.
U.S. Department of State
Surpasses Target of 75,000 Trained Peacekeepers by 2010
U.S.
Dept of State, July 23, 2009
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2009/july/126396.htm
TERRORISM, EXTREMISM and HOMELAND SECURITY
A New Approach to
Safeguarding Americans
Address
by John O. Brennan, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and
Counterterrorism, August 6, 2009
There
is a summary at
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/A-New-Approach-to-Combating-Violent-Extremism/
Striking a Balance on
Counterterrorism Policies
Interview
with Steven Simon, Council on Foreign Relations, August 10, 2009
http://www.cfr.org/publication/19992/
Reforming the Military
Commissions Act of 2006 and Detainee Policy
Opening
statement by committee chairman Ike Skelton at a hearing on Reforming the Military Commissions Act of 2006 and Detainee Policy,
before the U.S. House Committee on Armed Services, July 24, 2009
http://armedservices.house.gov/apps/list/speech/armedsvc_dem/SkeltonOS072409.shtml
For
witness testimony, please go to
http://armedservices.house.gov/hearing_information.shtml and scroll down.
Proposals for Reform of the
Military Commissions System
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Commission on the Judiciary, July 30,
2009
http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/hear_090730.html
Prosecuting Terrorists:
Civil and Military Trials for GTMO and Beyond
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, July 28,
2009
http://judiciary.senate.gov/hearings/hearing.cfm?id=4002
Closing the Guantanamo
Detention Center: Legal Issues
Congressional
Research Service, July 20, 2009
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/128329.pdf
Understanding Why Terrorist
Operations Succeed or Fail
Brian
A. Jackson and David R. Frelinger, RAND, August 2009
http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/2009/RAND_OP257.pdf
There
is a short summary of this 41-page paper at
http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP257/
The Second Wave: Return of
the Militias
Southern
Poverty Law Center, August 2009
http://www.splcenter.org/images/dynamic/main/The_Second_Wave.pdf
There
is a summary of this 24-page study of domestic extremist groups in the United
States at
http://www.splcenter.org/news/item.jsp?aid=392
and
a news release at
http://www.splcenter.org/news/item.jsp?aid=393
The Macroeconomic Impacts
of the 9/11 Attack: Evidence from Real-Time Forecasting
Working
paper by Bryan W. Roberts, U.S. Dept of Homeland Security, August 2009
http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/statistics/publications/ois_wp_impacts_911.pdf
Chemical, Biological,
Radiological, Nuclear and High-Yield Explosives Consequence Management
Opening
statement by subcommittee chairman Adam Smith at a hearing on Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and High-Yield
Explosives Consequence Management, before a subcommittee of the U.S. House
Committee on Armed Services, July 28, 2009
http://armedservices.house.gov/apps/list/speech/armedsvc_dem/SmithOS072809.shtml
For
witness testimony, please go to
http://armedservices.house.gov/hearing_information.shtml and scroll down.
The Economic Outlook and
the Fed’s Balance Sheet: The Issue of “How” versus “When”
Speech
by William C. Dudley, president and chief executive officer, Federal Reserve
Bank of New York, July 29, 2009
http://www.newyorkfed.org/newsevents/speeches/2009/dud090729.html
Financial Intermediation
and the Post-Crisis Financial System
Speech
by Donald L. Kohn, vice-chairman, U.S. Federal Reserve, July 10, 2009
http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/kohn20090710a.htm
Regulatory Perspectives on
the Obama Administration’s Financial Regulatory Reform Proposals
Hearing
before the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, July 22, 2009
http://www.house.gov/apps/list/hearing/financialsvcs_dem/fchr_072209.shtml
Industry Perspectives on
the Obama Administration’s Financial Regulatory Reform Proposals
Hearing
before the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, July 17, 2009
http://www.house.gov/apps/list/hearing/financialsvcs_dem/hrfc_071709.shtml
Banking Industry Perspectives on the Obama Administration’s Financial Regulatory Reform
Proposals
Hearing
before the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, July 15, 2009
http://www.house.gov/apps/list/hearing/financialsvcs_dem/fchr_071509.shtml
Regulatory Restructuring:
Balancing the Independence of the Federal Reserve in Monetary Policy with Systemic Risk Regulation
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, July
9, 2009
http://www.house.gov/apps/list/hearing/financialsvcs_dem/hrdmp_070909.shtml
Strengthening and
Streamlining Prudential Bank Supervision
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, August
4, 2009
Regulatory Modernization:
Perspectives on Insurance
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, July 28,
2009
Regulating Hedge Funds and
Other Private Investment Pools
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and
Urban Affairs, July 15, 2009
Of
related interest is this U.S. Department of the Treasury fact sheet, July 15,
2009:
http://www.ustreas.gov/press/releases/tg214.htm
Issues and Prospects in
Corn, Soybean, and Wheat Futures Markets: New Entrants, Price Volatility, and Market Performance Implications
Economic
Research Service, U.S. Dept of Agriculture, August 2009
http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/FDS/2009/08Aug/FDS09G01/FDS09G01.pdf
U.S. Food Import Patterns,
1998-2007
Economic
Research Service, U.S. Dept of Agriculture, August 2009
http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/FAU/2009/08Aug/FAU125/FAU125.pdf
America’s Energy Future:
Technology and Transformation
Summary
edition. National Academies Press, 2009
http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12710
Information
about the full edition (650 pages) is at
http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12091
and
a news release, July 28, 2009, is at
http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=12710
President Obama Announces
$2.4 Billion in Grants to Accelerate the Manufacturing and Deployment of the Next Generation of U.S. Batteries and Electric Vehicles
The
White House, August 5, 2009
Moving America toward a
Clean Energy Economy and Reducing Global Warming Pollution: Legislative Tools
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, July 7,
2009
Unlocking Energy Efficiency
in the U.S. Economy
McKinsey,
July 2009
There
is an EPA statement on the report at
Energy Market and Economic
Impacts of H.R. 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009
Energy
Information Administration, U.S. Dept of Energy, August 4, 2009
http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/servicerpt/hr2454/index.html
The
report is also in PDF format at
http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/servicerpt/hr2454/pdf/sroiaf(2009)05.pdf
What is the Status of the
U.S. Nuclear Industry?
Energy
Information Administration, U.S. Dept of Energy, Energy in Brief, updated August 10, 2009
http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/energy_in_brief/nuclear_industry.cfm
The Peak Oil Debate
Laurel
Graefe, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Economic
Review, 2009, No.2
http://www.frbatlanta.org/filelegacydocs/er0902_graefe.pdf
There
is a summary at
Climate Change and Ensuring
That America Leads the Clean Energy Transformation
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, August 6,
2009
The Use of Offsets to
Reduce Greenhouse Gases
Congressional
Budget Office, August 3, 2009
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/104xx/doc10497/08-03-Offsets.pdf
Greenhouse Gas Legislation:
Summary and Analysis of H.R. 2454 as Passed by the House of Representatives
Congressional
Research Service, July 27, 2009
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/127293.pdf
Fifty-Year Record of
Glacier Change Reveals Shifting Climate in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska,
USA
U.S.
Geological Survey, August 2009
http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2009/3046/pdf/fs20093046.pdf
See
also http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2009/3046/
and
a news release at
http://www.doi.gov/news/09_News_Releases/080609b.html
Declaration of the Leaders:
The Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate
Declaration
at summit at L’Aquila, Italy, July 9, 2009
Health Care Reform: An
Introduction
Congressional
Research Service, July 29, 2009
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/127294.pdf
Comprehensive Health
Insurance Reform: An Essential Prescription for Women
Report
of the Joint Economic Committee, U.S. Congress, August 6, 2009
There
is a press release at
Health Care Cost Growth and
the Economic Performance of U.S. Industries
RAND
fact sheet, July 2009
http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/2009/RAND_RB9465.pdf
There
is a news release at
http://www.rand.org/news/press/2009/07/23/
The Five Most Costly
Conditions, 1996 and 2006: Estimates for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population
Statistical
brief, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality, U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services, July 2009
http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_files/publications/st248/stat248.pdf
U.S. Obesity Trends: Trends
by State, 1985-2008
Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services,
July 2009
http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/trends.html
There
is a press release at
http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/r090708.htm
CDC Launches New
Environmental Public Health Tracking Network
Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), news release, July 7, 2009
http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/r090707.htm
For
the network, please see
http://ephtracking.cdc.gov/showHome.action
Protecting Patients from
Defective Medical Devices
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions,
August 4, 2009
http://help.senate.gov/Hearings/2009_08_04/2009_08_04.html
Back to Basics: Ten Steps
to Save 85,000 Lives and $35 Billion a Year in Health Care Delivery
Public
Citizen, August 6, 2009
http://www.citizen.org/documents/BackToBasics.pdf
There
is a news release at
http://www.publiccitizen.org/pressroom/release.cfm?ID=2943
Wisdom at Work: Retaining
Experienced Nurses
Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation, June 2009
http://www.rwjf.org/pr/product.jsp?id=43408
The
text (79 pages) is at
http://www.rwjf.org/files/publications/other/wisdomatwork.pdf
and
there is a news release, July 29, 2009, at
http://www.rwjf.org/newsroom/product.jsp?id=46431
Beyond Readiness: An
Examination of the Current Status and Future Outlook of the National Response to Pandemic Influenza
Hearing
before the U.S. House Dept of Homeland Security, July 29, 2009
http://homeland.house.gov/Hearings/index.asp?ID=209
Influenza A(H1N1) and
Pandemic Preparedness under the Rule of International Law
Lawrence
O. Gostin, O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law Scholarship,
Georgetown University, July 7, 2009
http://scholarship.law.georgetown.edu/ois_papers/28/
U.S. Performance across
International Assessments of Student Achievement
Special
Supplement to The Condition of Education 2009. National Center for Education
Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education, August 2009
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2009083
The
text in PDF format (85 pages) is at
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2009/2009083.pdf
and
there is a summary at
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/2009/analysis/
AASL Announces Inaugural
Best Web Sites for Teaching and Learning
News
release, American Library Association, July 15, 2009
http://www.ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pressreleases2009/july2009/top25_aasl.cfm
This
describes an initiative of the American Association of School Librarians
(AASL). The list and related material are at
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/guidelinesandstandards/bestlist/bestwebsites.cfm
SCIENCE and MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
Mathematics Learning in
Early Childhood: Paths toward Excellence and Equity
Report
by a committee of the National Research Council. National Academies Press,
2009
http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12519
There
is a news release about this 448-page report at
http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=12519
A Systems Approach to
Improving K-12 STEM Education
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Science and Technology,
July 30, 2009
http://science.house.gov/publications/hearings_markups_details.aspx?NewsID=2562
Encouraging the Participation
of Female Students in STEM Fields
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Science and Technology,
July 21, 2009
http://science.house.gov/publications/hearings_markups_details.aspx?NewsID=2541
Students Who Study Science,
Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) in Postsecondary Education
National
Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education, July 2009
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2009/2009161.pdf
There
is a brief summary at
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2009161
Federal Elections 2008:
Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S. Senate, and the U.S. House of Representatives
Federal
Election Commission (FEC), July 2009
http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2008/federalelections2008.shtml
The
full report (181 pages, 7.4 MB) is at
http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2008/federalelections2008.pdf
and
a news release, August 6, 2009, is at
http://www.fec.gov/press/press2009/20090806_ElectionResults.shtml
Pro Publica and Sunlight
Lift the Lid on Foreign Lobbying
News
release, Sunlight Foundation, August 18, 2009
This
describes the new Foreign Lobbying Influence Tracker database
http://www.foreignlobbying.org/
State/Local Employment Up
Slightly since Start of Recession, but Cuts Are Now Underway
Donald
J. Boyd, Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government, August 20, 2009
http://www.rockinst.org/pdf/government_finance/2009-08-20-State_Local_Employment.pdf
There
is a press release about this 21-page study at
http://www.rockinst.org/newsroom/news_releases/2009/2009-08-20-state_local_employment_up.aspx
The Size and Role of
Government: Economic Issues
Congressional
Research Service, July 1, 2009
http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL32162_20090701.pdf
The Changing Face of the
Federal Judiciary
Russell
Wheeler, Brookings Institution, August 2009
There
is a study of this 17-page study of recent trends in the composition of the
U.S. federal judiciary at
http://www.brookings.edu/papers/2009/08_federal_judiciary_wheeler.aspx
Over-Criminalization of
Conduct/Over-Federalization of Criminal Law
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, July 22,
2009
http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/hear_090722_2.html
Mandatory Minimums and
Unintended Consequences
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, July 14,
2009
http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/hear_090714.html
No Exit: The Expanding Use
of Life Sentences in America
Ashley
Nellis and Ryan S. King, The Sentencing Project, July 2009
http://www.sentencingproject.org/doc/publications/inc_noexit.pdf
There
is a news release at
http://www.sentencingproject.org/detail/news.cfm?news_id=754&id=167
The U.S. Newspaper Industry
in Transition
Congressional
Research Service, July 8, 2009
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/126872.pdf
Rethinking the Children’s
Television Act for a Digital Age
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, July
22, 2009
Duke Puts Historic Ads on
ITunes
News
release, Duke University, July 21, 2009
http://durham.mync.com/site/durham/news/story/38628/duke-puts-historic-commercials-on-itunes/
This
digital collection of vintage television commercials is at
http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/adviews/
TELECOMMUNICATIONS and THE INTERNET
Spectrum Policy in the Age
of Broadband: Issues for Congress
Congressional
Research Service, July 13, 2009
http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/R40674_20090713.pdf
Teens and Mobile Phones
over the Past Five Years: Pew Internet Looks Back
Amanda
Lenhart, Pew Internet & American Life Project, August 2009
There
is an overview at
http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2009/14--Teens-and-Mobile-Phones-Data-Memo.aspx
The Audience for Online
Video-Sharing Sites Shoots Up
Pew
Internet & American Life Project, July 2009
The
text in PDF format is at
Parental Controls and Online
Child Protection: A Survey of Tools and Methods
Progress
& Freedom Foundation, 2009
There
is a summary of this 253-page study at http://www.pff.org/parentalcontrols/
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