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Defense and international security
Terrorism and homeland security
International economic relations and
trade
Fisheries and marine environment
Environment and climate change
Politics and public administration
Telecommunications and internet
The Global
Financial System: Six Experts Look at the Crisis
eJournal
USA, May 2009
http://www.america.gov/publications/ejournalusa/0509.html
The contributors
describe the mechanics of the global financial system, presenting their views of
the cyclical nature of markets, the interdependence of global trade
relationships, and the role of regulation. eJournal USA is a monthly electronic journal of
the Bureau of International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State.
New
Beginnings: Foreign Policy Priorities in the Obama Administration
Opening
remarks by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton before the U.S. House
Committee on Foreign Affairs, April 22, 2009
http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2009a/04/122048.htm
Global
Press Conference
Briefing
by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton at Global Press Conference, at
the Foreign Press Center, U.S. Dept of State, May 19, 2009
http://fpc.state.gov/123641.htm
President
Obama’s Foreign Policy: The First 100 Days
Briefing
by Mike Hammer, National Security Council spokesman, at the Foreign Press
Center, U.S. Dept of State, April 29, 2009
http://fpc.state.gov/122402.htm
The
Global Financial Crisis: Foreign and Trade Policy Effects
Congressional
Research Service, April 7, 2009
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/122298.pdf
A New Strategy for
Afghanistan and Pakistan
Hearing before the
U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, May 21, 2009
http://foreign.senate.gov/hearings/2009/hrg090521a.html
U.S. Strategy
toward Pakistan
Hearing before the
U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, May 12, 2009
http://foreign.senate.gov/hearings/2009/hrg090512aa.html
From Strategy to
Implementation: The Future of the U.S.-Pakistan Relationship
Hearing before the
U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, May 5, 2009
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing_notice.asp?id=1068
For witness
testimony, please go to
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/schedule.asp and scroll
down.
The Future of the
U.S.-Pakistan Military Partnership
There were hearings
on this topic before the U.S. House Committee on Armed Services on April 23 and
April 29, 2009. For transcripts, please go to
http://armedservices.house.gov/hearing_information.shtml and scroll
down.
Afghanistan: Key
Issues for Congressional Oversight
Government
Accountability Office (GAO), April 2009
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09473sp.pdf
Back from the
Brink? A Strategy for Stabilizing Afghanistan-Pakistan
The Asia Society,
April 2009
http://www.asiasociety.org/taskforces/afpak/Afghanistan-PakistanTaskForce.pdf
There is a summary
at
http://www.asiasociety.org/taskforces/afpak/
Reconciling with
the Taliban? Toward an Alternative Grand Strategy in Afghanistan
Ashley J. Tellis,
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, April 2009
http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/reconciling_with_taliban.pdf
There is a summary
at
http://www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=view&id=22981
From AfPak to
PakAf: A Response to the New U.S. Strategy for South Asia
Policy options
paper by Daniel Markey, Council on Foreign Relations, April 2009
http://www.cfr.org/publication/19125/
Pakistan’s
“Existential Threat” Comes From Within
Interview with
Bruce O. Riedel, senior fellow, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, Brookings
Institution. Council on Foreign
Relations, May 6, 2009
http://www.cfr.org/publication/19321/
U.S. Pledge at the
Tokyo Donors’ Conference
U.S. Dept of State,
April 17, 2009
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2009/04/121822.htm
This summary
relates to United States development assistance to Pakistan.
Engaging Iran:
Obstacles and Opportunities
Hearing before the
U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, May 6, 2009
http://foreign.senate.gov/hearings/2009/hrg090506a.html
Dangerous but Not
Omnipotent: Exploring the Reach and Limitations of Iranian Power in
the Middle East
RAND, May 2009
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2009/RAND_MG781.pdf
There is a summary
at
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG781/
Operation Iraqi
Freedom: Strategies, Approaches, Results, and Issues for Congress
Congressional
Research Service, April 2, 2009
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/122966.pdf
Occupying Iraq: A
History of the Coalition Provisional Authority
RAND, May 2009
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2009/RAND_MG847.pdf
There is a brief
summary of this 412-page book at
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG847/
and a 35-page summary
at
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2009/RAND_MG847.sum.pdf
Arab Countries
Stumble in the Face of Growing Economic Crisis
Ibrahim Saif and
Farah Choucair, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, May 2009
http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/economic_crisis_wc_english.pdf
The text in Arabic
is at
http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/economic_crisis_wc_arabic.pdf
Zimbabwe:
Opportunities for a New Way Forward
Hearing before a
subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, May 7, 2009
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing_notice.asp?id=1071
For witness
testimony, please go to
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/schedule.asp and scroll
down.
U.S. Assistance to
Africa: A Call for Foreign Aid Reform
Hearing before a
subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, April 23, 2009
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing_notice.asp?id=1067
For witness
testimony, please go to
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/schedule.asp and scroll
down.
Strengthening U.S.
Diplomatic Capacity in Africa
Hearing before the
U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, April 21, 2009
http://foreign.senate.gov/hearings/2009/hrg090421p.html
Sub-Saharan Africa:
Effects of Infrastructure Conditions on Export Competitiveness
Third annual
report, U.S. International Trade Commission, April 2009
http://www.usitc.gov/publications/332/pub4071.pdf
There is a news
release, May 8, 2009, at
http://www.usitc.gov/ext_relations/news_release/2009/er0508gg3.htm
Brazil in the
Global Economy: Measuring the Gains from Trade
Sandra Polaski and
others, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, April 2009
http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/brazil_global_economy.pdf
There is a summary
at
http://www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=view&id=22914
U.S.-Mexico
Announce Bilateral Framework on Clean Energy and Climate Change
White House, April
16, 2009
U.S.-Mexico Discuss
New Approach to Bilateral Relationship
White House fact
sheet, April 16, 2009
Security in Mexico:
Implications for U.S. Policy Options
RAND, 2009
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2009/RAND_MG876.pdf
There is a summary
of this 108-page publication at
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG876/.
On a similar theme
is this April 2009 issue brief by RAND
http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9444/index1.html
The Merida
Initiative
Remarks by U.S.
Assistant Secretary of State David T. Johnson in Tucson, Arizona, April 7,
2009
http://www.state.gov/p/inl/rls/rm/121691.htm
Mexico’s
Narco-Insurgency and U.S. Counterdrug Policy
Hal Brands,
Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, May 2009
http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/display.cfm?pubID=918
Memorandum:
Promoting Democracy and Human Rights in Cuba
White House, April
13, 2009
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Memorandum-Promoting-Democracy-and-Human-Rights-in-Cuba/
Reaching Out to the
Cuban People
White House fact sheet, April 13,
2009
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Fact-Sheet-Reaching-out-to-the-Cuban-people/
Cuba: A New Policy
of Critical and Constructive Engagement
Brookings
Institution, April 2009
http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/reports/2009/0413_cuba/0413_cuba.pdf
The Status of U.S.
Trade with Cuba and its Impact on Economic Growth
Hearing before a
subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, April 27,
2009
http://energycommerce.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1595
NATO Post-60:
Institutional Challenges Moving Forward
Hearing before the
U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, May 6, 2009
http://foreign.senate.gov/hearings/2009/hrg090506p.html
Southern
Corridor-New Silk Road
Remarks at the EU
Summit “Southern Corridor-New Silk Road”. Remarks by Richard Morningstar, U.S.
Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy, in Prague, May 8, 2009
http://www.state.gov/s/eee/rmk/123530.htm
NATO Enlargement:
Albania, Croatia, and Possible Future Candidates
Congressional
Research Service, updated April 14, 2009
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/122944.pdf
Bosnia: Current
Issues and U.S. Policy
Congressional
Research Service, April 1, 2009
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/122292.pdf
Remarks at Russia
World Forum
Remarks by William
J. Burns, U.S. Under Secretary of
State for Political Affairs, April 27, 2009
http://www.state.gov/p/us/rm/2009a/122279.htm
Russian Foreign
Policy: Sources and Implications
RAND, 2009
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2009/RAND_MG768.pdf
There is a summary
at
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG768/
and a news release at
http://www.rand.org/news/press/2009/04/01/
Stability in
Russia’s Chechnya and Other Regions of the North Caucasus: Recent
Developments
Congressional
Research Service, April 3, 2009
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/122956.pdf
DEFENSE and INTERNATIONAL
SECURITY
America’s Strategic
Posture
The Final Report of
the Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States, U.S.
Institute of Peace Press, May 2009
http://media.usip.org/reports/strat_posture_report.pdf
There is a brief
summary at
http://www.usip.org/strategic_posture/final.html
and a longer summary
at
http://media.usip.org/reports/strat_posture_exec_sum.pdf.
The chairman and
vice-chairman of the Commission are William J. Perry and James R. Schlesinger,
respectively, who testified at a hearing of the U.S. Senate Committee on Armed
Services on May 7
http://armed-services.senate.gov/e_witnesslist.cfm?id=3816
and at a hearing of
the U.S. House Committee on Armed Services on May 6
http://armedservices.house.gov/hearing_information.shtml
U.S. Nuclear
Weapons Policy
Report of a task
force chaired by William J. Perry and Brent Scowcroft, Council on Foreign
Relations, April 2009
http://www.cfr.org/publication/19226/
The text of this
report (144 pages) is at
http://www.cfr.org/content/publications/attachments/Nuclear_Weapons_TFR62.pdf
Disarmament,
Nonproliferation, and Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy
Opening statement
by U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Rose Gottemoeller at the Third Session of
the Preparatory Committee for the 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review
Conference, May 5, 2009
http://www.state.gov/t/vci/rls/122672.htm
Strategic Arms
Control after START: Issues and Options
Congressional
Research Service, April 3, 2009
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/122963.pdf
Threat Convergence:
Subversion, Destabilization, and Insecurity
Address by David M.
Luna, Director for Anticrime Programs, U.S. Dept of State, May 4, 2009
http://www.state.gov/p/inl/rls/rm/122662.htm
Counterinsurgency
and Irregular Warfare: Issues and Lessons Learned
Opening statement
by subcommittee chairman Adam Smith at a hearing on Counterinsurgency and Irregular Warfare:
Issues and Lessons Learned, before a subcommittee of the U.S. House
Committee on Armed Services, May 7, 2009
http://armedservices.house.gov/apps/list/speech/armedsvc_dem/smithos050709.shtml
For witness
testimony, 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 Air Power
Hearing before the
Subcommittee on Airland, U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services, April 30,
2009
http://armed-services.senate.gov/e_witnesslist.cfm?id=3797
The New Balance:
Limited Armed Stabilization and the Future of U.S. Landpower
Nathan P. Freier,
Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, April 2009
http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/display.cfm?pubID=915
Improving Capacity
for Stabilization and Reconstruction Operations
RAND, 2009
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2009/RAND_MG852.pdf
There is a summary
of this 105-page report at
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG852/
and a news release,
April 3, 2009, at
http://www.rand.org/news/press/2009/04/03/
War Powers in the
21st Century
Hearing before the
U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, April 28, 2009
http://foreign.senate.gov/hearings/2009/hrg090428a.html
National
Security
A bibliography by
the Muir S. Fairchild Research Information Center, April 2009
http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/bibs/nationalsecur.htm
TERRORISM and HOMELAND SECURITY
National
Security
Remarks by
President Obama at the National Archives, May 21,
2009
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Remarks-by-the-President-On-National-Security-5-21-09/
Country Reports on
Terrorism 2008
U.S. Dept of State,
April 2009
http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/crt/2008/index.htm
There is a press
briefing, April 30, 2009, at
http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/rm/2009/122497.htm
Protecting National
Security and Civil Liberties: Strategies for Terrorism Information Sharing
Hearing before a
subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, April 21, 2009
http://judiciary.senate.gov/hearings/hearing.cfm?id=3780
Airport Passenger
Screening: Background and Issues for Congress
Congressional
Research Service, April 23, 2009
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/122939.pdf
Taking Diplomatic
Action against Piracy
Press release, U.S.
Dept of State, May 13, 2009
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2009/05/123297.htm
This outlines
actions taken by the United States since December 2008 to address the rising
problem of piracy off the coast of Somalia.
Ongoing Efforts to
Combat Piracy on the High Seas
Hearing before the
U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services, May 5, 2009
http://armed-services.senate.gov/e_witnesslist.cfm?id=3815
Piracy on the High
Seas: Protecting Our Ships, Crews, and Passengers
Hearing before a
subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and
Transportation, May 5, 2009
Confronting Piracy
off the Coast of Somalia
Hearing before the
U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, April 30, 2009
http://foreign.senate.gov/hearings/2009/hrg090430p.html
International
Efforts to Combat Maritime Piracy
Hearing before a
subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, April 30, 2009
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing_notice.asp?id=1069
For transcripts,
please go to
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/schedule.asp and scroll
down.
Piracy off the Horn
of Africa
Congressional
Research Service, April 21, 2009
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/122938.pdf
Piracy off the
Coast of Somalia
An annotated guide
to the literature compiled by the National Defense University Library, updated
May 12, 2009
http://merln.ndu.edu/index.cfm?secID=263&pageID=35&type=section
Back from the
Abyss: Now What?
Speech by Richard
W. Fisher, president and chief executive officer, Federal Reserve Bank of
Dallas, May 15, 2009
http://dallasfed.org/news/speeches/fisher/2009/fs090515.cfm
The Economic
Outlook
Hearing before the
Joint Economic Committee, U.S. Congress, May 5, 2009
The witness is Ben
Bernanke, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the U.S. Federal Reserve. On
April 30, 2009, the Committee held a hearing on the same topic, at which
testimony was given by Christina Romer, Chair of the Council of Economic
Advisers: http://jec.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Hearings.HearingsCalendar&ContentRecord_id=e963c1c8-5056-8059-76a0-a91260a3de76&Region_id=&Issue_id=
The 2009 Economic
Landscape: How the Recession is Unfolding across Four U.S. Regions
Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation, FDIC
Quarterly, 2009, Vol. 3, No. 1
http://www.fdic.gov/bank/analytical/quarterly/2009_vol3_1/FDIC140_Recession_FINAL.pdf
Manufacturing and
the Credit Crisis
Hearing before the
Subcommittee on Economic Policy, U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and
Urban Affairs, May 13, 2009
Authoritative
Resources on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)
Congressional
Research Service, April 10, 2009
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/122941.pdf
2009 Financial
Markets Conference: Financial Innovation and Crises
Federal Reserve
Bank of Atlanta, May 11-13, 2009
http://www.frbatlanta.org/invoke.cfm?objectid=DAEBEF81-5056-9F12-12B7C1C291B3EA94&method=display
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS and
TRADE
The Global Nature
of the Economic Crisis
Address by Timothy
Geithner, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, to the Economic Club of Washington,
April 22, 2009
http://www.ustreas.gov/press/releases/tg97.htm
Tracking the Global
Recession
A web page of the
Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis
http://research.stlouisfed.org/recession/
The Global
Financial Crisis: Analysis and Policy Implications
Congressional
Research Service, April 3, 2009
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/122297.pdf
The Economic
Predicament of the United States and the Federal Reserve’s Response in
a
Globalized World
Speech by Richard
W. Fisher, president and chief executive officer, Federal Reserve Bank of
Dallas, in Beijing, April 17, 2009
http://dallasfed.org/news/speeches/fisher/2009/fs090417.cfm
The Long-Term
International Economic Position of the United States
Edited by C. Fred
Bergsten, Peterson Institute for International Economics, May 2009
http://bookstore.petersoninstitute.org/book-store/4327.html
There is a news
release at
http://www.iie.com/publications/newsreleases/newsrelease.cfm?id=150;
and chapters can be
read online at
http://bookstore.petersoninstitute.org/book-store/4327.html
China and the
Global Financial Crisis: Implications for the United States
Congressional
Research Service, April 2, 2009
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/122295.pdf
Implications of the
G-20 Leaders Summit for Low Income Countries and the Global Economy
Hearing before a
subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, May 13,
2009
http://www.house.gov/apps/list/hearing/financialsvcs_dem/hrimp051309.shtml
Investment
Protections in U.S. Trade and Investment Agreements
Hearing before the
Subcommittee on Trade, U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means, May 14, 2009
http://waysandmeans.house.gov/hearings.asp?formmode=detail&hearing=678
FISHERIES and MARINE
ENVIRONMENT
Oversight Hearing
in Advance of the 61st Meeting of the International Whaling
Commission
Hearing before a
subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources, May 20, 2009
http://resourcescommittee.house.gov/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=54
2008 Status of U.S.
Fisheries
National Marine
Fisheries Service, May 2009
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/statusoffisheries/booklet_status_of_us_fisheries08.pdf
There is a news
release at
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2009/20090519_stocks.html
and updates are at
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/statusoffisheries/SOSmain.htm
One Last Chance:
The Economic Case for a New Approach to Fisheries Management in
New England
Pew Environment
Group, May 2009
There is a brief
summary at
http://www.pewtrusts.org/our_work_report_detail.aspx?id=51846
Energy Security:
Historical Perspectives and Modern Challenges
Hearing before the
U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, May 12, 2009
http://foreign.senate.gov/hearings/2009/hrg090512p.html
Imported Oil and
U.S. National Security
RAND, May 2009
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2009/RAND_MG838.pdf
There is a brief
summary at
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG838/,
a 10-page summary at
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2009/RAND_MG838.sum.pdf,
and a news release at
http://www.rand.org/news/press/2009/05/11/index.html
Oil and the
Economy: The Impact of Rising Global Demand on the U.S. Economy
Hearing before the
Joint Economic Committee, U.S. Congress, May 20, 2009
Impacts of a
25-Percent Renewable Electricity Standard as Proposed in the American
Clean Energy and Security Act Discussion
Draft
Energy Information
Administration, U.S. Dept of Energy, April 2009
http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/servicerpt/acesa/index.html
The text in PDF
format (50 pages) is at
http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/servicerpt/acesa/pdf/sroiaf(2009)04.pdf
Pushing the
Efficiency Envelope: R&D for High-Performance Buildings, Industries
and Consumers
Hearing before a
subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Science and Technology, April 28,
2009
http://science.house.gov/publications/hearings_markups_details.aspx?NewsID=2428
Energy Efficiency
Resource Standards
Hearing before the
U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resource, April 22, 2009
Secretary Chu
Announces Nearly $800 Million from Recovery Act to Accelerate Biofuels
Research and Commercialization
U.S. Dept of Energy, May 5, 2009
http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/news/news_detail.cfm/news_id=12488
To Make Clean
Energy Cheaper, U.S. Needs Bold Research Push
Mark Muro and Teryn
Norris, Brookings Institution, April 30, 2009
http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2009/0430_clean_energy_muro.aspx
Electric Power
Transmission: Background and Policy Issues
Congressional
Research Service, April 14, 2009
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/122949.pdf
ENVIRONMENT and CLIMATE CHANGE
Remarks at the
Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate
Remarks by U.S.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, April 27, 2009
http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2009a/04/122240.htm
Preparatory Session
for the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate
Briefing by Todd
Stern, U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change, and Michael Froman, Deputy
Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Adviser for
International Economic Affairs, at the Foreign Press Center, U.S. Dept of State,
April 24, 2009
http://fpc.state.gov/122175.htm
Global Climate
Change: U.S. Global Leadership for a New Global Agreement
Hearing before the
U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, April 22, 2009
http://foreign.senate.gov/hearings/2009/hrg090422a.html
Pathways to a
“Green” Global Recovery
Hearing before the
U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, May 19, 2009
http://foreign.senate.gov/hearings/2009/hrg090519pp.html
Index of Leading
Environmental Indicators 2009
Pacific Research
Institute and American Enterprise Institute, 14th edition, April
2009
The text in PDF
format is at
http://liberty.pacificresearch.org/docLib/20090414_Env_Index_09.pdf
and there is a summary
at
http://www.aei.org/book/100008
Yellow Light on
Green Jobs
A report by the
U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Green Jobs and the New Economy ranking member
Senator Kit Bond, Spring 2009
There is a news
release, April 27, 2009, at
Monitoring,
Measurement, and Verification of Greenhouse Gas Emissions II: The Role of
Federal and Academic Research and Monitoring
Programs
Hearing before the
U.S. House Committee on Science and Technology, April 22, 2009
http://science.house.gov/publications/hearings_markups_details.aspx?NewsID=2424
Auctioning under
Cap and Trade: Design, Participation and Distribution of
Revenues
Hearing before the
U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, May 7, 2009
http://finance.senate.gov/sitepages/hearing050709.htm
The Debate over
Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade
Backgrounder by
Toni Johnson, Council on Foreign Relations, updated May 19, 2009
http://www.cfr.org/publication/14231/
Potential Impacts
of Climate Change in the United States
Congressional
Budget Office, May 2009
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/101xx/doc10107/05-04-ClimateChange_forWeb.pdf
How CBO Estimates
the Costs of Reducing Greenhouse-Gas Emissions
Congressional
Budget Office (CBO), April 2009
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/99xx/doc9923/04-24-Greenhouse.pdf
Links to related
material are at
http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9923
Greenhouse Gases
Continue to Climb Despite Economic Slump
National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), U.S. Dept of Commerce, April 21,
2009
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2009/20090421_carbon.html
This reports
preliminary analysis of NOAA’s Annual Greenhouse Gas Index – AGGI.
Solving the Puzzle:
Researching the Impacts of Climate Change around the World
National Science
Foundation, 2009
http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/climate/pdf/NSF_Climate_Change_Report.pdf
This 114-page
publication can be downloaded by chapter at
http://www.nsf.gov/news/nsf09202/index.jsp
Voters Support
Congressional Action on Comprehensive Energy and Global Warming Legislation
Pew Environmental
Group, May 14, 2009
http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=52044
Remarks by the
President at the National Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting
Remarks by
President Obama, April 27, 2009
President Obama
Announces Members of Science and Technology Advisory Council
White House press
release, April 27, 2009
Brief profiles are
provided of each of the twenty eminent people named to the Council.
A Historic
Commitment to Research and Education
White House fact
sheet, April 27, 2009
An Overview of the
Federal R&D Budget for FY 2010
Hearing before the
U.S. House Committee on Science and Technology, May 14, 2009
http://science.house.gov/publications/hearings_markups_details.aspx?NewsID=2454
The Role of Science
in Regulatory Reform
Hearing before a
subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Science and Technology, April 30,
2009
http://science.house.gov/publications/hearings_markups_details.aspx?NewsID=2430
International
Assessment of Research and Development in Simulation-Based Engineering
and Science
WTEC panel report,
World Technology Evaluation Center, April 2009
http://www.wtec.org/sbes/SBES-InitialFullDraftReport-20April2009.pdf
There is a National
Science Foundation news release, “Shift in Simulation Superiority”, about this
426-page publication at
http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=114718&org=NSF&from=news
Taking the Pulse of
Bioscience Education in America: A State-by-State Analysis
A report by
Battelle, in cooperation with the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) and
the Biotechnology Institute, May 2009
There is a news
release at
http://www.battelle.org/spotlight/5-18-09BioEd09.aspx
Conflict of
Interest in Medical Research, Education and Practice
Report by a
committee of the Institute of Medicine. National Academies
Press, 2009
http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12598
This 392-page
publication is described in a news release, April 28, 2009, at
http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=12598
Consumers’ High
Hopes for a High Tech Future
Harris Poll, April
20, 2009
http://www.harrisinteractive.com/harris_poll/pubs/Harris_Poll_2009_04_20.pdf
“Consumers See
Advanced Technology as a Stimulus to Recovery and Prosperity”
NASA FY 2010 Budget
Request
Hearing before a
subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and
Transportation, May 21, 2009
There is a House
committee hearing (May 19, 2009) at
http://science.house.gov/publications/hearings_markups_details.aspx?NewsID=2466
Keeping the Space
Environment Safe for Civil and Commercial Users
Hearing before a
subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Science and Technology, April 28,
2009
http://science.house.gov/publications/hearings_markups_details.aspx?NewsID=2429
Aviation Industry
Performance: A Review of the Aviation Industry in 2008
U.S. Dept of
Transportation, Office of Inspector General, May 6, 2009
http://www.oig.dot.gov/StreamFile?file=/data/pdfdocs/Metrics_10_Final_Report_-_508_Compliant.pdf
There is a brief
summary of this 52-page publication at
http://www.oig.dot.gov/item.jsp?id=2468
Commercial
Aviation: Airline Industry Contraction Due to Volatile Fuel Prices and
Falling Demand Affects Airports, Passengers, and
Federal Government Revenues
Government
Accountability Office, April 2009
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09393.pdf
Tourism in Troubled
Times
Hearing before a
subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and
Transportation, May 13, 2009
Trends in Labor
Force Flows during Recent Recessions
U.S. Dept of Labor,
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Monthly Labor
Review, April 2009
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2009/04/art1full.pdf
Estimates of Job
Creation from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
Council of Economic
Advisers, the White House, May 2009
http://www.whitehouse.gov/assets/documents/Job-Years_Revised5-8.pdf
There is a White
House press release at
Empowering Workers
to Rebuild America’s Economy and Longer-Term Competitiveness:
Green Skills Training for Workers
Hearing before the
U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, April 21,
2009
http://help.senate.gov/Hearings/2009_04_21/2009_04_21.html
Older Workers on
the Move: Recareering in Later Life
AARP Public Policy
Institute, April 2009
http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/econ/2009_08_recareering.pdf
There is a summary
(May 2009) at
http://www.aarp.org/research/work/employment/2009_08_recareering.html
America’s
Competitiveness through High School Reform
Hearing before the
U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor, May 12, 2009
http://edlabor.house.gov/hearings/2009/05/americas-competitiveness-throu.shtml
Strengthening
America’s Competitiveness through Common Academic Standards
Hearing before the
U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor, April 29, 2009
http://edlabor.house.gov/hearings/2009/04/strengthening-americas-competi.shtml
NAEP 2008: Trends
in Academic Progress: Reading 1971-2008, Mathematics 1973-2008
National Center for
Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education, April 2009
http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/pdf/main2008/2009479.pdf
There is a summary
at
http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/pubs/main2008/2009479.asp
Getting Students
More Learning Time Online: Distance Education in Support of
Expanded Learning Time in K-12 Schools
Cathy Cavanaugh,
Center for American Progress, May 2009
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2009/05/pdf/distancelearning.pdf
There is a summary
at
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2009/05/pdf/distancelearning_execsumm.pdf
and a news release at
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2009/05/distance_learning.html
No Bullies Allowed:
Understanding Peer Victimization, the Impacts on Delinquency, and
the Effectiveness of Prevention
Programs
Jennifer S. Wong,
RAND, April 2009
http://www.rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/2009/RAND_RGSD240.pdf
There is a summary
at
http://www.rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/RGSD240/
American Academic:
The State of the Higher Education Workforce 1997-2007
AFT Higher
Education (a division of the American Federation of Teachers), May 2009
http://www.aftface.org/storage/face/documents/ameracad_report_97-07for_web.pdf
There is a news
release, “The Disappearing Tenure-Track Job”, at
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/05/12/workforce
Transforming
America’s Community Colleges: A Federal Policy Proposal
to Expand Opportunity and Promote Economic Prosperity
Brookings
Institution, May 2009
There is a summary
at
http://www.brookings.edu/reports/2009/0507_community_college_goldrick_rab.aspx
Promoting Economic
Mobility by Increasing Postsecondary Education
Economic Mobility
Project, Pew Charitable Trusts, May 2009
There is a brief
summary at
http://www.pewtrusts.org/our_work_report_detail.aspx?id=51956
and a press release at
http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=51958
Trends and Emerging
Practices in General Education
“Based on a Survey
among Members of the Association of American Colleges and Universities”
Association of
American Colleges and Universities, May 2009
http://www.aacu.org/membership/documents/2009MemberSurvey_Part2.pdf
The findings of
this report are outlined in a press release at
http://www.aacu.org/press_room/press_releases/2009/membersurvey092.cfm
The Universities in
Trouble
Andrew Delbanco, New York Review of Books, May 14,
2009
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/22673
Disconnected Youth:
A Look at 16- to 20-Year-Olds Who Are Not Working or in School
Congressional
Research Service, April 22, 2009
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R40535.pdf
Child Development
Accounts: Innovative Plans Build Savings for Youth, Starting at Birth
Julia Stevens,
Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis, Bridges, Spring
2009
http://www.stlouisfed.org/publications/br/2009/a/pages/1-article.html
Pathological Video
Game Use among Youth 8 to 18: A National Study
Douglas A. Gentile,
Psychological Science, 2009
http://www.drdouglas.org/page_resources_articles_2009gtext.html
There is a summary
at
http://www.drdouglas.org/page_resources_articles_2009gab.html
and a news release by
the National Institute on Media and the Family, April 20, 2009, at
http://www.mediafamily.org/press/20090420.shtml
The United Nations
Convention on the Rights of the Child: Background and Policy
Issues
Congressional
Research Service, April 1, 2009
http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/R40484_20090401.pdf
Reforming the
Health Sector to Reduce Costs
Remarks by
President Obama, May 11, 2009
There is a fact
sheet at
http://www.whitehouse.gov/assets/documents/Fact_Sheet-Health_Reform_Stakeholders_5-11-09.pdf;
a letter from
private-sector stakeholders in the health sector at
http://www.whitehouse.gov/assets/documents/05-11-09_Health_Costs_Letter_to_the_President.pdf,
and a fact sheet on
private and public sector innovative workplace health practices at
describing programs of
outstanding interest across the United States.
Global Health
Initiative
A statement by
President Obama, May 5, 2009 http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Statement-by-the-President-on-Global-Health-Initiative/
Health Care Reform:
An Introduction
Congressional
Research Service, April 14, 2009
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/122947.pdf
Financing
Comprehensive Health Care Reform
Roundtable
discussion before the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, May 12, 2009
http://finance.senate.gov/sitepages/hearing051209.html
Background
materials compiled by the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation, U.S.
Congress, are at
http://www.jct.gov/publications.html?func=startdown&id=3557
Reforming America’s
Health Care Delivery System
Roundtable before
the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, April 21, 2009
http://finance.senate.gov/sitepages/hearing042109.htm
A hearing on this
topic was also held by the U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means, April 1,
2009
http://waysandmeans.house.gov/hearings.asp?formmode=detail&hearing=670
Financial and
Health Burdens of Chronic Conditions Grow
Tracking Report
No.24, Center for Studying Health System Change, April 2009
http://www.hschange.org/CONTENT/1049/
There is a news
release at
http://hschange.org/CONTENT/1050/?topic=topic01
The Economic
Crisis: The Toll on the Patients and Communities Hospitals Serve
American Hospital
Association, April 27, 2009
http://www.aha.org/aha/content/2009/pdf/090427econcrisisreport.pdf
There is a press
release at
http://www.aha.org/aha/press-release/2009/090427-pr-economy.html
Prevalence and Most
Common Causes of Disability among Adults: United States, 2005
Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report,
May 1, 2009
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5816a2.htm?s_cid=mm5816a2_x
One Degree of
Separation: Paralysis and Spinal Cord Injury in the United States
Christopher and
Dana Reeve Foundation, April 2009
http://www.christopherreeve.org/atf/cf/{3d83418f-b967-4c18-8ada-adc2e5355071}/8112REPTFINAL.PDF
There is a summary at
http://www.christopherreeve.org/site/c.ddJFKRNoFiG/b.5091685/k.58BD/One_Degree_of_Separation.htm
and an announcement at
http://communities.kintera.org/Reeve/blogs/daily_dose/archive/2009/04/21/51344.aspx
Compare Cost of
Care across the United States
Gemworth Cost of
Care 2009, Gemworth Financial, April 2009
There is a news
release at
http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=175970&p=irol-newsArticle_Print&ID=1282706&highlight.
This survey has
been produced since 2004.
Organized Crime in
the United States: Trends and Issues for Congress
Congressional
Research Service, April 16, 2009
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/122948.pdf
Counternarcotics
Enforcement: Coordination at the Federal, State and Local Level
Hearing before a
subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental
Affairs, April 21, 2009
The Victims of
Crime Act: 25 Years of Protecting and Supporting Victims
Hearing before the
U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, April 28, 2009
http://judiciary.senate.gov/hearings/hearing.cfm?id=3792
POLITICS and PUBLIC
ADMINISTRATION
Dissecting the 2008
Electorate: Most Diverse in U.S. History
Mark Hugo Lopez and
Paul Taylor, Pew Research Center, April 30, 2009
http://pewresearch.org/assets/pdf/dissecting-2008-electorate.pdf
There is a news
release at
http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1209/racial-ethnic-voters-presidential-election
Presidency 2012:
The Invisible Primary Begins
Larry J. Sabato,
May 7, 2009
http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/article.php?id=LJS2009040701
Small Donors, Large
Donors and the Internet: The Case for Public Financing after Obama
Working paper by
Michael J. Malbin, Campaign Finance Institute, April 2009
http://www.cfinst.org/president/pdf/PresidentialWorkingPaper_April09.pdf
The scope of this
paper is outlined in a news release at
http://www.cfinst.org/pr/prRelease.aspx?ReleaseID=228
Change We Can
Believe In? Using Political Science to Predict Policy Change in the
Obama Presidency
Jonathan Woon, PS:
Political Science & Politics, April 2009
http://www.apsanet.org/media/PDFs/PSApr09Woon.pdf
There is a press
release, May 6, 2009, at
http://www.apsanet.org/content_64443.cfm
Government 2.0:
Advancing America into the 21st Century and a Digital Future
Hearing before a
subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental
Affairs, April 28, 2009
The Future of
Journalism
Hearing before a
subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and
Transportation, May 6, 2009
Saving the News:
Toward a National Journalism Strategy
Victor Pickard,
Josh Stearns and Craig Aaron, Free Press, May 2009
http://www.freepress.net/files/saving_the_news.pdf
There is a news
release at
http://www.freepress.net/node/57076
A New Age for
Newspapers: Diversity of Voices, Competition and the Internet
Hearing before a
subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, April 21, 2009
http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/hear_090421.html
U.S. Book
Production
“Bowker reports
U.S. book production declines 3% in 2008, but “on demand” publishing more than
doubles.” Bowker news release, May 19, 2009
The statistics to
which this item refers are at
http://bowker.com/bookwire/IndustryStats2009.pdf
TELECOMMUNICATIONS and INTERNET
Beyond Voice:
Mapping the Mobile Marketplace
Staff report of the
Federal Trade Commission, April 2009
http://www.ftc.gov/reports/mobilemarketplace/mobilemktgfinal.pdf
There is a news
release at
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2009/04/mobilerpt.shtm
America’s Newest
Profession: Bloggers for Hire
Mark Penn, Wall Street Journal, April 21, 2009
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124026415808636575.html
Security Concerns
Hold Back Social Networking
Federal Commuter
Week, May 4, 2009
http://fcw.com/articles/2009/05/04/web-social-networks-security-survey.aspx
An article on
findings reported in CIO
magazine.
2009 Special 301
Report
Office of the U.S.
Trade Representative (USTR), April 30, 2009
Chapter downloads
are at
and there is a press
release at
Hearing on H.R.
1260, the Patent Reform Act of 2009
Hearing before the
U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, April 30, 2009
http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/hear_090430.html
Anatomy of a Patent
Case
Prepared by the
Complex Litigation Committee of the American College of Trial Lawyers, Federal
Judicial Center, 2009
http://www.fjc.gov/public/pdf.nsf/lookup/pappanat.pdf/$file/pappanat.pdf
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