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Defense and international
security
Terrorism and homeland
security
Business, industry and corporate
governance
Immigration
and minority issues
Telecommunications, information
technology and the internet
The U.S. Supreme Court:
Equal Justice under Law
eJournal USA, October 2009
http://www.america.gov/publications/ejournalusa/1009.html
This
issue of eJournal USA describes many
aspects of the U.S. Supreme Court. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and
Solicitor General Elena Kagan present their introductions, and contributions by
legal scholars and journalists focus on the elements of judicial decision
making and independence of the justices. Four court officials and a former
Supreme Court law clerk also describe their jobs. eJournal USA is an electronic journal of the U.S. Department of
State, Bureau of International Information Programs.
U.S.
Policy toward Burma
Hearing before the U.S. House Committee on Foreign
Affairs, October 21, 2009
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing_notice.asp?id=1126
For transcripts, please go to
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/schedule.asp
and scroll down.
U.S.
Policy toward Burma: Its Impact and Effectiveness
Hearing before the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign
Relations, September 30, 2009
http://foreign.senate.gov/hearings/2009/hrg090930p.html
U.S.
Policy toward Burma
Remarks by U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Kurt
M. Campbell, September 28, 2009
http://www.state.gov/p/eap/rls/rm/2009/09/129698.htm
Administration’s
View of the U.S.-China Relationship
Address by U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James B.
Steinberg, September 24, 2009
http://www.state.gov/s/d/2009/129686.htm
U.S.-China:
Thirty Years of Science and Technology Cooperation
Fact sheet, U.S. Dept of State, October 15,
2009
http://www.state.gov/g/oes/rls/fs/2009/130625.htm
China’s
Arrival: A Strategic Framework for a Global Relationship
Edited by Abraham Denmark and Nirav Patel, Center
for a New American Security, September 2009
http://www.cnas.org/files/documents/publications/CNAS%20China's%20Arrival_Final%20Report.pdf
Japan’s
Historic 2009 Elections: Implications for U.S. Interests
Congressional Research Service, September 8,
2009
http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/R40758_20090908.pdf
North
Korea
A partly annotated bibliography with hyperlinks,
Muir S. Fairchild Research Information Center, September 2009
http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/bibs/northkorea.htm
Afghanistan Policy at the
Crossroads
Hearing
before the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, October 15, 2009
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing_notice.asp?id=1121
For
transcripts, please go to
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/schedule.asp and scroll down.
Afghanistan: Getting the
Strategy Right
Opening
statement by committee chairman Ike Skelton at hearing on Afghanistan: Getting the Strategy Right, before the U.S. House Committee on Armed Services, October
14, 2009
http://armedservices.house.gov/apps/list/speech/armedsvc_dem/SkeltonOS101409.shtml
For
witness transcripts, please go to
http://armedservices.house.gov/hearing_information.shtml and scroll down.
The Afghan Elections: Who
Lost What?
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, October
1, 2009
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing_notice.asp?id=1115
For
transcripts, please go to
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/schedule.asp and scroll down.
Afghanistan: Post-Taliban
Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy
Congressional
Research Service, October 6, 2009
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/130796.pdf
Afghanistan: Politics,
Elections, and Government Performance
Congressional
Research Service, October 1, 2009
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/130797.pdf
Afghanistan’s Impact on
Pakistan
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, October 1, 2009
http://foreign.senate.gov/hearings/2009/hrg091001a.html
Withdrawal of U.S. Forces
from Iraq: Possible Timelines and Estimated Costs
Congressional
Budget Office, October 7, 2009
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/105xx/doc10523/10-07-TierneyTroopWithdrawal.pdf
The Status of Ongoing U.S.
Efforts in Iraq
Statement
by General Ray Odierno to a hearing on The
Status of Ongoing U.S. Efforts in Iraq, before the U.S. House Committee on
Armed Services, September 30, 2009
http://armedservices.house.gov/pdfs/FC093009/Odierno_Testimony093009F.pdf
The
Committee chairman’s opening statement is at
http://armedservices.house.gov/apps/list/speech/armedsvc_dem/SkeltonOS093009.shtml
Minimizing Potential
Threats from Iran: Administration Perceptions on Economic Sanctions and Other U.S. Policy Options
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, October
6, 2009
Iran Sanctions
Congressional
Research Service, updated October 8, 2009
http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RS20871_20091008.pdf
Iran’s Nuclear Program:
Status
Congressional
Research Service, September 18, 2009
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/130270.pdf
Iran’s Nuclear Program:
Tehran’s Compliance with International Obligations
Congressional
Research Service, September 17, 2009
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/130800.pdf
Inside Iran
A
project of The Twentieth Century Foundation
There
is a press release about this initiative, September 24, 2009, at
http://www.tcf.org/list.asp?type=PR&pubid=166
Barriers to the Broad
Dissemination of Creative Works in the Arab World
RAND,
September 2009
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2009/RAND_MG879.pdf
There
is a summary at
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG879/
A Comprehensive Strategy
for Sudan
White
House, October 19, 2009
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/A-Comprehensive-Strategy-for-Sudan/
President
Obama’s statement is at
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Statement-of-President-Barack-Obama-on-Sudan-Strategy/,
remarks
by U.S. Secretary of State Clinton are at
http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2009a/10/130686.htm
and
the public strategy document is at
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2009/oct/130672.htm
There
is a background briefing by senior U.S. officials at
http://www.state.gov/p/af/rls/spbr/2009/130696.htm
Remarks at the Corporate
Council on Africa’s Seventh Biennial U.S.-Africa Business Summit
Remarks
by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, October 1, 2009
http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2009a/10/130182.htm
Remarks
by U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Neal S. Wolin on September 30, 2009,
are at
http://www.ustreas.gov/press/releases/tg300.htm
Exploring U.S. Policy
Options toward Zimbabwe’s Transition
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, September 30, 2009
http://foreign.senate.gov/hearings/2009/hrg090930a.html
Rwanda: Background and
Current Developments
Congressional
Research Service, September 3, 2009
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/130264.pdf
International Violence
against Women: Stories and Solutions
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, October
21, 2009
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing_notice.asp?id=1124
For
transcripts, please go to
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/schedule.asp and scroll down.
Violence against Women:
Global Costs and Consequences
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, October 1, 2009
http://foreign.senate.gov/hearings/2009/hrg091001p.html
No Safe Haven:
Accountability for Human Rights Violators, Part II
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, October 6,
2009
http://judiciary.senate.gov/hearings/hearing.cfm?id=4094
New CPJ Database Tracks
Journalist Killings
Knight
Center for Journalism in the Americas, October 21, 2009
http://knightcenter.utexas.edu/blog/?q=en/node/5562
The
database, with worldwide scope, is at http://cpj.org/killed/
DEFENSE and INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
Strengthening the Pillars
of Global Nonproliferation
Remarks
by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton at the U.S. Institute of
Peace, October 21, 2009
http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2009a/10/130806.htm
Administration Policies and
Goals on Nonproliferation and Disarmament
Briefing
by Ellen Tauscher, U.S. Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and
International Security, and Alejandro Wolff, U.S. Deputy Permanent
Representative to the United Nations, September 24, 2009
http://fpc.state.gov/129700.htm
The Clock is Ticking: A
Progress Report on America’s Preparedness to Prevent Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism
Interim
report, Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction
Proliferation and Terrorism, October 21, 2009
http://www.preventwmd.gov/static/docs/report/WMDRpt10-20Final.pdf
There
is a news release about this report by a bipartisan U.S. commission at
http://www.preventwmd.gov/10_21_2009/
NATO: A Strategic Concept
for Transatlantic Security
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, October 22, 2009
http://foreign.senate.gov/hearings/2009/hrg091022a.html
Guiding Principles for
Stabilization and Reconstruction
U.S.
Institute of Peace Press and U.S. Army Peacekeeping and Stability Operations
Institute, October 2009
http://www.usip.org/files/resources/guiding_principles_full.pdf
There
is further information at
http://www.usip.org/resources/guiding-principles-stabilization-and-reconstruction,
which
notes that this 244-page manual “presents the first strategic ‘doctrine’ ever
produced for civilians engaged in peacebuilding missions. It is a practical
roadmap for helping countries transition from violent conflict to peace.”
TERRORISM and HOMELAND SECURITY
Terrorist Financing
Speech
by U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury David S. Cohen, October 12,
2009
http://www.ustreas.gov/press/releases/tg317.htm
Confronting Al-Qaeda:
Understanding the Threat in Afghanistan and Beyond
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, October 7, 2009
http://foreign.senate.gov/hearings/2009/hrg091007p.html
Closing the Guantanamo
Detention Center: Legal Issues
Congressional
Research Service, September 14, 2009
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/130805.pdf
Eight Years after 9/11:
Confronting the Terrorist Threat to the Homeland
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs,
September 30, 2009
Reauthorizing the USA
PATRIOT Act: Ensuring Liberty and Security
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, September 23, 2009
http://judiciary.senate.gov/hearings/hearing.cfm?id=4062
The USA PATRIOT Act
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, September
22, 2009
http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/hear_090922.html
Financial Regulation and
Supervision after the Crisis: The Role of the Federal Reserve
Speech
by Ben S. Bernanke, Chairman, U.S. Federal Reserve, October 23, 2009
http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/bernanke20091023a.htm
The Economic Outlook
Hearing
before the Joint Economic Committee, U.S. Congress, October 22, 2009
The
witness is Christina Romer, chair of the Council of Economic Advisers.
The Economic Outlook
Speech
by Donald L. Kohn, Vice Chairman, U.S. Federal Reserve, October 13, 2009
http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/kohn20091013a.htm
Authoritative Resources on
the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)
Congressional
Research Service, September 10, 2009
http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/R40244_20090910.pdf
Too Big to Fail: The Role
of Bankruptcy and Antitrust Law in Financial Regulation Reform
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, October 22,
2009
http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/hear_091022.html
Regulatory Reform and the
Economy: We Can Do Better
Speech
by Thomas M. Hoenig, president, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas, October 6,
2009
http://www.kansascityfed.org/speechbio/hoenigpdf/Denver.Forums.10.06.09.pdf
A Bit Better, but Very Far
from Best
Speech
by William C. Dudley, president and chief executive officer, Federal Reserve
Bank of New York, October 5, 2009
http://www.newyorkfed.org/newsevents/speeches/2009/dud091005.html
A Joint Report of the SEC
and the CFTC on Harmonization of Regulation
U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission
(CFTC), October 16, 2009
http://www.sec.gov/news/press/2009/cftcjointreport101609.pdf
There
is a news release on this 96-page report at
http://www.sec.gov/news/press/2009/2009-218.htm
Examining the State of the
Banking Industry
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and
Urban Affairs, October 14, 2009
Stronger Capital and
Liquidity Standards for Banking Firms
U.S.
Dept of the Treasury, September 3, 2009
http://www.ustreas.gov/press/releases/tg274.htm
Resolution Process for
Financial Companies that Pose Systemic Risk to the Financial System and Overall Economy
Prepared
by Thomas M. Hoenig, Charles S. Morris and Kenneth Spong, Federal Reserve Bank
of Kansas City, September 2009
http://www.kansascityfed.org/speechbio/resolutionprocess.09.03.09.pdf
Reform of the
Over-the-Counter Derivative Market
Hearing
before the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, October 7, 2009
http://www.house.gov/apps/list/hearing/financialsvcs_dem/hrfcder_100709.shtml
BUSINESS, INDUSTRY and CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Restoring Credit to
Manufacturers
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and
Urban Affairs, October 9, 2009
The Turning Tide: Prospects
for a Manufacturing Recovery
Labor
Day 2009: The Manufacturing Report. National Association of Manufacturers,
September 2009
http://www.nam.org/~/media/News/2009LaborDayReportFINALsmall.ashx
There
is a news release at
http://www.nam.org/NewsFromtheNAM.aspx?DID={3F6BDD89-AA71-497D-9B33-21CA7BA944E2}
The Special Master for TARP
Executive Compensation Issues First Rulings
U.S.
Dept of the Treasury, October 22, 2009
http://www.ustreas.gov/press/releases/tg329.htm
A
statement by U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner is at
http://www.ustreas.gov/press/releases/2009102214125716010.htm
The Conference Board Task
Force on Executive Compensation: Recommendations
The
Conference Board, September 2009
http://www.conference-board.org/pdf_free/ExecCompensation2009.pdf
There
is a press release at
http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_ID=3741
International Cooperation
to Modernize Financial Regulation
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and
Urban Affairs, September 30, 2009
Advisory Committee on International
Economic Policy Submits Report on Review of U.S. Model Bilateral Investment Treaty
U.S.
Dept of State, September 30, 2009
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2009/sept/130097.htm
The Financial Development
Report 2009
World
Economic Forum, Geneva, October 2009
http://www.weforum.org/pdf/FinancialDevelopmentReport/Report2009.pdf
There
is a press release about this 380-page report at
http://www.weforum.org/en/media/Latest%20Press%20Releases/PR_FDR09
Asia and the Global
Financial Crisis
Speech
by Ben S. Bernanke, Chairman, U.S. Federal Reserve, October 19, 2009
http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/bernanke20091019a.htm
The Future of APEC
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, October
14, 2009
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing_notice.asp?id=1118
For
transcripts, please go to
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/schedule.asp and scroll down.
U.S.-China Trade Issues
Congressional
Research Service, September 17, 2009
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/130801.pdf
President Obama Lays out
Strategy for American Innovation
White
House, September 21, 2009
Includes
links to fact sheets. There is a white paper at
http://www.whitehouse.gov/assets/documents/sept_20__innovation_whitepaper_final.pdf
Investing in High-Risk,
High-Reward Research
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Science and Technology,
October 8, 2009
http://science.house.gov/publications/hearings_markups_details.aspx?NewsID=2621
Innovation and Sustainable
Growth
Address
by President Barack Obama, September 21, 2009
See
also the blog post by Lawrence H. Summers, Director of the National Economic
Council, at
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/A-Vision-for-Innovation-Growth-and-Quality-Jobs/
Federal Funds for Research
and Development: Fiscal Years 2006-08
National
Science Foundation, October 2009
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf10303/pdf/nsf10303.pdf
Geovision Report: Unveiling
Earth’s Complexities through the Geosciences
Advisory
Committee for Geosciences, National Science Foundation, October 2009
http://www.nsf.gov/geo/acgeo/geovision/nsf_ac-geo_vision_10_2009.pdf
There
is a press release at
http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115717&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51
Seeking a Human Spaceflight
Program Worthy of a Great Nation
Final
report, Review of Human Spaceflight Plans Committee, October 2009
http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/396093main_HSF_Cmte_FinalReport.pdf
This
report was released on October 22, 2009.
NASA: Briefing on National
Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Programs and Associated Activities
Government
Accountability Office (GAO), October 15, 2009
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d1087r.pdf
The Case for Space:
Examining the Value
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and
Transportation, October 21, 2009
This
hearing looks at health and other technology spinoffs from the U.S. space
program.
Strengthening NASA’s
Technology Development Programs
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Science and Technology,
October 22, 2009
http://science.house.gov/publications/hearings_markups_details.aspx?NewsID=2640
International Energy
Affairs
Briefing
by David L. Goldwyn, Coordinator for International Energy Affairs, U.S. Dept of
State, October 9, 2009
http://www.state.gov/s/ciea/rmk/130461.htm
Strengthening U.S.
International Energy Assistance to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Improve Energy Security
RAND,
September 2009
http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/2009/RAND_OP251.pdf
There
is a summary at
http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP251/
Energy Explained: Your
Guide to Understanding Energy
Energy
Information Administration, U.S. Dept of Energy
http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/energyexplained/
This
new information portal for energy education was launched in October 2009.
Energy Trends: Highlights
on Consumer Energy Usage
Nielsen,
October 2009
http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Energy_Paper-Oct-2009.pdf
The National Energy
Modeling System: An Overview
Energy
Information Administration, U.S. Dept of Energy, October 2009
http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/aeo/overview/index.html
Salazar Reforms U.S. Oil
Shale Program
Press
release, U.S. Dept of the Interior, October 20, 2009
http://www.doi.gov/news/09_News_Releases/102009.html
There
is a fact sheet at
http://www.doi.gov/documents/oil_shale_rdd_fact_sheet_000.pdf.
Ken
Salazar is U.S. Secretary of the Interior.
Terminology, Reporting, and
Summary of U.S. Fossil Fuel Resources
Congressional
Research Service memorandum, October 20, 2009
Arctic Oil and Natural Gas
Potential
Energy
Information Administration, U.S. Dept of Energy, October 19, 2009
http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/analysispaper/arctic/index.html
Biomass for Thermal Energy
and Electricity through a Research and Development Portfolio for the
Future
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Science and Technology,
October 21, 2009
http://science.house.gov/publications/hearings_markups_details.aspx?NewsID=2638
Hidden Costs of Energy:
Unpriced Consequences of Energy Production and Use
By
a committee of the National Research Council. National Academies Press, October
2009
http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12794
There
is a news release at
http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=12794
Climate Change Adaptation:
Strategic Federal Planning Could Help Government Officials Make More Informed Decisions
Government
Accountability Office (GAO), October 2009
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d10113.pdf
Climate Change Adaptation:
Information on Selected Federal Efforts to Adapt to a Changing Climate
Government
Accountability Office (GAO), October 2009
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d10114sp.pdf
Understanding the Decline
in CO2 Emissions in 2009
Energy
Information Administration, U.S. Dept of Energy, October 2009
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/steo/pub/special/2009_sp_06.html
Costs and Benefits for
Energy Consumers and Energy Prices Associated with the Allocation of Greenhouse Gas Emission Allowances
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, October 21,
2009
Climate Change: Costs and
Benefits of the Cap-and-Trade Provisions of H.R. 2454
Congressional
Research Service, September 14, 2009
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/130806.pdf
The U.S. Government’s
Methane to Markets Partnership Accomplishments
Fourth
annual report, October 2009
http://www.epa.gov/methanetomarkets/pdf/2009-accomplish-report/m2m_usg_fullreport.pdf
There
is a news release from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at
Methane Capture: Options
for Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction
Congressional
Research Service, September 17, 2009
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/130799.pdf
Meeting the Climate
Challenge: Core Elements of an Effective Response to Climate Change
Report
by the Center for American Progress and the United Nations Foundation, October
2009
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2009/10/pdf/UNclimateissues.pdf
Fewer Americans See Solid
Evidence of Global Warming
Pew
Research Center for the People and the Press, October 22, 2009
http://people-press.org/report/556/global-warming
Increased Flooding Risk:
Global Warming’s Wake-up Call for Riverfront Communities
National
Wildlife Federation, September 2009
http://www.nwf.org/nwfwebadmin/binaryVault/NWF_FloodReport_optimized1.pdf
National Parks in Peril:
The Threats of Climate Disruption
A
report by the Rocky Mountain Climate Organization and the Natural Resources
Defense Council, October 2009
http://www.rockymountainclimate.org/website%20pictures/National-Parks-In-Peril-final.pdf
There
is a short summary at
http://www.rockymountainclimate.org/programs_6.htm
and
related material and state profiles at
http://www.rockymountainclimate.org/programs_7.htm
Drought, Flooding, and
Refugees: Addressing the Impacts of Climate Change in the World’s Most Vulnerable Nations
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, October 15, 2009
http://foreign.senate.gov/hearings/2009/hrg091015a.html
Improving the Impact and
Effectiveness of the National Vaccine Advisory Committee
RAND,
October 2009
http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2009/RAND_TR752.pdf
There
is a summary at
http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR752/
H1N1 Flu: Monitoring the
Nation’s Response
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs,
October 21, 2009
Taking the Pulse of Rural
Health Care
Economic
Research Service, U.S. Dept of Agriculture, Amber
Waves, September 2009
http://www.ers.usda.gov/Amberwaves/September09/Features/RuralHealth.htm
Local Government Actions to
Prevent Childhood Obesity
By
a committee of the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council.
National Academies Press, September 2009
http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12674
The
report in brief (8 pages) is at
and
there is a brief summary at
http://www.iom.edu/en/Reports/2009/ChildhoodObesityPreventionLocalGovernments.aspx
The ECAR Study of
Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2009
Educause
Center for Applied Research, October 2009
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ers0906/rs/ERS0906w.pdf
There
is a summary at
http://www.educause.edu/Resources/TheECARStudyofUndergraduateStu/187215
and
key findings at
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/EKF/EKF0906.pdf
Strengthening Community
Colleges’ Influence on Economic Mobility
Economic
Mobility Project, Pew Charitable Trusts, October 2009
http://www.economicmobility.org/assets/pdfs/PEW_EMP_COMMUNITY_COLLEGES.pdf
There
is a summary with charts at
http://www.economicmobility.org/reports_and_research/other/other?id=0010
and
a press release at
http://www.economicmobility.org/assets/pdfs/EMP_PressRelease_CommColleges.pdf
The Nation’s Report Card:
Mathematics 2009
National
Assessment of Educational Progress, October 2009
http://nationsreportcard.gov/math_2009/
There
is a news release at
http://nationsreportcard.gov/math_2009/media/pdf/math_board_news_release.pdf
Teaching for a Living: How
Teachers See the Profession Today
Public
Agenda, October 2009
http://www.publicagenda.org/pages/teaching-for-a-living
There
is a press release at
http://www.publicagenda.org/press-releases/teaching-for-a-living
Teacher Equity: Effective
Teachers for all Children
Hearing
before the U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor, September 30, 2009
http://edlabor.house.gov/hearings/2009/09/teacher-equity-effective-teach.shtml
Early Childhood Education,
Economic Development, and the Business Community
Speech
by Dennis P. Lockhart, president and chief executive officer, Federal Reserve
Bank of Atlanta, October 22, 2009
http://www.frbatlanta.org/invoke.cfm?objectid=7A0F7906-5056-9F12-120A2240438D390E&method=display
Changes in the Distribution
of Workers’ Annual Earnings between 1979 and 2007
Congressional
Budget Office, October 2009
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/105xx/doc10527/10-02-Workers.pdf
Alternative Measures of the
Unemployment Rate
Murat
Tasci and Beth Mowry, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Economic Trends, October 7, 2009
http://www.clevelandfed.org/research/trends/2009/1109/01ecoact.cfm
Sustaining Workers’
Bargaining Power in an Age of Globalization
Briefing
paper by Mark Barenberg, Economic Policy Institute, October 9, 2009
http://epi.3cdn.net/efe4f3ff11b94518b9_2nm6b8ben.pdf
Rising Senior Unemployment
and the Need to Work at Older Ages
Richard
W. Johnson. The Urban Institute, September 2009
http://www.urban.org/uploadedpdf/411964_senior_unemployment.pdf
There
is a summary at
http://www.urban.org/publications/411964.html
IMMIGRATION and MINORITY ISSUES
Immigration Detention
Overview and Recommendations
Dr
Dora Schriro, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Dept of Homeland
Security, October 6, 2009
http://www.ice.gov/doclib/091005_ice_detention_report-final.pdf
Comprehensive Immigration
Reform: Faith-Based Perspectives
Hearing before a subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary,
October 8, 2009
http://judiciary.senate.gov/hearings/hearing.cfm?id=4108
Breaking the Immigration
Stalemate
A
report from the Brookings-Duke Immigration Policy Roundtable, October 2009
There
is a summary at
http://www.brookings.edu/reports/2009/1006_immigration_roundtable.aspx?rssid=LatestFromBrookings
The Silent Depression: How
Are Minorities Faring in the Economic Downturn?
Hearing
before the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, September
23, 2009
http://oversight.house.gov/story.asp?ID=2604
Measuring Immigrant
Assimilation in the United States
Jacob
L. Vigdor, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, Second edition, October
2009
http://www.manhattan-institute.org/pdf/cr_59.pdf
What Does the Public
Know?
Pew
Research Center for the People & the Press, October 14, 2009
http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1378/political-news-iq-quiz
This
publication surveys the extent of the American public’s knowledge about
contemporary political issues.
Ideology in the American
Public
Alan
Abramowitz, October 1, 2009
http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/article.php?id=AIA2009100101
Forecasting the Midterm
Elections: An Early Look at What to Expect in 2010
Alan
Abramowitz, September 3, 2009
http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/article.php?id=AIA2009090301
Congressional Favorability
at 24-Year Low: Midterm Voting Intentions Evenly Divided
Pew
Research Center for the People & the Press, September 2, 2009
http://people-press.org/reports/pdf/539.pdf
There
is a summary at
http://people-press.org/report/539/congressional-favorability-at-24-year-low
Presidential Advice and
Senate Consent: The Past, Present, and Future of Policy Czars
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs,
October 22, 2009
Examining the History and
Legality of Executive Branch “Czars”
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, October 6,
2009
http://judiciary.senate.gov/hearings/hearing.cfm?id=4098
Presidential Terms and
Tenure: Perspectives and Proposals for Change
Congressional
Research Service, October 19, 2009
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R40864.pdf
Advancing Freedom of
Information in the New Era of Responsibility
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, September 30, 2009
http://judiciary.senate.gov/hearings/hearing.cfm?id=4077
The Federal Government’s
Long-Term Fiscal Outlook: Fall 2009 Update
Government
Accountability Office (GAO), October 15, 2009
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d10137sp.pdf
Civil Rights under Fire:
Recent Supreme Court Decisions
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, October 8,
2009
http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/hear_091008.html
Mandatory Binding
Arbitration: Is It Fair and Voluntary?
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, September
15, 2009
http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/hear_090915.html
Forced Arbitration: Unfair
and Everywhere
Public
Citizen, September 14, 2009
http://www.citizen.org/publications/release.cfm?ID=7705
The
full report (24 pages) is at
http://www.citizen.org/documents/UnfairAndEverywhere.pdf
and
there is a press release at
http://www.citizen.org/pressroom/release.cfm?ID=2961
Supreme Court Justices:
Demographic Characteristics, Professional Experience, and Legal Education, 1789-2009
Congressional
Research Service, September 9, 2009
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R40802.pdf
Criminal Victimization,
2008
Bureau
of Justice Statistics, U.S. Dept of Justice, September 2009
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/cv08.htm
The
full text (8 pages) is at
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/cv08.pdf
and
there is a news release at
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/newsroom/pressreleases/2009/BJS09131.htm
The Reconstruction of
American Journalism
A
report by Leonard Downie, Jr., and Michael Schudson, October 20, 2009
A
news release, “Report Proposes New Steps to Support Quality Public Affairs
Reporting”, is at
Digital Influence in News
and Politics
Sparxoo,
September 28, 2009
http://sparxoo.com/wp-content/sparxoo_digital_influence_news_politics.pdf
Video Competition in a
Digital Age
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce,
October 22, 2009
TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
and the INTERNET
Trade in the Cyberstates
2009
Tech
America, October 2009
http://www.techamerica.org/trade
This
report looks at trends in U.S. exports of high technology over the past year.
There is a news release at
http://www.techamerica.org/trade2009-national
and
data on specific states is available at
http://www.techamerica.org/trade2009-press
Broadband Task Force
Delivers Status Report on February 17 National Broadband Plan
Federal
Communications Commission news release, September 29, 2009
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-293719A1.pdf
Cyberbullying and Other
Online Safety Issues for Children
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, September
30, 2009
http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/hear_090930.html
Twitter and Status
Updating, Fall 2009
Pew
Internet & American Life Project, October 21, 2009
http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2009/17-Twitter-and-Status-Updating-Fall-2009.aspx
The
PDF version (16 pages) is at
http://www.pewinternet.org/~/media//Files/Reports/2009/PIP_Twitter_Fall_2009_web.pdf
Cybersecurity: Current
Legislation, Executive Branch Initiatives, and Options for Congress
Congressional
Research Service, September 30, 2009
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/130802.pdf
Cyberdeterrence and
Cyberwar
Martin
C. Libicki. RAND, October 2009
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2009/RAND_MG877.pdf
There
is a summary at
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG877/
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