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Defense and international security
Aging,
retirement and social security
Government
and public administration
Information technology and
the internet
Climate Change
Perspectives
eJournal USA, September 2009
http://www.america.gov/publications/ejournalusa/0909.html
This
issue of eJournal USA offers
perspectives of experts and activists in several key countries on effective
policies to curb greenhouse gas emissions to mitigate global warming and adapt
to irreversible changes, and features an introduction by U.S. special envoy
Todd Stern. eJournal USA is an
electronic journal of the Bureau of International Information Programs, U.S.
Department of State.
G-20 Summit,
Pittsburgh
September
24-25, 2009
http://www.pittsburghsummit.gov/
The
Leaders’ Statement, September 25, 2009, is at
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Leaders-statement-on-the-Pittsburgh-summit/
and
links to White House fact sheets, September 25, 2009, are at
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Post-G20-meeting-fact-sheets/
Address by President Barack
Obama to the United Nations General Assembly
New
York, September 23, 2009
The Berlin Wall: 20 Years
Later
U.S.
Dept of State, Bureau of International Information Programs, September
2009
http://www.america.gov/media/pdf/books/the-berlin-wall.pdf
This
publication looks at the role of the Berlin Wall during the Cold War, and the
legacy of its dismantlement amid the collapse of Cold War regimes in central
and eastern Europe in 1989. It can be downloaded by chapter at http://www.america.gov/publications/books/berlin_wall.html
Political-Military Affairs:
Smart Power Starts Here
Address
by U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Andrew J. Shapiro to ComDef 2009,
September 9, 2009
http://www.state.gov/t/pm/rls/rm/128752.htm
Reinforcing Treasury’s
Strategic Roles in International Affairs and National Security
Addressing
International Financial Crises, Combating Illicit Finance, Strengthening Public
Finance Institutions
Jeremiah
S. Pam, U.S. Institute of Peace, September 8, 2009
http://www.usip.org/files/resources/treasury_roles.pdf
There
is a summary at
U.S.-China
Relations: Maximizing the Effectiveness of the Strategic and Economic Dialogue
Hearing before a subcommittee of the U.S. House
Committee on Foreign Affairs, September 10, 2009
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing_notice.asp?id=1111
For transcripts, please go to http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/schedule.asp
and scroll down.
China’s
International Behavior: Activism, Opportunism, and Diversification
Evan S. Medeiros, RAND, August 2009 (279
pages)
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2009/RAND_MG850.pdf
There is a short summary at http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG850/index.html
Remarks at the German
Marshall Fund
Remarks
by U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James B. Steinberg, September 9, 2009
http://www.state.gov/s/d/2009/129215.htm
Observations
on the findings of the German Marshall Fund report Transatlantic Trends 2009; for this report, please see http://www.transatlantictrends.org/trends/
The United States and
Europe: Current Issues
Congressional
Research Service, August 5, 2009
http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RS22163_20090805.pdf
Strengthening Missile
Defense in Europe
Remarks
by U.S. President Barack Obama, September 17, 2009
A “Phased, Adaptive
Approach” for Missile Defense in Europe
White
House fact sheet on U.S. missile defense policy, September 17, 2009
The President’s Decision on
Missile Defense in Europe
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services, September 24, 2009
http://armed-services.senate.gov/e_witnesslist.cfm?id=4082
Friends of Democratic
Pakistan Summit Meeting Concluding Statement by the Co-Chairs
Washington
DC, September 25, 2009
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2009/sept/129651.htm
The
co-chairs of the summit are the President of Pakistan, the President of the
United States and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Exploring Three Strategies
for Afghanistan
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, September 16, 2009
http://foreign.senate.gov/hearings/2009/hrg090916p.html
Countering the Threat of
Failure in Afghanistan
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, September 17, 2009
http://foreign.senate.gov/hearings/2009/hrg090917a.html
Iranian Nuclear
Facility
Statements
by U.S. President Obama, French President Sarkozy, and British Prime Minister
Brown, in Pittsburgh, September 25, 2009
Briefing by Special Envoy
for Middle East Peace George Mitchell on the President’s Trilateral Meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel and President Abbas of the
Palestinian Authority
Briefing
at the New York Foreign Press Center, U.S. Dept of State, September 22,
2009
http://www.state.gov/p/nea/rls/rm/2009/129506.htm
Joint Statement by the
Quartet
September
24, 2009
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2009/sept/129602.htm
United Nations Chapter VII
Mandates and the U.S.-Iraq Bilateral Agreement
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, September
17, 2009
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing_notice.asp?id=1114
For
transcripts, please go to http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/schedule.asp and scroll down.
Iraq: Report from the
Field
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, September 10, 2009
http://foreign.senate.gov/hearings/2009/hrg090910p.html
The
witness is U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Christopher R. Hill.
Outlook for Iraq and U.S.
Policy
Hearing
before the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, September 10, 2009
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing_notice.asp?id=1110
The
witness is U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Christopher R. Hill. For his statement to
the Committee, please go to http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/schedule.asp and scroll down.
Criminals, Militias, and
Insurgents: Organized Crime in Iraq
Phil
Williams, Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, August 2009
http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/display.cfm?pubID=930
Yemen: Avoiding a Downward
Spiral
Christopher
Boucek, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, September 2009
http://carnegieendowment.org/files/yemen_downward_spiral.pdf
Remarks at the Millennium
Challenge Corporation Signing Ceremony with Senegal
Remarks
by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, September 16, 2009
http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2009a/09/129268.htm
The Global Economic Crisis:
Impact on Sub-Saharan Africa and Global Policy Responses
Congressional
Research Service, August 25, 2009
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/128815.pdf
Remarks at the 8th
Forum of the African Growth and Opportunity Act
Remarks
by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, in Nairobi, August 5,
2009
http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2009a/08/126902.htm
Corruption in Sub-Saharan
Africa
Backgrounder
by Stephanie Hanson, Council on Foreign Relations, August 6, 2009
http://www.cfr.org/publication/19984/
Scenarios for Sudan:
Avoiding Political Violence through 2011
Alan
Schwartz, U.S. Institute of Peace, August 2009
http://www.usip.org/files/resources/SR228_0.pdf
The Pittsburgh Summit:
Support for the Most Vulnerable
White
House fact sheet, September 25, 2009
http://www.whitehouse.gov/files/documents/g20/Pittsburgh_Fact_Sheet_Most_Vulnerable.pdf
The Pittsburgh Summit:
Partnering on Food Security
White
House fact sheet, September 25, 2009
http://www.whitehouse.gov/files/documents/g20/Pittsburgh_Fact_Sheet_Food_Security.pdf
Partnering for Food
Security: Moving Forward
A
Proposal from UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon and U.S. Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton, September 26, 2009
http://www.state.gov/s/globalfoodsecurity/129626.htm
Further
information is at
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2009/sept/129671.htm
and
remarks by Secretary Clinton are at
http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2009a/09/129673.htm
Remarks at Launch of
Inter-American Social Protection Network (IASPN)
Remarks
by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, September 22, 2009
http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2009a/09/129473.htm
World Development Report
2010
World
Bank, September 15, 2009
http://go.worldbank.org/ZXULQ9SCC0
There
is a press release at http://go.worldbank.org/CEYPULJJ00
The World Bank’s Disclosure
Policy Review and the Role of Democratic Participatory Processes in Achieving Successful Development Outcomes
Hearing
before the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, September 10, 2009
http://www.house.gov/apps/list/hearing/financialsvcs_dem/FShr_091009.shtml
A Global Fund for
Education: Achieving Education for All
David
Gartner, Brookings Institution, August 2009
http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/papers/2009/08_education_gartner/08_education_gartner.pdf
DEFENSE and INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
Nuclear Non-Proliferation
and Nuclear Disarmament
Remarks
by President Obama at the UN Security Council Summit on Nuclear
Non-Proliferation and Nuclear Disarmament, September 24, 2009
There
is a White House fact sheet on this Summit at
World at Risk: The Weapons
of Mass Destruction Prevention and Preparedness Act of 2009 (S.1649)
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs,
September 22, 2009
Key Outcomes of 4th
Plenary of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia
U.S.
Dept of State, September 16, 2009
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2009/sept/129267.htm
Taking Diplomatic Action
against Piracy
Remarks
by U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Andrew J. Shapiro to the Global Maritime
Information Sharing Symposium, September 16, 2009
http://www.state.gov/t/pm/rls/rm/129258.htm
United States Actions to
Counter Piracy off the Horn of Africa
Fact
sheet, U.S. Dept of State, September 1, 2009
http://www.state.gov/t/pm/rls/fs/128540.htm
Countering Piracy in the
Modern Era
RAND,
September 2009
http://www.rand.org/pubs/conf_proceedings/2009/RAND_CF269.pdf
Notes
from a RAND workshop held in March 2009. There is a summary at
http://www.rand.org/pubs/conf_proceedings/CF269/index.html
Financial Rescue and
Reform
Address
by President Barack Obama, September 14, 2009
Remarks by U.S. Deputy
Secretary of the Treasury Neal S. Wolin
Remarks
to the Financial Services Roundtable, September 24, 2009
http://www.ustreas.gov/press/releases/tg299.htm
In
this address, the Deputy Secretary describes the Administration’s moves to
reform the United States financial system.
The Administration’s
Proposals for Financial Regulatory Reform
Hearing
before the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, September 23, 2009
http://www.house.gov/apps/list/hearing/financialsvcs_dem/fchr1_092309.shtml
The
witness is U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Timothy F. Geithner. The perspectives
of federal financial regulators and state banking regulators on this topic are
presented in a separate hearing the same day, at
http://www.house.gov/apps/list/hearing/financialsvcs_dem/fchr2_092309.shtml
The Next Phase of
Government Financial Stabilization and Rehabilitation Policies
U.S.
Dept of the Treasury, September 2009
There
is a news release, September 14, 2009, at
http://www.ustreas.gov/press/releases/tg285.htm
Emergency Economic
Stabilization Act: One Year Later
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs,
September 24, 2009
The Economic Impact of the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
First
quarterly report by the White House Council of Economic Advisers, September 10,
2009
http://www.whitehouse.gov/assets/documents/CEA_ARRA_Report_Final.pdf
Comments on “Interpreting
the Unconventional U.S. Monetary Policy of 2007-2009”
Speech
by Donald L. Kohn, vice chairman, U.S. Federal Reserve, September 10, 2009
http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/kohn20090910a.htm
Reflections on a Year of
Crisis
Speech
by Ben S. Bernanke, chairman, U.S. Federal Reserve, August 21, 2009
http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/bernanke20090821a.htm
Regulatory Perspectives on
the Changing Accounting Landscape
Speech
by Elizabeth A. Duke, a governor of the U.S. Federal Reserve, September 14,
2009
http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/duke20090914a.htm
The Role of the Lending
Industry in the Home Foreclosure Crisis
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, September
9, 2009
http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/hear_090909_1.html
First-Time Homebuyer Credit
Provides Tax Benefits to 1.4 Million Families to Date, More Claims Expected
News
release, Internal Revenue Service, September 17, 2009
http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=213375,00.html
Hitting Bottom? An Updated
Analysis of Rents and the Price of Housing in 100 Metropolitan Areas
Center
for Economic and Policy Research, August 2009
http://www.cepr.net/documents/publications/100city-2009-08.pdf
There
is a summary at
http://www.cepr.net/index.php/publications/reports/hitting-bottom-100-city/
and
a press release at
http://www.cepr.net/index.php/press-releases/press-releases/possible-slump-remains/
The Pittsburgh Summit:
Creating a 21st-Century International Economic Architecture
White
House fact sheet, September 25, 2009
http://www.whitehouse.gov/files/documents/g20/Architecture_Fact_Sheet.pdf
The Pittsburgh Summit:
Strong, Sustainable, and Balanced Growth
White
House fact sheet, September 25, 2009
http://www.whitehouse.gov/files/documents/g20/Framework_Fact_Sheet_Pittsburgh.pdf
The Pittsburgh Summit: Bold
and Coordinated Actions from Crisis to Recovery
White
House fact sheet, September 25, 2009
http://www.whitehouse.gov/files/documents/g20/Pittsburgh_Fact_Sheet_Recovery.pdf
USDA Announces New Global
Agricultural Trade System Database
News
release, U.S. Dept of Agriculture, August 26, 2009
http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/!ut/p/_s.7_0_A/7_0_1OB?contentidonly=true&contentid=2009/08/0404.xml
The
database is at http://www.fas.usda.gov/gats/default.aspx
What the 2008/2009 World
Economic Crisis Means for Global Agricultural Trade
U.S.
Dept of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, August 2009
http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/WRS0905/WRS0905.pdf
International Space
Station: Science Research Accomplishments during the Assembly Years
An
Analysis of Results from 2000-2008
NASA,
June 2009
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20090029998_2009030907.pdf
There
is a news release, September 10, 2009, at
http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/sep/HQ_09-203_ISS_Science_Report.html
Options from the Review of
the Human Space Flight Plants Committee
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and
Transportation, September 16, 2009
Options and Issues for
NASA’s Human Space Flight Program
Hearing
before the U.S. House Committee on Science and Technology, September 15,
2009
http://science.house.gov/publications/hearings_markups_details.aspx?NewsID=2590
2008 State of the Markets
Report
Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, August 2009
http://www.ferc.gov/market-oversight/st-mkt-ovr/2008-som-final.pdf
Building a Sustainable
Energy Future: U.S. Actions for an Effective Energy Economy Transformation
National
Science Foundation, August 3, 2009
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2009/nsb0955/nsb0955.pdf
Electric Power Storage
Congressional
Research Service, September 8, 2009
http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/R40797_20090908.pdf
There
is a summary at http://opencrs.com/document/R40797/
Allocating Investment Risk
in Today’s Uncertain Electric Industry: A Guide to Competition and Regulatory
Policy in “Interesting Times”
Susan
Tierney, Electric Power Supply Association, September 2009
There
is a news release at
http://www.epsa.org/forms/documents/DocumentFormPublic/view?id=11865000006BF
Full Throttle U.S. Ethanol
Expansion Faces Challenges down the Road
U.S.
Dept of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, Amber Waves, September 2009
http://www.ers.usda.gov/Amberwaves/September09/Features/EthanolExpansion.htm
Wind Power Development in
the United States: Current Progress, Future Trends
Ryan
H. Wiser, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, August 2009
http://repositories.cdlib.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=8726&context=lbnl
Improving the Energy
Performance of Buildings: Learning from the European Union and Australia
RAND,
September 2009
http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2009/RAND_TR728.pdf
There
is a summary at
http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR728/
and
a press release at
http://www.rand.org/news/press/2009/09/21/index.html
Remarks by President Obama
at the UN Secretary General’s Climate Change Summit
Delivered
at UN Headquarters, New York, September 22, 2009
The Pittsburgh Summit:
Acting on our Global Energy and Climate Change Challenges
White
House fact sheet, September 25, 2009
http://www.whitehouse.gov/files/documents/g20/Pittsburgh_Fact_Sheet_Energy_Security.pdf
The Economic Effects of
Legislation to Reduce Greenhouse-Gas Emissions
Congressional
Budget Office, September 2009
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/105xx/doc10573/09-17-Greenhouse-Gas.pdf
Potential Costs and Price
Volatility in the Energy Sector as a Result of a Greenhouse Gas Trading Program
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, September 15,
2009
Smaller, Simpler, and More
Stable: Designing Carbon Markets for Environmental and Financial Integrity
Friends
of the Earth, September 2009
http://www.foe.org/sites/default/files/CarbonMarketsReport.pdf
There
is a news release at
http://www.foe.org/report-warns-carbon-derivatives-markets-pose-threats-congress-has-not-addressed
EPA Finalizes the Nation’s
First Greenhouse Gas Reporting System/Monitoring to Begin in 2010
News
release, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), September 22, 2009 http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/6427a6b7538955c585257359003f0230/194e412153fcffea8525763900530d75
The
rule is available at
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/ghgrulemaking.html
U.S. Secretary of the
Interior Ken Salazar Launches Department of the Interior Climate Change
Response Strategy
News
release, U.S. Dept of the Interior, September 14, 2009
http://www.doi.gov/news/09_News_Releases/091409.html
Details
are at http://www.doi.gov/climatechange/
Opportunities to Reduce
Greenhouse Gas Emissions through Materials and Land Management Practices
U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), September 2009
http://www.epa.gov/oswer/docs/ghg_land_and_materials_management.pdf
There
is a news release at
Advancing the National Park
Idea
Report
of the National Parks Second Century Commission, September 2009
http://www.doi.gov/documents/Second_Century_Commission_Report.pdf
A
news release from the U.S. Dept of the Interior, September 24, 2009, is at
http://www.doi.gov/news/09_News_Releases/092409.html
Transitions and Tipping
Points in Complex Environmental Systems
National
Science Foundation Advisory Committee for Environmental Research and Education,
updated
September
2009
http://www.nsf.gov/geo/ere/ereweb/ac-ere/nsf6895_ere_report_090809.pdf
For
the press release, please see
http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115474&org=NSF&from=news
Harmful Algal Blooms and
Hypoxia: Formulating an Action Plan
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Science and Technology,
September 17, 2009
http://science.house.gov/publications/hearings_markups_details.aspx?NewsID=2591
Endangered Species:
Selected Internet Resources
A
bibliography by Science Reference Services, Library of Congress, September 9,
2009
http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/selected-internet/endangeredspecies.html
Interim Report of the
Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force
White
House Council on Environmental Quality, September 10, 2009
http://www.whitehouse.gov/assets/documents/09_17_09_Interim_Report_of_Task_Force_FINAL2.pdf
Offshore Aquaculture
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources,
September 9, 2009
http://resourcescommittee.house.gov/index.php?option=com_jcalpro&Itemid=27&extmode=view&extid=285
Address by President Obama
to a Joint Session of Congress on Health Care
September
9, 2009
Understanding the Effects
of Health Care Reform from a National Perspective
Christine
Eibner, RAND, 2009
http://www.rand.org/pubs/documented_briefings/2009/RAND_DB584.pdf
There
is a summary at http://www.rand.org/pubs/documented_briefings/DB584/
Improving Quality and Value
in the U.S. Health Care System
Bipartisan
Policy Center, August 2009
http://www.bipartisanpolicy.org/sites/default/files/BPC8-09-PCHC%20Qual%20rpt-8-20-09.pdf
There
is a brief summary at
http://www.bipartisanpolicy.org/library/report/improving-quality-and-value-us-health-care-system and a news release at
Bending the Curve:
Effective Steps to Address Long-Term Health Care Spending Growth
Brookings
Institution, August 2009
http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/reports/2009/0826_btc/0826_btc_fullreport.pdf
There
is a news release, September 2009, at
http://www.brookings.edu/reports/2009/0901_btc.aspx
Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention Global Health Programs: FY2001-FY2010
Congressional
Research Service, August 21, 2009
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/128822.pdf
A Snapshot of U.S.
Physicians
Key
Findings from the 2008 Health Tracking Survey Physician Study
Center
for Studying Health System Change, September 2009
http://www.hschange.org/CONTENT/1078/
There
is a news release at http://www.hschange.org/CONTENT/1079/
President Obama Announces
Plan to Expand Global Fight against H1N1 Pandemic
The
White House, September 17, 2009
Report to the President on
U.S. Preparedness for 2009 – H1N1 Influenza
President’s
Council of Advisers on Science and Technology, August 7, 2009
http://www.whitehouse.gov/assets/documents/PCAST_H1N1_Report.pdf
There
is a White House press release at
Preparing for the 2009
Pandemic Flu
Hearing
before the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, September 15, 2009
H1N1 Flu: Protecting Our
Community
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs,
September 21, 2009
The 2009 Influenza
Pandemic: An Overview
Congressional
Research Service, August 6, 2009
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/128854.pdf
State and Local Pandemic
Influenza Preparedness: Medical Surge
Report
by the Office of Inspector General, U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services,
September 2009
http://www.oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/oei-02-08-00210.pdf
Local Pandemic Influenza
Preparedness: Vaccine and Antiviral Drug Distribution and Dispensing
Report
by the Office of Inspector General, U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services,
September 2009
http://www.oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/oei-04-08-00260.pdf
The U.S. Economy and the
Employment Challenge
Speech
by Dennis P. Lockhart, president and chief executive officer, Federal Reserve
Bank of Atlanta, August 26, 2009
http://www.frbatlanta.org/invoke.cfm?objectid=572D828F-5056-9F12-12AD9734C17D1C6A&method=display
Recession Turns a Graying
Office Grayer: America’s Changing Work Force
Pew
Research Center, September 3, 2009
http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1330/american-work-force-is-graying
Older Workers: Employment
and Retirement Trends
Congressional
Research Service, September 16, 2009
http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL30629_20090916.pdf
AGING, RETIREMENT and SOCIAL SECURITY
President Obama Announces
New Initiatives for Retirement Savings
The
White House, September 5, 2009
CBO’s Long-Term Projections
for Social Security: 2009 Update
Congressional
Budget Office (CBO), August 2009
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/104xx/doc10457/08-07-SocialSecurity_Update.pdf
For
data, please see http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=10457
Growing Smarter, Living
Healthier: A Guide to Smart Growth and Active Aging
U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, August 2009
http://www.epa.gov/aging/bhc/guide/index.html
The
full text of this 36-page guidebook is at
http://www.epa.gov/aging/bhc/guide/2009_Aging.pdf
and
there is a news release at
http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/1D277FEC3C945775852576180052D019
Older Americans on the Go:
How Often, Where, and Why?
Center
for Retirement Research at Boston College, September 2009
http://crr.bc.edu/images/stories/Briefs/ib_9-18.pdf
GOVERNMENT
and PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
2009 Legislative
Review
Stateline.org
http://www.stateline.org/live/static/Legislative_Year_in_Review_2009
There
is a news release noting the impact of the 2008-2009 economic crisis on U.S.
state government budgets and services, August 27, 2009, at
http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=54846
The Blogging Revolution:
Government in the Age of Web 2.0
David
C. Wyld, IBM Center for the Business of Government, September 2009
http://www.businessofgovernment.org/pdfs/WyldReportBlog.pdf
There
is a summary at
http://www.businessofgovernment.org/main/publications/grant_reports/details/index.asp?GID=291
Access to Government
Information in the United States
Congressional
Research Service, August 31, 2009
http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/97-71_20090831.pdf
There
is a short summary at http://opencrs.com/document/97-71/
Measuring the Effects of
the Business Cycle on the Federal Budget: An Update
Congressional
Budget Office, September 1, 2009
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/105xx/doc10544/09-01_Update_BusinessCycle.pdf
For
data, please see http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=10544
Description of Revenue
Provisions Contained in the President’s Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Proposal Part
Three: Provisions Related to the Taxation of Cross-Border Income and
Investment
Staff
report of the Joint Committee on Taxation, U.S. Congress, September 14,
2009
http://www.jct.gov/publications.html?func=startdown&id=3578
The Future of Newspapers:
The Impact on the Economy and Democracy
Hearing
before the Joint Economic Committee, U.S. Congress, September 24, 2009
Press Accuracy Rating Hits
Two Decade Low
Public
Evaluations of the News Media, 1985-2009
Pew
Research Center for the People and the Press, September 12, 2009
http://people-press.org/reports/pdf/543.pdf
There
is an overview at http://people-press.org/report/543/
Competition and Commerce in
Digital Books
Hearing
before the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, September 10, 2009
http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/hear_090910.html
Implementation of the Child
Safe Viewing Act: Examination of Parental Control Technologies for Video or Audio Programming
Report
by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), adopted August 27, 2009
and released August 31, 2009
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-09-69A1.pdf
Television, Internet and
Mobile Usage in the U.S.: A2/M2 Three Screen Report
Nielsen,
2nd Quarter 2009
http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/3ScreenQ209_US_rpt_090209.pdf
There
is a blog summarizing the trends noted in the report, September 2, 2009, at
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY and the INTERNET
After the Dot-Com Bubble:
Silicon Valley High-Tech Employment and Wages in 2001 and 2008
Amar
Mann and Tony Nunes, Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Dept of Labor, Regional Report, August 2009
http://www.bls.gov/opub/regional_reports/200908_silicon_valley_high_tech.pdf
The Expansion of Top Level
Domains and its Effects on Competition
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, September
23, 2009
http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/hear_090923.html
The Internet and Civic
Engagement
Pew
Internet & American Life Project, September 2009
http://www.pewinternet.org/~/media//Files/Reports/2009/The%20Internet%20and%20Civic%20Engagement.pdf
See
also
http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2009/15--The-Internet-and-Civic-Engagement.aspx?r=1
and
an overview at
http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2009/15--The-Internet-and-Civic-Engagement.aspx
The Internet as a
Diversion
Aaron
Smith, Pew Internet & American Life Project, September 2009
http://www.pewinternet.org/~/media//Files/Reports/2009/PIP-The-Internet-as-a-Diversion.pdf
There
is a summary at
http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2009/16--The-Internet-as-a-Diversion.aspx
Understanding Users of
Social Networks
Sean
Silverthorne, Harvard Business School, Working
Knowledge, September 14, 2009
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6156.html
Cyber Attacks: Protecting
Industry against Growing Threats
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs,
September 14, 2009
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