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International economic issues, trade and
investment
Development and international assistance
Human rights and international criminal
justice
Defense and international security
Terrorism and homeland security
Science, technology and innovation
Marine environment and law of the sea
Transportation and infrastructure
Communications and information technology
Office of the
President-Elect of the United States
This
is the official website of the Obama-Biden transition team. For further
material on the 2008-2009 Presidential transition in the United States, please
see also the Transition section in this alert and the
regularly updated Transition page on our website at
http://canberra.usembassy.gov/irc/transition.html
Global Trends 2025: A
Transformed World
Director
of National Intelligence/National Intelligence Council, November 2008
http://www.dni.gov/nic/PDF_2025/2025_Global_Trends_Final_Report.pdf
There
is a summary at http://www.dni.gov/nic/NIC_2025_project.html
and
a briefing by Dr Mathew Burrows, National Intelligence Council Counselor and
principal organizer of Global Trends 2025
at http://fpc.state.gov/112235.htm
The Foreign Policy of the
Bush Administration
Remarks
by U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John D. Negroponte at Trinity College,
Dublin, November 17, 2008
http://www.state.gov/s/d/2008/111961.htm
In
this speech, the Deputy Secretary discusses “the Bush Administration’s foreign
policy – the broad agenda we’ve sought to advance in the past eight years, and
where it stands today, just two months from the beginning of the Obama
presidency.”
Presidential Transitions
and Foreign Policy
Backgrounder
by Toni Johnson, Council on Foreign Relations, November 4, 2008
http://www.cfr.org/publication/17676/
A Foreign Affairs Budget
for the Future: Fixing the Crisis in Diplomatic Readiness
American
Academy of Diplomacy and the Stimson Center, October 2008
http://www.academyofdiplomacy.org/publications/FAB_report_2008.pdf
Abrahamic Alternatives to
War
U.S.
Institute of Peace, October 2008
http://www.usip.org/pubs/specialreports/sr214.pdf
This
report, drawn from a conference of eight Muslim, six Jewish and eight Christian
scholar-leaders at Stony Point, New York, in June 2007, “examines passages that
support violence in each tradition’s scripture, presents definitions of ‘just
peacemaking’ in each tradition, summarizes places of convergence that might
create the foundation for a program offering an Abrahamic alternative to war
and presents a joint statement and series of commitments reached at the end of
the conference.”
2008 Report to Congress of
the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission
The
Commission, November 2008
http://www.uscc.gov/annual_report/2008/annual_report_full_08.pdf
There
is a press release about this 405-page report at
http://www.uscc.gov/pressreleases/2008/08_11_20pr.php
Human Rights in China:
Trends and Policy Implications
Congressional Research Service report,
October 31, 2008
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/112018.pdf
Global Alliance: An Agenda
for U.S.-Japan Cooperation
Address
by U.S. Under Secretary of State Paula J. Dobriansky, October 23, 2008
http://www.state.gov/g/rls/rm/111380.htm
Renewing the United Nations
Mandate for Iraq: Plans and Prospects
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, November
19, 2008
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing_notice.asp?id=1037
For
transcripts, please go to http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/testimony.asp and scroll down.
What Iraq Needs from the
Obama Administration: Recommendations for Iraqis Resident in the U.S.
Report
by Elizabeth Detwiler, U.S. Institute of Peace, November 2008
http://www.usip.org/pubs/usipeace_briefings/2008/1106_iraq_recommend.html
This
publication discusses the Iraq policy recommendations of six prominent Iraqis
resident in the United States to the incoming administration of Barack Obama.
United States-United Arab
Emirates Joint Statement
November
17, 2008
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2008/nov/111954.htm
Remarks at the Palestinian
Business and Investment Forum
Remarks
by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, October 14, 2008
http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2008/10/110954.htm
Remarks
by U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Robert M. Kimmitt
http://www.ustreas.gov/press/releases/hp1210.htm
U.S. Foreign Aid to the
Palestinians
Congressional
Research Service report, October 8, 2008
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/RS22967.pdf
Remarks at the Ronald
Reagan Presidential Library
Remarks
by U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Henry M. Paulson, Jr., November 20, 2008
http://www.ustreas.gov/press/releases/hp1285.htm
In
this address, the Treasury Secretary discusses the world financial crisis, the U.S.
response, and global reform issues.
Financial Rescue Package
and Economic Update
Address
by U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Henry M. Paulson, Jr., November 12, 2008
http://www.ustreas.gov/press/releases/hp1265.htm
Implementation of the
Emergency Economic Stabilization Act
Remarks
by U.S. Interim Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Neel Kashkari, November 19,
2008
http://www.ustreas.gov/press/releases/hp1281.htm
Oversight of Implementation
of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 and of Government Lending and Insurance Facilities; Impact on Economy and
Credit Availability
Hearing
before the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, November 18, 2008
http://www.house.gov/apps/list/hearing/financialsvcs_dem/hr111808.shtml
Financial Conditions and
the Economic Outlook
Address
by Jeffrey Lacker, president, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, November 21,
2008
http://www.richmondfed.org/press_room/speeches/president_jeff_lacker/2008/lacker_speech_20081121.cfm
The Promise and Peril of
the New Financial Architecture
Speech
by Kevin Warsh, a governor of the U.S. Federal Reserve, November 6, 2008
http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/warsh20081106a.htm
Productivity and Innovation
in Financial Services
Speech
by Donald L. Kohn, vice chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, in Luxembourg,
November 12, 2008
http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/kohn20081112a.htm
Economic Recovery, Job
Creation, and Investment in America
Hearing
before the U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means, October 29, 2008
http://waysandmeans.house.gov/hearings.asp?formmode=detail&hearing=650
Strategic Risk Management
in an Interconnected World
Speech
by Randall S. Kroszner, a governor of the U.S. Federal Reserve, October 20,
2008
http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/kroszner20081020a.htm
Treasury, Regulators Issue
Additional Guidance on Capital Purchase Program
U.S.
Dept of the Treasury, October 20, 2008
http://www.ustreas.gov/press/releases/hp1222.htm
This
announcement, including a link to FAQs about the Capital Purchase Program, is at
http://www.ustreas.gov/press/releases/reports/faqcpp.pdf
Financial Turmoil:
Comparing the Troubled Asset Relief Program to the Federal Reserve’s Response
Congressional
Research Service report, October 8, 2008
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RS22966.pdf
The Role of Federal
Regulators in the Financial Crisis
Hearing
before the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, October 23,
2008
http://oversight.house.gov/story.asp?ID=2256
Turmoil in the U.S. Credit
Markets: Examining Recent Regulatory Responses
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, October
23, 2008
Turmoil in the U.S. Credit
Markets: The Genesis of the Current Economic Crisis
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, October
16, 2008
The Future of Mortgage
Finance in the United States
Speech
by Ben S. Bernanke, chairman, U.S. Federal Reserve, October 31, 2008
http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/bernanke20081031a.htm
The Outlook for Housing
Starts, 2009 to 2012
Congressional
Budget Office, November 2008
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/98xx/doc9885/11-17-HousingStarts.pdf
Declaration of the Summit
on Financial Markets and the World Economy
Washington
DC, November 15, 2008
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/11/20081115-1.html
White
House fact sheet on the G-20 summit to address the international financial
crisis
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/11/20081115-4.html
Further
information about the summit is at
http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/financialmarkets/
Policy Coordination among
Central Banks
Speech
by Ben S. Bernanke, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, in Frankfurt,
Germany, November 14, 2008
http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/bernanke20081214a.htm
The Stabilizing Force of
Open Investment in the Global Economy
Speech
by U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Robert M. Kimmitt, in Dubai, October
28, 2008
http://www.ustreas.gov/press/releases/hp1241.htm
Financial Turmoil and the
Global Economy
Address
by David H. McCormick, U.S. Under Secretary of the Treasury for International
Affairs, in Hong Kong, October 22, 2008
http://www.ustreas.gov/press/releases/hp1230.htm
The Global Financial
Crisis: The Role of the International Monetary Fund
Congressional
Research Service report, updated October 30, 2008
http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RS22976_20081030.pdf
Preview of U.S. Priorities
for APEC
Briefing
by Patricia Haslach, U.S. Senior Official for APEC, U.S. Dept of State, at the
Foreign Press Center, November 10, 2008
http://fpc.state.gov/111655.htm
The Future of U.S.-China
Economic Relations
Remarks
by Alan Holmer, U.S. Special Envoy for China and the Strategic Economic
Dialogue, in Nanjing, November 5, 2008
http://www.ustreas.gov/press/releases/hp1253.htm
Release of Final
Regulations Governing CFIUS
Statement
by U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Henry M. Paulson Jr, November 14, 2008
http://www.ustreas.gov/press/releases/hp1274.htm
Final
regulations, with related material
http://www.treas.gov/offices/international-affairs/cfius/
When Money Talks: Arab
Sovereign Wealth Funds in the Global Public Policy Discourse
Sven
Behrendt, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, October 2008
http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/arab_sovereign_wealth_funds.pdf
Press
release on “International Framework Needed to Govern Sovereign Wealth Funds” http://www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=view&id=22277&prog=zgp&proj=zme
DEVELOPMENT and INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE
White House Summit on
International Development
The
White House, October 21, 2008
http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/internationaldevelopment/index.html
White
House fact sheet
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/10/20081020-1.html
Millennium Challenge
Account
Congressional
Research Service report, updated October 8, 2008
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL32427.pdf
Faces of Change: Highlights
of U.S. Department of Labor Efforts to Combat International Child Labor
U.S.
Dept of Labor, 2nd edition, October 2008
http://www.dol.gov/ilab/20081028.pdf
Child Labor: U.S. Policy
and Action
Fact
sheet, U.S. Dept of State, October 31, 2008
http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/111488.htm
Child Soldiers: U.S. Policy
and Action
Fact
sheet, U.S. Dept of State, October 31, 2008
http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/111480.htm
HUMAN RIGHTS and INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL
JUSTICE
U.S. Perspectives on
International Criminal Justice
Remarks
by John B. Bellinger III, Legal Adviser to the U.S. Secretary of State,
November 14, 2008
http://www.state.gov/s/l/rls/111859.htm
Success against Slavery and
Strategies for the Future
Remarks
by Mark P. Lagon, Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in
Persons, U.S. Dept of State, October 28, 2008
http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/rm/2008/111456.htm
DEFENSE and INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
Transitioning Defense
Organizational Initiatives: Assessment of Key 2001-2008 Defense Reforms
Pre-publication
draft, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), November 12,
2008
http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/081112_transitioning_defense_organizational_initiatives.pdf
There
is a summary at http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,5124/type,1/
Defense Spending during
Economic Crisis
Backgrounder
by Greg Bruno, Council on Foreign Relations, November 18, 2008
http://www.cfr.org/publication/17793/
Meeting America’s Security
Challenges beyond Iraq: a Conference Report
Sarah
Harting, RAND, 2008. Report on a
conference jointly co-hosted on December 4, 2007, by RAND and by the Center for
Naval Analyses.
http://www.rand.org/pubs/conf_proceedings/2008/RAND_CF246.pdf
Known Unknowns:
Unconventional “Strategic Shocks” in Defense Strategy Development
Nathan
Freier, Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, November 2008
http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB890.pdf
Nuclear Power: Benefits and
Responsibilities
Address
by Jackie Wolcott, U.S. Special Envoy for Nuclear Nonproliferation, at the MENA
Nuclear Energy Forum in Doha, Qatar, November 10, 2008
http://www.state.gov/t/isn/rls/rm/111757.htm
Are New Nuclear Bargains
Attainable?
Deepti
Choubey, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, October 2008
http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/new_nuclear_bargains.pdf
There
is a press release at
http://www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=view&id=22244&prog=zgp&proj=znpp
Building Language Skills
and Cultural Competencies in the Military: DOD’s Challenge in Today’s Educational Environment
Report
of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, U.S. House Committee on
Armed Services, November 2008
http://armedservices.house.gov/pdfs/Reports/LanguageCultureReportNov08.pdf
There
is a news release at
http://armedservices.house.gov/apps/list/press/armedsvc_dem/snyderakinpr112008.shtml
TERRORISM and HOMELAND
SECURITY
Strategic
Counterterrorism
Daniel
Benjamin, Brookings Institution, October 2008
There
is a summary at
http://www.brookings.edu/papers/2008/10_terrorism_benjamin.aspx?emc=lm&m=219384&l=51&v=28714
The Money Trail: Finding,
Following, and Freezing Terrorist Finance
Matthew
Levitt and Michael Jacobson, Washington Institute for Near East Policy,
November 2008
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC04.php?CID=302
There
is a link to the text of this 84-page publication.
DHS Announces Security
Standards for Freight and Passenger Rail Systems
Fact
sheet, U.S. Dept of Homeland Security (DHS), November 13, 2008
http://www.dhs.gov/xnews/releases/pr_1226590692881.shtm
The
final rule referred to in this fact sheet is at
http://www.tsa.gov/assets/pdf/20081110_rail_rule.pdf
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY and INNOVATION
The President’s Office of
Science and Technology Policy: Issues for Congress
Congressional
Research Service report, November 10, 2008
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/112016.pdf
Presidential Leadership to
Ensure Science and Technology in the Service of National Needs: A Report to the 2008 Candidates
Center
for the Study of the Presidency, 2008
http://www.thepresidency.org/pubs/science_tech_2008.pdf
An Analysis of NASA’s Plans
for Continuing Human Spaceflight after Retiring the Space Shuttle
Congressional
Budget Office, November 2008
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/98xx/doc9886/11-03-NASA_Letter.pdf
The Science &
Entertainment Exchange
http://www.scienceandentertainmentexchange.org/
This
is a program of the National Academy of Sciences created in November 2008 which
“provides entertainment industry professionals with access to top scientists
and engineers to help bring the reality of cutting-edge science to creative and
engaging storylines.”
There
is a news release at
http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=11192008
An Analysis of Small
Business Patents by Industry and Firm Size
Anthony
Breitzman and Diana Hicks, Small Business Administration, Office of Advocacy,
November 2008
http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/rs335tot.pdf
There
is a news release, “Small Businesses are America’s Innovators”, at
http://www.sba.gov/advo/press/08-33.html
Energy: A Matter of National,
Economic, and Environmental Security
Minority
staff report of the Subcommittee on Domestic Policy, U.S. House Committee on
Oversight and Government Reform, October 23, 2008
There
is a news release at
Biomass Energy
A
bibliography with hyperlinks. Science Reference Services, Library of Congress,
October 23, 2008
http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/tracer-bullets/biomasstb.html
2008 Report on Ethanol
Market Concentration
Federal
Trade Commission, November 2008
http://www.ftc.gov/os/2008/11/081117ethanolreport.pdf
There
is a news release at
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2008/11/ethanol.shtm
Federal Research and
Development Agenda for Net-Zero Energy, High-Performance Green Buildings
Report
of the Subcommittee on Buildings Technology Research and Development, U.S.
National Science and Technology Council, October 2008
There
is a news release at
http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/releases/netzero102208.html
Crisis Guide: Climate
Change
Council
on Foreign Relations, October 2008
http://www.cfr.org/publication/17088/
Are Carbon Dioxide
Emissions Rising More Rapidly Than Expected?
Congressional
Research Service report, October 17, 2008
http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RS22970_20081017.pdf
Measuring and Monitoring
Carbon in the Agricultural and Forestry Sectors
Congressional
Research Service report, October 6, 2008
http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RS22964_20081006.pdf
Annual Arctic Report Card
Shows Stronger Effects of Warming
News
release, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, October 16, 2008
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20081016_arcticreport.html
The
“report card” is at
http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/reportcard/index.html
How Green is the Deal? The
Growing Role of Sustainability in M&A
Deloitte,
October 2008
http://www.deloitte.com/dtt/cda/doc/content/US_M%26A_How_Green_Is_the_Deal.pdf
There
is a brief summary at http://www.deloitte.com/dtt/article/0%2C1002%2Ccid%25253D230924%2C00.html
Environmental Laws
Applicable to Construction and Operation of Biodiesel Production
Facilities
Environmental
Protection Administration (EPA), Region 7, November 2008
http://www.epa.gov/region07/priorities/agriculture/biodiesel_manual.pdf
There
is a news release at
Hidden Reservoir: Why Water
Efficiency is the Best Solution for the Southeast
American
Rivers, October 2008
There
is a news release at
More Variable and Uncertain
Water Supply: Global Warming’s Wakeup Call for the Southeastern United States
National
Wildlife Federation, November 2008
http://www.nwf.org/nwfwebadmin/binaryVault/NWF_SEWaterSupply_FINAL2.pdf
There
is a news release at
http://www.nwf.org/news/story.cfm?pageId=BA59B89A-5056-A868-A0853748FEC9AE43
MARINE ENVIRONMENT and LAW OF THE SEA
The United States and the
Law of the Sea Convention
Address
by John B. Bellinger III, Legal Adviser, U.S. Dept of State, at the Law of the
Sea Institute, Berkeley, California, November 3, 2008
http://www.state.gov/s/l/rls/111587.htm
Framework for the National
System of Marine Protected Areas of the United States of America
National
Marine Protected Areas Center, November 2008
http://mpa.gov/pdf/national-system/finalframework_full.pdf
Seeds of a Perfect Storm:
Genetically Modified Crops and the Global Food Security Crisis
Nina
Fedoroff, Science and Technology Adviser to the U.S. Secretary of State and to
the Administrator of USAID, Inaugural Lecture in the Jefferson Fellows
Distinguished Lecture Series, October 17, 2008
http://www.state.gov/g/oes/rls/rm/111147.htm
Commodity Market
Speculation: The Risk to Food Security and Agriculture
Institute
for Agriculture and Trade Policy, November 2008
http://www.iatp.org/iatp/publications.cfm?accountID=451&refID=104414
There
is a news release at
http://www.iatp.org/iatp/press.cfm?refID=104415
The Massive Food and Land
Costs of U.S. Corn Ethanol: An Update
Dennis
T. Avery, Competitive Enterprise Institute, October 29, 2008
There
is a news release at
Understanding Land Use
Change and U.S. Ethanol Expansion
Renewable
Fuels Association, November 2008
http://www.ethanolrfa.org/objects/documents/2041/final_land_use_1110_w_execsumm.pdf
There
is a press release at
http://www.ethanolrfa.org/objects/documents//release20081112.html
TRANSPORTATION
and INFRASTRUCTURE
Approaches to Mitigate
Freight Congestion
Government
Accountability Office (GAO), November 20, 2008
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09163r.pdf
Mainstreet Stimulus: “Ready
to Go” Jobs and Infrastructure Projects
U.S.
Conference of Mayors, November 13, 2008
http://www.usmayors.org/mainstreetstimulus/mss-report-200811.pdf
There
is a news release about this 222-page publication at
http://www.usmayors.org/pressreleases/uploads/mainstreet_111408.pdf
Breaking Down Walls:
Overcoming Institutional Barriers to Infrastructure Investment
Anthony
E. Shorris, the Century Foundation, November 2008
http://www.tcf.org/publications/economicsinequality/shorris.pdf
There
is a news release at
http://www.tcf.org/list.asp?type=PR&pubid=155
Investing in
Infrastructure: The Road to Recovery
Hearing
before the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, October
29, 2008
http://transportation.house.gov/hearings/hearingDetail.aspx?NewsID=776
Present Law and Issues
Related to Infrastructure Finance
Report
by the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation, U.S. Congress, October 24,
2008
http://www.jct.gov/x-83-08.pdf
Call to Action: Health
Reform 2009
U.S.
Senate Committee on Finance, November 12, 2008
http://www.finance.senate.gov/healthreform2009/finalwhitepaper.pdf
Treatments for an Ailing
Economy: Protecting Health Care Coverage and Investing in Biomedical Research
Hearing
before the Subcommittee on Health, U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce,
November 13, 2008
http://energycommerce.house.gov/cmte_mtgs/110-he-hrg.111308.AilingEconomy.shtml
Report on the Economic
Crisis: Initial Impact on Hospitals
American
Hospital Association, November 2008
http://www.aha.org/aha/content/2008/pdf/081119econcrisisreport.pdf
There
is a news release at
http://www.aha.org/aha/press-release/2008/081119-pr-econcrisis.html
U.S. International Avian
and Pandemic Influenza Assistance Reaches $950 Million
Media
note, U.S. Dept of State, October 25, 2008
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2008/oct/111241.htm
Promise Lost:
College-Qualified Students Who Don’t Enroll in College
Institute
for Higher Education Policy, November 2008
http://www.ihep.org/assets/files/publications/m-r/PromiseLostCollegeQualrpt.pdf
There
is a news release at
http://www.ihep.org/press-room/news_release-detail.cfm?id=158
Generational Gains in
Postsecondary Education Appear to Have Stalled, New ACE Report Finds
News
release, American Council on Education, October 9, 2008
Information
about the report is at
http://store.acenet.edu/showItem.aspx?product=311884&session=C891BB5B33C34184AAA1AA91F2DF6CDC
Federal Access Policies and
Higher Education for Working Adults
Center
for American Progress, October 2008
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/10/pdf/access_policies.pdf
There
is a news release at
http://www.americanprogress.org/pressroom/releases/2008/10/ed_reports_disconnected_youth.html
Community Colleges: Not So
Junior Any More
Federal
Reserve Bank of St Louis, The Regional
Economist, October 2008
http://www.stlouisfed.org/publications/re/2008/d/pages/colleges.html
Student Debt and the Class
of 2007
The
Project on Student Debt, October 2008
http://projectonstudentdebt.org/files/pub/classof2007.pdf
General
information is at
http://projectonstudentdebt.org/state_by_state-data.php
There
is a press release by Pew Charitable Trusts at
http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=45424
By Degrees: A Big Year for
History
American
Historical Association, Perspectives on
History, November 2008
http://www.historians.org/Perspectives/issues/2008/0811/0811new1.cfm
This
item notes that in 2005-2006 there was a 5.6% increase over the previous year
in the number of baccalaureate degrees in history awarded by universities in
the United States.
Record High Numbers of
American Students Studying Abroad, International Students at U.S. Colleges and Universities
Media
note, U.S. Dept of State, November 17, 2008
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2008/nov/111891.htm
Data
from the Open Doors 2008 report to
which this refers is accessible at http://opendoors.iienetwork.org/
A Commitment to Quality:
National Charter School Policy Forum Report
U.S.
Dept of Education, October 2008
http://www.ed.gov/admins/comm/choice/csforum/report.html
The
full report is at
http://www.ed.gov/admins/comm/choice/csforum/report.pdf
There is a news release at
http://www.ed.gov/news/pressreleases/2008/10/10212008.html
Counting on Graduation: An
Agenda for State Leadership
Anna
Habash, the Education Trust, October 2008
There
is a news release at
http://www2.edtrust.org/EdTrust/Press+Room/countingongrad.htm
The Impact of the Economic
Downturn on Schools: Report on Findings
American
Association of School Administrators, November 2008
http://www.aasa.org/files/PDFs/Publications/AASAEconomicImpactSurvey2008.pdf
There
is a news release at
http://www.aasa.org/newsroom/pressdetail.cfm?ItemNumber=10846
Creating Postsecondary
Pathways to Good Jobs for Young High School Dropouts: The Possibilities and the Challenges
Center
for American Progress, October 2008
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/10/pdf/postsecondary_pathways.pdf
There
is a news release at
http://www.americanprogress.org/pressroom/releases/2008/10/ed_reports_disconnected_youth.html
Job Outlook by Education,
2006-2016
Occupational
Outlook Quarterly, Fall 2008
http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2008/fall/art01.pdf
Professional Employer
Organizations: What Are They, Who Uses Them, and Why Should We Care?
Britton
Lombardi and Yukako Ono, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Economic Perspectives,
4th
Quarter 2008
http://www.chicagofed.org/publications/economicperspectives/ep_4qtr2008_part1_lombardi_ono.pdf
The Enduring Challenge of
Concentrated Poverty in America
Report
by the Community Affairs Offices of the Federal Reserve System in partnership
with the Brookings Institution, October 2008
http://www.frbsf.org/cpreport/
The
full report (233 pages) is at
http://www.frbsf.org/cpreport/docs/cp_fullreport.pdf
A
synthesis of themes from the case studies is at
http://www.frbsf.org/cpreport/docs/cp_learning_synthesis.pdf
Poverty and Economic
Insecurity: Views from City Hall
Research
Report on the State of America’s Cities. National League of Cities, October
2008
http://66.218.181.91/ASSETS/DE101892B179403B883249907EAB96B1/CityViewsOnPoverty.pdf
There
is a news release at
http://66.218.181.91/PRESSROOM/PRESSRELEASEITEMS/PovertySurvey10-08.aspx
U.S. Income Inequality:
It’s Not So Bad
Thomas
A. Garrett, Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis, The Regional Economist, October 2008
http://www.stlouisfed.org/publications/re/2008/d/pages/income.html
Rural America at a Glance:
2008 Edition
Economic
Research Service, U.S. Dept of Agriculture, October 2008
http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/EIB40/#2008-10-31
The
text in PDF format (6 pages) is at
http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/EIB40/EIB40.pdf
Past Economic Downturns and
the Outlook for Foundation Giving
Research
advisory, The Foundation Center, October 2008
http://foundationcenter.org/gainknowledge/research/pdf/researchadvisory_economy_200810.pdf
Community Service and
Service-Learning in America’s Schools
Corporation
for National and Community Service, November 2008
http://www.nationalservice.gov/pdf/08_1112_lsa_prevalence.pdf
There
is a news release, “Student Service on the Rise, but Less Connected to
Learning,” at http://www.nationalservice.gov/about/newsroom/releases_detail.asp?tbl_pr_id=1157
Finding and Using the Best
Immigration Data Resources
http://www.prb.org/Journalists/Webcasts/2008/migrationseminar.aspx
This
describes and links to the 25-page publication Immigration: Data Matters, by the Population Reference Bureau and
the Migration Policy Institute, 2008. The text of the publication is at http://www.prb.org/pdf08/immigrationdataguide.pdf
Latino Settlement in the
New Century
Richard
Fry, Pew Hispanic Center, October 23, 2008
http://pewhispanic.org/files/reports/96.pdf
There
is a summary, “Latinos Account for Half of U.S. Population Growth since 2000,”
at http://pewhispanic.org/reports/report.php?ReportID=96
Trends in Unauthorized
Immigration: Undocumented Inflow Now Trails Legal Inflow
Pew
Hispanic Center, October 2, 2008
http://pewhispanic.org/files/reports/94.pdf
There
is a summary at
http://pewhispanic.org/reports/report.php?ReportID=94
Uneven Progress: The
Employment Pathways of Skilled Immigrants in the United States
Migration Policy Institute, October 2008
http://www.migrationpolicy.org/pubs/BrainWasteOct08.pdf
There
is a press release on this “brain waste” issue at
http://www.migrationpolicy.org/news/2008_10_22.php
Do Ethnic Enclaves and
Networks Promote Immigrant Self-Employment?
Federal
Reserve Bank of Chicago, Economic
Perspectives, 4th Quarter 2008
http://www.chicagofed.org/publications/economicperspectives/ep_4qtr2008_part3_toussaint.pdf
Estimating the Contribution
of Immigration Business Owners to the U.S. Economy
Robert
W. Fairlie, Small Business Administration, Office of Advocacy, November 2008
http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/rs334tot.pdf
There
is a news release at
http://www.sba.gov/advo/press/08-32.html
The U.S. Litigation
Environment and Direct Foreign Investment: Supporting U.S. Competitiveness by Reducing Legal Costs and Uncertainty
U.S.
Dept of Commerce, October 2008
http://www.commerce.gov/s/groups/public/@doc/@os/@opa/documents/content/prod01_007457.pdf
There
is a news release at
http://www.commerce.gov/NewsRoom/PressReleases_FactSheets/PROD01_007459
Statutory Structure and
Legislative Drafting Conventions: A Primer for Judges
M.
Douglass Bellis, Federal Judicial Center, 2008
http://www.fjc.gov/public/pdf.nsf/lookup/draftcon.pdf/$file/draftcon.pdf
Hate Crime Statistics,
2007
Federal
Bureau of Investigation, October 2008
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/hc2007/index.html
There
is a news release at
http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel08/hatecrimestats_102708.htm
High Marks for Campaign,
High Bar for Obama
Pew
Research Center for the People & the Press, November 13, 2008
http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1032/high-marks-for-campaign-high-bar-for-obama
This
publication analyses the results of a survey conducted in the week after the
November 2008 presidential election in the United States.
Inside Obama’s Sweeping
Victory
Pew
Research Center for the People & the Press, November 5, 2008
http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1023/exit-poll-analysis-2008
This
analyzes the sources of Barack Obama’s victory at the general election of
November 4, 2008, by demographic.
Young Voters in the 2008
Election
Pew
Research Center for the People & the Press, November 12, 2008
http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1031/young-voters-in-the-2008-election
Obama’s October Surprise: A
60-40 Democratic Financial Advantage?
Campaign
Finance Institute, October 21, 2008
http://www.cfinst.org/pr/prRelease.aspx?ReleaseID=209
U.S. Election Will Cost
$5.3 Billion, Center for Responsive Politics Predicts
OpenSecrets.org,
October 22, 2008
http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2008/10/us-election-will-cost-53-billi.html
Being Online is Not Enough:
State Elections Web Sites
Pew
Center on the States, October 2008
There
is a news release at
http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=45164
Poll Power
Scott
Keeter, Wilson Quarterly, Autumn
2008
http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=wq.essay&essay_id=478923
This
article looks at the accuracy and impact of modern public opinion polling in
the political arena.
Ensuring a Smooth and
Effective Presidential Transition
White
House fact sheet, October 28, 2008
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/10/20081028-1.html
Presidential Transitions:
Issues Involving Incoming and Outgoing Administrations
Congressional
Research Service report, October 23, 2008
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/111866.pdf
Presidential Transition
Process is in Need of a Major Upgrade
Norman
J. Ornstein, American Enterprise Institute, October 16, 2008
http://www.aei.org/publications/filter.all,pubID.28777/pub_detail.asp
The Council for Excellence
in Government’s 2008-2009 Presidential Transition Initiative
Council
for Excellence in Government, October 2008
Getting It Done: A Guide
for Government Executives
Rowman
& Littlefield Publishers, web-posted October 11, 2008
http://www.businessofgovernment.org/pdfs/GettingItDone.pdf
The Operator’s Manual for
the New Administration
IBM
Center for the Business of Government, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,
2008
http://www.businessofgovernment.org/pdfs/Operators_Manual.pdf
Roadmap to Reform: A
Management Framework for the Next Administration
Partnership
for Public Service, October 2008
http://www.ourpublicservice.org/OPS/programs/documents/PMI_RoadmaptoReform.pdf
Recommendations for
Transition Teams
Project
on Government Oversight, web-posted October 20, 2008
http://pogoarchives.org/m/go/transition-paper-20081016.pdf
Government in 3D: How
Public Leaders Can Draw on Virtual Worlds
David
C. Wyld, IBM Center for the Business of Government, 2008
http://www.businessofgovernment.org/pdfs/Wyld3dReport.pdf
There
is a brief summary at
http://www.businessofgovernment.org/publications/grant_reports/details/index.asp?gid=322
The Ebbs and Flows of
Federal Debt
Congressional
Research Service report, October 20, 2008
http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34712_20081020.pdf
Top One Percent of Tax
Filers Pay Highest Share in Decades
News
release, Joint Economic Committee, U.S. Congress, October 29, 2008
http://www.house.gov/jec/news/2008/Oct/pr110-50.pdf
COMMUNICATIONS and INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
Voice, Video, and
Broadband: The Changing Competitive Landscape and its Impact on Consumers
U.S.
Dept of Justice, November 2008
http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/reports/239284.pdf
There
is a summary at
http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2008/239479a.pdf
There
is a news release at
http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2008/239479.htm
Digital Quality of Life:
Understanding the Personal and Social Benefits of the Information Technology Revolution
Report
by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, October 2008
http://www.itif.org/index.php?id=179
Available
in PDF format at
http://www.itif.org/files/DQOL.pdf
Networked Families
Pew
Internet & American Life Project,
http://ww.pewinternet.org/report_display.asp?r=266
This
publication looks at the central life of the internet and cell phones in many
American families today. There is a summary at
http://ww.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/309/press_release.asp
Securing the Future of a
Safe and Free Internet
Remarks
by David A. Gross, U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and
Information Policy, in Geneva, November 12, 2008
http://www.state.gov/e/eeb/rls/rm/2008/111814.htm
Options for and
Effectiveness of Internet Self- and Co-Regulation
RAND,
2008
http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2008/RAND_TR566.pdf
There
is a brief summary at
http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR566/
The Evolving IP
Marketplace
Federal
Trade Commission hearings, from December 5, 2008
http://www.ftc.gov/bc/workshops/ipmarketplace/
Patenting Trends and
Innovation in Industrial Biotechnology
Staff
research study, U.S. International Trade Commission, October 2008
http://hotdocs.usitc.gov/docs/pubs/research_working_papers/pub4039.pdf
There
is a news release, “Patents Play Central Role in Industrial Biotechnology
Innovation”, at http://www.usitc.gov/ext_relations/news_release/2008/er1107ff2.htm
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