Monday, September 29, 2008
Timely Reports on the Financial Crisis via the Congressional Research Service
The Cost of Financial Interventions, Past and Present attempts to answer questions about the recent financial interventions by the government in the business of private corporations. http://www.law.umaryland.edu/marshall/crsreports/crsdocuments/RS22965_09232008.pdf
The proposal to Allow Treasury to Buy Mortgage-Related Assets to AddressFinancial Instability explains Treasury Secretary Paulsen's [draft of 9/21/2008] plan for legislative authorization to allow direct intervention in the economy. This report analyzes the proposals byanswering frequently asked questions. http://www.law.umaryland.edu/marshall/crsreports/crsdocuments/RS22957_09222008.pdf
The proposal to Allow Treasury to Buy Mortgage-Related Assets to AddressFinancial Instability explains Treasury Secretary Paulsen's [draft of 9/21/2008] plan for legislative authorization to allow direct intervention in the economy. This report analyzes the proposals byanswering frequently asked questions. http://www.law.umaryland.edu/marshall/crsreports/crsdocuments/RS22957_09222008.pdf
Wednesday, February 07, 2007
Report from Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has released its report, Climate Change 2007, http://www.ipcc.ch/, "a comprehensive and rigorous picture of the global present state of knowledge of climate change."
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
EPA Library Closures
Last October the Environmental Protection Agency closed five of its libraries, including the headquarters library in Washington DC. The EPA said the closures were part of an ongoing restructuring and that public demand for EPA records would be increasingly satisfied online.
A report from the Congressional Research Service fleshes out some new details of the library closures and finds some cause for concern "Restructuring EPA's Libraries: Background and Issues for Congress," updated January 3, 2007: http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/secrecy/RS22533.pdf
A report from the Congressional Research Service fleshes out some new details of the library closures and finds some cause for concern "Restructuring EPA's Libraries: Background and Issues for Congress," updated January 3, 2007: http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/secrecy/RS22533.pdf
Monday, November 20, 2006
State of the Arctic Report
NOAA has just released the State of the Arctice report (October 2006), available on its Arctic Theme web site. The site describes the present state of the Arctic.
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
U.S. Iran Relations
CNN reports that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is willing to have a dialog with the U.S. government, now that it is cose to being "fully nuclear." The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency releases the World Factbook each year giving an overview of all countries in the world. The World Factbook's report on Iran includes Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications, Transportation, Military, Transnational Issues.
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
U.S. Central Command
The United States Central Command is one of the five geographically defined unified commands within the Department of Defense. Today it is responsible for planning and conducting United States (U.S.) military activity in a region consisting of 27 countries in Northeast Africa, Southwest and Central Asia, and the island nation of the Seychelles.
A classified briefing prepared two weeks ago by the U.S. Central Command portrays Iraq as edging toward chaos, in a chart that the military is using as a barometer of civil conflict.
A classified briefing prepared two weeks ago by the U.S. Central Command portrays Iraq as edging toward chaos, in a chart that the military is using as a barometer of civil conflict.
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Elections 2006
The Federal Election Commission administers and enforces federal campaign finance laws. See CNN's American Votes or Congress.org as comprehensive sites to follow elections 2006.
