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Defense and international
security
Terrorism and homeland
security
International economic
relations and trade
Telecommunications and
information technology
United States Foreign
Policy
Address
by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, July 15, 2009
http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2009a/july/126071.htm
A
transcript of the following question-and-answer session is at
http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2009a/july/126085.htm
U.S.
Accedes to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia
U.S. Dept of State, July 22, 2009
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2009/july/126294.htm
Remarks by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham
Clinton from the signing ceremony are at
http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2009a/july/126334.htm
Maritime
Disputes and Sovereignty Issues in East Asia
Hearing before the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign
Relations, July 15, 2009
http://foreign.senate.gov/hearings/2009/hrg090715p.html
Remarks
by President Obama at the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue
Washington DC, July 27, 2009
Excerpts and video are at
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/A-Dialogue-with-China/
U.S.-China
Strategic and Economic Dialogue
Fact sheet, U.S. Dept of the Treasury, July
2009
http://www.treasury.gov/press/releases/reports/sed%20fact%20sheet.pdf
The first joint meeting of the U.S.-China Strategic
and Economic Dialogue will be held in Washington DC on July 27-28, 2009.
http://www.treasury.gov/press/releases/tg206.htm
Human
Rights in China: Trends and Policy Implications
Congressional Research Service, June 12, 2009
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/125955.pdf
Japan’s
Changing Role
Hearing before a subcommittee of the U.S. House
Committee on Foreign Affairs, June 25, 2009
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing_notice.asp?id=1092
For transcripts, please go to
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/schedule.asp
and scroll down.
Japan-U.S.
Relations: Issues for Congress
Congressional Research Service, updated June 3,
2009
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/125933.pdf
U.S.-Republic
of Korea Alliance
Briefing by General Walter Sharp, Commander, U.S.
Forces Korea, at the Foreign Press Center, U.S. Dept of State, July 14,
2009
http://fpc.state.gov/126083.htm
North
Korea’s Nuclear and Missile Tests and the Six-Party Talks: Where Do We Go from
Here?
Hearing before subcommittees of the U.S. House
Committee on Foreign Affairs, June 17, 2009
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing_notice.asp?id=1084
For transcripts, please go to
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/schedule.asp
and scroll down.
The
China-North Korea Relationship
Backgrounder by Jayshree Bajoria, Council on
Foreign Relations, updated July 21, 2009
http://www.cfr.org/publication/11097/
Kim Beazley on Obama and
Australia
Lecture
at Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia, by Professor Kim Beazley, July
21, 2009
http://www.murdoch.edu.au/News/Kim-Beazley-on-Obama-and-Australia/
In
this address, the former Australian Leader of the Opposition reflects on the
impact the Obama Administration is having on Australia’s relationship with the
United States.
A Regional Overview of
South Asia
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Relations, June
25, 2009
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing_notice.asp?id=1094
For
testimony, please go to
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/schedule.asp and scroll down.
U.S.-India Agreements and
Achievements
U.S.
Dept of State, July 20, 2009
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2009/july/126229.htm
This
gives highlights of the outcome of discussions by U.S. Secretary of State
Hillary Rodham Clinton with Indian Government officials during her visit to
India in July 2009. The text of the U.S.-India Joint Statement is at
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2009/july/126230.htm
Reflections on U.S.-India
Relations
Address
by U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Robert O. Blake at the American Enterprise
Institute, June 30, 2009
http://www.state.gov/p/sca/rls/remarks/125513.htm
Afghanistan and Pakistan:
Oversight of a New Interagency Strategy
Hearing
before the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, June 22,
2009
http://oversight.house.gov/story.asp?ID=2508
From Strategy to
Implementation: Strengthening U.S.-Pakistan Relations
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs, July 7, 2009
Delivery of U.S. Assistance
to Aid Pakistan’s Crisis Response
U.S.
Dept of State, July 22, 2009
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2009/july/126314.htm
A Conversation about
Pakistan
Briefing
with author and reporter Nicholas Schmidle, at the Foreign Press Center, U.S.
Dept of State, June 26, 2009
http://fpc.state.gov/125584.htm
Sri Lanka: Background and
U.S. Relations
Congressional
Research Service, June 4, 2009
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/125940.pdf
The State of the Global
Economy and the Relationship between the United States and the Gulf Region
Speech
by U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Timothy F. Geithner at the Jeddah Chamber of
Commerce, July 14, 2009
http://www.ustreas.gov/press/releases/tg211.htm
Iran: Recent Developments
and Implications for U.S. Policy
Hearing
before the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, July 22, 2009
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing_notice.asp?id=1101
For
transcripts, please go to
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/schedule.asp and scroll down.
Iran’s Political Crisis Far
from Over
Interview
with Professor Shaul Bakhash of George Mason University, Council on Foreign
Relations, July 22, 2009
http://www.cfr.org/publication/19881/
Iran: U.S. Concerns and
Policy Responses
Congressional
Research Service, updated July 2, 2009
http://fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/RL32048.pdf
After the Iranian
Uprising
Views
of four experts, Council on Foreign Relations, June 29, 2009
http://www.cfr.org/publication/19707/
Iran Tracker
A
website of the Critical Threats project of the American Enterprise Institute
for Public Policy Research
Nuclear Cooperation with
the United Arab Emirates: Review of the Proposed U.S.-UAE Agreement
Hearing
before the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, July 8, 2009
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing_notice.asp?id=1096
For
transcripts, please go to
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/schedule.asp and scroll down.
A New Moment of Promise
Address
by U.S. President Barack Obama to the Parliament of Ghana, July 11, 2009
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Remarks-by-the-President-to-the-Ghanaian-Parliament/
Video
and key points from the speech are at
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/A-New-Moment-of-Promise-in-Africa/
U.S.-Africa Trade
Relations: Creating a Platform for Economic Growth
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, June
24, 2009
Somalia: Prospects for
Lasting Peace and a Unified Response to Extremism and Terrorism
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, June 25,
2009
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing_notice.asp?id=1093
For
testimony, please go to
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/schedule.asp and scroll down.
Confronting Drug
Trafficking in West Africa
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, June 23, 2009
http://foreign.senate.gov/hearings/2009/hrg090623a.html
Current Status of
U.S.-South African Relations
Address
by U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Johnnie Carson at the Woodrow Wilson
Center, June 10, 2009
http://www.state.gov/p/af/rls/rm/2009/125095.htm
The Future of
Inter-American Relations
Address
by U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Thomas A. Shannon, Jr., at George
Washington University, June 8, 2009
http://www.state.gov/p/wha/rls/rm/2009/124674.htm
The Crisis in Honduras
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, July 10,
2009
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing_notice.asp?id=1098
For
transcripts, please go to
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/schedule.asp and scroll down.
Honduran-U.S. Relations
Congressional
Research Service, June 8, 2009
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/125946.pdf
Guatemala at a
Crossroads
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, June 9,
2009
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing_notice.asp?id=1080
For
transcripts, please go to
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/schedule.asp and scroll down.
The Rise of the Mexican
Drug Cartels and U.S. National Security
Hearing
before the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, July 9,
2009
http://oversight.house.gov/story.asp?ID=2531
Brazil on the International
Stage
Backgrounder
by Stephanie Hanson, Council on Foreign Relations, July 21, 2009
http://www.cfr.org/publication/19883/
Brazil-U.S. Relations
Congressional
Research Service, June 3, 2009
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/125934.pdf
DEFENSE and INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
Climate Change and Global
Security: Challenges, Threats, and Diplomatic Opportunities
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, July 21, 2009
http://foreign.senate.gov/hearings/2009/hrg090721p.html
$150 Oil: Instability,
Terrorism, and Economic Disruption
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, July 16, 2009
http://foreign.senate.gov/hearings/2009/hrg090716a.html
Navy Role in Irregular
Warfare and Counterterrorism: Background and Issues for Congress
Congressional
Research Service, June 4, 2009
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/125497.pdf
An Analysis of the Army’s
Transformation Programs and Possible Alternatives
Congressional
Budget Office, June 2009
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/102xx/doc10250/06-01-ArmyTransformation.pdf
Addressing a New Generation
of Threats from Weapons of Mass Destruction
Opening
statement by committee chairman Ike Skelton at hearing on Addressing a New Generation of Threats
from Weapons of Mass Destruction, before the U.S. House Committee on Armed
Services, July 15, 2009
http://armedservices.house.gov/apps/list/speech/armedsvc_dem/skeltonfc_07152009.shtml
For
transcripts, please go to
http://armedservices.house.gov/hearing_information.shtml and scroll down.
The Legacy of START and
Related U.S. Policies
Fact
sheet, U.S. Dept of State, July 16, 2009
http://www.state.gov/t/vci/rls/126119.htm
TERRORISM and HOMELAND SECURITY
Preliminary Report of the
Detention Policy Task Force
July
20, 2009
http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/documents/preliminary-rpt-dptf-072009.pdf
There
is a U.S. Dept of Justice news release at
http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2009/July/09-ag-705.html
The
Task Force was created pursuant to the Executive Order 13493
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=85671
which
was issued by President Obama two days after his inauguration.
Prosecuting Law of War
Violations: Reforming the Military Commissions Act of 2006
Opening
statement by committee chairman Ike Skelton at hearing on Prosecuting Law of War Violations: Reforming the Military Commissions Act of 2006, before the U.S.
House Committee on Armed Services, July 16, 2009
http://armedservices.house.gov/apps/list/speech/armedsvc_dem/fc_07162009.shtml
For
witness statements, please go to
http://armedservices.house.gov/hearing_information.shtml and scroll down.
Legal Issues Regarding
Military Commissions and the Trial of Detainees for Violations of the Law of
War
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Service, July 7, 2009
http://armed-services.senate.gov/e_witnesslist.cfm?id=3956
Legal Issues Surrounding
the Military Commissions System
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, July 8, 2009
http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/hear_090708.html
Protecting Civil Aviation
from MANPADS Attacks: New Milestone Reached
U.S.
Dept of State, July 23, 2009
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2009/july/126397.htm
General Aviation Security:
Assessing Risks and the Road Ahead
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security, July 15,
2009
http://homeland.house.gov/Hearings/index.asp?ID=204
Identification Security:
Reevaluating the REAL ID Act
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs,
July 15, 2009
Securing the Modern
Electric Grid from Physical and Cyber Attacks
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security, July
21, 2009
http://homeland.house.gov/Hearings/index.asp?ID=206
The Federal Protective
Service: Time for Reform
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs,
July 8, 2009
Regulatory Reform
Address
by U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Michael Barr to the Exchequer Club,
in Washington DC, July 15, 2009
http://www.ustreas.gov/press/releases/tg213.htm
Rescuing and Rebuilding the
U.S. Economy: A Progress Report
Address
by Lawrence H. Summers, director of the National Economic Council and Assistant
to the President for Economic Policy, at the Peterson Institute for
International Economics, July 17, 2009
http://petersoninstitute.org/publications/papers/paper.cfm?ResearchID=1264
Capitalism and the Process
of Renewal
Address
by Thomas M. Hoenig, president, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, June 30,
2009
http://www.kansascityfed.org/speechbio/hoenigpdf/capitalism.NYU.06.30.09.pdf
Establishing a Framework
for Systemic Risk Regulation
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, July
23, 2009
Systemic Risk: Are Some
Institutions Too Big to Fail and If So, What Should We Do about It?
Hearing
before the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, July 21, 2009
http://www.house.gov/apps/list/hearing/financialsvcs_dem/fchrcars_072109.shtml
Lessons Learned from the
Financial Crisis
Remarks
by William C. Dudley, president and chief executive officer, Federal Reserve
Bank of New York, to the 8th annual BIS conference in Basel,
Switzerland, June 26, 2009
http://www.newyorkfed.org/newsevents/speeches/2009/dud090702.html
Financial Regulation in the
Wake of the Crisis
Speech
by Daniel K. Tarullo, a governor of the U.S. Federal Reserve, June 8, 2009
http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/tarullo20090608a.htm
Reforming the Nation’s
Financial System: A Timeline
The
Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis
http://www.stlouisfed.org/regtimeline/
There
is a news release about this new website feature, July 21, 2009, at
http://news.prnewswire.com/ViewContent.aspx?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/07-21-2009/0005063746&EDATE
Creating a Consumer
Financial Protection Agency: A Cornerstone of America’s New Economic Foundation
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, July
14, 2009
Regulatory Restructuring:
Enhancing Consumer Financial Products Regulation
Hearing
before the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, June 24, 2009
http://www.house.gov/apps/list/hearing/financialsvcs_dem/hrfc_062409.shtml
The Balance of Power: The
Political Fight for an Independent Central Bank, 1790-present
Tim
Todd, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, 2009
http://www.kansascityfed.org/home/subwebnav.cfm?level=3&theID=11114&SubWeb=7
The
book is available online by chapter at this web page.
There
is also a chronology, The Political
History of Central Banking in the United States 1790-2009, at
http://www.kansascityfed.org/publicat/balanceofpower/timeline.pdf
INTERNATIONAL
ECONOMIC RELATIONS and TRADE
The U.S. as Global
Competitor: What Are the Elements of a National Manufacturing Strategy?
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and
Urban Affairs, July 17, 2009
U.S. Trade Representative
Ron Kirk Announces New Initiatives for Trade Enforcement
Office
of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), July 16, 2009
Excerpts
from USTR Kirk’s announcement are at
Recent Trends in U.S.
Services Trade: 2009 Annual Report
U.S.
International Trade Commission, July 2009
http://www.usitc.gov/publications/332/pub4084.pdf
There
is a press release about this 132-page publication at
http://www.usitc.gov/ext_relations/news_release/2009/er0706gg1.htm
Obama Administration
Completes 2008 Annual Review of the Generalized System of Preferences
Office
of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), June 30, 2009
Results
of the review are at
http://www.ustr.gov/webfm_send/1174
U.S.-Japan Investment
Initiative 2009 Report
U.S.
Dept of State, July 6, 2009
http://www.state.gov/p/eap/rls/reports/2009/125605.htm
There
is a summary at
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2009/july/125609.htm
China’s Changing Outbound
Foreign Direct Investment Profile: Drivers and Policy Implications
Daniel
H. Rosen and Thilo Hanemann, Peterson Institute for International Economics,
June 2009
http://petersoninstitute.org/publications/pb/pb09-14.pdf
There
is a summary and related links at
http://petersoninstitute.org/publications/interstitial.cfm?ResearchID=1245
The Export Administration
Act: A Review of Outstanding Policy Considerations
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, July 9,
2009
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing_notice.asp?id=1095
For
witness testimony, please go to
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/schedule.asp and scroll down.
The Case for Reform:
Foreign Aid and Development in a New Era
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, July 22, 2009
http://foreign.senate.gov/hearings/2009/hrg090722p.html
U.S. Commitment to
Development
U.S.
Dept of State, July 9, 2009
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2009/july/125871.htm
Global Development Finance:
Charting a Global Recovery
World
Bank, June 2009
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTGDF2009/Resources/gdf_combined_web.pdf
There
is a news release at
http://go.worldbank.org/C8SBG37HG0
Food Security: Investing in
Agricultural Development to Reduce Hunger and Poverty
The
White House, July 10, 2009
Food Security Assessment
2008-09
Economic
Research Service, U.S. Dept of Agriculture, June 2009
http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/GFA20/#2009-6-30
The
report in PDF format is at
http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/GFA20/GFA20.pdf
The Transmission of
Exchange Rate Changes to Agricultural Prices
Economic
Research Service, U.S. Dept of Agriculture, July 2009
http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/ERR76/ERR76.pdf
There
is a short summary at
http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/err76/
and
a longer summary at
http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/ERR76/ERR76_ReportSummary.pdf
Excessive Speculation in
the Wheat Market
Hearing
before the Subcommittee on Investigations, U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland
Security and Governmental Affairs, July 21, 2009
Excessive Speculation in
the Wheat Market
Staff
report of the Subcommittee on Investigations, U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland
Security and Governmental Affairs, June 24, 2009
http://levin.senate.gov/newsroom/supporting/2009/PSI.WheatSpeculation.062409.pdf
Imports from China and Food
Safety Issues
Economic
Research Service, U.S. Dept of Agriculture, July 2009
http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/EIB52/EIB52.pdf
There
is a short summary at
http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/EIB52/
The Interplay of Regulation
and Market Incentives in Providing Food Safety
Economic
Research Service, U.S. Dept of Agriculture, July 2009
http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/ERR75/ERR75.pdf
There
is a short summary at
http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/ERR75/#2009-7-10
America’s Future in Space:
Aligning the Civil Space Program with National Needs
Report
of a committee of the National Research Council, July 2009
http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12701
There
is a news release at
http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=12701
Enhancing the Relevance of
Space to Address National Needs
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Science and Technology,
July 16, 2009
http://science.house.gov/publications/hearings_markups_details.aspx?NewsID=2544
Ensuring the Integrity,
Accessibility, and Stewardship of Research Data in the Digital Age
Report
of a committee of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, National Academies
Press, July 2009
http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12615
There
is a press release about this 188-page report at
http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=12615
Public Praises Science:
Scientists Fault Public, Media; Scientific Achievements Less Prominent than a Decade Ago
Pew
Research Center for the People & the Press, July 9, 2009
http://people-press.org/report/528/
The
full report (100 pages) is at
http://people-press.org/reports/pdf/528.pdf
Comparative Effectiveness
Research
Report
of the Federal Coordinating Council for Effectiveness Research, June 30,
2009
http://www.hhs.gov/recovery/programs/cer/cerannualrpt.pdf
There
is a news release, “Patient-Centered Research Report Sent to Congress Outlining
Research Priorities”, at
http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2009pres/06/20090629a.html
and
general information on comparative effectiveness research at
http://www.hhs.gov/recovery/programs/cer/
Ensuring and Enhancing U.S.
Competitiveness While Moving Toward a Clean Energy Economy
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, July 16,
2009
Obama Administration
Launches New Energy Efficiency Efforts
The
White House, June 29, 2009
Remarks
by President Obama are at
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Remarks-by-the-President-on-Energy/
Energy Efficiency in
Buildings: Critical Barriers and Congressional Policy
Congressional
Research Service, June 24, 2009
http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/R40670_20090624.pdf
Effectively Transforming
Our Electric Delivery System to a Smart Grid
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Science and Technology,
July 23, 2009
http://science.house.gov/publications/hearings_markups_details.aspx?NewsID=2553
New Roadmaps for Wind and
Solar Research and Development
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Science and Technology,
July 14, 2009
http://science.house.gov/publications/hearings_markups_details.aspx?NewsID=2542
Energy Markets: Estimates
of the Effects of Mergers and Market Concentration on Wholesale Gasoline Prices
Government
Accountability Office (GAO), June 2009
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09659.pdf
Environmental Justice
A
resource guide from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
There
is a news release, June 24, 2009, at
Threats to Native Wildlife
Species
Joint
hearing before subcommittees of the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and
Public Works, July 8, 2009
Meeting the International
Clean Energy and Climate Challenges
White
House, July 9, 2009
From L’Aquila to
Copenhagen: Climate Change and Vulnerable Societies
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, July 23,
2009
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing_notice.asp?id=1103
For
transcripts, please go to
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/schedule.asp and scroll down.
Industrial Competitiveness
under Climate Policies: Lessons from Europe
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, July 8, 2009
http://foreign.senate.gov/hearings/2009/hrg090708p.html
Climate Change Legislation:
International Trade Considerations
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, July 8, 2009
http://finance.senate.gov/sitepages/hearing070809.html
Climate Change Trade
Measures: Considerations for U.S. Policy Makers
Government
Accountability Office (GAO), July 8, 2009
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09724r.pdf
Productive and Unproductive
Costs of CO2 Cap-and-Trade: Impacts on Electricity Consumers and Producers
Report
by Synapse Energy Economics Inc. for four energy industry associations, July
15, 2009
http://www.synapse-energy.com/downloads/cap-and-trade.pdf
There
is a press release at
http://www.appanet.org/files/pdfs/synapsestudyrelease71509.pdf
Clean Energy Jobs,
Climate-Related Policies and Economic Growth: State and Local Views
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, July 21,
2009
Economic Opportunities for
Agriculture, Forestry Communities, and Others in Reducing Global Warming Pollution
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, July 14,
2009
Climate Change: The Role of
the U.S. Agriculture Sector and
Congressional Action
Congressional
Research Service, June 19, 2009
http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL33898_20090619.pdf
Transportation’s Role in
Climate Change and Reducing Greenhouse Gases
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, July 14,
2009
Climate Science 2008: Major
New Discoveries
World
Resources Institute, July 2009
http://pdf.wri.org/climate_science_2008.pdf
There
is a news release, “Science Reinforces Human Role as Climate Change Impacts
Accelerate”, at
http://www.wri.org/press/2009/07/science-reinforces-human-role-climate-change-impacts-accelerate
and
links to other reports in this annual series are at
http://www.wri.org/publication/climate-science
Energy Update: Voters
Closely Divided over Cause of Global Warming
Rasmussen
Reports, June 18, 2009
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/environment/energy_update
Communities Tackle Global
Warming: A Guide to California’s SB 375
Natural
Resources Defense Council, June 2009
http://www.nrdc.org/globalwarming/sb375/files/sb375.pdf
There
is a summary at
http://www.nrdc.org/globalwarming/sb375/
and
a press release at
http://www.nrdc.org/media/2009/090625.asp
The Arctic Climate Change
and Security Policy Conference: Final Report and Findings
June
2009. Report of a December 2008 conference convened by the Carnegie Endowment
for International Peace, the University of the Arctic, and Dartmouth
College
http://carnegieendowment.org/files/arctic_climate_change.pdf
There
is a summary at
http://carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=view&id=23314&prog=zru&proj=zec
Technology Research and
Development Efforts Related to the Energy and Water Linkage
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Science and Technology,
July 9, 2009
http://science.house.gov/publications/hearings_markups_details.aspx?NewsID=2540
Regulation of Bottled
Water
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, July
8, 2009
Remarks by President Obama
At
the Urban and Metropolitan Policy Roundtable, July 13, 2009
Informed and
Interconnected: A Manifesto for Smarter Cities
Working
paper by Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Stanley S. Litow, Harvard Business School,
June 2009
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-141.pdf
Bootstrapping High-Tech:
Evidence from Three Emerging High Technology Metropolitan Areas
Heike
Mayer, Brookings Institution, June 2009
There
is a summary at
http://www.brookings.edu/reports/2009/06_metro_hightech_mayer.aspx
The
report focuses on Portland (Oregon), Kansas City, and Boise.
American Graduation
Initiative
Announcement
and remarks by President Obama, July 14, 2009
The
American Graduation Initiative seeks to reform, resource and strengthen
community colleges in the United States. There is a White House fact sheet at
New Data Show Jump in Science
and Engineering Graduate Study
National
Science Foundation, June 24, 2009
http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115008&org=NSF&from=news
Ready to Assemble: Grading
State Higher Education Accountability Systems
Education
Sector, June 2009
http://www.educationsector.org/usr_doc/HigherEdSummary.pdf
There
is a press release at
http://www.educationsector.org/research/research_show.htm?doc_id=934393
Balancing Work and Family
in the Recession: How Employees and Employers are Coping
Hearing
before the Joint Economic Committee, U.S. Congress, July 23, 2009
Preparing the Workers of
Today for the Jobs of Tomorrow
Council
of Economic Advisers, July 2009
http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/cea/Jobs-of-the-Future/
The
text in PDF format (30 pages) is at
http://www.whitehouse.gov/assets/documents/Jobs_of_the_Future.pdf
and
there is a summary at
The Ill-Prepared U.S.
Workforce: Exploring the Challenges of Employer-Provided Readiness
Training
Report
for a consortium (The Conference Board, Corporate Voices for Working Families,
American Society for Training and Development, and the Society for Human
Resource Management), July 2009
http://www.cvworkingfamilies.org/system/files/Ill_preparedWorkforce_RR.pdf
Key
findings are at
http://www.cvworkingfamilies.org/system/files/Ill_Prepared_Workforce_KF.pdf
and
there is a press release at
http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_ID=3693
Talkin’ ‘bout My
Generation: Exploring Age-Related Resources
Sidney
Lowe and Susie Skarl, Association of College and Research Libraries, C&RL News, July-August 2009
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/publications/crlnews/2009/jul/agerelate.cfm
This
article is a guide to “internet sites and online articles about generational
differences … on a wide range of subjects, such as learning styles, social
behaviors, moral values, technological skills, marketing, communication, and
workplace performance.”
Social Protection for the
Economic Crisis: The U.S. Experience
Gary
Burtless, Brookings Institution, July 2009
There
is a summary at
http://www.brookings.edu/papers/2009/0715_social_protection_burtless.aspx
Ups and Downs: Does the
American Economy Still Promote Economic Mobility?
Stephen
J. Rose and Scott Winship, Pew Charitable Trusts, June 2009
Social Justice Grantmaking
II: Highlights
The
Foundation Center, July 2009
http://foundationcenter.org/gainknowledge/research/pdf/socialjustice2009_highlights.pdf
There
is a news release at
http://foundationcenter.org/media/news/20090715.html
and
the full report can be purchased from the Foundation Center.
An Aging World: 2008
U.S.
Census Bureau, June 2009
http://www.census.gov/prod/2009pubs/p95-09-1.pdf
There
is a news release about this 204 page report at
http://www.nih.gov/news/health/jul2009/nia-20.htm
Growing Old in America:
Expectations vs. Reality
Pew
Research Center, June 29, 2009
http://pewsocialtrends.org/assets/pdf/getting-old-in-america.pdf
There
is a summary at
http://pewsocialtrends.org/pubs/736/getting-old-in-america
and
a press release at
http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1269/aging-survey-expectations-versus-reality
Health Characteristics of
Adults Aged 55 Years and Over: United States, 2004-2007
National
Center for Health Statistics, U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services, July 8,
2009
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhsr/nhsr016.pdf
Arts Participation 2008:
Highlights from a National Survey
National
Endowment for the Arts, June 2009
http://www.arts.gov/research/NEA-SPPA-brochure.pdf
There
is a news release at
http://www.arts.gov/news/news09/SPPA-highlights.html
The Nation’s Report Card:
Arts 2008 Music and Visual Arts
National
Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education, June 2009
http://nationsreportcard.gov/arts_2008/
There
is a summary at
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2009488,
full
text at
http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/pdf/main2008/2009488.pdf
and
a news release at
http://nationsreportcard.gov/arts_2008/media/pdf/arts_news_release.pdf
President Obama announces a
new White House Office of Olympic, Paralympic and Youth Sport
The
White House, June 16, 2009
The Preparedness of Federal
Land Management Agencies for the 2009 Wildfire Season
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, July 21,
2009
Wildland-Urban Interface
and Wildland Fires
National
Institute of Standards and Technology, updated June 2009
http://www2.bfrl.nist.gov/userpages/wmell/public.html
There
is a news release at
http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/techbeat/tb2009_0616.htm#fire
The Emergency Alert System
(EAS) and All-Hazard Warnings
Congressional
Research Service, June 26, 2009
http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL32527_20090626.pdf
Emergency Communications:
The Future of 911
Congressional
Research Service, June 16, 2009
http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34755_20090616.pdf
Voter Turnout Increases by
5 Million in 2008 Presidential Election, U.S. Census Bureau Reports
U.S.
Bureau of the Census, July 20, 2009
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/voting/013995.html
There
is a link to data tables at
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/voting.html
The Impact of the National
Voter Registration Act of 1993 on the Administration of Elections for Federal Office 2007-2008
A
report to the 111th Congress, by the U.S. Election Assistance
Commission, June 30, 2009
There
is a press release at
http://www.eac.gov/News/press/eac-releases-report-on-voter-registration/
The National Voter
Registration Act at Fifteen
A
report by Estelle H. Rogers, Project Vote, July 2009
There
is a news release and summary at
http://www.projectvoteblog.org/265/?tx_ttnews[tt_news]=3365&tx_ttnews[backPid]=263&cHash=7be648563f
Expanding Democracy: Voter
Registration around the World
Jennifer
S. Rosenberg with Margaret Chen, Brennan Center for Justice at New York
University School of Law, June 2009
http://brennan.3cdn.net/3234b49c4234d92bf3_3km6i2ifu.pdf
There
is a summary at
and
a press release at
http://www.brennancenter.org/content/resource/can_the_us_register_every_voter/
Anatomy of a Jury
Trial
eJournal USA, July 2009
http://www.america.gov/publications/ejournalusa/0709.html
eJournal USA is a monthly electronic
publication of the Bureau of International Information Programs, U.S.
Department of State.
Judge Sonia Sotomayor:
Analysis of Selected Opinions
Congressional
Research Service, June 19, 2009
http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/R40649_20090619.pdf
The
nomination of Judge Sotomayor to be a Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court was
announced on May 26, 2009.
The Nomination of Sonia
Sotomayor to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, July 13, 2009
http://judiciary.senate.gov/hearings/hearing.cfm?id=3959
Hearings
were continued on subsequent days of the same week:
http://judiciary.senate.gov/hearings/index.cfm?changedate=07-13-09&p=hearings
Language Access in State
Courts
Laura
Abel, Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law,
2009
http://brennan.3cdn.net/c611a37ee2b6eb199e_9bm6b3so4.pdf
There
is a news release, July 4, 2009, at
http://www.brennancenter.org/content/resource/people_forced_to_appear/
TELECOMMUNICATIONS and INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
The Substantial Consumer
Benefits of Broadband Connectivity for U.S. Households
Internet
Innovation Alliance, July 2009
http://internetinnovation.org/files/special-reports/CONSUMER_BENEFITS_OF_BROADBAND.pdf
Access to Broadband
Networks: The Net Neutrality Debate
Congressional
Research Service, June 1, 2009
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/125493.pdf
A New Approach to
Classifying Industries in the Information Sector
Bureau
of Labor Statistics, U.S. Dept of Labor, May 2009
http://www.bls.gov/opub/ils/pdf/opbils75.pdf
Internet Wireless Use
Pew
Internet & American Life Project, July 2009
http://pewinternet.org/~/media//Files/Reports/2009/Wireless-Internet-Use.pdf
There
is an overview of this report, which looks at wireless internet use in the
United States, at
http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2009/12-Wireless-Internet-Use.aspx
The Internet and the
Recession
Pew
Internet & American Life Project, July 2009
http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2009/11-The-Internet-and-the-Recession.aspx?r=1
The
text (54 pages) is at
http://www.pewinternet.org/~/media//Files/Reports/2009/The-Internet-and-the-Recession.pdf
and
there is an overview at
http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2009/11-The-Internet-and-the-Recession.aspx
Cyberbullying Legislation:
Why Education is Better than Regulation
Progress
& Freedom Foundation, June 2009
http://www.pff.org/issues-pubs/pops/2009/pop16.12-cyberbullying-education-better-than-regulation.pdf
There
is a news release at
http://www.pff.org/news/news/2009/061909-cyberbullying-online-safety-free-speech.html
Advertising Trends and
Consumer Protection
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and
Transportation, July 22, 2009
The Economy and Fraud:
Protecting Consumers during Downward Economic Times
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and
Transportation, July 14, 2009
Agencies Publish Final
Rules and Guidelines to Promote Accurate Reports about Consumers
Joint
press release by the U.S. Federal Reserve and other agencies, July 2, 2009
http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/press/bcreg/20090702a.htm
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