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Defense and international
security
Terrorism and homeland
security
International economic
relations and trade
Telecommunications and
internet
Indigenous People
eJournal USA, June 2009
http://www.america.gov/publications/ejournalusa/0609.html
This
issue of eJournal USA provides
insight into Native Americans and other indigenous peoples. Articles provide
historical background and look at issues surrounding their languages and
culture, their legal status, and how they are networking around the world. eJournal USA is a monthly electronic
journal of the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of International Information
Programs.
A New Beginning
Address
by President Barack Obama in Cairo, June 4, 2009
http://www.america.gov/media/pdf/ejs/archives/obama_cairo_speech.pdf
Video
coverage and translations of this major speech on U.S. relations with the
Muslim world are available at
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/NewBeginning/
U.S. Relations with the
Muslim World
A
partly annotated bibliography with hyperlinks by the Military Education
Research Library Network, June 2009
http://merln.ndu.edu/index.cfm?secID=265&pageID=35&type=section
Media as Global
Diplomat
Sheldon
Himelfarb and others, U.S. Institute of Peace, June 2009
http://library.usip.org/articles/1012236.1111/1.PDF
This
report summarizes the findings and recommendations of a forum held in
Washington DC on February 3, 2009, on ways for a new U.S. administration to
reengage the world with a public diplomacy strategy adapted to the digital age.
There is a summary at
http://usip.forumone.com/resources/media-global-diplomat
Foreign Policy Implications
of U.S. Efforts to Address the International Financial Crisis: TARP, TALF and the G-20 Plan
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, June 10,
2009
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing_notice.asp?id=1082
For
transcripts, please go to
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/schedule.asp
and
scroll down.
Office of the Historian
Announces New Website
Office
of the Historian, U.S. Dept of State, June 18, 2009
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2009/06a/125133.htm
The
new website is at
In
particular, this site offers greater accessibility and search capability within
the Foreign Relations of the United
States series, which presents the official documentary historical record of
major U.S. foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity.
Remarks
before the 18th General Meeting of the Pacific Economic Cooperation
Council
Remarks by U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James B.
Steinberg, May 12, 2009
http://www.state.gov/s/d/2009/124540.htm
In these remarks, Deputy Secretary Steinberg
discusses U.S. relations with the Asia-Pacific region, especially in light of
the global economic downturn.
Joint
Vision for the Alliance of the United States of America and the Republic of
Korea
Joint statement, June 16, 2009
Remarks
at the Korea Society Annual Dinner
Address by Stephen W. Bosworth, U.S. Special
Representative for North Korea Policy, June 9, 2009
http://www.state.gov/p/eap/rls/rm/2009/06/124567.htm
Ambassador Bosworth discusses U.S. relations with
South Korea, Japan, China, and North Korea.
North
Korea: Back at the Brink?
Hearing before the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign
Relations, June 11, 2009
http://foreign.senate.gov/hearings/2009/hrg090611p.html
North
Korea Sanctions: Resolution 1718 versus Resolution 1874
Table, U.S. Dept of State, June 12, 2009
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2009/06a/124709.htm
Assistance
to North Korea
Congressional Research Service, updated May 20,
2009
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/124080.pdf
North
Korea: Nuclear Issues
Briefly annotated bibliography by Muir S. Fairchild
Research Information Center, May 2009
http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/bibs/nkoreanuclear.htm
The
China-Russia Relationship: What It Involves, Where It Is Headed, and Why It
Matters for the United States
Rajan Menon, the Century Foundation, June 15,
2009
http://www.tcf.org/publications/internationalaffairs/Menon.pdf
There is a summary at
http://www.tcf.org/list.asp?type=PB&pubid=690
China
and the U.S.-Japan Alliance
Richard C. Bush III, Brookings Institution, June
2009
http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2009/0606_china_japan_bush.aspx
Political
Turmoil in Thailand and U.S. Interests
Congressional Research Service, May 26, 2009
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R40605.pdf
U.S.
Accession to ASEAN’s Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC)
Congressional Research Service, May 5, 2009
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/124064.pdf
Remarks at U.S.-India
Business Council’s 34th Anniversary “Synergies Summit”
Address
by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, June 17, 2009
http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2009a/06/125033.htm
Secretary
Clinton discusses U.S.-India relations and the three eras in the development of
the relationship.
Briefing by U.S. Special
Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard C. Holbrooke on his Recent Travels to the Region
Briefing,
June 10, 2009
http://www.state.gov/p/sca/rls/remarks/124568.htm
Pakistan’s Nuclear Weapons:
Proliferation and Security Issues
Congressional
Research Service, updated May 15, 2009
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/124083.pdf
Realigning Pakistan’s
Security Forces
Backgrounder
by Jayshree Bajoria, Council on Foreign Relations, June 18, 2009
http://www.cfr.org/publication/19660/
Triage: The Next Twelve
Months in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Andrew
M. Exum and others, Center for a New American Security, June 2009
http://www.cnas.org/files/documents/publications/ExumFickHumayun_TriageAfPak_June09.pdf
The Long March: Building an
Afghan National Army
RAND,
May 2009
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2009/RAND_MG845.pdf
There
is a brief summary at
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG845/
and
a longer summary at
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2009/RAND_MG845.sum.pdf
After the Fire: Shaping the
Future U.S. Relationship with Iraq
John
A. Nagl and Brian M. Burton, Center for a New American Security, June 2009
U.S.-Iranian Engagement:
Toward a Grand Agenda?
Working
paper by Daniel Brumberg and Eriks Berzins, a joint report by the U.S.
Institute of Peace and the United Nations Association of the USA, May 2009
http://library.usip.org/articles/1012224.1106/1.PDF
Iran: U.S. Concerns and
Policy Responses
Congressional
Research Service, updated May 19, 2009
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/124079.pdf
Iran and the Challenges to
Middle East Security
Anthony
H. Cordesman and Adam C. Seitz, Center for Strategic and International Studies,
Georgetown University, June 2009
http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/090608_iranupdate.pdf
Hamas: Ideological Rigidity
and Political Flexibility
Paul
Scham and Osama Abu-Irshaid, U.S. Institute of Peace, June 2009
http://library.usip.org/articles/1012237.1112/1.PDF
Mapping the Arabic
Blogosphere: Politics, Culture, and Dissent
Bruce
Etling and others, Internet and Democracy Project at the Berkman Center for
Internet & Society, Harvard University, June 2009
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/sites/cyber.law.harvard.edu/files/Mapping_the_Arabic_Blogosphere.pdf
There
is a summary at
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/publications/2009/Mapping_the_Arabic_Blogosphere
Missed by the Boom, Hurt by
the Bust: Making Markets Work for Young People in the Middle East
Middle
East Youth Initiative, May 2009
Summary
material is at
http://www.brookings.edu/reports/2009/05_middle_east_youth_dhillon.aspx
The
Middle East Youth Initiative is a joint project of the Dubai School of
Government and the Wolfensohn Center for Development at the Brookings
Institution.
Arab Youth Express Strong
Entrepreneurial Spirit
Gallup,
June 9, 2009
http://www.gallup.com/poll/120776/Arab-Youth-Express-Strong-Entrepreneurial-Spirit.aspx
Other
Gallup public opinion polling surveys relating to the Muslim world are at
http://www.gallup.com/tag/Muslim%2bWorld.aspx
Strengthening the
Transatlantic Alliance: An Overview of the Obama Administration’s Policies in
Europe
Statement
by U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Philip H. Gordon to the Subcommittee on
Europe, U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, June 16, 2009
http://www.state.gov/p/eur/rls/rm/2009/124870.htm
A Full and Urgent Agenda
for NATO in the 21st Century
Speech
by Ivo H. Daalder, U.S. Ambassador to NATO, June 8, 2009
http://www.america.gov/st/texttrans-english/2009/June/20090609164251eaifas0.2223169.html
Trafficking in Persons
Report 2009
U.S.
Department of State, June 2009
http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt/2009/index.htm
Remarks
by Luis CdeBaca, director of the State Department’s Office to Monitor and
Combat Trafficking in Persons, on the release of this report on June 16, 2009,
are at
http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/rm/2009/124971.htm
and
remarks by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton are at
http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2009a/06/124872.htm
Trafficking in Persons:
Coercion in a Time of Economic Crisis
Fact
sheet, U.S. Department of State, June 16, 2009
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/scp/fs/2009/124871.htm
Partnering against
Trafficking
Op-ed
by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Washington Post, June 17, 2009
http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2009a/06/125009.htm
Confronting Rape and Other
Forms of Violence against Women in Conflict Zones: Spotlight: DRC and Sudan
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, May 13, 2009
http://foreign.senate.gov/hearings/2009/hrg090513p.html
DEFENSE and INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
Emerging Threats and
Security Planning: How Should We Decide What Hypothetical Threats to Worry About?
Brian
A. Jackson and David R. Frelinger, RAND Homeland Security, June 2009
http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/2009/RAND_OP256.pdf
There
is a summary at
http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP256/
Reconstruction under Fire:
Unifying Civil and Military Counterinsurgency
RAND,
June 2009
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2009/RAND_MG870.pdf
There
is a summary at
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG870/index.html
A Stability Police Force
for the United States: Justification and Options for Creating U.S.
Capabilities
RAND,
2009
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2009/RAND_MG819.pdf
There
is a summary of this 213-page publication at
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG819/
TERRORISM and HOMELAND SECURITY
Beyond Bullets: Strategies
for Countering Violent Extremism
Center
for a New American Security, June 2009
Prosecuting and Detaining
Terror Suspects in the U.S. Criminal Justice System
Fact
sheet, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), June 9, 2009
http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel09/terrorfactsheet060909.htm
The Evolving Terrorist
Threat to Southeast Asia: A Net Assessment
RAND,
May 2009
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2009/RAND_MG846.pdf
There
is a summary at
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG846/
and
a longer summary at
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2009/RAND_MG846.sum.pdf
Social Science for
Counterterrorism: Putting the Pieces Together
RAND,
June 2009
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2009/RAND_MG849.pdf
There
is a short summary of this 540-page publication at
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG849/
and
a longer summary at
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2009/RAND_MG849.sum.pdf
21st Century
Financial Regulatory Reform
Remarks
by President Barack Obama, June 17, 2009
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Remarks-of-the-President-on-Regulatory-Reform/
In
this address, the President Obama announces the Administration’s plan for
restructuring and modernizing the regulation of the financial system in the
United States. There is a brief summary of the President’s proposal, with links
to fact sheets, at
The Administration’s Plan
for the Restructuring of the American Financial Regulatory System
Hearing
before the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, June 18, 2009
http://www.house.gov/apps/list/hearing/financialsvcs_dem/fullhr_061109.shtml
The Administration’s
Proposal to Modernize the Financial Regulatory System
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, June
18, 2009
Financial Regulatory
Reform: A New Foundation: Rebuilding Financial Supervision and Regulation
U.S.
Dept of the Treasury, June 2009
http://www.financialstability.gov/docs/regs/FinalReport_web.pdf
Links
to fact sheets and other related material are at
http://www.treas.gov/news/index1.html
The Consolidation of
Financial Market Regulation: Pros, Cons, and Implications for the United States
Working
paper by Sabrina R. Pellerin, John R. Walter, and Patricia E. Wescott, Federal
Reserve Bank of Richmond, May 2009
http://www.richmondfed.org/publications/research/working_papers/2009/pdf/wp09-8.pdf
There
is a summary of this 60-page publication at
http://www.richmondfed.org/publications/research/working_papers/2009/wp_09-8.cfm
Lessons of the Financial
Crisis for Banking Supervision
Speech
by Ben S. Bernanke, Chairman, U.S. Federal Reserve, May 7, 2009
http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/bernanke20090507a.htm
Defining Deviancy
Speech
by Kevin Warsh, a governor of the U.S. Federal Reserve, June 16, 2009
http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/warsh20090616a.htm
Containing the Crisis and
Promoting Economic Recovery
Speech
by Elizabeth A. Duke, a governor of the U.S. Federal Reserve, June 15, 2009
http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/duke20090616a.htm
Large Banks and Small Banks
in an Era of Systemic Risk Regulation
Speech
by Daniel K. Tarullo, a governor of the U.S. Federal Reserve, June 15,
2009
http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/tarullo20090615a.htm
Regulating and Resolving
Institutions Considered “Too Big to Fail”
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, May 6,
2009
Fighting Downturns with
Fiscal Policy
Federal
Reserve Bank of San Francisco, FRBSF
Economic Letter, June 19, 2009
http://www.frbsf.org/publications/economics/letter/2009/el2009-20.html
Did the 2008 Tax Rebates
Stimulate Short-Term Growth?
Issue
brief, Congressional Budget Office, June 10, 2009
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/96xx/doc9617/06-10-2008Stimulus.pdf
The Supervisory Capital
Assessment Program
Speech
by Ben S. Bernanke, Chairman, U.S. Federal Reserve, May 11, 2009
http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/bernanke20090511a.htm
The
Supervisory Capital Assessment Program is commonly known as the “banking stress
test”.
The Science of Insolvency
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Science and Technology,
May 19, 2009
http://science.house.gov/publications/hearings_markups_details.aspx?NewsID=2465
Over-the-Counter
Derivatives: Modernizing Oversight to Increase Transparency and Reduce
Risks
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and
Urban Affairs, June 22, 2009
There
is also a U.S. House subcommittee hearing on this topic, June 9, 2009, at
http://www.house.gov/apps/list/hearing/financialsvcs_dem/hrcm_0600909.shtml
How Should the Federal
Government Oversee Insurance?
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, May
14, 2009
http://www.house.gov/apps/list/hearing/financialsvcs_dem/hrcm051409.shtml
Economic Slowdown
Widespread among States in 2008
Bureau
of Economic Analysis, U.S. Dept of Commerce, June 2, 2009
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/gdp_state/2009/pdf/gsp0609.pdf
This
10-page news release with map, graph and tables shows the relative impact of
the economic crisis in 2008 on the difference American states.
Not Your Grandfather’s
Recession – Literally: Different Ages, Different Downturns
Rich
Morin and Paul Taylor, Pew Research Center, May 14, 2009
http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1223/not-your-grandfathers-recession-literally
The
full report, Different Age Groups,
Different Recessions, is online at
http://pewsocialtrends.org/assets/pdf/recession-and-older-americans.pdf
Executive Compensation
Statement
by U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner, June 10, 2009
http://www.ustreas.gov/press/releases/tg163.htm
There
is a fact sheet, “Ensuring Investors Have a Say on Pay”, at
http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/reports/fact_sheet_say%20on%20pay.pdf
and
a fact sheet on “Providing Compensation Committees with New Independence” at
http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/reports/fact_sheet_indepcompcmte.pdf
Compensation Structure and
Systemic Risk
Hearing
before the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, June 11, 2009
http://www.house.gov/apps/list/hearing/financialsvcs_dem/hrfc_061109.shtml
Interim Final Rule on TARP
Standards for Compensation and Corporate Governance
U.S.
Dept of the Treasury, June 10, 2009
http://www.ustreas.gov/press/releases/tg165.htm
Perspectives of Chief
Ethics and Compliance Officers on the Detection and Prevention of Corporate Misdeeds: What the Policy Community Should Know
Michael
D. Greenberg, RAND Center for Corporate Ethics and Governance, 2009
http://www.rand.org/pubs/conf_proceedings/2009/RAND_CF258.pdf
There is a short summary at
http://www.rand.org/pubs/conf_proceedings/CF258/
and
a longer summary at
http://www.rand.org/pubs/conf_proceedings/2009/RAND_CF258.sum.pdf
INTERNATIONAL
ECONOMIC RELATIONS and TRADE
Statement at the G8 Finance
Ministers Meeting
Statement
by U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner at the G8 Finance Ministers
Meeting in Lecce, Italy, June 13, 2009
http://www.ustreas.gov/press/releases/tg170.htm
IMF Reforms and New
Arrangements to Borrow
Fact
sheet, U.S. Dept of the Treasury, May 18, 2009
http://www.ustreas.gov/press/releases/tg136.htm
Capital Loss, Corruption,
and the Role of Western Financial Institutions
Hearing
before the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, May 19, 2009
http://www.house.gov/apps/list/hearing/financialsvcs_dem/hrfc051309.shtml
Global Investment Promotion
Benchmarking 2009
Report
by World Bank Group, May 2009
http://www.ifc.org/ifcext/fias.nsf/Content/GIPB2009
Foreign Direct Investors’
Outlays to Acquire or Establish U.S. Businesses Increased in 2008
Bureau
of Economic Analysis, U.S. Dept of Commerce, June 4, 2009
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/fdi/2009/pdf/fdi08.pdf
U.S. International Trade in
Goods and Services: Annual Revision for 2008
Bureau
of Economic Analysis, U.S. Dept of Commerce, June 10, 2009
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2009/trad1309.htm
Includes
links to the full release, to tables, and to historical data from 1992
onward.
Leveling the Playing Field
and Protecting Americans: Holding Foreign Manufacturers Accountable
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, May 12,
2009
http://judiciary.senate.gov/hearings/hearing.cfm?id=3857
Two Decades of Progress:
USAID’s Child Survival and Maternal Health Program
U.S.
Agency for International Development (USAID), June 2009
http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PDACN044.pdf
There
is a press release at
http://www.usaid.gov/press/releases/2009/pr090616.html
Enabling Adaptation:
Priorities for Supporting the Rural Poor in a Changing Climate
World
Resources Institute issue brief, May 2009
http://pdf.wri.org/issue_brief_enabling_adaptation.pdf
Trade Policy in a Time of
Crisis: Suggestions for Developing Countries
Gary
Hufbauer and Sherry Stephenson, Center for Economic Policy Research, May
2009
http://www.cepr.org/pubs/PolicyInsights/PolicyInsight33.pdf
Accelerating Catch-Up:
Tertiary Education for Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
World
Bank, 2009
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTAFRREGTOPEDUCATION/Resources/e-book_ACU.pdf
A Weakening Global Economy
Interrupts Agricultural Trade
Economic
Research Service, U.S. Dept of Agriculture, Amber
Waves, June 2009
http://www.ers.usda.gov/AmberWaves/June09/Features/WeakEconomy.htm
Factors behind the Rise in
Global Rice Prices in 2008
Economic
Research Service, U.S. Dept of Agriculture, May 2009
http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/RCS/May09/RCS09D01/RCS09D01.pdf
There
is a brief summary at
http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/RCS/May09/RCS09D01/#2009-5-7
How Tightly Has China
Embraced Market Reforms in Agriculture?
Economic
Research Service, U.S. Dept of Agriculture, Amber
Waves, June 2009
http://www.ers.usda.gov/AmberWaves/June09/Features/ChinaMarket.htm
Emerging Issues in the U.S.
Organic Industry
Economic
Research Service, U.S. Dept of Agriculture, June 2009
http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/EIB55/EIB55.pdf
There
is a brief summary and chapter access at
http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/EIB55/#2009-6-3
and
a 2-page summary at
http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/EIB55/EIB55_ReportSummary.pdf
National Fuel Efficiency
Standards
Remarks
by President Barack Obama, May 19, 2009
There
is a fact sheet at
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Fact-Sheet-and-Particpants-at-Todays-Rose-Garden-Event/
Electricity from Renewable
Resources: Status, Prospects, and Impediments
Report
by a committee of the National Research Council. National Academies Press, June
2009
http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12619
There
is press release about this 300-page publication at
http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=12619
World Energy Use Projected
to Grow 44 Percent between 2006 and 2030
Energy
Information Administration, U.S. Dept of Energy, May 27, 2009
http://www.eia.doe.gov/neic/press/press319.html
The
report, International Energy Outlook 2009,
is online at
http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/ieo/index.html
The Clean Energy Economy:
Repowering Jobs, Businesses and Investments across America
Pew
Charitable Trusts, June 2009
http://www.pewcenteronthestates.org/uploadedFiles/Clean_Economy_Report_Web.pdf
There
is a news release about this 61-page publication, with links to data and other
material, at
http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=53254
Net Metering and
Distributed Generation
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Commerce, May
7, 2009
Unconventional Fuels, Part
I: Shale Gas Potential
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources, June 4,
2009
http://resourcescommittee.house.gov/index.php?option=com_jcalpro&Itemid=54&extmode=view&extid=260
Meeting Projected Coal
Production Demands in the USA: Upstream Issues, Challenges, and Strategies
National
Commission on Energy Policy, May 2009
http://www.energycommission.org/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/10370
There
is a news release at
http://www.bipartisanpolicy.org/ht/display/ReleaseDetails/i/10374/pid/1175
Information
about the National Commission on Energy Policy (a non-government, bipartisan
group of 20 of America’s leading energy experts) is at
http://www.energycommission.org/
Greener Communities,
Greater Opportunities: New Ideas for Sustainable Development and Economic Growth
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, June
16, 2009
It’s Too Easy Being Green:
Defining Fair Green Marketing Practices
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, June
9, 2009
Environmental Research at
the Department of Energy
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Science and Technology,
June 9, 2009
http://science.house.gov/publications/hearings_markups_details.aspx?NewsID=2482
The Blue Economy: The Role
of Oceans in Our Nation’s Economic Future
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and
Transportation, June 9, 2009
Control of Anti-Fouling
Systems on Ships
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure, June 10, 2009
http://transportation.house.gov/hearings/hearingDetail.aspx?NewsID=931
Global Climate Change
Impacts in the United States
Report
by the U.S. Global Change Research Program, June 2009
http://www.globalchange.gov/publications/reports/scientific-assessments/us-impacts
The
full text in PDF format (196 pages, 13MB) is at
http://downloads.globalchange.gov/usimpacts/pdfs/climate-impacts-report.pdf
and
there is a White House blog post, June 16, 2009, at
Challenges and
Opportunities for U.S.-China Cooperation on Climate Change
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, June 4, 2009
http://foreign.senate.gov/hearings/2009/hrg090604a.html
Press Conference Call with
Senior U.S. Climate Change Officials
Press
conference with Todd Stern, U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change, and Jonathan
Pershing, U.S. Deputy Special Envoy for Climate Change, May 29, 2009
http://www.state.gov/g/oes/rls/remarks/2009/124210.htm
The Role of Offsets in a
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Cap-and-Trade Program: Potential Benefits and Concerns
Congressional
Research Service, May 18, 2009
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/124065.pdf
Allowance Allocation
Policies in Climate Legislation: Assisting Consumers, Investing in a Clean
Energy Future, and Adapting to Climate Change
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, June
9, 2009
State Climate Policy Tracker
Reveals Progress by 33 States
News
release, New America Foundation, May 5, 2009
http://www.newamerica.net/pressroom/2009/state_climate_policy_tracker_reveals_progress_33_states_0
Key Investments in
Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Technologies by Energy Firms, Other Industry and the Federal Government: An Update
T2
and Associates and the Center for Energy Economics at the University of Texas,
June 2009
http://api-ec.api.org/Newsroom/upload/T2_Investments_in_GHG_Mitigating_Tech_6_2009.PDF
There
is a news release, “Oil and Gas Industry Leads Investments to Cut Greenhouse
Gases”, by the
American
Petroleum Institute, June 15, 2009, at
http://api-ec.api.org/Newsroom/t2_study.cfm
Earth Science Literacy
Principles
Earth
Science Literacy Initiative, June 2009
http://www.earthscienceliteracy.org/es_literacy_22may09.pdf
There
is a press release at
http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=114904&org=NSF&from=news
See
also http://www.earthscienceliteracy.org/ about the Earth Science
Literacy Initiative.
Improving U.S.
Competitiveness with K-12 STEM Education and Training
Heritage
Foundation, June 16, 2009
http://www.heritage.org/Research/Education/upload/SR_57.pdf
A
report on the STEM Education and National Security Conference, held in October
2008.
A Brief Examination of
Previous Housing Declines
Federal
Housing Finance Agency, June 2009
http://www.fhfa.gov/webfiles/2918/PreviousDownturns61609.pdf
Breaking the Housing Crisis
Cycle
Annual
Report 2008 Essay, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, May 2009
http://www.clevelandfed.org/About_Us/annual_report/2008/2008_Essay.cfm
Is the Housing Bust
Over?
Michael
Shenk, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Economic
Trends, May 12, 2009
http://www.clevelandfed.org/research/trends/2009/0509/05ecoact.cfm
Reducing Foreclosures: No
Easy Answers
Working
paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, May 2009
http://www.frbatlanta.org/filelegacydocs/wp0915.pdf
There
is a summary of this 53-page paper at
http://www.frbatlanta.org/invoke.cfm?objectid=40662C37-5056-9F12-12DF3ACF262C1176&method=display
Paycheck to Paycheck: Wages
and the Cost of Housing in America
Center
for Housing Policy, May 2009
There
is a news release at
http://www.nhc.org/index/News-pr-050709
MetroMonitor: Tracking
Economic Recession and Recovery in America’s Largest Metropolitan Areas
Brookings
Institution, June 2009
http://www.brookings.edu/reports/2009/06_metro_monitor.aspx
The
MetroMonitor is a quarterly, interactive barometer of urban economic
conditions, online at
http://www.brookings.edu/metro/MetroMonitor.aspx
The Luxury City vs. the
Middle Class
Joel
Kotkin, American Enterprise Institute, The
American, May 13, 2009
http://www.american.com/archive/2009/may-2009/the-luxury-city-vs-the-middle-class/
This
article argues that “the sustainable city of the future will rest on the
revival of traditional institutions that have faded in many of today’s
cities.”
Performance Driven: A New
Vision for U.S. Transportation Policy
Bipartisan
Policy Center, June 9, 2009
http://www.bipartisanpolicy.org/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/10647
There
is a news release at
http://www.bipartisanpolicy.org/ht/display/ReleaseDetails/i/10670/pid/1175
The Route to Reform:
Blueprint for a 21st Century Federal Transportation Program
Transportation
for America, May 2009
http://t4america.org/docs/blueprint_full.pdf
There
is a summary at
http://t4america.org/blueprint/
High-Speed Passenger Rail:
How Fast Will It Get Here?
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and
Transportation, June 23, 2009
Freight Transportation in
America: Options for Improving the Nation’s Network
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and
Transportation, June 18, 2009
Fast-Forward: Key Issues in
Modernizing the U.S. Freight Transportation System for Future Economic Growth
RAND,
June 2009
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2009/RAND_MG883.pdf
There
is a brief summary at
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG883/
and
a longer summary at
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2009/RAND_MG883.sum.pdf
The Obama Administration’s
Education Agenda
Hearing
before the U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor, May 20, 2009
http://edlabor.house.gov/hearings/2009/05/the-obama-administrations-educ.shtml
Food for Thought: Building
a High-Quality School Choice Market
Erin
Dillon, Education Sector, May 2009
http://www.educationsector.org/usr_doc/Food_for_Thought.pdf
Multiple Choice: Charter
School Performance in 16 States
Center
for Research on Education Outcomes, Stanford University, June 2009
http://credo.stanford.edu/reports/MULTIPLE_CHOICE_CREDO.pdf
Links
to state reports and related material are at
and
there is a news release at
http://credo.stanford.edu/reports/National_Release.pdf
Building on What Works at
Charter Schools
Hearing
before the U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor, June 4, 2009
http://edlabor.house.gov/hearings/2009/06/building-on-what-works-at-char.shtml
The Future of Learning: How
Technology is Transforming Public Schools
Hearing
before the U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor, June16, 2009
http://edlabor.house.gov/hearings/2009/06/the-future-of-learning-how-tec.shtml
Health Reform
Address
by President Barack Obama to the American Medical Association, June 15,
2009
There
are excerpts (“Why Reform, Why Now”) at
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/Why-Reform-Why-Now/
The Economic Case for
Health Care Reform
Council
of Economic Advisers, June 2009
http://www.whitehouse.gov/assets/documents/CEA_Health_Care_Report.pdf
This
report was released on June 2, 2009. There is a White House blog entry at
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/The-Economic-Case-for-Health-Care-Reform/
The U.S. Commitment to
Global Health: Recommendations for the Public and Private Sectors
A
committee of the Institute of Medicine, May 2009
http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12642
There
is a news release about this 176-page publication at
http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=12642
American Public Opinion and
Global Health
WorldPublicOpinion.org,
May 20, 2009
http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/pdf/may09/WPO_IOM_May09_rpt.pdf
The methodology is at
http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/pdf/may09/WPO_IOM_May09_quaire.pdf
and
a news release at
http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/articles/brunitedstatescanadara/610.php?nid=&id=&pnt=610&lb
State and Local Pandemic
Preparedness
Hearing
before the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, May 20,
2009
http://oversight.house.gov/story.asp?ID=2446
Ensuring Preparedness
against the Flu Virus at School and Work
Hearing
before the U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor, May 7, 2009
http://edlabor.house.gov/hearings/2009/05/ensuring-preparedness-against.shtml
Pandemic Flu Preparedness:
Lessons from the Frontlines
Trust
for America’s Health, June 2009
http://healthyamericans.org/assets/files/pandemic-flu-lesson.pdf
There
is a summary at
http://healthyamericans.org/report/64/pandemic-flu-frontlines
and
a press release at
http://healthyamericans.org/newsroom/releases/?releaseid=178
H1N1 Influenza
Information
and updates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), U.S.
Dept of Health and Human Services
The 2009 Influenza A(H1N1)
Influenza Outbreak: Selected Legal Issues
Congressional
Research Service, May 4, 2009
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/122922.pdf
Exploring the National
Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, June 11,
2009
http://judiciary.senate.gov/hearings/hearing.cfm?id=3906
In
his statement http://judiciary.senate.gov/hearings/testimony.cfm?id=3906&wit_id=7478 to the hearing, Senator
Jim Webb notes that “the goal of this legislation is to establish a national
commission to examine and reshape America’s entire criminal justice system, the
first such effort in more than forty years.”
Identity Theft: Trends and
Issues
Congressional
Research Service, May 27, 2009
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R40599.pdf
Agencies Issue Frequently
Asked Questions on Identity Theft Rules
Joint
release, June 11, 2009
http://www.occ.treas.gov/ftp/release/2009-65.htm
The
FAQ, Frequently Asked Questions: Identity Theft Red Flags and Address
Discrepancies, is at http://www.occ.treas.gov/ftp/release/2009-65a.pdf
and
is a joint product of six United States federal agencies: the Board of
Governors of the U.S. Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Office of
Thrift Supervision, the National Credit Union Administration and the Federal
Trade Commission.
NRF 2009 Organized Retail
Crime Survey
National
Retail Federation (NRF), June 2009
http://www.nrf.com/modules.php?name=News&op=viewlive&sp_id=738
There
is a press release at
http://www.nrf.com/modules.php?name=News&op=viewlive&sp_id=737
The Continued Importance of
the Violence against Women Act
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, June 10, 2009
http://judiciary.senate.gov/hearings/hearing.cfm?id=3898
2008 Presidential Campaign
Financial Activity Summarized: Receipts Nearly Double 2004 Total
News
release, Federal Election Commission, June 8, 2009
http://www.fec.gov/press/press2009/20090608PresStat.shtml
Links
to the data are provided.
Party Financial Activity
Summarized for the 2008 Election Cycle: Party Support for Candidates
Increases
News
release, Federal Election Commission, May 28, 2009
http://www.fec.gov/press/press2009/05282009Party/20090528Party.shtml
Independents Take Center
Stage in the Obama Era: Trends in Political Values and Core Attitudes,
1987-2009
Pew
Research Center for the People & the Press, May 21, 2009
http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1229/political-values-core-attitudes-trends-2009
Hot House 2010: The
Upcoming Contests for the U.S. House of Representatives
Larry
J. Sabato, Isaac Wood and Paul Wiley, May 14, 2009
http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/article.php?id=LJS2009051401
RaceTracker
A
project on the OpenCongress wiki, 2009
http://www.opencongress.org/wiki/RaceTracker
RaceTracker
tracks every election for the U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives and
state governor. RaceTracker is a free, open-source, fully-referenced, and
non-partisan public resource.
There
is a blog post about it, June 11, 2009, at
GOP Losses Span Nearly All
Demographic Groups
Gallup,
May 18, 2009
http://www.gallup.com/poll/118528/GOP-Losses-Span-Nearly-Demographic-Groups.aspx?CSTS=alert
Women More Likely to be
Democrats, Regardless of Age
Gallup,
June 12, 2009
http://www.gallup.com/poll/120839/Women-Likely-Democrats-Regardless-Age.aspx
Measuring the Effects of
the Business Cycle on the Federal Budget
Congressional
Budget Office, June 2009
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/102xx/doc10299/06-23-BusinessCycle.pdf
Leveling the Playing Field:
Curbing Tax Havens and Removing Tax Incentives for Shifting Jobs Overseas
The
White House, May 4, 2009
The Fiscal Survey of
States
National
Governors Association and National Association of State Budget Officers, June
2009
http://www.nga.org/Files/pdf/FSS0906.PDF
There
is a news release at
TELECOMMUNICATIONS and INTERNET
Home Broadband Adoption
2009
Pew
Internet & American Life Project, June 2009
http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2009/10-Home-Broadband-Adoption-2009.aspx
The
full text (50 pages) is at
http://www.pewinternet.org/~/media//Files/Reports/2009/Home-Broadband-Adoption-2009.pdf
Bringing Broadband to Rural
America
Report
on a Rural Broadband Strategy. Federal Communications Commission, May 22,
2009
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-291012A1.pdf
There
is a press release on this 83-page report at
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-291014A1.pdf
Telecommunications:
Broadband Deployment Plan Should Include Performance Goals and Measures to Guide Federal Investment
Government
Accountability Office (GAO), May 2009
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09494.pdf
The Economic Benefits of
Broadband and Information Technology
Patrick
S. Brogan, Media Law & Policy,
Spring 2009
There
is a news release by USTelecom at
The Consumer Wireless
Experience
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, June
17, 2009
Internet Use Triples in
Decade, Census Bureau Reports
News
release, U.S. Bureau of the Census, June 3, 2009
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/communication_industries/013849.html
For
data, please see
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/computer/2007.html
Pay to Delay: Are Patent
Settlements that Delay Generic Drug Market Entry Anticompetitive?
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, June 3,
2009
http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/hear_090603.html
The State of Music Online:
Ten Years after Napster
Pew
Internet & American Life Project, June 2009
Toward a 21st
Century Framework for Federal Government Privacy Policy
Information
Security and Privacy Advisory Board, May 2009
http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/SMA/ispab/documents/correspondence/ispab-report-may2009.pdf
See
also http://knowprivacy.org/full_report.html and http://knowprivacy.org/
An
article about this project is in the New
York Times online, June 2, 2009
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/02/google-is-top-tracker-of-surfers-in-study/
Behavioral Advertising:
Industry Practices and Consumers’ Expectations
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, June
18, 2009
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