Read the NY Times article here From the NYT: ” The signing raises the prospect of an empowered Europe with an enhanced global stature. The treaty, which may go into effect as early as Dec. 1, creates a permanent presidential post and sets up a more powerful foreign policy chief supported by a network of […]
The Asia Foundation has released its fifth survey of the Afghan people – Afghanistan in 2009: a survey of the Afghan people. From the Asia Foundation website: “Aiming to provide the Afghan citizenry,policy makers and influential actors in government, civil society, and the international community with useful, actionable information, the 2009 Survey of the Afghan […]
The Yearbook presents a statistical portrait of life in the regions of the European Union’s member states, candidate countries and the EFTA countries. A broad set of regional data is presented on the following themes: population, European cities, labour market, gross domestic product, household accounts, structural business statistics, information society, science, technology and innovation, education, […]
After 16 years of negotiations, the BC Treaty Commission asks Harper to step in – article from Globe and Mail. The BC Treaty Commission’s annual report for 2009 is available online. On October 13, 2009, the BC Treaty Commission released the Common Table Report, which captures the 13 days of discussions in 2008 among the […]
The Book of Odds is an online statistical encyclopedia which will launch October 14, 2009. Although not specifically about government publications the topics do include statistics about politics as well as health, accidents, and relationships. Here are some examples: The average American is more likely to live without ever visiting a dentist than to live […]
From the US GOVDOC Listserv: The White House, U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) and the National Archives’ Office of the Federal Register (OFR) achieved a breakthrough in making Government information available and usable by the public. GPO converted the text of the Federal Register (2000-2009) into XML and placed it online in numerous Federal Government […]
Read the news story from Docuticker and the full report is from Trust for American’s Health.
The United Nations has just announced that it will be consolidating four disparate organizations devoted to women’s/gender issues into a single entity. “The resolution means the UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), the Division for the Advancement of Women, the Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and the UN International Research and Training […]
Read the news story from the Vancouver Sun here. You can read the full advanced edited 575 page report here. The report was just released Tuesday Sept. 15 in advance of the its presentation to the UN Human Rights Council later this month.
BC to harmonize sales tax with GST. See the story from the Globe and Mail here. Read Vander Zalm’ reaction and there is a good summary on Darren Barefoot’s site.