Pius XII Memorial Library Government Documents

Henry M. Paulson, Jr., Secretary of the Treasury, will be the guest for “Ask the Whitehouse” on January 24th. Considering recent economic news it should be interesting to see the range of questions. Just surf to www.whitehouse.gov and look for Discuss President’s Economic Growth Plan.

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The US Postal Service Processing and Distribution Center outside Kansas City is subterranean: it’s located in the site of former salt mines. Also in the caves: government cheese storage. And a library….
It is a world of paved and lighted roads, a college library, a computer center and train tracks. It serves as the venue for [...]

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NASA Unveils Cosmic Images Book in Braille for Blind Readers
BALTIMORE – At a Tuesday ceremony at the National Federation of the Blind, NASA unveiled a new book that brings majestic images taken by its Great Observatories to the fingertips of the blind.
Touch the Invisible Sky is a 60-page book with color images of nebulae, stars, [...]

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Ah, to be innocent. President Bush visited the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and had this to say: “I don’t think most Americans understand the UAE. And I don’t think most Americans understand that your education systems are modern and that you’re thinking about the future in constructive ways. I appreciate the chance [...]

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Red alert! Call out the National Guard! Millions of Americans may not be prepared for the move to digital broadcast in February 2009. And in spite of the ongoing health care crisis, global climate change, war, and famine the National Telecommunications and Information Administration has come up with a stop-gap solution — a $40 [...]

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Voting is more than the sum of its parts… yes I am talking about the Electoral College. This arcane system, devised by the Founding Fathers, is about to take center stage once more (can we say Florida 2000). For the official facts on this Rube Goldberg system just surf to the NARA site.

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Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) have just been released for 2005 and Missouri keeps losing ground in the category — Under age 18 in poverty. The 2005 estimate is now 19.5% continuing a climb from a low of 14.8% in 2000.

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The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) recently announced an initiative to revamp the nuclear weapons infrastructure. However, not everyone was welcome to attend the announcement according to this report in the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists….

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Wall Street Journal headline:
Economists React: ‘Looking for a Bunker to Hide in’
Wasting no time (he’ll be jobless in a year) the President put the spin to the naysayers on Wall Street with this (slightly condensed) press release:
“I had quite a fascinating and productive meeting with the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets… economy [...]

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Funny how priorities are determined. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is now touting as the“Top Story” an interesting post on a 36 year-old crime, the “Extra” is on the investigation of the destruction of CIA torture tapes, and the continuing sidebar is Usama Bin Laden on the Most Wanted Terrorist list.

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