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U.S. Information Resource Center
Office of Public Affairs
U.S. Embassy in Australia
May 2007
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International
economic issues, trade and investment
Development
and international assistance
Homeland
security and emergency response
Environment
and climate change
Transportation
and infrastructure
Social
issues, children and youth
Citizenship
and civic education
Politics,
public administration, law and law enforcement
Media,
telecommunications and information technology
The Future of Political,
Economic and Security Relations with China
Testimony
by U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John D. Negroponte, May 1, 2007
http://www.state.gov/s/d/2007/84118.htm
Building an Information
Technology Industry in China: National Strategy, Global Markets
James
A. Lewis, Center for Strategic and International Studies, May 2007
http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/070508_lewischinait.pdf
China Energy: A Guide for
the Perplexed
Daniel
H. Rosen and Trevor Houser, Peterson Institute for International Economics, May
2007
http://www.iie.com/publications/papers/rosen0507.pdf
The Trap of China-ASEAN
Military Cooperation
Walter
Lohman, the Heritage Foundation, May 10, 2007
http://www.heritage.org/Research/AsiaandthePacific/wm1451.cfm
North Korea’s Military
Threat: Pyongyang’s Conventional Forces, Weapons of Mass Destruction, and Ballistic Missiles
Andrew
Scobell and John M. Sanford, Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War
College, April 2007
https://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB771.pdf
North Korean Foreign
Relations in the Post-Cold War World
Samuel
S. Kim, Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, April 2007
https://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB772.pdf
Joint Statement of the
U.S.-Japan Consultative Committee
U.S.
Dept of State, May 1, 2007
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2007/may/84084.htm
U.S. Engagement in the
Pacific Islands Region: 2007 Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders and Core Partners Meeting
Fact
sheet, U.S. Dept of State, May 8, 2007
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2007/may/84410.htm
Arab Opinion on American
Policies, Values, and People
Hearing
before subcommittees of the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, May 3,
2007
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing_notice.asp?id=816
For
transcripts, please go to http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/testimony.asp
and scroll down.
The Challenge of Economic
Reform in the Arab World: Toward More Productive Economies
Sufyan
Alissa, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, May 2007
http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/cmec_1_econ_reform_final.pdf
Arab Reform Bulletin: May
2007
Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace, May 2007
http://www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=view&id=19163&prog=zgp&proj=zdrl,zme
This
contains a special issue: “Inside Political Parties”
Demilitarizing Algeria
Hugh
Roberts, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, May 2007
http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/cp_86_final1.pdf
Russia: Rebuilding the Iron
Curtain
Hearing
before the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, May 17, 2007
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing_notice.asp?id=826
For
transcripts, please go to http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/testimony.asp
and scroll down.
The Future of Kosovo
Remarks
by U.S. Under Secretary of State R. Nicholas Burns to the Council on Foreign
Relations, April 16, 2007
http://www.state.gov/p/us/rm/2007/84038.htm
Law and the Lone
Superpower: Rebuilding a Transatlantic Consensus on International Law
Policy
paper by William H. Taft IV and Frances G. Burwell, Atlantic Council of the
United States, April 2007
http://www.acus.org/docs/070417_Law%20_&%20_The_Lone_Superpower.pdf
The Marshall Plan:
Rebuilding Europe
U.S.
Dept of State, Office of International Information Programs, May 2007
http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/marshallplan/index.html
The
text in PDF format (28 pages) is at http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/marshallplan/marshallplan.pdf
Civil War and Genocide in
Darfur: Chinese and Saharan Dimensions
Remarks
by U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State James Swan, May 3, 2007
http://www.state.gov/p/af/rls/rm/84401.htm
Toward an Angola Strategy:
Prioritizing U.S.-Angola Relations
Report
of an independent commission sponsored by the Center for Preventive Action.
Council on Foreign Relations, May 2007
http://www.cfr.org/content/publications/attachments/AngolaCommissionReport.pdf
The Pentagon’s New Africa
Command
Backgrounder
by Stephanie Hanson, Council on Foreign Relations, May 3, 2007
http://www.cfr.org/publication/13255/pentagons_new_africa_command.htm
Africa’s Water Crisis and
the U.S. Response
Hearing
before the Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health, U.S. House Committee on
Foreign Affairs, May 16, 2007
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing_notice.asp?id=824
There
is a related briefing at http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing_notice.asp?id=827
For
transcripts of both the hearing and the briefing, please go to http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/testimony.asp
and scroll down.
The Findings and
Recommendations of the Antitrust Modernization Commission…
Hearing
before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee Task Force on Antitrust, May 8,
2007
http://judiciary.house.gov/Oversight.aspx?ID=314
Private Equity’s Effects on
Workers and Firms
Hearing
before the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, May 16, 2007
http://www.house.gov/apps/list/hearing/financialsvcs_dem/ht051607.shtml
Venture Capital Investment
Surpasses $7 Billion in Q1 2007: Reaches Highest Quarterly Level in 5 Years
News
release, National Venture Capital Association and PriceWaterhouse Coopers,
April 24, 2007
http://www.pwcmoneytree.com/exhibits/07Q1MT_Press_Release.pdf
The Value to Banks of Small
Business Lending
Joe
Peek, U.S. Small Business Administration, May 2007
http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/rs301tot.pdf
Milton Friedman and U.S.
Monetary History: 1961-2006
Edward
Nelson, Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis Review,
May-June 2007
http://research.stlouisfed.org/publications/review/07/05/Nelson.pdf
The Dog That Does Not Bark
But Packs a Big Bite: Services in the U.S. Economy
Remarks
by Richard W. Fisher, president and ceo of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas,
May 14, 2007
http://dallasfed.org/news/speeches/fisher/2007/fs070514.cfm
The Federal Governnment’s
Role in Empowering Americans to Make Informed Financial Decisions
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs, April 30, 2007
http://hsgac.senate.gov/index.cfm?Fuseaction=Hearings.Detail&HearingID=439
Congress and Administration
Announce New Trade Policy
News
release, U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means, May 11, 2007
http://waysandmeans.house.gov/News.asp?FormMode=release&ID=512
A New Trade Policy for
America
U.S.
House Committee on Ways and Means, May 11, 2007
Embracing the Challenge of
Free Trade: Competing and Prospering in a Global Economy
Remarks
by U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Ben S. Bernanke, May 1, 2007
http://www.federalreserve.gov/boarddocs/speeches/2007/20070501/default.htm
Framework for Advancing
Transatlantic Economic Integration Between the United States of America and the European Union
White
House press release, April 30, 2007
http://www.state.gov/p/eur/rls/prsrl/84004.htm
Globalization and Financial
Development
Remarks
by Frederic S. Mishkin, a governor of the Federal Reserve, April 26, 2007
http://www.federalreserve.gov/BoardDocs/Speeches/2007/20070426/default.htm
Currency Manipulation and
its Effects on American Business and Workers
Hearing
before subcommittees of the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce,
Committee on Ways and Means, and Committee on Financial Services, May 9,
2007
http://energycommerce.house.gov/cmte_mtgs/110-ctcp-hrg.050907.currency.manip.shtml
Foreign Direct Investment:
Current Issues
Congressional
Research Service report, April 27, 2007
http://opencrs.cdt.org/rpts/RL33984_20070427.pdf
The United States and
Global Trade: A State Legislator’s Guide to Maximizing Economic Opportunity Through Trade
National
Foreign Trade Council, May 2007
http://www.nftc.org/default/trade/US%20&%20Global%20Trade%20Report.pdf
Growing Pains: The Evolving
U.S.-China Trade Relationship
Daniel
Ikenson, Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute, May 7, 2007
http://www.freetrade.org/pubs/FTBs/FTB-028.html
China and the United States
– the Links Grow Stronger: Both Economies Benefit from Growing Trade and Investment
American
Electronics Association, May 2007
http://www.aeanet.org/publications/AeA_CS_China_Trade_2007.asp
Costly Trade with China:
Millions of U.S. Jobs Displaced with Net Job Loss in Every State
Robert
E. Scott, Economic Policy Institute, May 2, 2007
http://www.epi.org/content.cfm/bp188
United States’ Trade Remedy
Laws and Non-Market Economies: A Legal Overview
Congressional
Research Service report, April 23, 2007
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/84323.pdf
Advice Concerning Possible
Modifications to the U.S. Generalized System of Preferences, 2006 Review
U.S.
International Trade Commission, April 2007
http://hotdocs.usitc.gov/docs/pubs/332/pub3919.pdf
2007 Special 301
Report
Office
of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), April 30, 2007
This
is the most recent of USTR’s annual reports on intellectual property rights
enforcement by U.S. trading partners. The news release is at http://www.ustr.gov/Document_Library/Press_Releases/2007/April/SPECIAL_301_Report.html
DEVELOPMENT and INTERNATIONAL
ASSISTANCE
The World Bank’s
International Development Association (IDA)
Congressional
Research Service report, April 18, 2007
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/84308.pdf
U.S. Preference Programs:
How Well Do They Work?
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, May 16, 2007
http://finance.senate.gov/sitepages/hearing051607.htm
Remittances: Access,
Transparency, and Market Efficiency – a Progress Report
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, May
17, 2007
http://www.house.gov/apps/list/hearing/financialsvcs_dem/ht051407.shtml
2007 Comprehensive Report
on U.S. Trade and Investment Policy Toward Sub-Saharan Africa and Implementation of the African Growth and Opportunity Act
Prepared
by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, May 2007
http://www.ustr.gov/assets/Trade_Development/Preference_Programs/AGOA/asset_upload_file762_11294.pdf
Challenges to Sustained
Economic Development in India
Joint
Economic Committee, U.S. Congress, May 2007
http://www.house.gov/jec/publications/110/rr110-7.pdf
This
4-page study reviews India’s economic reforms and “assesses the challenges that
India must overcome to sustain rapid economic growth and reduce poverty over
the long term.”
Agricultural Export and
Food Aid Programs
Congressional
Research Service report, updated April 27, 2007
http://www.nationalaglawcenter.org/assets/crs/RL33553.pdf
Animal Agriculture: 2007
Farm Bill Issues
Congressional
Research Service report, April 11, 2007
http://opencrs.cdt.org/rpts/RL33958_20070411.pdf
Ethanol Expansion in the
United States: How Will the Agricultural Sector Adjust?
Economic
Research Service, U.S. Dept of Agriculture, May 2007
http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/FDS/2007/05May/FDS07D01/fds07D01.pdf
Emerging Biofuels: Outlook
of Effects on U.S. Grain, Oilseed and Livestock Markets
Center
for Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa State University, May 2007
http://www.card.iastate.edu/publications/synopsis.aspx?id=1050
Military
Transformation
A
bibliography with hyperlinks, by Muir S. Fairchild Research Information Center,
Maxwell AFB, April 2007
http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/bibs/trans07.htm
Factors to Consider in
Blending Active and Reserve Manpower Within Military Units
RAND,
2007
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2007/RAND_MG527.pdf
Every State a Superpower?
Stopping the Spread of Nuclear Weapons in the 21st Century
Hearing
before the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, May 10, 2007
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing_notice.asp?id=820
For
transcripts, please go to http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/testimony.asp
and scroll down.
A Work Plan for the 2010
Review Cycle: Coping with Challenges Facing the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty
Opening
remarks by Christopher A. Ford, U.S. Special Representative for Nuclear
Nonproliferation, in Vienna, April 30, 2007
http://www.state.gov/t/isn/rls/rm/84044.htm
China’s Nuclear Forces:
Operations, Training, Doctrine, Command, Control, and Campaign Planning
Larry
M. Wortzel, Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, May 2007
http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB776.pdf
China’s Anti-Satellite
Weapon Test
Congressional
Research Service report, April 23, 2007
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/84322.pdf
Climate Change: National
Security Threats
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, May 9, 2007
http://foreign.senate.gov/hearings/2007/hrg070509a.html
The Role of Finance in
Combating National Security Threats
Remarks
by U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Robert M. Kimmitt, May 10, 2007
http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/hp397.htm
The Effects of “Youth
Bulge” on Civil Conflicts
Backgrounder
by Lionel Beehner, Council on Foreign Relations, April 27, 2007
http://www.cfr.org/publication/13093/effects_of_youth_bulge_on_civil_conflicts.html
Country Reports on
Terrorism 2006
U.S.
Dept of State, April 2007
http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/crt/2006/
Countering the Terrorist
Mentality
U.S.
Dept of State, Foreign Policy Agenda e-journal, May 2007
http://usinfo.state.gov/journals/itps/0507/ijpe/ijpe0507.htm
Sharing the Dragon’s Teeth:
Terrorist Groups and the Exchange of New Technologies
RAND,
2007
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2007/RAND_MG485.pdf
America and the War on
Terror
Karlyn
Bowman, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, updated May
4, 2007
http://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.22819,filter.all/pub_detail.asp
(analysis
of public opinion polling results)
The Internet: A Portal to
Violent Islamist Extremism
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs,
May 3, 2007
http://hsgac.senate.gov/index.cfm?Fuseaction=Hearings.Detail&HearingID=441
Violent Islamist Extremism:
Government Efforts to Defeat It
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs,
May 10, 2007
http://hsgac.senate.gov/index.cfm?Fuseaction=Hearings.Detail&HearingID=442
HOMELAND SECURITY and EMERGENCY
RESPONSE
Interrupting Terrorist
Travel: Strengthening the Security of International Travel Documents
Hearing
before the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security, U.S.
Senate Committee on the Judiciary, April 23, 2007
http://judiciary.senate.gov/hearing.cfm?id=2733
Examining the Military’s
Support of Civil Authorities During Disasters
Hearing
before the Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness and Response,
U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security, April 25, 2007
http://hsc.house.gov/hearings/index.asp?ID=40
The Financial Services
Roundtable Blue Ribbon Commission on Mega-Catastrophes: A Call to Action
Financial
Services Roundtable, May 2007
http://www.fsround.org/media/pdfs/FINALmegacat4.pdf
The
news release, “Nation Unprepared for Mega-Catastrophe”, is at http://www.fsround.org/media/pdfs/MegaCatRolloutRelease.pdf
Immigration of Foreign
Workers: Labor Market Tests and Protections
Congressional
Research Service report, April 24, 2007
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/84327.pdf
The Role of Family-Based
Immigration in the U.S. Immigration System
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, May 8,
2007
http://judiciary.house.gov/Oversight.aspx?ID=317
An Examination of Points
Systems as a Method for Selecting Immigrants
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, May 1,
2007
http://judiciary.house.gov/Oversight.aspx?ID=304
Unauthorized Employment in
the United States: Issues and Options
Congressional
Research Service report, April 20, 2007
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/84324.pdf
Comprehensive Immigration
Reform: Becoming Americans – U.S. Immigrant Integration
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, May 16,
2007
http://judiciary.house.gov/Oversight.aspx?ID=320
Green Nanotechnology: It’s
Easier Than You Think
Woodrow
Wilson International Center for Scholars, April 26, 2007
http://www.nanotechproject.org/116/4262007-green-nanotechnology-its-easier-than-you-think
Academic Research and
Development Expenditures: Fiscal Year 2005
National
Science Foundation, May 2007
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf07318/
Technology Transfer: Use of
Federally Funded Research and Development
Congressional
Research Service report, updated April 24, 2007
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/84938.pdf
Alternative Fuels: Current
Status, Proposals for New Standards, and Related Infrastructure Issues
Hearing
before the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality, U.S. House Committee on
Energy and Commerce, May 8, 2007
http://energycommerce.house.gov/cmte_mtgs/110-eaq-hrg.050807.Alt.fuels.shtml
Clean Coal Technology
Hearing
before the Subcommittee on Science, Technology and Innovation, U.S. Senate
Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, April 26, 2007
http://commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Hearings.Hearing&Hearing_ID=1840
Coal: A Clean Future
Hearing
before the Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources and Infrastructure, U.S.
Senate Committee on Finance, April 26, 2007
http://finance.senate.gov/sitepages/hearing042607.htm
Prospects for Advanced Coal
Technologies: Efficient Energy Production, Carbon Capture and Sequestration
Hearing
before the U.S. House Committee on Science and Technology, May 15, 2007
http://science.house.gov/publications/hearings_markups_details.aspx?NewsID=1815
There
is a news release at http://science.house.gov/press/PRArticle.aspx?NewsID=1826
The Energy Efficiency
Promotion Act
Hearing
on bill S.1115; before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources, April 23, 2007
http://energy.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Hearings.Hearing&Hearing_ID=1620
Establishing the Advanced
Research Projects Agency – Energy
Hearing
before the U.S. House Committee on Science and Technology, April 26, 2007
http://science.house.gov/publications/hearings_markups_details.aspx?NewsID=1778
Achieving – at Long Last –
Appliance Efficiency Standards
Hearing
before the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality, U.S. House Committee on
Energy and Commerce, May 1, 2007
http://energycommerce.house.gov/cmte_mtgs/110-eaq-hrg.050107.App.efficiency.shtml
Facilitating the Transition
to a Smart Electric Grid
Hearing
before the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality, U.S. House Committee on
Energy and Commerce, May 3, 2007
http://energycommerce.house.gov/cmte_mtgs/110-eaq-hrg.050307.Smart.grid.shtml
The Global Dynamics of
Biofuels: Potential Supply and Demand for Ethanol and Biodiesel in the Coming Decade
Brazil
Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, April
2007
http://www.wilsoncenter.org/topics/pubs/Brazil_SR_e3.pdf
Developing Untapped
Potential: Geothermal and Wind Power Technologies
Hearing
before the U.S. House Committee on Science and Technology, May 17, 2007
http://science.house.gov/publications/hearings_markups_details.aspx?NewsID=1818
Nuclear Energy: Balancing
Benefits and Risks
Charles
D. Ferguson, Council on Foreign Relations, April 2007
http://www.cfr.org/content/publications/attachments/NuclearEnergyCSR28.pdf
Methodology for Allocating
Municipal Solid Waste to Biogenic and Non-Biogenic Energy
Energy
Information Administration, U.S. Dept of Energy, May 2007
http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/solar.renewables/page/mswaste/msw.pdf
Prices at the Pump: Market
Failure and the Oil Industry
Hearing
before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee Task Force on Antitrust, May 16,
2007
http://judiciary.house.gov/Oversight.aspx?ID=323
EPA’s 2007 Report on the
Environment: Science Report (SAB Review Draft)
(U.S.)
Environmental Protection Agency, May 2007
http://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/cfm/recordisplay.cfm?deid=140917
U.S. House Select Committee
on Energy Independence and Global Warming
http://globalwarming.house.gov/
This
new committee was established by the incoming House of Representatives of the
110th Congress in early 2007.
Emerging Technologies and
Practices for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Environment and Public
Works, May 9, 2007
Greenhouse Gas Emission
Drivers: Population, Economic Development and Growth, and Energy Use
Congressional
Research Service report, April 24, 2007
http://opencrs.cdt.org/rpts/RL33970_20070424.pdf
Greenhouse Gas Reductions:
California Action and the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
Congressional
Research Service report, April 13, 2007
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/84310.pdf
State and Trends of the
Carbon Market 2007
World
Bank, May 2007
http://carbonfinance.org/docs/Carbon_Trends_2007-_FINAL_-_May_2.pdf
Trade-Offs in Allocating
Allowances for CO2 Emissions
Congressional
Budget Office, April 25, 2007
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/80xx/doc8027/04-25-Cap_Trade.pdf
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Pipelines for Carbon Sequestration: Emerging Policy Issues
Congressional
Research Service report, April 19, 2007
http://opencrs.cdt.org/rpts/RL33971_20070419.pdf
The Future of Fossil Fuels:
Geological and Terrestrial Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide
Joint
hearing before subcommittees of the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources,
May 1, 2007
http://resourcescommittee.house.gov/hearings/hearingdetail.aspx?NewsID=67
U.S. Re-Engagement in the
Global Effort to Fight Climate Change
Hearing
before the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, May 15, 2007
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing_notice.asp?id=822
For
transcripts, please go to http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/testimony.asp
and scroll down.
Precipitation Averages,
Seasonality, Volatility and Trends in the United States
Weatherbill
Inc., May 17, 2007
http://www.weatherbill.com/static/content/rainfall_study_2007.pdf
Achievements in
Stratospheric Ozone Protection
(U.S.)
Environmental Protection Agency, April 2007
http://www.epa.gov/ozone/2007stratozoneprogressreport.html
Electronics Waste
Management in the United States
(U.S.)
Environmental Protection Agency, April 2007
http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/recycle/ecycling/manage.htm
Green Buildings: Benefits
to Health, the Environment, and the Bottom Line
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, May 15,
2007
TRANSPORTATION and INFRASTRUCTURE
Climate Change and Energy
Independence: Transportation and Infrastructure Issues
Hearing
before the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, May 16,
2007
http://transportation.house.gov/hearings/hearingdetail.aspx?NewsID=191
The Clean Cars Program: How
States Are Driving Cuts in Global Warming Pollution
U.S.
PIRG (Public Interest Research Group), May 21, 2007
Infrastructure 2007: A
Global Perspective
Urban
Land Institute and Ernst & Young, May 2007
http://www.uli.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home&CONTENTFILEID=27598&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm
This
is a global survey of infrastructure planning and financing arrangements by
countries. There is a news release at http://www.uli.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=News&CONTENTID=81610&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm
Advanced Technology
Vehicles: The Road Ahead
Hearing
before the Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources and Infrastructure, U.S.
Senate Committee on Finance, May 1, 2007
http://finance.senate.gov/sitepages/hearing050107.htm
Electronic On-Board
Recorders (EOBRs) and Truck Driver Fatigue Reduction
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and
Transportation, May 1, 2007
http://commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Hearings.Hearing&Hearing_ID=1855
Surface Transportation
Congestion: Policy and Issues
Congressional
Research Service report, May 10, 2007
http://opencrs.cdt.org/rpts/RL33995_20070510.pdf
The New York City Bicycle Survey<