Department of Labor guidance for employment and training programs under Recovery Act
News release: "The U.S. Department of Labor has issued policy guidance to states and outlying areas for the implementation of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) investments in core employment and training programs. This critical investment of $3,514,500,000 in the nation's workforce system and network of One-Stop Career Centers is intended to help unemployed Americans upgrade their skills and get back to work."
Employment and Training Administration: To better serve the workforce system and its efforts to support green jobs and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, ETA has developed a draft green jobs framework for action. The framework identifies the foundational and operational elements required for serving the needs of the workforce system and its customers. It is designed to promote the development of new and existing green jobs, and hasten widespread employment in green careers across several industry sectors.
http://www.americangreenjobs.net
http://www.doleta.gov/business
http://www.doleta.gov/usworkforce
http://www.workforce3one.org/
http://www.doleta.gov/oa/

VP Biden Annnounces Release of Nearly $100 Million in Recovery Act Funding to Support Senior Nutrition Programs
News release: "Vice President Joe Biden has announced that the Department of Health and Human Services will award $100 million in Recovery Act funding to provide meals to tens of thousands of low-income older Americans in need. The funding is expected to provide nearly 14 million meals nationwide...The [American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009] provides $65 million for congregate nutrition services provided at senior centers and other community sites, $32 million for home delivered nutrition services delivered to frail elders at home and $3 million for Native American nutrition programs. The funding will be awarded to 56 states and territories and 246 tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations. States will award the funds to organizations that provide nutrition services in their communities."

New Survey: Three Out of Five Employers Maintain 401(k) Match Despite Economic Crisis
News release: Seven in ten eligible employees participated in 401(k) plans in 2008: A new survey of employers released by WorldatWork and the American Benefits Council, Trends in 401(k) Plans, presented at a National Press Club Newsmakers press conference in Washington, DC, finds that the financial crisis has not significantly discouraged 401(k) contributions or participation. A full 74 percent of employers reported no change in the employer matching contribution; 15 percent have either increased or are considering increasing the employer match; eight percent have either decreased or are considering decreasing the 401(k) match, and three percent reported.

National Marine Sanctuaries Media Library Online
"The National Marine Sanctuaries Media Library is an online vault where a comprehensive collection of select video clips and high-resolution still images from America's underwater treasures are securely stored and available for searchable access and download."

Judiciary Updates Code of Conduct; Seeks New Judgeships
News release: The Judicial Conference of the United States has adopted a revised Code of Conduct for United States Judges that will take effect July 1, 2009, the first substantial Code revision since 1992. At its biannual meeting, the Conference also voted to ask Congress to create 63 new federal judgeships—12 in the courts of appeals (nine permanent and three temporary) and 51 in the district courts (38 permanent and 13 temporary).

Total Public Debt Now Over $11 Trillion
03/16/2009, TreasuryDirect, The Debt to the Penny and Who Holds It
Current Debt Held by the Public: 6,741,972,565,592.27
Intragovernmental Holdings: 4,291,185,013,077.51
Total Public Debt Outstanding: 11,033,157,578,669.78
CBS News: "And the government is running up mountains of debt with increasing speed. It took just over 5½ months for Uncle Sam to go another trillion dollars deeper in debt since hitting $10-trillion last September 30th. It’s the fastest jump in U.S. history."
DOJ Posts Summaries of New FOIA Decisions
Summaries of New Decisions -- February 2009(posted 03/12/2009)
Summaries of New Decisions -- January 2009 (posted 03/12/2009)
Summaries of New Decisions -- December 2008 (posted 03/12/2009)
Office of Information Policy (OIP) (posted 03/11/2009)

Information for water scientists, engineers, environmentalists and librarians
http://www.interleaves.org/~rteeter/waterlib.html

Landmark U.S. Supreme Court Cases
http://www.landmarkcases.org/

eyas • \EYE-us\ • noun
an unfledged bird; specifically; a nestling hawk
"Eyas" is a funny-sounding word that exists because of a mistake. In the 15th century, Middle English speakers made an incorrect assumption about the word "neias," which comes from the Anglo-French "niais" ("fresh from the nest"). "A neias" sounded like "an eias" to their ears, so the word lost that initial "n," eventually becoming "eyas." (There are other words in English that were created in this same fashion; for example, "an apron" used to be "a napron.") M-W Word of the Day

R.L. Stine says Sebastian Barry's novel of the Irish during World War I is so exceptional and beautifully written that it reads like music. From an interview on “You Must Read This” http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101953070