While collecting data for the “Transparency & Accountability” section of our 2012 Leaders & Laggards report, I discovered that Texas’s online institutional resumes, while a bit bland in delivery, were worlds better than the higher education data most states provide their students.

Myanmar President Thein Sein’s visit to Washington this week continues the ongoing process of normalization of relations between the United States and Myanmar and promotion of the reforms that country is undertaking. Those reforms have led to the easing of U.S. and western sanctions and a groundswell of investor interest in that market.

Robert Samuelson is right about the Congressional Budget Office’s estimate that this year’s budget deficit will only be $642 billion:

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It is fitting that during National Transportation Week the Senate, for the first time since 2007, passed a water resources bill.  Shepherded by Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Senator David Vitter (R-LA) through a unanimous committee vote and a strong bipartisan floor vote of