Figures on government spending and debt (last six digits are eliminated). The government's fiscal year runs Oct. 1 through Sept. 30.

Total public debt subject to limit Jan. 22		12,245,872
Statutory debt limit					12,394,000
Total public debt outstanding Jan. 22			12,302,465
Operating balance Jan. 22				   142,454
Interest fiscal year 2009				   383,365
Interest fiscal year 2008				   451,154
Deficit fiscal year 2009				 1,417,121
Deficit fiscal year 2008				   454,798
Receipts fiscal year 2009				 2,104,613
Receipts fiscal year 2008				 2,523,642
Outlays fiscal year 2009				 3,521,734
Outlays fiscal year 2008				 2,978,440
Gold assets in September				    11,041

When hitting Borders, Barnes & Noble, etc this past week I saw no trace of these [PDF] in the calendar displays. Glad to see our tax dollars hard at work again and further comforted by the fact that our elected officials and those they've appointed are never ones to shrink from the all-important task of keeping our populace in a constant state of fear and suspicion.

For those who are more environmentally-conscious, there's the online reference/research site and a snazzy Flash version of the calendar.

From the "daily planner" intro:

The National Counterterrorism Center is pleased to present its 2008 edition of the Counterterrorism (CT) Calendar. This edition, the largest since the Calendar first appeared in a daily planner format in 2003, contains information across the full range of terrorism-related issues: terrorist groups, wanted terrorists, and technical pages on various threat-related issues. The Calendar marks dates according to the Gregorian and Islamic calendars and contains significant dates in terrorism history as well as dates that terrorists may believe are important when planning “commemoration-style” attacks.

In this era of continuing high levels of terrorist threats worldwide, the CT Calendar provides a ready reference of counterterrorism information. A daily planner version puts this information close at hand. The interactive Web site version at www.nctc.gov provides enhanced search tools. Both versions are designed for anyone concerned with terrorism: law-enforcement officials, intelligence officers, military, and security personnel, contingency planners, or simply citizens concerned by terrorist threats. The Calendar is oriented primarily to readers in the United States, but we hope it will also be useful for citizens of other countries.

To be a bit fair, the online reference site is not a bad resource. I just can't see (thankfully) this becoming a optional insert for your Day-Timer. Perhaps the next version will have an option to subscribe in ical format.

Phil and I have been busy again with two articles coming in FedTech Magazine (yes, writing to help the security of Big Brother). One is up now and deals with security of "G2B" (a.k.a. B2B) networks. We'll have one in the print 'zine in November which I'll "announce" once it's out.

Here's the teaser lead:

To borrow and twist a phrase from John Donne: “No LAN is an island,” especially in the 21st century. Unless you’re dealing with heavily protected systems and networks, you either already have existing external, third-party — government-to-business (G2B) — connections or will in the not-too-distant future. Then there are the virtual workers to contend with who require access to information on your network no matter where they are physically located on (or off) the planet.

In this reality, it’s crucial to know how to apply policies, processes and technology to safeguard your networks.