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News release: “Retail salespersons and cashiers were the two largest occupations in the private sector in May 2009, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Postal service mail carriers; correctional officers and jailers; and elementary school teachers, except special education, had the highest employment among all occupations in federal, state, and local government, respectively. …
Evaluating Sustainability of Projected Water Demands in 2050, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC): “Climate change will impact water supplies, exacerbating existing pressures on water resources caused by population and economic growth. Given the combination of these stressors, the sustainability of water resources in future decades is a concern in many parts of the world. This …
News release: “Employer provided retirement plans were a common employee benefit in the United States, available to 74 percent of all full-time workers in private industry in March 2010, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. By contrast, 39 percent of part-time private industry workers had access to a retirement plan. These data are from …
News release: “Starting today, consumers have a new, easy-to-use, Consumer Help Center that puts them within one click of all the information they want from the Federal Communications Commission. The new portal launched today at www.fcc.gov/consumers will allow consumers to learn about different issues in telecommunications, make it easy for consumers to find out whats …
Federal Debt and the Risk of a Fiscal Crisis, July 27, 2010, Economic and Budget Issue Brief “Over the past few years, U.S. government debt held by the public has grown rapidlyto the point that, compared with the total output of the economy, it is now higher than it has ever been except during the …
Study unveils nation’s worst economies: Nevada, Florida, California – Triangle Business Journal: “The past five years have taken quite a toll on the North Carolina economy. But things could be worse: At least Tar Heel State isn’t Nevada, California or Florida. Those three states have the nations weakest economies, according to a midyear review of …
International Energy Outlook 2010 July 27, 2010: “The complete IEO2010 report is now available in PDF format. The Annual Energy Outlook 2010 presents an assessment for international energy markets through 2035. U.S. projections appearing in IEO2010 are consistent with those published in EIA’s Annual Energy Outlook 2010 (AEO2010 ), (April 2010).
Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR), Development Fund for Iraq: Department of Defense Needs To Improve Financial and Management Controls, July 27, 2010 “Weaknesses in DoDs financial and management controls left it unable to properly account for $8.7 billion of the $9.1 billion in DFI funds it received for reconstruction activities …
Follow up to previous postings on Bisphenol A (BPA), this report on BPA in store reciepts: “The plastic component bisphenol A (BPA) has been in the headlines nonstop as scientists, health experts and consumers press for a federal ban on food packaging made with this synthetic estrogen, shown to leach readily into infant formula, beverages …
Consumer Federation of America, National Association of Consumer Agency Administrators, North American Consumer Protection Investigators – 2009 Consumer Complaint Survey Report, July 27, 2010 “1. Auto: (1) Misrepresentations in advertising or sales of new and used cars; lemons; faulty repairs; leasing and towing disputes 2. Credit/Debt: (3) Billing and fee disputes; mortgage-related fraud; credit repair; …
Coast Guard: Deepwater Requirements, Quantities, and Cost Require Revalidation to Reflect Knowledge Gained, GAO-10-790, July 27, 2010 DOD’s High-Risk Areas: Observations on DOD’s Progress and Challenges in Strategic Planning for Supply Chain Management, GAO-10-929T, July 27, 2010 NextGen Air Transportation System: FAA’s Metrics Can Be Used to Report on Status of Individual Programs, but Not …
Statement of the Librarian of Congress on the Anticircumvention Rulemaking, July 26, 2010 Determination of the Librarian of Congress and Text of the Regulation (to be published in Federal Register Tuesday, July 27, 2010 The Recommendation of the Register of Copyrights: “The Librarian of Congress has announced the classes of works subject to the exemption …
