Accurate, Focused Research on Law, Technology and Knowledge Discovery With Daily Postings Since 2002
Where Americans Get Acute Care: Increasingly, Its Not At Their Doctors Office, Stephen R. Pitts, Emily R. Carrier, Eugene C. Rich and Arthur L. Kellermann. Health Affairs, 29, no. 9 (2010): 1620-1629 doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2009.1026 “Historically, general practitioners provided first-contact care in the United States. Today, however, only 42 percent of the 354 million annual visits …
Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS), David Albright and Paul Brannan – Charts prepared by Christina Walrond – September 6, 2010: “The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) released on September 6, 2010 its latest report on the implementation of NPT safeguards in Iran and the status of Irans compliance with Security Council Resolutions 1737, …
Remarks by the President at Laborfest in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, September 6, 2010: “…today, I am announcing a new plan for rebuilding and modernizing Americas roads and rails and runways for the long term. I want America to have the best infrastructure in the world. We used to have the best infrastructure in the world. We …
Bringing the Market to You, Hakim Fobia, Agricultural Marketing Service Public Affairs Specialist on September 3, 2010 “Have you ever wanted fresh, local produce but didnt know how to find the nearest farmers market? The USDAs Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) makes it easy with the National Farmers Market search engine, which lists more than 6,100 …
National Energy Technology Laboratorys (NETLs) 2009 accomplishments report, released September 2, 2010. “Energy research and technology development achievements, including advances in clean fossil-based systems with carbon capture and storage (CCS), are highlighted in the just-released National Energy Technology Laboratorys (NETL) 2009 Accomplishments report. This years report, which details research and development (R&D) projects and activities …
News release: “A coalition of 31 consumer, animal welfare and environmental groups, along with commercial and recreational fisheries associations and food retailers submitted a joint statement criticizing an announcement this week by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that it will potentially approve the long-shelved AquAdvantage transgenic salmon as the first genetically engineered (GE) …
Presidential Proclamation–National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month One of the greatest responsibilities we have as a Nation is to safeguard the health and well-being of our children. We now face a national childhood obesity crisis, with nearly one in every three of America’s children being overweight or obese. There are concrete steps we can take right …
Sudan: The Crisis in Darfur and Status of the North-South Peace Agreement, Ted Dagne, Specialist in African Affairs, August 5, 2010 Sudan, geographically the largest country in Africa, has been ravaged by civil war intermittently for four decades. More than 2 million people have died in Southern Sudan over the past two decades due to …
Economic Policy Institute Briefing Paper #277 – Recession hits workers paychecks, Lawrence Mishel Heidi Shierhol, August 31, 2010 “Since the recession started in December 2007, a great deal of attention has been paid to the dramatic loss of jobs, decline in hiring, and the resulting high unemployment in the U.S. labor market. It is important …
News release: “New data released by the Transportation Equity Network reveals that investment in public transit can create hundreds of thousands more jobs than highway projects. More Transit Equals More Jobs examines official project lists from 20 federally authorized Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) and concludes that if [they] shifted 50 percent of their highway funds …
