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September 20, 2010 – “The Business Cycle Dating Committee of the National Bureau of Economic Research met yesterday by conference call. At its meeting, the committee determined that a trough in business activity occurred in the U.S. economy in June 2009. The trough marks the end of the recession that began in December 2007 and …
Safe Disposal of Unused Medication: “On September 25, 2010, the Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. Department of Justice, will coordinate a collaborative effort with state and local law enforcement agencies to remove potentially dangerous controlled substances from our nations medicine cabinets. Collection activities will take place from 10:00 a.m. through 2:00 p.m. at sites established throughout …
A Review of the FBI’s Investigations of Certain Domestic Advocacy Groups, September 2010 The Atlantic: “FBI agents misled officials and the public, violated their own policy manual, used poor judgment, and engaged in sloppy police work when they investigated certain left-leaning, high-profile, domestic advocacy groups in the years immediately following 9/11, the Justice Department announced …
President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief: Efforts to Align Programs with Partner Countries’ HIV/AIDS Strategies and Promote Partner Country Ownership, GAO-10-836, September 20, 2010 Recovery Act: Opportunities to Improve Management and Strengthen Accountability over States’ and Localities’ Uses of Funds, GAO-10-999, September 20, 2010 Recovery Act: Survey of State Housing Finance Agencies’ Use of the …
Global Governance 2025, September 2010: “This report analyzes the gap between current international governance institutions, organizations and norms and the demands for global governance likely to be posed by long-term strategic challenges over the next 15 years. The report is the product of research and analysis by the National Intelligence Council and European Unions Institute …
Since the Start of the Great Recession, More Children Raised by Grandparents, by Gretchen Livingston and Kim Parker, Pew Research Center “About four-in-ten (41%) of those children who live with a grandparent (or grandparents) are also being raised primarily by that grandparent, according to the census data. This figure — 2.9 million children2 — rose …
Monthly Flash Estimate Sep 20, 2010: “The September issue of the Monthly Flash Estimate (MFE) of Electric Power Data is available on EIA’s Electricity page. This issue provides early highlights of July 2010 electricity data. In July 2010, total electric power generation in the United States increased 9.2 percent compared to July 2009. Over …
Oxford University Press Blog: New words, new phrases, old words – new senses – with some of which you will be familiar in light of the ongoing financial crisis, riding public transport, using social media, and having kids.
The Stagnating Labor Market, Arjun Jayadev, Mike Konczal | The Roosevelt Institute, September 19, 2010 “But ever since the financial crisis of 2008 and the following recession the labor market has broken down. Though tempered by the fiscal and monetary stimulus programs of the government, the waves of unemployment and exits from the labor force …
Taxing Caloric Sweetened Beverages To Curb Obesity, Travis A. Smith, Biing-Hwan Lin, Rosanna Mentzer Morrison, September 2010 “Obesity among the U.S. population has increased markedly over the past three decades. Two-thirds of U.S. adults are now either overweight or obese, and growing numbers of children are overweight as well. Studies by nutritionists and epidemiologists suggest …
Guidelines for Smart Grid Cyber Security: Vol. 2, Privacy and the Smart Grid. The Smart Grid Interoperability Panel Cyber Security Working Group, August 2010 “The Smart Grid brings with it many new data collection, communication, and information sharing capabilities related to energy usage, and these technologies in turn introduce concerns about privacy. Privacy relates …
News release: “September 24 marks the anniversary of a groundbreaking American invention a federal court system separate from the individual state courts. The Judiciary Act of 1789 was one of the first pieces of legislation enacted by the newly formed U.S. Congress. The law created a dual court system federal and state …
