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State of the Nation Report – Society, Economy and Policy in Israel 2009, Dan Ben-David, Editor. Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel, Jerusalem, September 2010 “The State of the Nation Report opens with a macro analysis chapter, painting the big picture of the anomaly that is Israel: creativity and innovation pushing the envelope …
EIA – Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey Report Release, September 29, 2010: “Office Buildings” provides an in-depth look at this building type as reported in the 2003 Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey. Office buildings are the most common type of commercial building and they consumed more than 17 percent of all energy in the commercial …
Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel, e-Bulletin 21 September 2010: “How does life expectancy in Israel compare to life expectancy in other countries? Three decades ago, in 1980, life expectancies for Israeli Jews, for the U.S., and for OECD countries (commonly considered the group of developed countries) excluding the U.S. were almost identical, …
Defense Infrastructure: Department of Defense’s Energy Supplemental Report, GAO-10-988R, September 29, 2010 Department of Defense: Financial Management Improvement and Audit Readiness Efforts Continue to Evolve, GAO-10-1059T, September 29, 2010 Export Promotion: Observations on the Export-Import Bank’s Efforts to Achieve U.S. Policy Goals, GAO-10-1069T, September 29, 2010 Information Sharing: Federal Agencies Are Helping Fusion Centers Build …
Statement of Douglas W. Elmendorf, Director, The Economic Outlook and Fiscal Policy Choices, before the Committee on the Budget United States Senate September 28, 2010 “CBO expectsas do most private forecastersthat the economic recovery will proceed at a modest pace during the next few years. In its projections released in August, CBO forecast that, under …
Chairman Ben S. Bernanke, Regulatory Reform Implementation, Before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C., September 30, 2010 “A final element of the Federal Reserve’s efforts to implement the Dodd-Frank Act relates to the transparency of our balance sheet and liquidity programs. Well before enactment, we were providing a great …
News release: “In the 2010 Kids and Family Reading Report – Turning the Page in the Digital Age – a national survey released today, children age 6 17 and their parents share their views on a wide range of topics regarding reading in the 21st Century. The study, conducted by Scholastic, the global childrens …
Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment – August 2010: “Unemployment rates were lower in August than a year earlier in 182 of the 372 metropolitan areas, higher in 169 areas, and unchanged in 21 areas, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Twelve areas recorded jobless rates of at least 15.0 percent, while 9 areas …
Follow up to Census Bureau Releases 2009 American Community Survey Data – “A closer look at the numbers reveals that while poverty has not increased substantially for the city as a whole, it has jumped sharply for certain groups: More than one in four children in DC lives in poverty. The child poverty rate rose …
U.S. Natural Gas Imports & Exports: 2009, released September 28, 2010 “In 2009, net U.S. imports of natural gas were the lowest since 1994, representing just 12 percent of total consumption. The primary underlying cause for the lower level of net imports was continued strong levels of natural gas production in the lower 48 States. …
News release: “A new national study reveals that nearly 7.8 million adolescents aged 12 to 17, almost one third (30.9 percent), participated in any of three violent behaviors over the past year. The study, conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), showed that 22.6 percent of adolescents reported having participated in …
