Day archives: October 3rd, 2010

America's Gulf Coast – A Long Term Recovery Plan after the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

America’s Gulf Coast – A Long Term Recovery Plan after the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Navy Secretary Ray Maybus: “This report will focus on these three central requirements for recovery in the Gulf Coast: the environment; the economy; and health and human services. These three areas are inextricably linked – what happens to the ecosystem …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

NCSL Projected Revenue Growth in FY 2011 and Beyond

“This new report from NCSL [National Center for State Legislatures], Projected Revenue Growth in FY 2011 and Beyond, shows that after several years of steep declines, state revenues are starting to pick up. State officials have anxiously awaited this turnaround for months or, in some cases, years. State revenue collections consistently underperformed forecasts throughout the …

Subjects: Government Documents, Legislation

Efforts of Ordinary Folks Yield Extraordinary Results for Loggerhead Turtles Threated by BP Spill

Follow up to previous posting, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Undertakes Major Sea Turtle Egg Evacuations In Response to Spill, this New York Times Magazine article, The BP-Spill Baby-Turtle Brigade: “The hatchlings from this season’s first nests, however, were on schedule to scramble into the Gulf of Mexico only a few months after the explosion …

Subjects: Knowledge Management

Loneliness Among Older Adults: A National Survey of Adults 45+

Loneliness Among Older Adults: A National Survey of Adults 45+, September 2010 “In order to better understand loneliness and social isolation among older adults, AARP commissioned a national survey of the 45+ population to examine these issues. In addition to examining prevalence rates among older Americans, the study provides a descriptive profile of lonely older …

Subjects: Knowledge Management

Affordable Care Act gives consumers new tools, makes health insurance market more transparent

News release: “The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that new information and tools have been added to HHS’ consumer website www.HealthCare.gov that will make the health insurance market more transparent, increase competition and help lower costs for individuals. For the first time ever, price estimates for private insurance policies are available, …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

BJS: Victimization During Household Burglary

Victimization During Household Burglary: “Presents findings from the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) on the characteristics of burglary, with comparisons between households where members were present and not present. It also examines the extent to which individuals in the residence are violently victimized when at home during these encounters. The NCVS classifies victimization as personal, …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Human Rights Council establishes Working Group on Discrimination against Women in Law and Practise

News release: “The UN Human Rights Council adopted a resolution in which it established for a period of three years a Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and practise, and a decision in which it decided to hold a panel discussion on human rights in the context of action taken …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Government Documents, Legal Research

President Obama Lauds Clean Energy Projects as Key to Creating New Jobs

Weekly Address – President Obama, October 2, 2010: “This month, in the Mojave Desert, a company called BrightSource plans to break ground on a revolutionary new type of solar power plant. It’s going to put about a thousand people to work building a state-of-the-art facility. And when it’s complete, it will turn sunlight into the …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents