Day archives: December 14th, 2010

U.S. Census Bureau Releases First Set of 5-Year American Community Survey Estimates – Maryland Remains Richest State

New York Times: “The counties with the three highest median household incomes are all in the Virginia suburbs of Washington. Falls Church led the pack with $113,313 per household, an increase of 17 percent since 2000. The county with the lowest median household income was Owsley, Ky., at $18,869.” Baltimore Sun: “Maryland’s median household income …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Pew Internet Presentation: Dancing with megaphones – the New Rules, Realities and Hard Data Behind Consumer

Presentation by Pete Blackshaw: CMO, NM Incite, a Nielsen-McKinsey Company and Lee Rainie: Director, Pew Internet Project “The media ecology has changed so profoundly that the people formerly known as consumers are a new breed. They allocate their attention differently. They approach the product research differently. They move into a buying frame of mind differently. …

Subjects: E-Commerce

Business Roundable: Roadmap for Growth

“The United States is at a critical juncture. The deep recession and weak economic recovery have left one in 10 American workers without a job, and our federal budget is driving our country’s debt to unprecedented levels. Business Roundtable believes that the nation’s business community, the White House and Congress must work together to encourage …

Subjects: Government Documents

EPA Removes Saccharin from Hazardous Substances Listing

News release: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has removed saccharin, a common artificial sweetener, and its salts from the agency’s list of hazardous substances. Saccharin is no longer considered a potential hazard to human health. Saccharin is a white crystalline powder that is found in diet soft drinks, chewing gum and juice. Saccharin was …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

New GAO Reports: 2010 Census, Combat Ship Acquisition Strategies

2010 Census: Data Collection Operations Were Generally Completed as Planned, but Long-standing Challenges Suggest Need for Fundamental Reforms, GAO-11-193, December 14, 2010 2010 Census: Follow-up Should Reduce Coverage Errors, but Effects on Demographic Groups Need to Be Determined, GAO-11-154, December 14, 2010 2010 Census: Key Efforts to Include Hard-to-Count Populations Went Generally as Planned; Improvements …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

OECD: Euro area recovering but major reforms needed to restore stability

News release: “The euro area is now recovering from a severe recession, but the build-up of large economic, fiscal and financial imbalances demands a coherent and forward-looking reform agenda, according to a new OECD report. The OECD’s latest Economic Survey of the Euro Area, presented today in Brussels by OECD Deputy Secretary-General and Chief Economist …

Subjects: Government Documents

CBO: Economic Impacts of Waiting to Resolve the Long-Term Budget Imbalance

Economic Impacts of Waiting to Resolve the Long-Term Budget Imbalance, December 10. 2010 “To prevent federal debt from rising to unsupportable levels, policymakers would eventually have to restrain the growth of spending, raise revenues significantly above their historical share of gross domestic product (GDP), or pursue some combination of those two approaches. Addressing the long-term …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents