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The Economist: “Peru’s forests cover 72m hectares of the country (278,000 square miles). That is three times the area of Britain. And Peru intends to hold on to its greenery. In 2000 its deforestation rate was 250,000 hectares a year. By 2005 that figure was down to 150,000. This year, according to Antonio Brack Egg, …
Generations 2010, Kathryn Zickuhr, Web Coordinator, 12/16/2010 “There are still notable differences by generation in online activities, but the dominance of the Millennial generation that we documented in our first Generations report in 2009 has slipped in many activities. Milliennials, those ages 18-33, remain more likely to access the internet wirelessly with a laptop or …
Leading Through Civilian Power – The First Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review, December 2010 [Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton]…last year, I announced a sweeping review of diplomacy and development, the core missions of the State Department and USAID respectively. We consulted hundreds of people throughout the U.S. government and around the world. This report, …
Obesity and Socioeconomic Status in Children and Adolescents: United States, 20052008, Cynthia L. Ogden, Ph.D.; Molly M. Lamb, Ph.D.; Margaret D. Carroll, M.S.P.H.; and Katherine M. Flegal, Ph.D. CDC, National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) Data Brief No. 51 December 2010, In 20072008 almost 17% of children and adolescents aged 219 years were obese. Childhood …
News release: “The Department of Commerce today issued a report detailing initial policy recommendations aimed at promoting consumer privacy online while ensuring the Internet remains a platform that spurs innovation, job creation, and economic growth. The report outlines a dynamic framework to increase protection of consumers commercial data and support innovation and evolving technology. The …
News release: “An estimated 11.7 million persons, representing five percent of all persons age 16 or older in the United States, were victims of identity theft during the two years prior to being surveyed in 2008, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. The financial losses due to the identity theft totaled more than …
“On December 14, HHS issued its new Strategic Framework on Multiple Chronic Conditions ― an innovative, private-public sector collaboration to coordinate responses to a growing challenge. Report: Multiple Chronic Conditions: A Strategic Framework Press release: HHS issues new strategic framework on multiple chronic conditions Newsletter article for stakeholders: The Challenge of Managing Multiple Chronic Conditions …
Rising to the Challenge: “This independent report was commissioned by Savvis and conducted by Vanson Bourne in April 2010. The research surveyed CIOs, IT Directors and Heads of IT in the U.S., U.K. and Singapore from medium to large enterprises and the public sector…Our 2010 survey findings revealed that a large percentage of organizations are …
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Trust for America’s Health Issue Report: Issue Report – Ready or Not? Protecting the Public’s Health From Diseases, Disasters, and Bioterrorism, December 2010 “There is an emergency for emergency health preparedness in the United States. The severe budget cuts by federal, state, and local governments are leaving public health departments understaffed …
