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Workplace Violence, 1993-2009, Erika Harrell, Ph.D., BJS Statistician, March 29, 2011. NCJ 233231 “Presents information on violence in the workplace against employed persons based on the Bureau of Justice Statistics’ National Crime Victimization Survey and the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries. This report includes both nonfatal and fatal forms of violence. …
Japans Nuclear Woes Give Rise to Crowd-Sourced Radiation Maps In Asia and US, by Aaron Saenz “The worlds eyes have been on Japan, watching the nation cope with earthquakes, tsunamis, and now the threat of poisoning from nuclear radiation. While the nations emergency workers are making valiant efforts to combat dangers from the Fukushima I …
Financial Ombudsman Service, Financial Services Authority and the Office of Fair Trading Consumer complaint (emerging risks and mass claims): Feedback on DP10/1 From the March 2011 “In Summary Newsletter”: “We the Financial Services Authority (FSA), the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) and the Financial Ombudsman Service (the ombudsman service) are publishing a Feedback …
Report on the Troubled Asset Relief Program, March 29, 2011: “In October 2008, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (Division A of Public Law 110-343) established the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) to enable the Department of the Treasury to promote stability in financial markets through the purchase and guarantee of “troubled assets.” Section …
Via EFF: “Your cell phone company knows everywhere you go, twenty-four hours a day, every day. How concrete is this fact for you? It’s very concrete for Malte Spitz, a German politician and privacy advocate. He used German privacy law which, like the law of many European countries, gives individuals a right to see …
Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan – At what risk? Correcting over-reliance on contractors in contingency operations, Second Interim Report to Congress, Recommendations for Legislative and Policy Changes Commission, February 24, 2011 “Federal reliance on contractors to support defense, diplomatic, and development missions during contingency operations stands at unprecedented levels. Over the course …
News release: “The staffs of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (together, the agencies) announced that the agencies this week are considering for approval a notice …
Internet Access Services: Status as of June 30, 2010, Industry Analysis and Technology Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, March 2011: “This report summarizes information about Internet access connections over 200 kilobits per second (kbps) in at least one direction in service in the United States on June 30, 2010, as collected by FCC Form 477. Form …
