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Electronic Government: National Archives and Records Administration’s Fiscal Year 2011 Expenditure Plan, GAO-11-299, March 04, 2011 U.S. Coins: Replacing the $1 Note with a $1 Coin Would Provide a Financial Benefit to the Government, GAO-11-281, March 04, 2011
News release with tables: “Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 192,000 in February, and the unemployment rate was little changed at 8.9 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains occurred in manufacturing, construction, professional and business services, health care, and transportation and warehousing. Household Survey Data: The number of unemployed persons (13.7 …
Via Microsoft, IE6 Countdown: “10 years ago a browser was born. Its name was Internet Explorer 6. Now that were in 2011, in an era of modern web standards, its time to say goodbye. This website is dedicated to watching Internet Explorer 6 usage drop to less than 1% worldwide, so more websites can choose …
Apps@State: “Use the communications tools at your disposal to spread your values…by creating your own networks you can extend the power of governments to end hunger, defeat disease, combat climate change and give every child the ability to live up to his or her God-given potential.” HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON, Secretary of State
ChronoPays Scareware Diaries: “If your Windows PC has been hijacked by fake anti-virus software or scareware anytime in the past few years, chances are good that the attack was made possible by ChronoPay, Russias largest processor of online payments. Tens of thousands of documents stolen and leaked last year from ChronoPay offer a fascinating look …
News release: “The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday requested public comment on proposed amendments to Regulation CC (Availability of Funds and Collection of Checks) to encourage banks to clear and return checks electronically, add provisions that govern electronic items cleared through the check-collection system, and shorten the “exception” hold periods on deposited funds. To encourage …
News release: “As part of its commitment to implement sensible protections of drinking water for communities across the country, and as required by the Safe Drinking Water Act, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing 30 currently unregulated contaminants for monitoring in water systems, and submitting this proposal for public comment. The comment period …
Who Tries to Find Objective Information on Health Care? Findings From the 2010 Health Confidence Survey – Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) “USERS OF HEALTH INFORMATION: This analysis looks at who currently uses information on health cost, quality, and outcomes. Data comes from the EBRI/MGA 2010 Health Confidence Survey (HCS), a survey that examines a …
8(a) Program: The Importance of Effective Fraud Prevention, Controls, GAO-11-440T, March 03, 2011 Additional Cost Transparency and Design Criteria Needed for National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Projects, GAO-11-364R, March 03, 2011 Defense Infrastructure: Navy Can Improve the Quality of Its Cost Estimate to Homeport an Aircraft Carrier at Naval Station Mayport, GAO-11-309, March 03, …
A Post‐Crisis Assessment of Retirement Income Adequacy for Baby Boomers and Gen Xers, By Jack VanDerhei, Employee Benefit Research Institute. “The analysis in this paper was designed to answer two questions: What percentage of U.S. households became at risk of insufficient retirement income as a result of the financial market and real estate crisis in …
News release: “Global food prices increased for the eighth consecutive month in February, with prices of all commodity groups monitored rising again, except for sugar, FAO [UN food and Agriculture Organization] said today. FAO expects a tightening of the global cereal supply and demand balance in 2010/11. In the face of a growing demand and …
“A nonpartisan map of all 435 congressional districts in the nation has never been drawn. The widespread diffusion of redistricting technology and data and the training of a group of students dedicated to that purpose has made such a map possible for the first time. DrawCongress.org represents the first attempt to create an internet depository …
