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“The IAEA issued its latest status report on the situation in the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, including information on environmental radiation monitoring, the status of workers and current conditions on-site at the plant.” “A detailed survey to compile a map of airborne radiation levels began Monday in Iitate village in Fukushima Prefecture, with the …
“The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today launched a new website for patients and caregivers on the safe disposal of needles and other so-called sharps that are used at home, at work and while traveling. The website will help people understand the public health risks created by improperly disposing of used sharps and how users …
DOD Supply Chain: Preliminary Observations Indicate That Counterfeit Electronic Parts Can Be Found on Internet Purchasing Platforms, GAO-12-213T, Nov 8, 2011 Federal Bureau of Investigation: Actions Needed to Document Security Decisions and Address Issues with Condition of Headquarters Buildings, GAO-12-96, Nov 8, 2011 Financial Audit: Bureau of the Public Debt’s Fiscal Years 2011 and 2010 …
Follow up to related postings on Marcellus Shale and fracking, Oklahoma Geological Survey Open-File Report, OF1-2011, Examination of Possibly Induced Seismicity from Hydraulic Fracturing in the Eola Field, Garvin County, Oklahoma, August 2011 “On January 18, 2011, The Oklahoma Geological Survey (OGS) received a phone call from a resident living south of Elmore City, in …
Report of the IAEA on Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement and relevant provisions of Security Council resolutions in the Islamic Republic of Iran, November 8, 2011 NYT: U.N. Agency Says Iran Data Points to A-Bomb Work: “…inspectors had amassed over a thousand pages of documents, presumably leaked out of Iran. He said they showed …
“The Internal Revenue Code provides for dollar limitations on benefits and contributions under qualified retirement plans. Code §415 requires the limits to be adjusted annually for cost-of-living increases. The IRS announced on October 20, 2011 cost-of-living adjustments applicable to dollar limitations for pension plans and other items for tax year 2012.”
Unfinished Business? The WTO’s Doha Agenda – Editors: Will Martin and Aaditya Mattoo, November 2011 “The Doha Development Agenda (DDA) is in limbo. After ten years of hard work by skilled negotiators, seeking to identify the interests of different participants and to reconcile them into an overall agreement, no conclusion is in sight. A Doha-weary …
The Rising Age Gap in Economic Well-Being, The Old Prosper Relative to the Young, November 7, 2011 “Older adults have made dramatic gains relative to younger adults in their economic well being during the past quarter century, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of data from two key U.S. Census sources. Trends in …
