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“For decades, natural gas has played an important role in electricity generation, industrial uses, and heating in the United Statesand with recent improvements in horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing (fracking) of shale formations, drillers can now access a vastly greater amount of gas at lower cost than in the past. The rapid growth in drilling …
Via LLRX.com – ShoppingBots and Online Shopping Resources 2012 – Marcus P. Zillman’s guide, great for holiday and year round shopping, and comprises a comprehensive listing of shoppingbot and online shopping resources and sites on the Internet. Comparison shopping for books, electronics, gadgets, clothing, green products, hotels? Looking for coupons, discounts, vouchers or last minute …
Corporate Governance of Political Expenditures: 2011 Benchmark Report on S&P 500 Companies, By Heidi Welsh and Robin Young, November 2011 “This study takes a close look at the nature and extent of the voluntary governance reforms companies have made, using a broad definition of political spending, to see how these practices affect key disclosure and …
“The Federal Trade Commission has issued its Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 Performance and Accountability Report. The report shows American taxpayers how the FTC has managed its resources, highlights major accomplishments in fulfilling the FTC’s two core goals of protecting consumers and promoting competition, and outlines plans for addressing future challenges. As required by the Reports …
News release: “The HHS Office for the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology announced today that more than 100,000 primary care providers are adopting certified Electronic Health Records (EHRs) to help improve their quality of care and ultimately lower health care costs. This commitment by more than one-third of all primary care providers nationwide to …
The New, Convoluted Life Cycle Of A Newspaper Story, by Lauren Rabaino “News must be really hard to follow for an everyday consumer of a newspaper website. First tweets go out, sometimes with no links to additional coverage. Then a few grafs go up on a blog, followed by additional updates, either to the top …
News release: “Building on President Obama’s historic national program, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today formally unveiled their joint proposal to set stronger fuel economy and greenhouse gas pollution standards for Model Year 2017-2025 passenger cars and light trucks. Cars, SUVs, minivans, and pickup trucks are currently …
Evaluation Report – The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Unclassified Cyber Security Program – 2011. OAS-M-12-01 November 2011. “The Commission had taken actions to improve its cyber security posture and mitigate risks associated with certain issues identified during our FY 2010 evaluation. While these measures are noteworthy, our current evaluation disclosed that additional action is needed …
Strategic Release of News at the EPA – Lucija Muehlenbachs, Elisabeth Newcomb Sinha, and Nitish Ranjan Sinha, October 26, 2011 “Using advances in text analysis, we examine the content and timing of 21,493 press releases issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) between 1994 and 2009. Press releases announcing enforcement actions or regulatory changes …
“What is LST? – Law School Transparency is a Tennessee non-profit dedicated to encouraging and facilitating the transparent flow of consumer information. It was founded by two Vanderbilt University Law School students in 2009 on the belief that other law schools could be as transparent as Vanderbilt. LST operates independently of any legal institutions, legal …
