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News release: “According to information released today by the FBI, 56 law enforcement officers were feloniously killed in the line of duty last year; 72 officers died in accidents while performing their duties; and 53,469 officers were assaulted in the line of duty. The 2010 edition of Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted…provides comprehensive tabular …
Tax Reform Options: Promoting Retirement Security by Jack VanDerhei, Employee Benefit Research Institute: “Currently, the combination of worker and employer contributions in a defined contribution plan is capped by the federal tax code at the lesser of $49,000 per year or 100 percent of a workers compensation (participants over age 50 can made additional catch-up …
“The NICE Cybersecurity Workforce Framework offers a working taxonomy and common lexicon that can be overlaid onto any organization’s existing occupational structure. Although much work has gone into this framework, we need to ensure that it can be adopted and used across the nation. We are actively seeking to refine this framework with input from …
Teens, kindness and cruelty on social network sites by Amanda Lenhart, Mary Madden, Aaron Smith, Kristen Purcell, Kathryn Zickuhr, Lee Rainie. Nov 9, 2011 “Social media use has become so pervasive in the lives of American teens that having a presence on a social network site is almost synonymous with being online. Fully 95% of …
News release: “Fifty-one percent of working women who had their first birth between 2006 and 2008 received paid leave (i.e. maternity leave, sick leave, vacation) compared with 42 percent between 1996 and 2000, according to a report released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. This finding comes from Maternity Leave and Employment Patterns of First-Time …
“The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has publicly released the transcripts of President Richard Nixon’s Watergate grand jury testimony. In collaboration with the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), the collection has been released on FDsys. This collection has been made public as a result of the July 29, 2011 order by Chief Judge of …
Dodd-Frank Act Regulations: Implementation Could Benefit from Additional Analyses and Coordination, GAO-12-151, Nov 10, 2011 Financial Audit: IRS’s Fiscal Years 2011 and 2010 Financial Statements, GAO-12-165, Nov 10, 2011 Financial Audit: Office of Financial Stability (Troubled Asset Relief Program) Fiscal Years 2011 and 2010 Financial Statements, GAO-12-169, Nov 10, 2011 Medicaid: Prototype Formula Would Provide …
“Federal agencies and their partners collect and manage large amounts of geospatial data – but these data are often not easily found when needed or accessible in useful forms. The Geospatial Platform provides ready access to federally maintained geospatial data, services and applications. The content of all datasets and services demarcated with the Data.gov globe …
About Think with Google: “In this world gone digital, the marketing industry is moving faster than ever before. At Think with Google, we bring together like-minded marketers to keep up with whats new and whats next in digital media and marketing. Here you will find a selection of the research, insights and ideas from …
“In the Presidential Proclamation for America Recycles Day, November 2010, the President established an Interagency Task Force on Electronics Stewardship. The President charged the Task Force with developing a national strategy for electronics stewardship, with CEQ, EPA, and GSA as the leads. The Task Force has released the National Strategy for Electronics Stewardship report, which …
Economic Growth and the Unemployment Rate, Linda Levine, Specialist in Labor Economics. October 28, 2011 “What appears to matter for a reduction in the unemployment rate is the rate of actual economic growth compared with the rate of growth in potential output (i.e., the output gap). Potential output is a measure of the economys capacity …
Federal Employees’ Compensation Act: Preliminary Observations on Fraud-Prevention Controls, GAO-12-212T November 9, 2011
