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Via LLRX.com – Using tablet computers, e-libraries, and family literacy initiatives to encourage young children to read: David H. Rotham continues to articulate and comprehensively document the case that a public national digital library system should serve people of all income levels and all ages, centenarians included. In this article he focuses on how books …
“As the country struggles to recover from the impact of the Great Recession, one much discussed and analyzed economic measure has been the number of Americans who are unemployed. NPR News and the Kaiser Family Foundation partnered on the Long-Term Unemployed Survey to better describe the experiences and views of two groups of individuals: the …
Harvard School of Public Health Report – Four-Country Comparative Effectiveness Decision-Making and Patient Access Survey: “A new survey by the Harvard School of Public Health and the Alliance for Aging Research finds that a majority (62%) of Americans oppose decisions by the government or health insurance plans where prescription drugs or medical or surgical treatments …
CHIP Enrollment: December 2010 Data Snapshot, Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured This report provides the latest data on Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) enrollment and policy trends nationally and across the states through December 2010, based on survey responses and data provided by CHIP directors in all 50 states and the District of …
Medical Bill Problems Steady for U.S. Families, 2007-2010 – by Anna Sommers and Peter J. Cunningham “More than one in five Americans were in families reporting problems paying medical bills in 2010about the same proportion as in 2007, according to a new national study by the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC). Given the …
Department of Energy Releases its 2011 Critical Materials Strategy: “The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today released the 2011 Critical Materials Strategy. The report examines the role that rare earth metals and other key materials play in clean energy technologies such as wind turbines, electric vehicles, solar cells and energy-efficient lighting. The report found that …
Budgetary Effects of the Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011, as Posted on the Website of the House Committee on Rules on December 22, 2011
“The UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics provides essential data for analysing and measuring world trade, investment, international financial flows and development. Reliable statistical information is often considered as the first step during the preparation of making recommendations or taking decisions that countries will commit for many years as they strive to integrate into the world economy …
“The Secretary of the Treasury, in coordination with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), is required annually to submit financial statements for the U.S. government to the President and the Congress. GAO is required to audit these statements. The Fiscal Year 2011 Financial Report of the United States Government (Financial Report) …
News release: “The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner, Ireland 21 December 2011 published the outcome of its audit of Facebook Ireland(FB-I) which was conducted over the last three months including on-site in Facebook Irelands Headquarters in Dublin. The report is available in 2 parts: Report of the Audit, including recommendations and the Facebook Technical …
