Day archives: January 27th, 2012

CDC: Cancer Screening – United States, 2010

Cancer Screening — United States, 2010, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, January 27, 2012 / 61(03);41-45 “Each year, approximately 350,000 persons are diagnosed with breast, cervical, or colorectal cancer in the United States, and nearly 100,000 die from these diseases (1). The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends screening tests for each of these …

Subjects: Government Documents

New GAO Report – Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act Observations on Implementation

Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act – Observations on Implementation, GAO-12-275R, January 27, 2012 “According to information provided by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and our survey of the Inspectors General (IG), five civilian agencies, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Department of Energy, the Corporation …

Subjects: Government Documents

New Biking Directions Legend on Google

New Biking Directions Legend: “If you’re looking for new ways to get around for fun or to work, or might be trying to live a greener lifestyle in 2012, why not try biking? In March 2010 we introduced biking directions and since then Google Maps has been sharing biking directions with cyclists across the U.S …

Subjects: Search Engines

Public Alerts now on Google Maps

Google Lat Long blog:”[January 25, 2012] mark[ed] the launch of a new Google Crisis Response project: Google Public Alerts, a platform designed to bring you relevant emergency alerts when and where you’re searching for them. If a major weather event is headed for your area, you might go online to search for the information you …

Subjects: Search Engines

CRS – International Trade: Rules of Origin

International Trade: Rules of Origin. Vivian C. Jones, Specialist in International Trade and Finance; Michael F. Martin, Analyst in Asian Trade and Finance, January 5, 2012 “Determining the country of origin of a product is important for properly assessing tariffs, enforcing trade remedies (such as antidumping and countervailing duties) or quantitative restrictions (tariff quotas), and …

Subjects: Government Documents, Legal Research