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When Labels Dont Fit: Hispanics and Their Views of Identity – by Paul Taylor, Mark Hugo Lopez, Jessica Hamar Martínez and Gabriel Velasco, April 4, 2012 “Nearly four decades after the United States government mandated the use of the terms Hispanic or Latino to categorize Americans who trace their roots to Spanish-speaking countries, a new …
“EPIC has filed an amicus brief in the Ninth Circuit urging the court to affirm legal protections for users of home Wi-Fi networks. In Joffe v. Google, the plaintiffs sued Google for the interception and capture of private communications transferred over residential Wi-Fi networks. Google argued that it should be exempt from liability under the …
Medicare Secondary Payer – Additional Steps Are Needed to, Improve Program Effectiveness for Non-Group Health Plans, GAO-12-333, Mar 9, 2012 The Federal Government’s Long-Term Fiscal Outlook – Spring 2012 Update, GAO-12-521SP, Apr 2, 2012
News release: “The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) reported that the National Average Contract Mortgage Rate for the Purchase of Previously Occupied Homes by Combined Lenders, used as an index in some ARM contracts, was 4.08 percent based on loans closed in February. Beginning this month, FHFA is calculating interest rates using un-weighted survey data. …
Effects of Radiation from Fukushima Dai-ichi on the U.S. Marine Environment, April 12, 2012 “The massive Tohoku earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011, caused extensive damage in northeastern Japan, including damage to the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power installation, which resulted in the release of radiation. Some have called this incident the biggest manmade release …
Effects of Radiation from Fukushima Dai-ichi on the U.S. Marine Environment, April 12, 2012 “The massive Tohoku earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011, caused extensive damage in northeastern Japan, including damage to the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power installation, which resulted in the release of radiation. Some have called this incident the biggest manmade release …
“Different people need different resources as they try to quit. The information and professional assistance available on this Web site can help to support both your immediate and long-term needs as you become, and remain, a nonsmoker. Smokefree.gov allows you to choose the help that best fits your needs. You can get immediate assistance in …
News release: “In response to charges by the Federal Trade Commission, a federal judge has ordered the defendants behind a deceptive robocall scheme to pay a total of $30 million in civil penalties and give up more than $1.1 million in ill-gotten gains for violations of the FTC Act and the Telemarketing Sales Rule. The …
Census – Finances of Selected State and Local Government Employee Retirement Systems: 4th Quarter 2011 “This quarterly survey provides national summary statistics on the revenues, expenditures and composition of assets of the 100 largest state and local public employee retirement systems in the United States. These 100 systems comprise 89.4 percent of financial activity among …
