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Employment Situation Summary, March 2012: “Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 120,000 in March, and the unemployment rate was little changed at 8.2 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment rose in manufacturing, food services and drinking places, and health care, but was down in retail trade.Household Survey Data – The number of …
Maritime Security – Coast Guard Efforts to Address Port Recovery and Salvage Response, GAO-12-494R, Apr 6, 2012 State and Local Governments’ Fiscal Outlook, April 2012 Update, GAO-12-523SP, April 5, 2012: “In the long term, the decline in the sectors operating balance is primarily driven by the rising health-related costs of state and local expenditures on …
CRS – The Peace Corps: Current Issues – Curt Tarnoff, Specialist in Foreign Affairs, April 4, 2012 “Founded in 1961, the Peace Corps has sought to meet its legislative mandate of promoting world peace and friendship by sending American volunteers to serve at the grassroots level in villages and towns in all corners of the …
“How much does the U.S. spend on health care? This Institute of Medicine infographic explores waste in spending and opportunities for savings. The United States spends far more on health care than any other nation. In 2009, health care costs reached $2.5 trillionnearly 17 percent of the GDP. Yet despite this spending, health outcomes in …
Ensuring Safe Foods and Medical Products Through Stronger Regulatory Systems Abroad, April 4, 2012 “Whether its suspect scallions from Mexico or contaminated ingredients from China used in the blood thinner heparin, the FDA is intimately familiar with the daunting task of policing the safety of food and medical products faced by regulators abroad. The FDA …
CRS: The U.S. Infant Mortality Rate: International Comparisons, Underlying Factors, and Federal Programs, Elayne J. Heisler, Analyst in Health Services, April 4, 2012 “The infant mortality rate (IMR)the number of deaths occurring in the first year of life per 1,000 live birthsis a widely used proxy for the health status of a nation, and is …
Via Stephane Cottin, Membre du conseil d’administration at ADIJ Association pour le developpement de l’informatique juridique – France – news on the availability of new databases that provide multiple language access to the French official legal portal Legifrance.gouv.fr – Translations of French legal texts Italian Arabic German Spanish Chinese A list of French legal texts …
10 Things Online Data Collectors Won’t Say – They know your online browsing secrets. We reveal their hidden tactics. “If you’re reading this on the Internet, chances are you’re being followed. More than 200 data collection companies and ad networks use approximately 600 different tracking technologies to gather and sell information on people’s web habits, …
Mysteries of Killer Whales Uncovered in the Antarctic, by fen Montaigne: “Two of the worlds leading experts on the worlds top marine predator are now in Antarctica, tagging and photographing a creature whose remarkably cooperative hunting behavior and transmission of knowledge across generations may be rivaled only by humans.”
