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News release: “Moody’s Investors Service today repositioned the ratings of 15 banks and securities firms with global capital markets operations. The long-term senior debt ratings of 4 of these firms were downgraded by 1 notch, the ratings of 10 firms were downgraded by 2 notches and 1 firm was downgraded by 3 notches. In addition, …
Via Daniel Schuman, The Sunlight Foundation: “SCOUT is a new free alert service that allows you search and create email or text alerts on legislation shaping issues you care about in Congress and across all fifty states. Scout also makes it easy to search federal regulations and what is actually said by lawmakers in the …
“The nation’s elementary-secondary public school systems spent an average of $10,615 per pupil in fiscal year 2010, up 1.1 percent from the previous year, according to statistics released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. District of Columbia public schools spent $18,667 per student in 2010, which is the most of any state or state equivalent. …
Defense Acquisition Workforce – Improved Processes, Guidance, and Planning Needed to Enhance Use of Workforce Funds, GAO-12-747R, June 20, 2012 Health Center Program – 2011 Grant Award Process Highlighted Need and Special Populations and Merits Evaluation, GAO-12-504, May 29, 2012 Health Center Program – Improved Oversight Needed to Ensure Grantee Compliance with Requirements, GAO-12-546, May …
Regional Mortgage Conditions [New York City Boroughs, New Jersey, Long Island and Tri-State Area] – Percentage of delinquent mortgages. View the percentage of mortgages by delinquency status according to county and over time [60 days, 90 days, Foreclosure] “Data include first-lien mortgages on 1-4 unit residential properties as of the end of 2011. To approximate …
The Public Domain: Surveillance in Everyday Life, Alice Marwick. Surveillance & Society, Vol 9, No 4 (2012) “People create profiles on social network sites and Twitter accounts against the background of an audience. This paper argues that closely examining content created by others and looking at ones own content through other peoples eyes, a common …
News release: “Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd…announced the results of a new ZoneAlarm report revealing differences in the use of computer security between Gen Y and Baby Boomers. The report, The Generation Gap in Computer Security, found that Gen Y is more confident in its security knowledge than Baby Boomers. However, 50 percent of Gen …
Health Insurance Coverage: Early Release of Estimates From the National Health Interview Survey, 2011. June 2012 “Once each year, this quarterly report presents health insurance coverage rates for selected states. In 2011, the percentage of persons who were uninsured at the time of interview among the 32 states shown ranged from 3.9% in Massachusetts to …
News release: “In 2010, there were 22.0 million shared households in the United States, an 11.4 percent increase from 2007, according to a new U.S. Census Bureau report. This total of shared households accounted for 18.7 percent of all households, up from 17.0 percent in 2007. The report, Sharing a Household: Household Composition and Economic …
