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News release: “The field of bachelors degree makes a considerable difference in a college graduates annual earnings, according to 2011 American Community Survey (ACS) data released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. These differences add up over the span of ones work-life. For example, among people whose highest degree is a bachelors, engineering majors earn …
Summary of Commentary on Current Economic Conditions By Federal Reserve District, September 2012 “Reports from the twelve Federal Reserve Districts indicated that economic activity generally expanded modestly since the last report. The New York District noted a leveling off in economic activity, and Kansas City indicated some slowing in the pace of growth. In general, …
CRS – 2012-2013 Presidential Election Period: National Security Considerations and Options, John Rollins, Specialist in Terrorism and National Security. October 5, 2012 This report discusses historical national security-related presidential transition activities, provides a representative sampling of national security issues a new Administration may encounter, and offers considerations and options relevant to each of the five …
Unemployment: Issues in the 112th Congress, Jane G. Gravelle, Thomas L. Hungerford, Linda Levine. October 5, 2012 “This report considers three policy issues: whether to take additional measures to increase jobs, what measures might be most effective, and how job creation proposals should be financed. Most proposals discussed as part of a potential additional macroeconomic …
International Finance Corporation: “The Doing Business law library is the largest free online collection of business laws and regulations. We link to official government sources wherever possible. Translations are not official unless indicated otherwise. We update the collection regularly but are unable to guarantee that laws are the most recent version.”
Federal Tax Debts – Factors for Considering a Proposal to Report Tax Debts to Credit Bureaus, GAO-12-939, Sep 10, 2012 Water Pollution – EPA Has Improved Its Review of Effluent Guidelines but Could Benefit from More Information on Treatment Technologies, GAO-12-845, Sep 10, 2012
“With Medicaid a topic in the presidential campaign, a new infographic from the Kaiser Family Foundations Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured illustrates that while the majority of people served by Medicaid are children and families, most Medicaid spending two of every three dollars goes to care for elderly enrollees and people with …
“EIA projects average household expenditures for heating oil and natural gas will increase by 19 percent and 15 percent, respectively, this winter (October 1 through March 31) compared with last winter. Projected household expenditures are 5 percent higher for electricity and 13 percent higher for propane this winter. Average expenditures for households that heat with …
Congressional-Executive Commission On China Annual Report 2012 “Two countervailing trends exemplified human rights and rule of law developments in China this past year. On the one hand, the Commission observed the Chinese people, often at great risk, exercising the basic freedoms to which they are entitled and demanding recognition of these rights from their leaders. …
“Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced e-NEPA, a new online system that allows federal agencies to submit environmental impact statements (EISs) electronically. Traditionally, EISs have been submitted to EPA in hard copy. e-NEPA eliminates the need to mail or deliver copies of EISs to EPA headquarters, reducing printing, shipping, and delivery costs. It …
“This is the second release of the intercensal estimates, originally released in September 2011. The intercensal estimates differ from the postcensal estimates released last decade by the Population Estimates Program in that the intercensal estimates reflect the results of the 2010 Census, providing a consistent time series of population and housing unit estimates from 2000 …
