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News release: “The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) today launched a new online portal allowing open, comprehensive public access to data on UNDP’s work in 177 countries and territories, fulfilling a commitment to full transparency by 2013 above and beyond international standards…The new portal, open.undp.org, comprises comprehensive programmatic information from income and expenditures to …
News release: “The years 20012011 were all among the warmest on record, and, according to the World Meteorological Organization, the first ten months indicate that 2012 will most likely be no exception despite the cooling influence of La Niña early in the year. WMOs provisional annual statement on the state of the global climate also …
“The U.S. Census Bureau released today the 2006-2010 American Community Survey Equal Employment Opportunity Tabulation. The tabulation consists of 107 tables about the labor force crossed by sex, race and ethnicity. The U.S. Census Bureau has produced this tabulation after every decennial census since the 1970s. However, for the first time, this tabulation uses American …
“Report To The President On Propelling Innovation In Drug Discovery, Development, and Evaluation, prepared by the Presidents Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). This report responds to your request for recommendations on this topic…Despite major breakthroughs for some diseases, many of the most common human diseases are not effectively treated by existing therapies. …
CRS – The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR): Answers to Frequently Asked Questions, November 16, 2012 “The federal government is the largest buyer of goods and services in the world, and executive branch agenciesparticularly the Department of Defensemake most of these purchases. Many (although not all) acquisitions by executive branch agencies are subject to the Federal …
Via the European e-Justice Portal – “The European Case Law Identifier (ECLI) has been developed to facilitate the correct and unequivocal citation of judgments from European and national courts related to EU law. A set of uniform metadata will help to improve search facilities for case law. Before ECLI, it was difficult and time-consuming to …
“On May 1, 2009, Professor Luke Nichter of Texas A&M University-Central Texas petitioned Chief Judge Royce Lamberth of the District Court for the District of Columbia to release records sealed in the case of U.S. v. Liddy, the Watergate break-in case. The sealed proceedings include evidentiary discussions held outside the jury’s hearing, pretrial discussions between …
“This brief draws on newly available data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Quarterly Workforce Indicators, which includes information on firm age and size from the Business Dynamics Statistics microdata. The brief highlights statistics on hiring, turnover and wages at young businesses, finding that despite high worker turnover at young firms, the share of hires that …
Correctional Populations in the United States, 2011. Lauren E. Glaze, Erika Parks. November 29, 2012. NCJ 239972. “Presents summary data on the number of offenders under the supervision of the adult correctional systems in the United States at yearend 2011. Persons supervised by the adult correctional systems include those in the community under the authority …
CRS – The Federal Food Safety System: A Primer, Renée Johnson, Specialist in Agricultural Policy. November 26, 2012 “Numerous federal, state, and local agencies share responsibilities for regulating the safety of the U.S. food supply. Federal responsibility for food safety rests primarily with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture …
The Economist: “The four giants of the internet ageGoogle, Apple, Facebook and Amazonare extraordinary creatures. Never before has the world seen firms grow so fast or spread their tentacles so widely. Apple has become a colossus of capitalism, accounting for 4.3% of the value of the S&P 500 and 1.1% of the global equity market. …
Vital Signs: HIV Infection, Testing, and Risk Behaviors Among Youths United States, November 30, 2012 “The risk for acquiring human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection during adolescence and early adulthood starts with initiation of sexual behavior or injection drug use, and initiation of contributing behaviors such as use of alcohol and other drugs. The prevalence …
