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Daily Archives: March 29, 2013

GAO Reports – CA High-Speed Passenger Rail, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

  • California High-Speed Passenger Rail – Project Estimates Could Be Improved to Better Inform Future Decisions, GAO-13-304, Mar 28, 2013
  • Individuals with Disabilities Education Act – Standards Needed to Improve Identification of Racial and Ethnic Over representation in Special Education, GAO-13-137, Feb 27, 2013
  • Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, Review of the Audit of the Financial Statements for 2012 and 2011, GAO-13-390R, Mar 29, 2013

Computer network support specialists is the largest newly defined occupation at 167,980

“Computer network support specialists, with employment of 167,980 in May 2012, and nurse practitioners, with employment of 105,780, were 2 of the largest new occupations in the 2010 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. These are 2 of 24 newly defined detailed occupations shown in table A. National… Continue Reading

BLS – Reduce, reuse, recycle: green technologies and practices at work

Audrey Watson: “Fifty-seven percent of businesses in the United States used green technologies or practices to improve energy efficiency within their establishments in August 2011, and over half used green technologies and practices to reduce or eliminate the creation of waste materials as a result of operations. These are some of the results from the… Continue Reading