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New York Times: “As the United States and Russia searched for a diplomatic solution to the crisis over Syria’s chemical weapons, a four-person United Nations rights panel presented detailed evidence on Wednesday of what it said were war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by pro-government forces and, to a lesser extent, rebels in the …
CARGO TANK TRUCKS – Improved Incident Data and Regulatory Analysis Would Better Inform Decisions about Safety Risks, GAO-13-721, Sep 11, 2013 2020 CENSUS – Progress Report on the Census Bureau’s Efforts to Contain Enumeration Costs, GAO-13-857T, Sep 11, 2013 DELPHI PENSIONS – Key Events Leading to Plan Terminations, GAO-13-854T, Sep 11, 2013 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH – EPA Has Made Substantial Progress but Could …
EPIC: “The Office of the Director of National Intelligence has just released new documents concerning the NSA’s surveillance programs. The documents, which include numerous filings with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, date back to 2006. The documents specifically relate to the governments collection of information under Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act. In a …
Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse: “TRAC projects that in fiscal year 2013 the U.S. government will file actions in Immigration Court seeking to remove over 190,000 individuals from the country, according to the latest data extending through the end of August 2013. The estimated total does not count those individuals deported administratively by ICE or the …
CRS – Instances of Use of United States Armed Forces Abroad, 1798-2013. Barbara Salazar Torreon, Information Research Specialist, August 30, 2013 “This report lists hundreds of instances in which the United States has used its Armed Forces abroad in situations of military conflict or potential conflict or for other than normal peacetime purposes. It was …
Five Years After the Crash: What Americans Think about Wall Street, Banks, Business, and Free Enterprise “examines public opinion in the immediate aftermath of the 2008 crash and in the years since. How have attitudes changed toward America’s financial system? By comparing hundreds of survey questions from major pollsters, we provide an informative account of …
The Financial Crisis Five Years Later: Response, Reform, and Progress In Charts, U.S. Department of the Treasury, September 2013 “In the fall of 2008, our economy faced challenges on a scale not seen since the Great Depression. The crisis was caused by many factors. Among them were an unsustainable housing boom fueled in part by …
Striking it Richer: The Evolution of Top Incomes in the United States (Updated with 2012 preliminary estimates). Emmanuel Saez • September 3, 2013 “What’s new for recent years? 2009-2012: Uneven recovery from the Great Recession From 2009 to 2012, average real income per family grew modestly by 6.0%. Most of the gains happened in the …
“To improve chemical safety and provide more streamlined access to information on chemicals, EPA has built and is populating a new database. This new database, named ChemView, greatly improves access to health and safety data on chemicals regulated under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). It contains information EPA receives and develops about chemicals including …
Steven F. Hipple and Emy Sok – BLS: “Information on employee tenure – the length of time that workers have been with their current employer – may not grab headlines or get mentioned in social media as frequently as other measures of the labor market, such as employment growth, the unemployment rate, or earnings trends. …
