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“Today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Environmental Protection Agency Deputy Administrator Stan Meiburg announced the United States’ first-ever national food waste reduction goal, calling for a 50-percent reduction by 2030. As part of the effort, the federal government will lead a new partnership with charitable organizations, faith-based organizations, the private sector and local, state and …
“Adblock Plus has launched the Adblock Browser, and we’re excited to announce that DuckDuckGo is the default search engine in Adblock Browser on iOS and Android! We’ve been working with the EFF to promote a new “Do Not Track” (DNT) standard for web browsing. We hope this new DNT policy will better protect people from …
[Via Rick McKinney, Assistant Law Librarian, Federal Reserve Board Law Library, Washington, DC] “For several decades the Legislative Research Special Interest Section of the Law Librarians’ Society of Washington, D.C. published a Union List of Legislative Histories. The most recent edition is the 7th edition published in loose-leaf in the year 2000 and accompanied by a …
Department of Defense’s Waiver of Competitive Prototyping Requirement for the Air Force’s F-15 Eagle Passive/Active Warning and Survivability System (EPAWSS) Program, GAO-15-800R: Published: Sep 21, 2015. Publicly Released: Sep 21, 2015: “The Department of Defense’s (DOD) rationale for waiving the competitive prototyping requirement in the Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act of 2009, as amended (WSARA), …
Physical Activity, Sadness, and Suicidality in Bullied US Adolescents, Clinical Guidance. Jeremy Sibold, EdD, ATC, Erika Edwards, PhD, Dianna Murray-Close, PhD , James J. Hudziak, MD, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT Accepted: July 14, 2015; Published Online: July 17, 2015. Publication stage: In Press Corrected Proof. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2015.06.019 Objective – The consequences of bullying are …
Association of American Universities – Full Report; Executive Summary; Press Release; Fact Sheet; Survey Instrument; FAQ “The primary goal of the Campus Climate Survey on Sexual Assault and Sexual Misconduct was to provide participating institutions of higher education with information to inform policies to prevent and respond to sexual assault and misconduct. The survey was …
IMF Staff Report, Monetary Policy and Financial Stability – August 28, 2015: “The issue of using monetary policy for financial stability purposes is hotly contested. The crisis was a reminder that price stability is not sufficient for financial stability, financial crises are costly, and policy should aim to decrease the likelihood of crises, not only …
“Nearly a half million individual deportation cases (456,644) were pending before the judges in the nation’s clearly overwhelmed Immigration Courts at the end of August, according to the very latest data from the U.S. Department of Justice. The severity of the rapidly growing crisis was revealed last January, when the court issued thousands of letters …
