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“As required by the bipartisan FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration today proposed a rule that would require the largest food businesses in the United States and abroad to take steps to prevent facilities from being the target of intentional attempts to contaminate the food supply. The FDA is unaware …
‘The International Data Base has been updated to include revised estimates and projections for 16 countries or areas incorporating new data or analysis. One of the countries in this update is Mexico, whose 2013 population is now projected to be 2.2 percent larger than the previous estimate primarily because of lower estimates of emigration since …
“The Census Bureau’s data tool for quickly finding facts about counties, cities and states is now updated with the latest 2008-2012 American Community Statistics. QuickFacts provides users with a variety of demographic, economic and housing characteristics on their communities and those around them.”
2013 Status of Telework in the Federal Government – Report to the Congress. United States Office of Personnel Management, December 2013 “As demonstrated in this second U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) status report under the Telework Enhancement Act (the Act), the utility of telework as a strategic organizational change program is increasingly appreciated within the Federal Government. Reported results …
“We launched the Transparency Report in 2010 to provide hard evidence of how laws and policies affect access to information online. Today, for the eighth time, we’re releasing new numbers showing requests from governments to remove content from our services. From January to June 2013, we received 3,846 government requests to remove 24,737 pieces of content—a 68 percent increase over the …
Now 72% say it is greater threat than big business or big labor, by Jeffrey M. Jones: “Seventy-two percent of Americans say big government is a greater threat to the U.S. in the future than is big business or big labor, a record high in the nearly 50-year history of this question. The prior high for …
“The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), in collaboration with the other members of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC), today published in the Federal Register final supervisory guidance titled Social Media: Consumer Compliance Risk Management Guidance. Technological advancements allow financial institutions to use social media in a variety of ways, including marketing; facilitating applications for …
“The average temperature across global land and ocean surfaces during November 2013 was record highest for November in the 134-year period of record, at 0.78°C (1.40°F) above the 20th century average. This surpasses the previous record set in 2004 by 0.03°C (0.05°F) and is also the sixth highest monthly departure from average among all months on …
“The Open Data 500 is the first comprehensive study of U.S. companies using open government data to develop new products and services. The study will identify, describe, and analyze companies that use open government data in their businesses. The Open Data 500 is designed to provide a basis for assessing the value of government data; …
Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): 2012 Highlights. U.S. Census Bureau. Social, Economic and Housing Statistics Division (SEHSD). Small Area Estimates Branch (SAEB) . Issued December 2013. “This document presents 2012 data released by the Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) program of the U.S. Census Bureau in December of 2013. The SAIPE program produces single-year poverty statistics for …
The GovLoop Team: “Despite setbacks (eg. sequester and shutdown), public servants took innovation to another level during the past year. From mobile to big data, public servants were on the cutting edge of innovation in 2013. GovLoop is excited to share our annual list of the most impactful programs and projects in government. Our annual report, …
“This article presents recent statistics on the use of social media by enterprises in the European Union (EU) as part of their strategy for integrating information and communication technologies (ICT) in their business. Social media refer to internet based applications such as, for instance, social networks, blogs, multimedia content-sharing sites and wikis. In principle, enterprises use social media for image building …
