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Flow of Funds Guide: “This interactive documentation serves as a guide to the data compiled and published as part of the Flow of Funds Accounts of the United States (Z.1) data release and the Integrated Macroeconomic Accounts. This comprehensive documentation system is designed to help a user understand the links between series and underlying source …
Enabling Distributed Security in Cyberspace – Building a Healthy and Resilient Cyber Ecosystem with Automated Collective Action, March 23, 2011 “Like natural ecosystems, the cyber ecosystem comprises a variety of diverse participants private firms, non‐profits, governments, individuals, processes, and cyber devices (computers, software, and communications technologies) that interact for multiple purposes. Today in …
This FAQ comprises Q&A from three federal agencies concerning Iodine-131 (131I), also called radioiodine: EPA, FDA and CDC. Related FAQ from Massachusetts Department of Health and Human Services, March 27, 2011: “The I-131 found recently in rainwater is likely the result of atmospheric conditions. The trace amounts of I-131 have been trapped in cloud formation …
The Office of Special Investigations: Striving for Accountability in the Aftermarth of the Holocaust, by Judy Feigin, Edited by Mark M Richard, Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice Criminal Division, December 2008 “[T]he Holocaust is one of those few issues that the more distant we are from it, the larger it looms. Each …
“In 2009, the Social Security Administration administered the delivery of one-time economic recovery payments of $250 for most recipients of Social Security, Railroad Retirement, Supplemental Security Income, and Veterans’ Benefits. Individuals who qualified for or received any of these benefits anytime from November 2008 through January 2009 were eligible to receive this one-time economic recovery …
Large and Deadly Earthquakes This Year – Earthquakes Magnitude 7 and Greater “This
National Income and Product Accounts Gross Domestic Product: Fourth Quarter and Annual 2010 (Third Estimate) Corporate Profits: Fourth Quarter and Annual 2010 “Real gross domestic product – the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States – increased at an annual rate of 3.1 percent in the fourth …
Bahrain Country Analysis Brief, Mar 23, 2011: “Despite its relatively low volumes of oil production, Bahrain’s oil sector accounts for about 70 percent of total government revenues. The country’s exports are mainly in the form of refined petroleum products rather than crude oil. Bahrain’s proven oil reserves stood at 125 million barrels as of January …
Privacy Impact Assessment for the Use of Unidirectional Social Media Applications Communications and Outreach, March 8, 2011. Kathleen McShea Director of New Media and Web Communications, Office of Public Affairs, Department of Homeland Security “Unidirectional social media applications encompass a range of applications, often referred to as applets or widgets, that allow users to view …
EEOC fact sheets about the law and new regulations: EEOC – The Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 EEOC press release: EEOC Announces Final Bipartisan Regulations for the ADA Amendments Act Federal Register: Regulations To Implement the Equal Employment Provisions of the Americans With Disabilities Act, as Amended [via Ohio Legal Rights Service]
Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization (Annual Revision) – G.17: “The Federal Reserve has revised its index of industrial production (IP) and the related measures of capacity and capacity utilization. Although the revisions affect these data for January 1972 through February 2011, the most significant effects are for the period from 2008 through 2010. Measured from …
“The Women@Nasa website includes a stunning collection of 32 videos and essays from women across the agency who contribute to NASAs mission in many different ways. We hope to give you a glimpse of the talent we have at the agency today. Their stories illuminate the vibrant community of dedicated women workers who play a …
