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Department of State: Additional Steps Are Needed to Improve Strategic Planning and Evaluation of Training for State Personnel GAO-11-438T, March 08, 2011 Department of State: Additional Steps Are Needed to Improve Strategic Planning and Evaluation of Training for State Personnel GAO-11-241, January 25, 2011
News release: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency updated its database that helps Americans understand the health and environmental impacts of electricity generation. EPAs Emissions and Generation Integrated Resource Database (eGRID) and Power Profiler now include data from 2007, an update from 2005. eGRID is a comprehensive database of emissions from almost all electric power generated …
Four Observations about the Federal Budget, March 2011 – CBO Director Doug Elmendorf’s presentation to the National Association for Business Economics: “The gap between spending and revenues is likely to remain very large even after we return to normal economic conditions. Fiscal policy cannot be put on a sustainable path just by eliminating waste and …
CBO Monthly Budget Review – March 2011, Based on the Monthly Treasury Statement for January and the Daily Treasury Statements for February Summary: “CBO estimates that the federal government incurred a budget deficit of $642 billion for the first five months of fiscal year 2011, $10 billion less than the shortfall recorded in the same …
Via the White House, Women in America: Indicators of Social and Economic Well-Being “In support of the Council on Women and Girls, the Office of Management and Budget and the Economics and Statistics Administration within the Department of Commerce worked together to create the Women in America report which, for the first time in recent …
“Womens History Month honors the achievements and contributions of American women in all walks of life. Check out some interesting facts about American women. Here are just a few: 157.2 million women and 153.2 million men reside in the United States. At age 85 and older, there are more than twice as many women as …
News release: “A new Federal Trade Commission report recommends improvements to two areas of patent law policies affecting how well a patent gives notice to the public of what technology is protected and remedies for patent infringement. The report, The Evolving IP Marketplace: Aligning Patent Notice and Remedies with Competition, emphasizes that the patent system …
An Assessment of Records Management Programs in the Federal Government National Archives and Records Administration, February 22, 2011 “Federal records are national assets. They are essential to Government transparency and accountability, and the people who use Federal records American citizens, Government officials, researchers must have confidence in their integrity, authenticity, and reliability. Towards …
Unhealthy Sleep-Related Behaviors – 12 States, 2009. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) March 4, 2011 / 60(08);233-238 “An estimated 50 -70 million adults in the United States have chronic sleep and wakefulness disorders. Sleep difficulties, some of which are preventable, are associated with chronic diseases, mental disorders, health-risk behaviors, limitations of daily functioning, injury, …
women at Work: “Until things slowly changed during the last century, women’s participation in the labor force was limited by traditional cultural, educational, and legal practices. Women’s work outside of home and marriage was restricted to a handful of occupations such as domestic service, factory work, farm work, and teaching. Over the past several decades, …
Updated Norovirus Outbreak Management and Disease Prevention Guidelines, Recommendations and Reports, March 4, 2011 / Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) 60(RR03);1-15 “Noroviruses are the most common cause of epidemic gastroenteritis, responsible for at least 50% of all gastroenteritis outbreaks worldwide, and a major cause of foodborne illness. In the United States, approximately 21 million …
Apps@State: “Use the communications tools at your disposal to spread your values…by creating your own networks you can extend the power of governments to end hunger, defeat disease, combat climate change and give every child the ability to live up to his or her God-given potential.” HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON, Secretary of State
