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News release: “Exposure to tobacco smoke even occasional smoking or secondhand smoke causes immediate damage to your body that can lead to serious illness or death, according to a report released today by U.S. Surgeon General Regina M. Benjamin. The comprehensive scientific report – Benjamins first Surgeon Generals report and the 30th tobacco-related …
International Petroleum Monthly – November 2010 Dec 10, 2010: “The International Petroleum Monthly (IPM) is the Energy Information Administration’s primary report of recent international petroleum (oil) statistics. This report includes world petroleum production statistics through September 2010. The IPM also includes statistics for petroleum demand, stocks, and imports for the Organization for Economic Cooperation …
News release: “On Thursday December 9, 2010, the National Archives Nixon Library in Yorba Linda, California opened 265 hours of White House Tapes, over 140,000 pages of presidential records and 75 hours of video oral histories. The materials will be available in the Nixon Library research room at 9 a.m. PDT. The Library is located …
Fiscal Stress Faced by Local Governments, December 9, 2010 “This Congressional Budget Office issue brief describes the economic conditions and budgeting practices that can lead to significant budgetary challenges–often termed fiscal stress–at the local level. The brief also reviews the options available to local governments, state governments, and the federal government for addressing such financial …
National Vital Statistics Reports Volume 59, Number 2 December 9, 2010 – Deaths: Preliminary Data for 2008 “The age-adjusted death rate decreased from 760.2 deaths per 100,000 population in 2007 to 758.7 deaths per 100,000 population in 2008. From 2007 to 2008 age-adjusted death rates decreased significantly for 6 of the 15 leading causes of …
Quality Measures Workgroup Seeks Comment on Clinical Quality Measures Concepts for Stage 2 and Stage 3 Meaningful Use by December 23, 2010: “The HIT Policy Committee (a federal advisory committee that advises the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) formed the Quality Measures Workgroup to recommend new clinical quality measures to leverage the evolving …
How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease: The Biology and Behavioral Basis for Smoking-Attributable Disease, A Report of the Surgeon General, December 2010 “More than 1,000 people are killed every day by cigarettes, and one-half of all long-term smokers are killed by smoking-related diseases. A large proportion of these deaths are from early heart attacks, chronic lung …
News release: “The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today that it is moving its on-premises e-mail and productivity applications to Microsofts cloud infrastructure, becoming the first cabinet-level federal agency to embrace the cloud. In one of the largest cloud federal government deployments ever, the USDA is moving its 120,000 users to Microsoft Online …
News release: “Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, released a new minority report, titled, The Real Story Behind China’s Energy Policy – And What American Can Learn From It. The report shows that, regardless of its wind and solar production, China is predominantly relying on coal, …
Defense Management: DOD Has a Rigorous Process to Select Corrosion Prevention Projects, but Would Benefit from Clearer Guidance and Validation of Returns on Investment, GAO-11-84, December 08, 2010 Defense Transportation: Additional Information Is Needed for DOD’s Mobility Capabilities and Requirements Study 2016 to Fully Address All of Its Study Objectives, GAO-11-82R, December 08, 2010 Navy’s …
GCN: “The Treasury Department on Monday rolled out a new design of its website at Treasury.gov, which incorporates a cloud computing infrastructure and other emerging technologies. The new Treasury.gov”>Treasury.gov website is a major step forward in our efforts to improve the way citizens access the wealth of the data and information Treasury produces on a …
News release: “The number of job openings in October was 3.4 million, which was up from 3.0 million in September. Since the most recent series trough in July 2009, the number of job openings has risen by 1.0 million or 44 percent. This trough immediately followed the end of the recession in June 2009 (as …
