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Memo on Digital Strategy sent to US News & World Report employees: ‘December issue will be our last printed monthly sent to subscribers’ – “Colleagues, We’re finally ready to complete our transition to a predominantly digital publishing model with selected, single-topic print issues. This will allow us to make the most of the proven products, …
U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes, October 2010: U.S. import prices rose 0.9 percent in October, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today, after edging down 0.1 percent in September. Higher fuel and nonfuel prices contributed to the increase in October. Export prices advanced for the third consecutive month in October, rising 0.8 percent. …
News release: ‘Remittances to developing countries were a resilient source of external financing during the recent global financial crisis, with recorded flows expected to reach $325 billion by the end of this year, up from $307 billion in 2009, according to the World Banks latest Migration and Remittances Factbook 2011. Worldwide, remittance flows are expected …
“FedFlix is a joint venture with the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) in cooperation with other government agencies including the National Archives. They send us government videotapes, we upload them to the Internet Archive, YouTube, and our own public domain stock footage video library then we send the government back their videotapes and a …
National Journal: “The chairmen of President Obamas fiscal commission proposed a sweeping collection of spending cuts and tax increases today in a bid to jolt the panel’s 16 other members away from their Republican and Democratic orthodoxies. The proposals call for significant reductions in future Social Security benefits — an untouchable issue for many Democrats …
News release: The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (Tobacco Control Act) requires that cigarette packages and advertisements have larger and more visible graphic health warnings. FDA issued a proposed rule, Required Warnings for Cigarette Packages and Advertisements, proposing to modify the required warnings that appear on cigarette packages and in cigarette advertisements. These …
Financial Audit: IRS’s Fiscal Years 2010 and 2009 Financial Statements, GAO-11-142, November 10, 2010 Space Acquisitions: Challenges in Commercializing Technologies Developed under the Small Business Innovation Research Program, GAO-11-21, November 10, 2010 NATO Partnerships: DOD Needs to Assess U.S. Assistance in Response to Changes to the Partnership for Peace Program, GAO-10-1015, September 30, 2010 Financial …
News release: “Everyday Americans recycle their trash because they know its an important activity that can have a positive impact on the environment. But once a year the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency sets aside November 15 to remind everyone that recycling plays a dramatic role in reducing pollution. Its a great day to recommit to …
News release: “The nations largest airlines reported four flights in September with tarmac delays of more than three hours, down from six flights in September 2009, with only a slight increase in the rate of canceled flights, according to the Air Travel Consumer Report released today by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). Data filed …
News release: “There were 2.9 million job openings on the last business day of September, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The job openings rate was little changed over the month at 2.2 percent. The hires rate and separations rate both remained at 3.2 percent in September. This release includes estimates of the …
Follow up to previous postings on the Fort Hood attach, the “Department of Defense (DoD) announced today the release of the Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps final reviews of the recommendations from the independent report “Protecting the Force: Lessons Learned from Fort Hood.” The DoD places a high priority on implementing recommendations that …
“CDC Vital Signs offers recent data on the important health topics of key diseases, conditions, or risk factors. Data is gathered from CDC’s national monitoring systems to show progress in important areas of public health, and the ways people can increase their health, prevent or control disease. New 2010 estimates show that the number of …
