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H-2B Visa Program: Closed Civil Criminal Cases Illustrate Instances of H-2B Workers Being Targets of Fraud and Abuse, GAO-10-1053, September 30, 2010 “The H-2B visa program assists U.S. employers anticipating a shortage of domestic nonagricultural workers by permitting them to hire nonimmigrant foreign workers temporarily. The program is overseen by several agencies, including the Department …
Follow up to previous postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, news that NOAA and FDA announce chemical test for dispersant in Gulf seafood: “Building upon the extensive testing and protocols already in use by federal, state and local officials for the fishing waters of the Gulf, NOAA and FDA have developed and are using …
Engineering the Climate: Research and Strategies for International Coordination, Chairman Bart Gordon, Committee on Science and Technology U.S. House of Representatives, October 2010 “Climate engineering, also known as geoengineering, can be described as the deliberate large scale modification of the earths climate systems for the purposes of counteracting and mitigating climate change. As this subject …
News release: “The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of the Chief Accountant and Division of Corporation Finance today published their first progress report on the Work Plan related to global accounting standards. The Commission directed agency staff earlier this year to execute the Work Plan to provide the information needed to evaluate the implications of …
Environmental Protection Agency Office of Inspector General, ENERGY STAR Label Needs to Assure Superior Energy Conservation Performance, A Summary Report, October 28, 2010 “EPAs implementation of the ENERGY STAR program has become inconsistent with the programs authorized purpose: to achieve environmental benefits by identifying and promoting energy-efficient products and practices that meet the highest energy …
News release: “More than 2.5 million images and figures from medical and life sciences journals are now available through Images, a new resource for finding images in biomedical literature. The database was developed and will be maintained by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), a division of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) at …
Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Economic Accounts – Full release and Tables: National Income and Product Accounts, Gross Domestic Product, 3rd quarter 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 2.0 percent in the …
Follow up to Mine Safety and Health Administration announces results of 5 months of impact inspections, this Audit Report: In 32 Years MSHA Has Never Successfully Exercised Its Pattern of Violations Authority, September 29, 2010 “MSHA has not successfully exercised its POV authority in 32 years. Administration of this authority has been hampered by a …
Department of Labor, Office of Inspector General, Audit Report: Complainants Did Not Always Receive Appropriate Investigations Under the Whistleblower Protection Program, September 30, 2010 “During the audit period, 77 percent of the Whistleblower complaints under OSHA 11(c), Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), and Surface Transportation Assistance Act (STAA) were either dismissed or withdrawn. Settlements which accounted for …
October 2010 Natural Gas Monthly With Data for August 2010 Oct 29, 2010: “Natural and supplemental gas production, supply, consumption data, consumption, disposition, storage, imports, exports, and prices in the United States.”
Monthly Natural Gas Gross Production Report Oct 29, 2010: “Monthly natural gas gross withdrawals estimated from data collected on Form EIA-914 (Monthly Natural Gas Production Report) for Federal Offshore Gulf of Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Wyoming, Other States and Lower 48 States. Alaska data are from the State of Alaska and …
Statistics of U.S. Businesses, Business Dynamics Statistics, Business Employment Dynamics, and Nonemployer Statistics “This website provides data and links to data on businesses with and without employees. These are referred to as employer firms and nonemployer firms. Employer firms have the lions share of receipts and payroll, while nonemployer firms are far more numerous. Data …
