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Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR), Iraq Reconstruction Funds: Forensic Audits Identifying Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Interim Report #4, July 26, 2010 “Public Law 108-106 requires the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) to prepare a final forensic audit report on all funding appropriated for the reconstruction of Iraq, …
News release: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is releasing an interim guidance document to help agency staff incorporate environmental justice into the agencys rulemaking process. The rulemaking guidance is an important and positive step toward meeting EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jacksons priority to work for environmental justice and protect the health and safety of …
The Role of Immigrants in the U.S. Labor Market – An Update, July 2010: “People born in other countries are a growing presence in the U.S. labor force. In 1994, 1 in 10 people in the U.S. labor force was born elsewhere, but in 2009, 1 in 7 was foreign born. About 40 percent of …
Official Google Blog: “Today were excited to announce a new edition of Google Apps. Designed with guidance from customers like the federal government, the City of Los Angeles and the City of Orlando, Google Apps for Government includes the same great Google applications that people know and love, with specific measures to address the policy …
Dynamics of Economic Well-Being: Spells of Unemployment, 2004-2007 “Data from the 2004 Survey of Income and Program Participation on how often and how long U.S. residents were unemployed between January 2004 and the official start of the recession in December 2007. The data are presented by a variety of demographic characteristics, including race, Hispanic …
News release: “Employers took 1,647 mass layoff actions in June that resulted in the separation of 145,538 workers, seasonally adjusted, as measured by new filings for unemployment insurance benefits during the month, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported [July 23, 2010]. Each action involved at least 50 persons from a single employer. The number …
Federal Computer Week: “DOD today launched an updated Social Media Hub Web page to provide quick links to service-affiliated Facebook, Twitter and YouTube social media sites as well as policy documents, training manuals and other information and to provide a forum for discussion. The military services have been active participants in social media. For example, …
News release: “Today, the Special Master for TARP Executive Compensation, Kenneth R. Feinberg, announced the conclusion of his review of executive pay in late 2008 and early 2009. The Special Master looked at payments that taxpayer-assisted firms made to “Top 25″ executives prior to February 17, 2009, when the Recovery Act introduced additional compensation and …
Occupational Pay Comparisons Among Metropolitan Areas, 2009: Average pay for civilian workers in the San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA metropolitan area was 20 percent above the national average in 2009, one of 77 metropolitan areas studied by the National Compensation Survey (NCS), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The …
Analysis of a Proposal to Offer a Public Plan Through the New Health Insurance Exchanges, July 22, 2010. “Taking into account all of the relevant factors, CBO estimates that roughly one-third of the people obtaining coverage through the insurance exchanges would enroll in the public plan. CBO estimates that about 25 million people would purchase …
News release: “Most families with young children live within a mile of a public elementary school. The most common home heating fuel in the U.S. is gas. Only a third of American homes have a working carbon monoxide detector. These are just some of the findings of a comprehensive national sample of the more than …
News release: “Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 announced the release of the Sustainable Design and Green Building Toolkit for Local Governments (Toolkit). The Toolkit was developed collaboratively by the Agencys Regional Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Division and Water Protection Division and Pollution Prevention Office, with support from the EPA Green Building and Smart …
