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News release: “The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced that it is inviting the public to submit comments and information to help the agency implement a new federal law that requires the posting of calorie content and other nutrition information on menu items at certain chain restaurants and similar retail food operations and vending …
County Employment and Wages Fourth Quarter 2009: “From December 2008 to December 2009, employment declined in 325 of the 334 largest U.S. counties according to preliminary data, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Trumbull, Ohio, posted the largest percentage decline, with a loss of 8.6 percent over the year, compared with a national …
Monthly Budget Review, July 2010 – Based on the Monthly Treasury Statement for May and the Daily Treasury Statements for June: “The federal government incurred a deficit of just over $1.0 trillion for the first nine months of fiscal year 2010, CBO estimates, $81 billion less than the roughly $1.1 trillion deficit incurred through June …
News release: “Following its statement issued on 18 June 2010, CEBS provides further information on the EU-wide stress test exercise which is now being finalised by CEBS and the national supervisory authorities, in close cooperation with the ECB. The objective of the extended stress test exercise is to assess the overall resilience of the EU …
“The Global Legal Information Catalog includes information about publications which reprint the laws and regulations of multiple jurisdictions on a particular legal topic. The purpose of the database is to provide additional identifying information about titles, beyond that which is provided in the Library’s online catalog. The database works as an interface with the Library …
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Hospital Compare Tool Compares Outpatient Care and Inpatient Mortality and Readmissions at More Than 4,700 Hospitals Across the Nation: “Important new information about the quality of care available in Americas outpatient and emergency departments, including how well hospitals care for patients with heart attacks and protect outpatients from surgical …
“In honor of USA.gov’s 10th anniversary, were proud to announce the new and improved USA.gov! Among the new features are: Look and Feel: A new, clean look that reduces the feeling of clutter and creates an open, focused interface. Enhanced Search: With a new search that is up to 9 times faster and more accurate, …
News release: “The Postal Regulatory Commission today received proposed rate changes for market dominant products, averaging about 5.6 percent, filed by the Postal Service to take effect on January 2, 2011. This is the first time the Postal Service has claimed that extraordinary or exceptional circumstances justify an increase that exceeds the cost of living …
News release: “Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki announced today plans to develop a fully automated, online system for handling Veterans disability compensation claims. More than a simple digitization of existing paper-based claims, the new system is part of VAs modernization of the end-to-end processing workflow. Automation will substantially reduce processing time and increase …
News release: PRC Report Finds $50 Billion Discrepancy – “The Postal Regulatory Commission submitted to Congress, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the United States Postal Service, an independent actuarial report on the allocation of the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) benefits paid to former Post Office Department employees. The Postal Service asked for …
Mexico Country Analysis Brief June 29, 2010: “In 2009, Mexico was the seventh-largest oil producer in the world, and the third-largest in the Western Hemisphere. The oil sector is a crucial component of Mexico’s economy: while its relative importance to the general Mexican economy has declined in the long term, the oil sector still …
News release: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing regulations to cut air pollution that impairs air quality and harms the health of people living downwind. The regulation will target power plant pollution that drifts across the borders of 31 eastern states and the District of Columbia. Air pollution is linked to thousands of …
