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Monthly Energy Review May 27, 2010: “EIA’s primary report of recent energy statistics: total energy production, consumption, and trade; energy prices; overviews of petroleum, natural gas, coal, electricity, nuclear energy, renewable energy, and international petroleum; carbon dioxide emissions; and data unit conversions. Preliminary MER data show that U.S. primary energy consumption rose almost 3% …
Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, via the New York Times: Scientists Build Case for Undersea Plumes – “After a slow start, American science is finally beginning to tackle the oil disaster in earnest. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the federal agency charged with monitoring the health of the oceans, …
State over-the-month and over-the-year unemployment rate changes, April 2010: “State unemployment rates were generally little changed or slightly lower in April; 34 states and the District of Columbia recorded unemployment rate decreases from March 2010 to April 2010, 6 states had increases, and 10 states had no change.” Related postings on financial system
News release: “The share of families with an unemployed member rose from 7.8 percent in 2008 to 12.0 percent in 2009, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The proportion of families with an unemployed member in 2009 was at its highest level since the data series began in 1994. Of the nation’s 78.4 …
How Does Your 401(k) Match Up? by Hilery Z. Simpson, Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 26, 2010 “The National Compensation Survey (NCS) provides a rich source of data on retirement benefits. This article presents an overview of NCS terms for typical savings and thrift plans in language that is easy to understand. How can you …
Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill this news release: “Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today continued to raise questions about BPs potential motivations to low-ball the flow rate and size of the spill, and released new documents showing BP knew the spill could have been much bigger than they claimed. The …
Airline Mergers: Issues Raised by the Proposed Merger of United and Continental Airlines, GAO-10-778T, May 27, 2010 Defense Management: DOD Needs to Assess Effectiveness and Determine Future Direction for Its High Performing Organizations, GAO-10-566R, May 27, 2010 Low-Income and Minority Serving Institutions: Sustained Attention Needed to Improve Education’s Oversight of Grant Programs, GAO-10-659T, May 27, …
An Analysis of the Navy’s Fiscal Year 2011 Shipbuilding Plan, May 2010 “The direction of the Congress, the Department of the Navy issues annual reports that describe its plans for ship construction over the coming 30 years. The latest reportissued in February and covering fiscal years 2011 to 2040contains some significant changes in the Navys …
The Effects of Automatic Stabilizers on the Federal Budget, May 2010 “Fluctuations in the budget deficit are influenced by legislation that governs taxation and spending and by the automatic responses of revenues and outlays to developments in the economy and other factors. This report focuses on a component of the latter groupthe automatic stabilizersthat reflect …
News release: “The U.S. Department of the Treasury today announced the guidelines for applying for the new Therapeutic Discovery Project Program created by the Affordable Care Act. The program will provide tax credits and grants to small firms that show significant potential to produce new and cost-saving therapies, support good jobs and increase U.S. competitiveness…The …
News release with links to the report: “The Condition of Education 2010 summarizes important developments and trends in education using the latest available data. The report presents 49 indicators on the status and condition of education, in addition to a special section on high-poverty schools. The indicators represent a consensus of professional judgment on the …
Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, from the Deepwater Horizon Incident Joint Information Center – Flow Rate Group Provides Preliminary Best Estimate Of Oil Flowing from BP Oil Well WSJ.com: Spill Tops Valdez Disaster – BP Pauses, Then Resumes Pumping ‘Mud’ Into Broken Well; Regulator Resigns
