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Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, this news release: “The materials supplement OSHA-required training workers must receive before they can be hired to engage in the cleanup. In addition to English, the safety guides and fact sheets initially will be printed in Spanish and Vietnamese in recognition of the diverse population …
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Surveillance Summaries, May 14, 2010 / Vol. 59 / No. SS4. Surveillance for Violent Deaths National Violent Death Reporting System, 16 States, 2007 “An estimated 50,000 persons in the United State die each year from violence-related injuries. Surveillance of such deaths is necessary to better understand and prevent the …
“Partnerships between NIH-funded researchers and industry are often essential to the process of moving discoveries from the bench to the bedside. However, managing Financial Conflicts of Interest (FCOI) can be a major challenge because of the complex relationships among government, academia, and industry. A Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, which is open for public comment for …
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry: Policies and Procedures for Preparing Public Health Products Should Be Strengthened, GAO-10-741T, May 20, 2010 Aviation Security: Efforts to Validate TSA’s Passenger Screening Behavior Detection Program Underway, but Opportunities Exist to Strengthen Validation and Address Operational Challenges, GAO-10-763, May 20, 2010 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: An …
Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, this news release: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last night began posting results from the ongoing monitoring of BPs use of underwater dispersants in the Gulf of Mexico at http://www.epa.gov/bpspill. EPA received this data from BP last night and posted it within hours. Dispersants are …
Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, this news release: “Following a demand from Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) for a live feed of the BP oil spill to be made publicly available on the web, BP said they would release the feed and it will be shown on Rep. Markeys committee …
News release: “The combined global land and ocean surface temperature was the warmest on record for both April and for the period from January-April, according to NOAA. Additionally, last months average ocean surface temperature was the warmest on record for any April, and the global land surface temperature was the third warmest on record. The …
Project of Government Oversight “As the Senate continues debating legislation to reform the financial regulatory system, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) has issued a new report examining a wide range of regulatory and management failures at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and offering recommendations for reform that are …
Aviation Safety (AVS) Work Plan for NextGen 2010: “The Next Generation Air Transportation System, better known as NextGen, represents the most significant overhaul of the National Airspace System (NAS) in our history. Aviation Safety (AVS) contributions are vital to the successful implementation of NextGen because efficiency and capacity benefits will not occur without the successful …
Washington Post: “China boosted its holdings of U.S. Treasury debt for the first time in six months, U.S. officials said Monday. That development could ease concerns that lagging foreign demand will force the United States to pay higher interest rates to finance its debt. The Treasury Department said that China’s holdings of U.S. Treasury securities …
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands: DHS Needs to Conclude Negotiations and Finalize Regulations to Implement Federal Immigration Law, GAO-10-671T, May 18, 2010 Debt Management: Treasury Was Able to Fund Economic Stabilization and Recovery Expenditures in a Short Period of Time, but Debt Management Challenges Remain, GAO-10-498, May 18, 2010 Head Start: Undercover Testing Finds …
News release: “With Americans poised to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Earth Day this week, the U.S. Department of the Treasury today announced a broad new initiative to dramatically increase the number of electronic transactions that involve Treasury and millions of citizens and businesses, a move that is expected to save more than $400 million …
