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Full Report – “The monthly average price of U.S. regular retail gasoline was $2.29/gallon (gal) in October, a decrease of 8 cents/gal from September and 88 cents/gal lower than in October 2014. EIA expects monthly gasoline prices to decline to an average of $2.06/gal in December 2015. EIA forecasts U.S. regular gasoline retail prices to …
CBO’s Revenue Forecasting Record, November 10, 2015. “To prepare the baseline budget projections on which much of its analysis is based, the Congressional Budget Office must regularly produce revenue forecasts. As a part of that process, the agency assesses the accuracy of its past projections and continually refines its methods for projecting revenues to attempt …
News release: “There is a good chance that you or someone you know may benefit from our new “Planning for Retirement” tool, which we created to help consumers approaching retirement make an informed decision about when to claim their Social Security benefits.” See also via Brookings – 10 facts about Social Security and retirement saving …
Office of Inspector General, USPS – Management of Vacant Properties Audit Report, Report Number SM-AR-16-002. November 6, 2015 “The U.S. Postal Service owns over 8,000 properties and leases over 23,000 properties with annual rents of more than $800 million. The Postal Service Facilities organization oversees these properties, including balancing the real estate portfolio, maximizing revenue, …
“Historical and detailed tables on Geographical Mobility, a collection of national- and regional-level tables from the Annual Social and Economic Supplement of the Current Population Survey, are now available. These detailed tables describe the movement of people in the United States, including type of move, reason for moving and selected characteristics of those who moved …
DOJ Civil Rights Division Travel: Division Strengthened Controls over Travel, but Additional Areas for Improvement Identified, GAO-16-58: Published: Nov 12, 2015. Publicly Released: Nov 12, 2015. “GAO tested the implementation of internal controls and compliance with key policies in nine areas of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil Rights Division (Division) travel authorization and reimbursement …
PayScale – Understanding the Gender Pay Gap – “You might think you know what the gender pay gap is. But the story you think you know, that women earn 78 cents on the dollar compared to men, doesn’t paint a complete picture. PayScale’s latest report, Inside the Gender Pay Gap, is here to help you …
Pew Report – “One of the concerns facing those who operate, fund, and care about libraries is whether use of brick-and-mortar facilities will decline as people become more accustomed to reading e-books and accessing other services online. The Pew Charitable Trusts’ Philadelphia research initiative explored this topic by looking at the changing demands on the …
“A larger share of young women are living at home with their parents or other relatives than at any point since the 1940s. A new Pew Research Center analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data shows that 36.4% of women ages 18 to 34 resided with family in 2014, mainly in the home of mom, dad or both. The …
Why is recycling important? You asked Google – here’s the answer – Adam Vaughan – the guardian “Recycling is not about rubbish: it’s valuable commodities you’re chucking in your wheelie bin, according to sustainability expert Marcus Gover, not rubbish. “It feels like you are disposing of things, but really the things we’re putting out in …
New York Times – Prosecutors Announce More Charges in Hacking of JPMorgan Chase: “Billing it as the largest hacking case ever uncovered, federal prosecutors in Manhattan on Tuesday described a global, multiyear scheme to steal information on 100 million customers of a dozen companies in the United States and use the data to advance stock …
“Instead of building the future USAspending.gov and getting feedback from users after the launch, Treasury took the innovative approach of launching OpenBeta.USAspending.gov in November 2015 to gather your recommendations and suggestions on the features you want in the final iteration. Based on forum and email feedback, Treasury will add new features and functionalities on a …
