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“Today, the Census Bureau released the latest findings from its Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates program. The program provides the only up-to-date, single-year income and poverty statistics for all counties and school districts — roughly 3,140 counties and nearly 14,000 school districts nationally. Tables provide statistics on the number of people in poverty, the …
“This is a series of data files providing statistics at the U.S. summary level as well as for economic places, states, combined statistical areas, metropolitan statistical areas and counties. The files contain statistics on the number of establishments, receipts/revenue, payroll, number of employees and other data items by industry. The 2012 Economic Census concludes the …
“This is a series of national- and state-level data files on the management of companies and enterprises sector. These include statistics for industries such as offices of bank holding companies and corporate, subsidiary and regional managing offices and others. The files provide statistics on the number of establishments, revenue, payroll, number of employees and other …
“To help leaders craft effective policies for their states’ rainy day funds, The Pew Charitable Trusts examined the statutory or constitutional language governing these funds and the trends in their balances. The research found that: Out of the 46 states with rainy day funds, more than half—27—do not clearly express in state law what they …
A New Approach to Procuring Government Technology in California. November 30, 2015 by Dan Hon – “I’ve spent the last few weeks working closely with an amazing team in Sacramento across numerous state government offices to do something new. What was going to be a business-as-usual procurement (a long, thousand-plus page contract for a complete solution, …
Aviation Finance: Observations on the Effects of Budget Uncertainty on FAA, GAO-16-198R: Published: Nov 19, 2015. Publicly Released: Dec 8, 2015. Climate Information: A National System Could Help Federal, State, Local, and Private Sector Decision Makers Use Climate Information, GAO-16-37: Published: Nov 23, 2015. Publicly Released: Dec 8, 2015. Medicaid Financing: Questionnaire Data on States’ …
The World Bank: “An unprecedented number of the world’s leading financial institutions from across the globe have joined the World Bank Group and other multilateral development banks in signing onto new principles to integrate climate change into their financing and operations. All together 26 financial institutions from developing and developed countries with combined balance sheets …
The Board Identified Areas of Improvement for Its Supervisory Stress Testing Model Validation Activities, and Opportunities Exist for Further Enhancement. Board Report: 2015-SR-B-018 October 29, 2015 “The Office of Inspector General conducted this evaluation to assess the extent to which the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System’s (Board) model risk management practices in …
“About the Health and Retirement Study – The University of Michigan Health and Retirement Study (HRS) is a longitudinal panel study that surveys a representative sample of approximately 20,000 Americans over the age of 50 every two years. Supported by the National Institute on Aging (NIA U01AG009740) and the Social Security Administration, the HRS explores …
The BIS Quarterly Review for December 2015: Uneasy calm awaiting lift-off – full text 147 pages Content: International banking and financial market development Special features Quarterly Review boxes BIS Statistics: Charts Data behind all graphs
“The World’s Women 2015 comprises eight chapters covering critical areas of policy concern: population and families, health, education, work, power and decision-making, violence against women, environment, and poverty. In each area, a life-cycle approach is introduced to reveal the experiences of women and men during different periods of life—from childhood and the formative years, through …
News release – “The Financial Stability Board (FSB) announced today it is establishing an industry-led disclosure task force on climate-related financial risks under the chairmanship of Michael R. Bloomberg. The Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) will develop voluntary, consistent climate-related financial risk disclosures for use by companies in providing information to lenders, insurers, …
