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CRS – Keeping Americas Pipelines Safe and Secure: Key Issues for Congress, Paul W. Parfomak, Specialist in Energy and Infrastructure Policy, February 13, 2012 “Nearly half a million miles of pipeline transporting natural gas, oil, and other hazardous liquids crisscross the United States. While an efficient and fundamentally safe means of transport, many pipelines carry …
Stochastic Herding in Financial Markets Evidence from Institutional Investor Equity Portfolios by Makoto Nirei, Theodoros Stamatiou and Vladyslav Sushko, BIS Working Papers No 371, February 2012 “We estimate a structural model of herding behavior in which feedback arises due to mutual concerns of traders over the unobservable “true” level of market liquidity. In a herding …
The Rise of Intermarriage – Rates, Characteristics Vary by Race and Gender, by Wendy Wang “This report analyzes the demographic and economic characteristics of newlyweds who marry spouses of a different race or ethnicity, and compares the traits of those who marry out with those who marry in. The newlywed pairs are grouped by the …
Early Child Care and Education – HHS and Education Are Taking Steps to Improve Workforce Data and Enhance Worker Quality, GAO-12-248, Feb 15, 2012 Law Enforcement Body Armor – DOJ Could Enhance Grant Management Controls and Better Ensure Consistency in Grant Program Requirements, GAO-12-353, Feb 15, 2012 Law Enforcement Body Armor – DOJ Supports Its …
State of the Climate – National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Global temperature highlights: January 2012 “The combined global land and ocean average surface temperature for January 2012 was the 19th warmest on record at 54.30°F (12.39°C), which is 0.70°F (0.39°C) above the 20th century average of 53.6°F (12.0°C). The margin of error associated with this …
Making Smart Cuts: Lessons from the 1990s Budget Front: “Budget cuts are here. The cuts that are emerging from the stormy deficit debates that raged in Washington for months in 2011, in an attempt to set the nation back on a path to fiscal health, are sure to affect federal agencies and the people they …
“Approximately 24 million active voter registrations in the United States are no longer valid or have significant inaccuracies, according to the Pew Center on the States. Research in Pew’s report, Inaccurate, Costly, and Inefficient, underscores the need for registration systems that better maintain voter records, save money, and streamline processes. This is an effort that …
News release: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today issued strong final standards requiring facilities that produce polyvinyl chloride and copolymers (PVC) to reduce harmful air emissions, which will improve air quality and protect peoples health in communities where facilities are located. Exposure to toxic air pollutants, like those emitted from PVC facilities, can cause …
Joint Fact Sheet on Strengthening U.S.-China Economic Relations: “Building on the consensus reached by President Hu Jintao and President Barack Obama during President Hus January 2011 state visit to the United States, the United States and China affirm that our two countries are promoting the healthy and steady development of the U.S.-China cooperative partnership based …
European Union Enlargement, Kristin Archick, Specialist in European Affairs, January 26, 2012 “The European Union (EU) has long viewed the enlargement process as an extraordinary opportunity to promote political stability and economic prosperity in Europe. Since 2004, EU membership has grown from 15 to 27 countries, bringing in most states of central and eastern Europe …
The Impacts of Local and Regional Procurement of US Food Aid: Learning Alliance Synthesis Report – Erin C. Lentz1, Christopher B. Barrett and Miguel I. Gómez, Cornell University “Local and regional procurement (LRP), the purchase of food within the country where it is to be distributed or in a nearby country, has been practiced for …
The Cost of Satisfaction: A National Study of Patient Satisfaction, Health Care Utilization, Expenditures, and Mortality “While most health care quality metrics assess care processes and health outcomes, patient experience or satisfaction is considered a complementary measure of health care quality. Patient satisfaction data may empower consumers to compare health plans and physicians, and both …
