Category «Government Documents»

FAA's Air Traffic Activity System (ATADS)

“The Air Traffic Activity Data System (ATADS) contains the official NAS air traffic operations data available for public release. On the 20th of each month, data for the previous month is made available. The first year of data available is FY 1990.” Airport Operations │ Tower Operations │ TRACON Operations │ Total Terminal Operations │ …

Subjects: Government Documents

Screening for Prostate Cancer: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement

Screening for Prostate Cancer: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement DRAFT Summary of Recommendation and Evidence, October 2011 “The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends against prostate-specific antigen (PSA)-based screening for prostate cancer. This is a grade D recommendation. This recommendation applies to men in the U.S. population that do not have symptoms …

Subjects: Government Documents

Identification of Methane Emissions in an Urban Setting

Identification of Methane Emissions in an Urban Setting – E. Crosson, N. Phillips, L. Hutyra, J. Turnbull, C. Sweeney, R. Ackley and S. Tan See also Global Monitoring Annual Conference 2011, Program and Abstracts, Boulder, Colorado May 17th – 18th. Hosted by: NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Global Monitoring Division Fueling Global Warming, Not Homes …

Subjects: Government Documents

Report: Value of private pensions falls by nearly a third in three years

UK Telegraph: “Research published [October 7, 2011] suggests that many people with private pensions will be as much as 30 per cent worse off compared with those with similar savings who finished work in 2008, because of a combination of tumbling stock markets and interest rates at a record low. PricewaterhouseCoopers, the accountants, said those …

Subjects: Government Documents

Executive Order — Structural Reforms to Improve the Security of Classified Networks

Executive Order — Structural Reforms to Improve the Security of Classified Networks and the Responsible Sharing and Safeguarding of Classified Information, October 07, 2011 “This order directs structural reforms to ensure responsible sharing and safeguarding of classified information on computer networks that shall be consistent with appropriate protections for privacy and civil liberties. Agencies bear …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Government Documents

NASA Awards Historic Green Aviation Prize

News release: “NASA has awarded the largest prize in aviation history, created to inspire the development of more fuel-efficient aircraft and spark the start of a new electric airplane industry. The technologies demonstrated by the CAFE Green Flight Challenge, sponsored by Google, competitors may end up in general aviation aircraft, spawning new jobs and new …

Subjects: Government Documents

New GAO Reports: Data Mining, National Cord Blood Inventory, Tax Administration, Warfighter Support

Data Mining: DHS Needs to Improve Executive Oversight of Systems Supporting Counterterrorism, GAO-11-742, Sep 7, 2011 National Cord Blood Inventory: Practices for Increasing Availability for Transplants and Related Challenges, GAO-12-23, Oct 7, 2011 On-the-Job Training: Federal Highway Administration Needs to Strengthen Program Assessment, GAO-11-703, Sep 7, 2011 Tax Administration: IRS’s Information Exchanges with Other Countries …

Subjects: Government Documents

BLS Employment Situation Summary September 2011

News release: “Nonfarm payroll employment edged up by 103,000 in September, and the unemployment rate held at 9.1 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The increase in employment partially reflected the return to payrolls of about 45,000 telecommunications workers who had been on strike in August. In September, job gains occurred in …

Subjects: Government Documents

New GAO Reports: IRS Systems Modernization, DOD and VA Health Care, EPA Health Risk Assessments, Suspension and Debarment

Business Systems Modernization: Internal Revenue Service’s Fiscal Year 2011 Expenditure Plan, GAO-12-26, Oct 6, 2011 DOD and VA Health Care: Action Needed to Strengthen Integration across Care Coordination and Case Management Programs, GAO-12-129T, Oct 6, 2011 EPA Health Risk Assessments: Oversight and Sustained Management Key to Overcoming Challenges, GAO-12-148T, Oct 6, 2011 Federal Bureau of …

Subjects: Government Documents

SunLight Foundation: New Tools to Track Corporate Influence

“Transparency Data is a central source for federal lobbying disclosure, federal grants and contracts, earmarks and federal and state campaign contributions. Here you can begin your search, find the information you need, and then download records of what a candidate has received, what an individual has given, how much an organization has spent on lobbying, …

Subjects: Government Documents

BIS: The influence of external factors on monetary policy frameworks and operations

The influence of external factors on monetary policy frameworks and operations, BIS Papers No 57, October 2011 “Economic and financial integration has reshaped the monetary policy frameworks and transmission channels in the emerging market economies (EMEs) over the past two decades. Economic and financial linkages have become stronger, resulting in greater synchronisation of business cycles …

Subjects: Government Documents