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NOAA April 2011 tornado information: “NWSs preliminary estimate is that there have been more than 600 tornadoes…during the month of April 2011…NOAA’s preliminary estimate is that there were 312 tornadoes during the entire outbreak from 8:00 a.m. EDT April 26 to 8:00 a.m. April 28, 2011…The largest previous number of tornadoes on record in one …
Implementing Telework Enhancement Act of 2010 IT Purchasing Requirements: M-1l-20 – Memorandum for Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies from Jacob Lew, director of the Office of Management and Budget, April 28, 2011 “Implementing Telework Enhancement Act of 2010 IT Purchasing Requirements: “On December 9,2010, President Obama signed into law the Telework Enhancement Act of …
“A new economic analysis of federal government broadband stimulus projects awarded by the Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utilities Service (RUS) concludes that the program’s funding of duplicative broadband networks has resulted in an extremely high cost to reach a small number of unserved households. The study, Evaluating the Cost-Effectiveness of RUS Broadband Subsidies: Three Case …
News release: “Poverty in households with children is rising in nearly all OECD countries. Governments should ensure that family support policies protect the most vulnerable, according to the OECDs first-ever report on family well-being. Doing Better for Families says that families with children are more likely to be poor today than in previous decades, when …
Working away at the cost of ageing: the labour market adjusted dependency ratio, EPC Issue Paper No.64. April 2011. By Benedetta Guerzoni and Fabian Zuleeg “In 2050, nearly one in three European citizens will be 65 or older. Demographic change and population ageing is one of the greatest challenges that will affect the structure of …
News release: “”Researchers at the University of Florida Emerging Pathogens Institute have identified the Top 10 riskiest combinations of foods and disease-causing microorganisms, providing an important tool for food safety officials charged with protecting consumers from these costly and potentially life-threatening bugs. The report, Ranking the Risks: The 10 Pathogen-Food Combinations with the Greatest Burden …
Management Report: Opportunities for Improvement in the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s Internal Controls and Accounting Procedures, GAO-11-398R, April 29, 2011 VA Health Care: Need for More Transparency in New Resource Allocation Process and for Written Policies on Monitoring Resources, GAO-11-426, April 29, 2011 Private Pensions: Some Key Features Lead to an Uneven Distribution of Benefits, …
“On April 29, 2011 Deputy Administrator Perciasepe announced the release of EPAs new Strategic Agenda to Protect Waters and Build More Livable Communities through Green Infrastructure, which outlines the activities that the Agency will undertake to help communities implement green infrastructure approaches. EPAs strategy focuses on clarifying how green infrastructure can and should be used …
Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment Summary, March 2011 “Unemployment rates were lower in March than a year earlier in 317 of the 372 metropolitan areas, higher in 44 areas, and unchanged in 11 areas, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Fourteen areas recorded jobless rates of at least 15.0 percent, while eight areas …
News release: “In an effort to combat childhood obesity the most serious health crisis facing todays youth a working group of four federal agencies today released for public comment a set of Preliminary Proposed Nutrition Principles to Guide Industry Self-Regulatory Efforts that can be used by industry as a guide for marketing food …
FOIAs Related to Japan’s Emergency: “To avoid duplication of effort and delays in response times, please take note of the following requests that have already been submitted to the NRC. Responses to these FOIA requests will be made publicly available as soon as possible.”
Women in National Parliaments: “The data in the tables below has been compiled by the Inter-Parliamentary Union on the basis of information provided by National Parliaments by 31 March 2011. The percentages do not take into account the case of parliaments for which no data was available at that date. Comparative data on the percentage …
