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CRS: Department of Defense Contractors in Afghanistan and Iraq: Background and Analysis – Moshe Schwartz, Specialist in Defense Acquisition – Joyprada Swain, Research Associate – March 29, 2011 “The critical role contractors play in supporting military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq necessitates that the Department of Defense (DOD) effectively manage contractors during contingency operations. Lack …
New release: “The country’s energy infrastructure is not ready to weather the storm of more frequent extreme weather. A new National Wildlife Federation (NWF) report delivers that finding and makes recommendations for improving energy reliability. NWF climate scientist Dr. Amanda Staudt says floods, intense storms, hurricanes, droughts and heat waves have been happening more frequently, …
From the Middle East to Madagascar, high prices are spawning land grabs and ousting dictators. Welcome to the 21st-century food wars, by Lester R. Brown| Foreign Policy, MAY/JUNE 2011 “In the United States, when world wheat prices rise by 75 percent, as they have over the last year, it means the difference between a $2 …
The Guantanamo Docket – Documents and research related to the 779 people who have been sent to the Guantánamo Bay prison since 2002. Related Coverage From the Times Overview Detainees Transfer Countries Citizenship Timeline About
Debt Markets During the Crisis Failure to see the big picture led to a breakdown, Based on the Research of Arvind Krishnamurthy “The financial crisis that provoked the Great Recession had severe effects on debt markets, including the corporate bond and mortgage-backed securities markets. The effects included a huge premium on liquidity, the loss of …
“The Census Bureau, in response to federal and state officials as well as other data users, is providing an early version of table P42 from the 2010 Census Summary File 1, showing population counts for seven types of group quarters. The institutionalized group quarters categories include correctional facilities for adults, juvenile facilities, nursing facilities/skilled-nursing facilities …
Jail Inmates at Midyear 2010 – Statistical Tables, Todd D. Minton, April 14, 2011 NCJ 233431 “Presents data on numbers of jails as well as analyzes patterns of growth and decline in jail populations. These statistical tables include data on rated capacity of jails, percent of capacity occupied, and capacity added. They provide estimates of …
DOE: The GeoEVSE Forum is a government-industry collaboration committed to establishing a repository of public electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) location data for use by consumers and industry. A network of public charging stations, or EVSE, gives plug-in electric vehicle drivers alternatives to home charging and can extend driving range. Recognizing that these drivers need …
Auto Industry Labor Costs in Perspective, by Richard Wallick, Bureau of Labor Statistics, April 22, 2011 “The perception that auto industry compensation costs for blue-collar workers exceed those of many other manufacturing industries is supported by data from the NCS data series on Employer Costs for Employee Compensation (ECEC)…the ECEC indicates that average hourly compensation …
Information Security Oversight Offices (ISOO) Report to the President for Fiscal Year (FY) 2010: “This report provides information on the status of the security classification program as required by Executive Order 13526, Classified National Security Information (the Order). It provides statistics and analysis concerning key components of the system, primarily classification and declassification, and coverage …
Effects of Radiation from Fukushima Daiichi on the U.S. Marine Environment, April 15, 2011 “The massive Tohoku earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011, caused extensive damage in northeastern Japan, including damage to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power installation, which resulted in the release of radiation. Some have called this incident the biggest manmade release …
“The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) are considering how best to improve and simplify standards for financial reporting of financial instruments, and, at the same time, provide users with clearer and more complete information. This Invitation to Comment is being issued as part of that effort…The exposure draft …
