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News release: “All employees – Real average hourly earnings for all employees fell 0.1 percent from December to January, seasonally adjusted, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. This decrease stemmed from a 0.4 percent increase in average hourly earnings, which was partially offset by a 0.4 percent increase in the Consumer Price Index …
News release: “The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.4 percent in January on a seasonally adjusted basis, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the last 12 months, the all items index increased 1.6 percent before seasonal adjustment. Increases in indexes for energy commodities and for food accounted for …
Tar Sands Pipelines Safety Risks, February 2011 – “Tar sands crude oil pipeline companies may be putting Americas public safety at risk. Increasingly, pipelines transporting tar sands crude oil into the United States are carrying diluted bitumen or “DilBit” — a highly corrosive, acidic, and potentially unstable blend of thick raw bitumen and volatile natural …
Science Insider: “Last night the U.S. House of Representatives agreed to cut off funding for the rest of 2011 for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. My constituents should not have to continue to foot the bill for an organization to keep producing corrupt findings that can be used as justification to impose a massive …
New American Foundation: “Contrary to public perceptions, only a small portion of the Recovery Act was dedicated to infrastructure investment. According to our calculations, of the $787 billion originally allocated for the Recovery Act, only about $92.5 billion was spent on infrastructure, or roughly 12% of the final package (see chart below). The majority of …
“As a result of a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, The Heritage Foundation today obtained the Nuclear Regulatory Commissions (NRC) Yucca Mountain Volume III Safety Evaluation Report (SER). This document is critical because it contains the NRCs conclusions regarding the scientific and technological merits of the Department of Energys application to construct and operate …
News release: “More than 50 percent of Americans could have diabetes or prediabetes by 2020 at a cost of $3.35 trillion over the next decade if current trends continue, according to new analysis by UnitedHealth Groups Center for Health Reform & Modernization, but there are also practical solutions for slowing the trend. New estimates show …
United Nations Environment Programme Year Book 2011 Spotlights Urgent Need for Fundamental Green Economy Shift “Massive amounts of phosphorus, a valuable fertilizer needed to feed a growing global population, are being lost to the oceans as result of inefficiencies in farming and a failure to recycle wastewater. Phosphorus pollution, along with other uncontrolled discharges, such …
“A statistical hub containing key data from all the countries of the Arab League: “Since Tunisians rose up and ejected their leader, Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, who had ruled the country for 23 years, the scent of jasmine has spread through the Arab world. Egyptian protesters ousted their president, Hosni Mubarak, in just 18 days, …
Department of State’s Report to Congress and U.S. Oversight of Civilian Assistance to Pakistan Can Be Further Enhanced, GAO-11-310R, February 17, 2011 Electronic Prescribing: CMS Should Address Inconsistencies in Its Two Incentive Programs That Encourage the Use of Health Information Technology, GAO-11-159, February 17, 2011 GAO’s 2011 High Risk Series: An Update, GAO-11-394T, February 17, …
Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse report: “Federal criminal prosecutions totaled 12,494 for the month of November according to the most recent data released by the Department of Justice. The Department of Homeland Security was the lead agency for over half (57%) of these prosecutions; other agencies with substantial numbers of referrals were the Drug Enforcement Administration …
“Health, United States, 2010,” the 34th annual report prepared by CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics is now available. The report includes a compilation of health data from state and federal health agencies as well as an in-depth feature section on death and dying. A special abridged edition, “Health, United States, 2010: In Brief,” is …
