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“January 27 marks the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi death camp. In 2005, the United Nations General Assembly designated this day as International Holocaust Remembrance Day (IHRD), an annual day of commemoration to honor the victims of the Nazi era. Every member nation of the U.N. has an obligation to honor …
Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2011 Through 2021: “The United States faces daunting economic and budgetary challenges. The economy has struggled to recover from the recent recession, which was triggered by a large decline in house prices and a financial crisisevents unlike anything this country has seen since the Great Depression. During the recovery, the pace …
News release: “Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in December confirms that the economic recovery is continuing, though at a rate that has been insufficient to bring about a significant improvement in labor market conditions. Growth in household spending picked up late last year, but remains constrained by high unemployment, modest income …
Ballistic Missile Defense: DOD Needs to Address Planning and Implementation Challenges for Future Capabilities in Europe, GAO-11-220, January 26, 2011 Defense Business Transformation: DOD Needs to Take Additional Actions to Further Define Key Management Roles, Develop Measurable Goals, and Align Planning Efforts, GAO-11-181R, January 26, 2011 Defense Infrastructure: Further Actions Needed to Support Air Force …
News release: “Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar released the Departments Strategic Plan for 2011-2016, outlining the Departments goals for Americas Great Outdoors, commitments to American Indian communities and responsible natural resource development. The five-year plan also emphasizes the Administrations commitment to stronger science-based decision-making, higher ethical standards for employees as well as greater transparency …
Pro Publica – Buried Secrets, Gas Drilling’s Environmental Threat: “The United States is poised to bet its energy future on natural gas as a clean, plentiful fuel that can supplant coal and oil. But new research by the Environmental Protection Agencyand a growing understanding of the pollution associated with the full life cycle of gas …
Global Economic Outlook – Q1 2011 – Emerging markets lead recovery: “As developed economies transition out of the crisis and into sustainable recovery, a bigger and longer term transition is under way. The big emerging markets have gradually increased their share of the global pie and the process of catching up appears to be accelerating, …
News release: “Citizen satisfaction with the services provided by the U.S. federal government plunges this year, down 4.8% to 65.4 on a 0-100 scale, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). This drop represents the largest single-year decline in satisfaction with the federal government since ACSI measurement began in 1994. The latest ACSI results …
News release: “Regional and state unemployment rates were generally little changed in December. Twenty states recorded unemployment rate increases, 15 states and the District of Columbia registered rate decreases, and 15 states had no rate change, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Thirty-one states and the District of Columbia posted unemployment rate decreases …
Implementing Telework: Lessons Learned from Four Federal Agencies, IBM Center for The Business of Government / Scott P. Overmyer, Professor and Director of the MSIS Program, Center for Graduate Studies, Baker College “This report offers practical implementation advice to agency leaders and front-line managers faced with implementing the newly-enacted law expanding telework opportunities to over …
It Pays to be the Boss–Supervisory Wages in the National Compensation Survey, 2009 – by James E. Smith, Bureau of Labor Statistics, January 21, 2011 [This article uses National Compensation Survey data to illustrate differences in annual wages for team leaders and first-line, second-line, and third-line supervisors in the United States and in the Census …
Global Aging: A Discussion Note for the World Bank, Ronald Lee, Andrew Mason and Daniel Cotlear “The note describes the importance of population aging world-wide, clarifying its prevalence among middle- and low-income countries, which suggests that many developing countries are getting old before they are growing rich. The note then asks in what way population …
