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Petroleum Supply Monthly Dec 30, 2010: “Supply and disposition of crude oil and petroleum products on a national and regional level. The data series describe production, imports and exports, movements and inventories. Wholesale Market Data Dec 30, 2010: “This site contains spreadsheets with wholesale electricity price data from ICE (IntercontinentalExchange) through December 24, …
January 2011 Petroleum Marketing Monthly With Data for October 2010 Jan 3, 2011 – “Monthly price and volume statistics on crude oil and petroleum products at a national, regional and state level.”
News release: “In the week ending Dec. 25, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 388,000, a decrease of 34,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 422,000. The 4-week moving average was 414,000, a decrease of 12,500 from the previous week’s revised average of 426,500. The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate …
The Broadband Technology Opportunities Program – Expanding Broadband Access and Adoption in Communities Across America, Overview of Grant Awards, December 2010 “Broadband infrastructure serves as a key engine of economic development, enabling communities to attract, retain, and expand job-creating businesses and institutions. For example, over broadband connections, small and rural businesses are able to buy …
U.S. Conference of Mayors 2010 Status Report on Hunger & Homelessness – A Status Report on Hunger and Homelessness in Americas Cities – A 27-City Survey, December 2010 The survey cities reported a 17 percent average increase in the pounds of food distributed. All but one of the cities saw an increase in the pounds …
WaPo: As outrage over screenings rises, sites consider replacing TSA – “For airports, the change isn’t about money. At issue, airport managers and security experts say, is the unwieldy size and bureaucracy of the federal aviation security system. Private firms may be able to do the job more efficiently and with a personal touch, they …
News release: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today established a landmark pollution diet to restore clean water in Chesapeake Bay and the regions streams, creeks and rivers. This pollution diet is driven primarily by jurisdictions plans to put all needed pollution controls in place by 2025 and EPA will hold jurisdictions accountable for results along …
WaPo: “The new rules are designed to help those caught in Medicare’s “doughnut hole,” offer seniors more preventative care, and limit how much of their customers’ money health-insurance companies can keep for overhead and profit. They all go into effect on Saturday, January 1, 2011.” “The ultimate goal of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid …
USDA news release: “Net farm income is forecast at $81.6 billion in 2010, up 31 percent from 2009 and 26 percent higher than the 10-year average of $64.8 billion for 2000-2009. Net cash income at $92.5 billion would be a nominal record, 2.3 percent above the prior record attained in 2008. Net value added is …
White House Blog: “In September 2009, the President announced that for the first time in history the White House would routinely release visitor records. Today, the White House releases visitor records that were generated in September 2010. Todays release also includes several visitor records generated prior to September 16, 2009 that were requested …
Follow up to previous postings on WikiLeaks, via WaPo’s Joby Warrick: “Investigations into the attacks concluded that government agencies had failed to share critical information that could have helped uncover the Sept. 11 plot. Because of that lapse, Congress tasked the Office of the Director of National Intelligence with pressuring key government agencies – including …
New York Times Graphics – An Ominous rise in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere since the 1950s. “China recently overtook the United States to become the largest emitter of carbon dioxide from fossil fuels.” A Scientist, His Work and a Climate Reckoning: “When Dr. Keeling, as a young researcher, became the first person in the …
