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News release: “The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) released the results of the 2009 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) on December 7, 2010, showing that U.S. students are ranked average in reading and science, and below average in math. Among the 34 OECD countries, the United States ranks 14th in reading, 17th …
“The U.S. State Department, under Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, planned its first-ever Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR). Its goal, as stated in this draft version obtained by the Washington Post, is “to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of State and USAID in delivering results for the American taxpayer, by modernizing their capabilities and …
Huffington Post: “Empty nest parents, be warned: the number of adults aged 25 to 34 who are living with their parents has exploded, according to this rather shocking chart put together by economist Tom Lawler and posted on Calculated Risk. Earlier this year, a study published in the journal Transitions to Adulthood titled What’s Going …
News release: “On Thursday December 9, 2010, the National Archives Nixon Library in Yorba Linda, California opened 265 hours of White House Tapes, over 140,000 pages of presidential records and 75 hours of video oral histories. The materials will be available in the Nixon Library research room at 9 a.m. PDT. The Library is located …
Fiscal Stress Faced by Local Governments, December 9, 2010 “This Congressional Budget Office issue brief describes the economic conditions and budgeting practices that can lead to significant budgetary challenges–often termed fiscal stress–at the local level. The brief also reviews the options available to local governments, state governments, and the federal government for addressing such financial …
Strategic Use of Analytics in Government: “Governments use analytics (often described as business intelligence) to enable and drive their strategies and performance in an ever more volatile and turbulent environment. Analytics and fact-based decision making can make a powerful contribution to the achievement of government missions, just as they are now making to the accomplishment …
Chronicle of Higher Education: “In a move that drew new rounds of violent protests by students, British lawmakers on Thursday approved a contentious bill to allow universities in England to increase undergraduate tuition to as much as £9,000 a yearor more than $14,000 from the current rate of £3,290. With the bill’s passage in the …
Financial Allocation Study for Texas (FAST) Part 1: Executive Summary – “The Financial Allocation Study for Texas examines school spending and student academic achievement. The executive summary provides a quick look at how spending and academic progress stack up in Texas schools. Part 2: FAST Ratings by District and Campus School District Listings Campus Listings …
Electronic Medical Record/Electronic Health Record Systems of Office-based Physicians: United States, 2009 and Preliminary 2010 State Estimates “There has been an increasing trend in EMR/EHR use among office-based physicians from 2001 through the preliminary 2010 estimates (Figure 1). Combined data from the 2009 surveys (mail survey and in-person survey) showed that 48.3% of physicians reported …
National Vital Statistics Reports Volume 59, Number 2 December 9, 2010 – Deaths: Preliminary Data for 2008 “The age-adjusted death rate decreased from 760.2 deaths per 100,000 population in 2007 to 758.7 deaths per 100,000 population in 2008. From 2007 to 2008 age-adjusted death rates decreased significantly for 6 of the 15 leading causes of …
Information Security: National Nuclear Security Administration Needs to Improve Contingency Planning for Its Classified Supercomputing Operations, GAO-11-67, December 09, 2010 “All three NNSA weapons laboratoriesLos Alamos, Sandia, and Lawrence Livermorehave implemented some components of a contingency planning and disaster recovery program. NNSA, however, has not provided effective oversight to ensure that the laboratories have comprehensive …
“The pressure on WikiLeaks is increasing. DN.se reveals that several key figures behind the website that publishes anonymous submissions and leaks of sensitive governmental, corporate, organizational or religious documents have resigned in protest against the controversial leader Julian Assange only to launch a new service for the so-called whistleblowers. The goal: to leak sensitive information …
