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Quality Measures Workgroup Seeks Comment on Clinical Quality Measures Concepts for Stage 2 and Stage 3 Meaningful Use by December 23, 2010: “The HIT Policy Committee (a federal advisory committee that advises the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) formed the Quality Measures Workgroup to recommend new clinical quality measures to leverage the evolving …
How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease: The Biology and Behavioral Basis for Smoking-Attributable Disease, A Report of the Surgeon General, December 2010 “More than 1,000 people are killed every day by cigarettes, and one-half of all long-term smokers are killed by smoking-related diseases. A large proportion of these deaths are from early heart attacks, chronic lung …
News release: “Attorney General Eric Holder announced the results of Operation Broken Trust, a nationwide operation organized by the Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force to target investment fraud. To date, the operation has involved enforcement actions against 343 criminal defendants and 189 civil defendants for fraud schemes that harmed more than 120,000 victims throughout the …
CDC National Vital Statistics Report – Births: Final Data for 2008, December 2010 “A total of 4,247,694 births were registered in the United States in 2008, 2% less the in 2007. The general fertility rate declined 1% to 68.6 per 1,000. The teenage birth rate declined 2% to 41.5 per 1,000. Birth rates for women …
News release: “The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today that it is moving its on-premises e-mail and productivity applications to Microsofts cloud infrastructure, becoming the first cabinet-level federal agency to embrace the cloud. In one of the largest cloud federal government deployments ever, the USDA is moving its 120,000 users to Microsoft Online …
Defense Management: DOD Has a Rigorous Process to Select Corrosion Prevention Projects, but Would Benefit from Clearer Guidance and Validation of Returns on Investment, GAO-11-84, December 08, 2010 Defense Transportation: Additional Information Is Needed for DOD’s Mobility Capabilities and Requirements Study 2016 to Fully Address All of Its Study Objectives, GAO-11-82R, December 08, 2010 Navy’s …
News release: “The recovery of the world economy has started to lose momentum since mid-2010, and active, coordinated fiscal and monetary measures will be needed to reinvigorate it and help boost worldwide employment. International policy coordination will be essential for the recovery to work. Chapter I of World Economic Situation and Prospects 2011 – a …
Criminal Prohibitions on the Publication of Classified Defense Information, Jennifer K. Elsea, Legislative Attorney, December 6, 2010 “The recent online publication of classified defense documents and diplomatic cables by the organization WikiLeaks and subsequent reporting by the New York Times and other news media have focused attention on whether such publication violates U.S. criminal law. …
News release: “While least developed countries(1) (LDCs) have weathered the global downturn better than was generally anticipated, they are still trapped in the boom-bust cycles which have long plagued their economies and their medium-term prospects are a cause for concern, UNCTAD´s Least Developed Countries Report 2010, Towards a new international development architecture for LDCs cautions. …
News release: “The number of job openings in October was 3.4 million, which was up from 3.0 million in September. Since the most recent series trough in July 2009, the number of job openings has risen by 1.0 million or 44 percent. This trough immediately followed the end of the recession in June 2009 (as …
News release: “U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke today joined seven other U.S. government agencies in launching a coordinated effort to promote renewable energy and energy efficiency exports the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Export Initiative. The Initiative was developed through the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee Working Group on Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, which …
News release: “In October, 102 metropolitan areas reported jobless rates of at least 10.0 percent, down from 129 areas a year earlier, while 78 areas posted rates be- low 7.0 percent, up from 74 areas in October 2009. El Centro, Calif., again recorded the highest unemployment rate, 29.3 percent, followed by Yuma, Ariz., 26.7 percent. …
