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News release: “Everyday Americans recycle their trash because they know its an important activity that can have a positive impact on the environment. But once a year the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency sets aside November 15 to remind everyone that recycling plays a dramatic role in reducing pollution. Its a great day to recommit to …
News release: “The nations largest airlines reported four flights in September with tarmac delays of more than three hours, down from six flights in September 2009, with only a slight increase in the rate of canceled flights, according to the Air Travel Consumer Report released today by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). Data filed …
News release: “There were 2.9 million job openings on the last business day of September, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The job openings rate was little changed over the month at 2.2 percent. The hires rate and separations rate both remained at 3.2 percent in September. This release includes estimates of the …
Follow up to previous postings on the Fort Hood attach, the “Department of Defense (DoD) announced today the release of the Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps final reviews of the recommendations from the independent report “Protecting the Force: Lessons Learned from Fort Hood.” The DoD places a high priority on implementing recommendations that …
“CDC Vital Signs offers recent data on the important health topics of key diseases, conditions, or risk factors. Data is gathered from CDC’s national monitoring systems to show progress in important areas of public health, and the ways people can increase their health, prevent or control disease. New 2010 estimates show that the number of …
News release: CDC’s Guide to Community Preventive Services has released two reports on Maintaining Limits on Days and Hours of Sale of Alcoholic Beverages to Prevent Excessive Alcohol Consumption and Related Harms. These reports were posted online today by the American Journal of Preventive Medicine and will be published in their December 2010 issue. The …
News release: “Bankruptcy cases filed in federal courts for fiscal year 2010, the 12-month period ending September 30, totaled 1,596,355, up 13.8 percent over total FY 2009 bankruptcy filings of 1,402,816, according to statistics released today by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. While non-business bankruptcy filings continued to rise in FY 2010, business …
Who in the United States Sends and Receives Remittances? An Initial Analysis of the Monetary Transfers Data from the August 2008 Current Population Survey Migration Supplement, November 8, 2010. “Monetary transfers, commonly called remittances, refer to personal transfers of money to and from relatives or friends who are living abroad. This report presents initial results …
“The Department of Commerce’s Economics and Statistics Administration (ESA) and National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) today released a new report, Digital Nation II, that analyzes broadband Internet access and adoption across the United States. The study the most comprehensive of its kind — finds that socio-economic factors such as income and education levels, …
Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General, A Review of U.S. Attorney Travel that Exceeded the Government Lodging Rate, November 2010. “This report summarizes the results of a review by the Department of Justice (Department or DOJ) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) concerning travel by United States Attorneys (U.S. Attorneys) that exceeded the …
Live Animal Imports: Agencies Need Better Collaboration to Reduce the Risk of Animal-Related Diseases, GAO-11-9, November 08, 2010 “The statutory and regulatory framework for live animal imports has gaps that could allow the introduction of diseases into the United States, according to the experts GAO surveyed, discussions with agency officials, and scientific studies. Specifically, (1) …
CRS – Homeland Security Department: FY2011 Appropriations, Chad C. Haddal, Coordinator Specialist in Immigration Policy, October 13, 2010 “This report describes the FY2011 appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The Administration requested a net appropriation of $45.0 billion in budget authority for FY2011. This amounts to a $1.1 billion, or a 2.4% increase …
