Category «Government Documents»

Google's Free Election Data Center and Updated Election News Section

“Google Election Center helps you provide up-to-date election information to voters and create custom search tools for your website. You can submit the following kinds of information: Polling place locations; Registration instructions; Ballot information; State and local election office contact information. The Election Center Data Manager will guide you through the process of uploading and …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Search Engines

EPA OIG – ENERGY STAR Label Needs to Assure Superior Energy Conservation Performance

Environmental Protection Agency Office of Inspector General, ENERGY STAR Label Needs to Assure Superior Energy Conservation Performance, A Summary Report, October 28, 2010 “EPA’s implementation of the ENERGY STAR program has become inconsistent with the program’s authorized purpose: to achieve environmental benefits by identifying and promoting energy-efficient products and practices that meet the highest energy …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

NIH introduces Images, a database of images in biomedical literature

News release: “More than 2.5 million images and figures from medical and life sciences journals are now available through Images, a new resource for finding images in biomedical literature. The database was developed and will be maintained by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), a division of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) at …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Report – Global Entrepreneurship and the United States

Global Entrepreneurship and the United States by Zoltan J. Acs, Laszlo Szerb, for the SBA, September 2010 “This paper looks at the performance of the United States on the Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index (GEDI), which captures the contextual features of entrepreneurship. The index builds on and improves earlier measures by capturing quantitative and qualitative …

Subjects: Government Documents

Manual on Recurring Problems in Criminal Trials, Sixth Edition

Manual on Recurring Problems in Criminal Trials, Sixth Edition, Edited by Tucker Carrington, Visiting Clinical Professor, Director, Mississippi Innocence Project, The University of Mississippi School of Law. Kris Markarian Legal Editor, Federal Judicial Center, 2010. “This Manual is not meant to be a comprehensive treatise on criminal law, but rather a basic guide to the …

Subjects: Courts, Government Documents, Legal Research

National Income and Product Accounts Gross Domestic Product, 3rd quarter 2010

Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Economic Accounts – Full release and Tables: National Income and Product Accounts, Gross Domestic Product, 3rd quarter 2010: “Real gross domestic product — the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States — increased at an annual rate of 2.0 percent in the …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

DOL OIG – In 32 Years MSHA Has Never Successfully Exercised Its Pattern of Violations Authority

Follow up to Mine Safety and Health Administration announces results of 5 months of impact inspections, this Audit Report: In 32 Years MSHA Has Never Successfully Exercised Its Pattern of Violations Authority, September 29, 2010 “MSHA has not successfully exercised its POV authority in 32 years. Administration of this authority has been hampered by a …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Audit Report: Complainants Did Not Always Receive Appropriate Investigations Under the Whistleblower Protection Program

Department of Labor, Office of Inspector General, Audit Report: Complainants Did Not Always Receive Appropriate Investigations Under the Whistleblower Protection Program, September 30, 2010 “During the audit period, 77 percent of the Whistleblower complaints under OSHA 11(c), Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), and Surface Transportation Assistance Act (STAA) were either dismissed or withdrawn. Settlements which accounted for …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

EIA – Monthly Natural Gas Gross Production Report

Monthly Natural Gas Gross Production Report — Oct 29, 2010: “Monthly natural gas gross withdrawals estimated from data collected on Form EIA-914 (Monthly Natural Gas Production Report) for Federal Offshore Gulf of Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Wyoming, Other States and Lower 48 States. Alaska data are from the State of Alaska and …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Statistics of U.S. Businesses, Business Dynamics Statistics, Business Employment Dynamics, and Nonemployer Statistics

Statistics of U.S. Businesses, Business Dynamics Statistics, Business Employment Dynamics, and Nonemployer Statistics “This website provides data and links to data on businesses with and without employees. These are referred to as “employer firms” and “nonemployer firms.” Employer firms have the lion’s share of receipts and payroll, while nonemployer firms are far more numerous. Data …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents