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News release: “The Federal Trade Commission today proposed revisions to the guidance that it gives marketers to help them avoid making misleading environmental claims. The proposed changes are designed to update the Guides and make them easier for companies to understand and use. The changes to the Green Guides include new guidance on marketers use …
Latinos and the 2010 Elections: Strong Support for Democrats; Weak Voter Motivation, by Mark Hugo Lopez, Associate Director, Pew Hispanic Center “In a year when support for Democratic candidates has eroded, the party’s standing among one key voting group-Latinos-appears as strong as ever. Two-thirds (65%) of Latino registered voters say they plan to support the …
Follow up to previous postings on high speed rail in America, this new report from Amtrak: A Vision for High-Speed Rail in the Northeast Corridor, September 2010 “This report presents a possible concept for Next-Gen High-Speed Rail in the NEC (Northeast Corridor), with new dedicated high-speed rail alignments, stations and equipment that can provide significant …
Chinas Steel Industry and Its Impact on the United States: Issues for Congress, Rachel Tang, Analyst in Industrial Organization and Business, September 21, 2010 “Chinas steel industry has grown significantly since the mid-1990s. China is now the worlds largest steelmaker and steel consumer. In 2009, China produced over 567 million tons of crude steel, nearly …
60 percent of high school students who drink, binge drink: “More than 1 in 4 high school students and adults ages 18 to 34 engaged in a dangerous behavior known as binge drinking during the past month, according to the findings from a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The report shows …
State-Specific Trends in Fruit and Vegetable Consumption Among Adults – United States, 2000 -2009, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)September 10, 2010 / 59(35);1125-1130 “A diet high in fruits and vegetables can reduce the risk for many leading causes of death (1–3) and can play an important role in weight management (4). Healthy People 2010 …
“The Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) October 4, 2010 charged the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency of serious legal and procedural violations in its withholding of performance data about how the agency is enforcing the immigration laws. The deficiencies, detailed in a letter TRAC sent the agency {October 4, 2010], involve ICE’s violation of …
Chairman Ben S. Bernanke At the Annual Meeting of the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council, Providence, Rhode Island, October 4, 2010 Fiscal Sustainability and Fiscal Rules: “The recent deep recession and the subsequent slow recovery have created severe budgetary pressures not only for many households and businesses, but for governments as well. Indeed, in the …
For-Profit Schools: Large Schools and Schools that Specialize in Healthcare Are More Likely to Rely Heavily on Federal Student Aid, GAO-11-4, October 04, 2010 Troubled Asset Relief Program: Opportunities Exist to Apply Lessons Learned from the Capital Purchase Program to Similarly Designed Programs and to Improve the Repayment Process, GAO-11-47, October 04, 2010 Social Security …
“Incarceration reduces former inmates earnings by 40 percent and limits their future economic mobility, according to a new Pew report, Collateral Costs: Incarcerations Effect on Economic Mobility. This is a growing challenge now that 1 in every 28 children in America has a parent behind bars, up from 1 in 125 just 25 years ago.” …
News release: “A new study by the Pew Fiscal Analysis Initiative projects that without significant revenue increases or spending reductions, the federal debt will climb to the unprecedented level of 132 percent of annual gross domestic product (GDP)or $54 trillionby 2035. Some policy makers suggest that the solution to this alarming trend is to simply …
Iraq Country Analysis Brief Oct 1, 2010: “Iraq has begun to develop its oil and natural gas reserves after years of sanctions and wars but will need to develop its infrastructure in order to reach its production potential. For all the latest information on the energy situation in Iraq see the updated Country Analysis …
