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News release: “The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights released Friday a 550-page report* listing 617 of the most serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law over a ten-year period by both state and non-state actors in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Tens of thousands of people were killed, and numerous …
FOIA at the Mid-term: Obstacles to Transparency Remain – Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), September 30, 2010 “When President Obama took office, he pledged to bring an unprecedented level of transparency to the federal government and to transform how federal agencies handle Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. Even with this fundamental …
Japan Country Analysis Brief Sep 23, 2010: “Japan is the world’s largest importer of LNG and coal and the second largest net importer of oil. For additional information on the energy situation in Japan, please see our updated Country Analysis Brief.”
Ranking of Full-time Civilian Occupations by Hourly and Annual Earnings, July 2009, by John E. Buckley, Bureau of Labor Statistics: September 29, 2010. The ranking of detailed occupations by annual and hourly earnings often shows considerable positional differences when scheduled annual hours are taken into account. “In June 2010, the Bureau of Labor Statistics published …
World of Work Report 2010 – From one crisis to the next?, Published by the International Institute for Labour Studies: “The current economic recovery is not creating enough jobs and there are concerns about the quality of the jobs being created. Workers are becoming discouraged and leaving the labour market altogether, which could have long …
Monthly Energy Review Sep 30, 2010 “Preliminary data show that U.S. primary energy consumption rose by 3%, due primarily to increases in the consumption of coal and natural gas, for the first 6 months of 2010 compared with the first 6 months of 2009. For more information, see the Monthly Energy Review, which provides …
Air Ambulance: Effects of Industry Changes on Services Are Unclear, GAO-10-907, September 30, 2010 Department of Homeland Security: Progress Made in Implementation and Transformation of Management Functions, but More Work Remains, GAO-10-911T, September 30, 2010 Military Personnel: Observations on the Use and Effects of the National Guard and Reservists Debt Relief Act of 2008, GAO-10-1014R, …
Follow up to previous postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, this new research: “Although the flow of oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill was halted in mid-July, researchers continue to find elevated concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, or PAHs, in some areas of the Gulf of Mexico. Some of these chemicals are known carcinogens …
News release: “The Postal Regulatory Commission today issued Order No. 547 in Docket R2010-4 denying a Postal Service request for an average 5.6 percent rate increase. The Commission found that the Postal Service failed to justify rate increases in excess of its statutory CPI price cap. “The Commission finds that the Postal Service has shown …
“Are gender pay gaps more prevalent in some industries than others? Are women in management paying a price for being mothers? Are families who depend on the wages of Management Moms being penalized? The U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee, chaired by Representative Carolyn B. Maloney, held a hearing, titled New Evidence on the Gender Pay …
OECD Factbook 2010 – Economic, Environmental and Social Statistics: “OECDs dynamic and comprehensive statistical annual showing a wide range of key statistics for its member countries and major additional countries. For each indicator presented, there is explanatory text including a definition, explanation of long-term trends, and references; a table showing the indicator over a significant …
The State of Recorded Sound Preservation in the United States: A National Legacy at Risk in the Digital Age, Commissioned for and sponsored by the National Recording Preservation Board, Library of Congress “This is the first comprehensive, national-level study of the state of sound recording preservation ever conducted in the U.S. The authors, Rob Bamberger …
