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“The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a new and unique human rights mechanism of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council aiming at improving the human rights situation on the ground of each of the 192 UN Member States. Under this mechanism, the human rights situation of all UN Member States is reviewed every 4 …
Fuel for Food: Energy Use in the U.S. Food System – “Population growth, higher per capita food expenditures, and greater reliance on energy-using technologies boosted food-related energy consumption in 1997 to 2002. Patrick Canning In 2007, the U.S. food system accounted for almost 16 percent of the Nations energy budget. Between 1997 and 2002, over …
Patterns in Physically Demanding Labor Among Older Workers, August 2010, Hye Jin Rho. Center for Economic and Policy Research “Employment in physically demanding jobs or in jobs with difficult working conditions is a major cause of early labor-market exit among older workers. Raising the retirement age is particularly concerning for near-retirement age workers with such …
Voice of America: “Russian and Iranian engineers have begun loading fuel into Iran’s first nuclear power plant. The plant is located in the southern city of Bushehr and both Russian and Iranian leaders insist Iran’s nuclear program is for peaceful purposes though many in the international community are suspicious. In an irreversible step, Iran and …
8/20/10 – Statement of FCCC ommissioner Clyburn at “The Future of the Internet” Public Hearing, Minneapolis, Minnesota: “an open Internet is indeed the great equalizer. It enables traditionally underrepresented groupslike minorities and womento have an equal voice and an equal opportunity. It allows any connected individual to distribute their ideas to a global network or …
Support to Civil Authorities: Protecting the Homeland Newsletter, July 2010 “The task of protecting borders and ports of entry from transnational and other threats to the security of the United States is a colossal undertaking, requiring the coordination and cooperation of many U.S. government agencies. This newsletter is a collection of articles, some previously published …
News release: “CDC is collaborating with public health officials in multiple states, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the U.S. Department of Agricultures Food Safety and Inspection Service to investigate a nationwide increase of Salmonella Enteritidis (SE) infections with an indistinguishable pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) pattern JEGX01.0004. This is the most common PFGE …
Follow up to previous postings on lessons from Fort Hood and the Fort Hood Attack: A Preliminary Assessment, news today – DOD Releases Final Fort Hood Review. Protecting the Force: Lessons Learned from Fort Hood, August 18, 2010
News release: “In recent months, discussion surrounding the financial soundness of state pension plans has been hotly contested. In fact, recent research by the Kellogg School suggests that pension programs in as many as 31 states are headed for run outs and financial disaster by 2030. A new paper co-authored by Associate Professor of Finance …
Annual Energy Review 2009 Aug 19, 2010 “In 2009, U.S. primary energy production fell 1 percent to 73 quadrillion Btu. Renewable energy production reached 8 quadrillion Btu in 2009, with wind energy registering the largest year-to-year percentage increase among renewable sources. U.S. primary energy consumption fell to 95 quadrillion Btu in 2009, down from …
The Budget and Economic Outlook: An Update, August 2010 [includes links to the entire report and Supplemental Material] “The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that the federal budget deficit for 2010 will exceed $1.3 trillion $71 billion below last year’s total and $27 billion lower than the amount that CBO projected in March 2010, …
2010 Guidelines More Accurately Represent Agencies Merger Review Process: “The Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice issued today revised Horizontal Merger Guidelines that outline how the federal antitrust agencies evaluate the likely competitive impact of mergers and whether those mergers comply with U.S. antitrust law. These changes mark the first major revision of the …
