Category «Government Documents»

GAO: Anticipating and Meeting Accountability Challenges in a Dynamic Environment

Anticipating and Meeting Accountability Challenges in a Dynamic Environment, Gene L. Dodaro, Acting Comptroller General, U.S. Government Accountability Office, July 12, 2010 [via Government Innovators Network] “Major topics of this presentation include: threats confronting U.S. national security interests, fiscal sustainability and debt challenges, economic recovery and restored growth, the changing dynamics of global interdependence, advances …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Nearly 1 million children potentially misdiagnosed with ADHD, study finds

News release: “Nearly 1 million children in the United States are potentially misdiagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder simply because they are the youngest and most immature in their kindergarten class, according to new research by a Michigan State University economist. These children are significantly more likely than their older classmates to be …

Subjects: Government Documents, Knowledge Management

Report: up to 79% of oil released into Gulf of Mexico from Deepwater Horizon well has not been recovered

Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, this Outcome/Guidance from Georgia Sea Grant Program: Current Status of BP Oil Spill by Chuck Hopkinson, Director, Georgia Sea Grant, August 17, 2010 – “On August 2, 2010, the National Incident Command (NIC) released a report on the status of oil from the BP oil …

Subjects: Government Documents

Health Effects of the Gulf Oil Spill

Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill a new medical report: Health Effects of the Gulf Oil Spill, Gina M. Solomon, MD, MPH; Sarah Janssen, MD, PhD, MPH. JAMA. Published online August 16, 2010. doi:10.1001/jama.2010.1254 “The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico poses direct threats to human health from inhalation or …

Subjects: Government Documents

DOD Report to Congress: Military and Security Developments Involving the Peoples Republic of China 2010

Military and Security Developments Involving the Peoples Republic of China 2010. A Report to Congress Pursuant to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 “Over the past 30 years, China has made great progress in its pursuit of economic growth and development, which has allowed China to achieve higher living standards for the …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

BLS – Producer Price Index, July 2010

Producer Price Index, July 2010: “The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods rose 0.2 percent in July, seasonally adjusted, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. This advance followed a 0.5-percent decline in June and a 0.3-percent decrease in May. At the earlier stages of processing, prices received by manufacturers of intermediate goods moved …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Wildlife Conservation Society: Massive Coral Bleaching in Indonesia

“A dramatic rise in the surface temperature of Indonesian waters has resulted in a large-scale bleaching event that has devastated local coral populations. Following a report of a bleaching incident in May, WCS-Indonesia dispatched a Rapid Response Unit of marine biologists to investigate. Their initial survey revealed that over 60 percent of corals have bleached. …

Subjects: Government Documents

Whooping Cough in California Reaches Highest Rate in 50 Years

Pertussis Report 8/17/2010: “To date (8/17/2010), there have been 3,076 confirmed, probable and suspect cases of pertussis reported in 2010 for a state rate of 7.9 cases/100,000. This is a 7-fold increase from the number of reported cases during the same time period in 2009 when 434 cases were reported If current trends continue, it …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

OECD: The EU Stress Test and Sovereign Debt Exposures

Blundell-Wignall, A. and P. Slovik (2010), The EU Stress Test and Sovereign Debt Exposures, OECD Working Papers on Finance, Insurance and Private Pensions, No. 4, OECD Financial Affairs Division, 13-Aug-2010 “This working papers quantifications show that most sovereign debt is held on the banking books of banks, whereas the EU stress test considered only their …

Subjects: Government Documents

Report of the Task Force on A Unified Security Budget for the United States

Report of the Task Force on A Unified Security Budget for the United States. Foreign Policy In Focus of the Institute for Policy Studies, August 2010 Since 2004, this Task Force has been reporting on the balance of our security budget. There is improvement to report this year. The Obama administration deserves credit for submitting …

Subjects: Government Documents

BLS: Health Care Spending: 1998, 2003, and 2008

Health Care Spending: 1998, 2003, and 2008: “How have rising health care costs affected household budgets? That question was raised many times before the passage of the Affordable Care Act, whose goalas the acts name impliesis to make health care more affordable for American families. This analysis of Consumer Expenditure Survey (CE) data from the …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

New York Fed: Empire State Manufacturing Survey

“The Empire State Manufacturing Survey indicates that conditions improved modestly in August for New York manufacturers. The general business conditions index rose 2 points from its July level, to 7.1. The new orders and shipments indexes both dipped below zero for the first time in more than a year, indicating that orders and shipments declined …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

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