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The Clean Coal Smoke Screen by Daniel J. Weiss, Nick Kong, Sam Schiller, Alexandra Kougentakis | December 22, 2008. Data Analysis for Clean Coal Smoke Screen, by Daniel J. Weiss, Nick Kong, Sam Schiller, Alexandra Kougentakis | December 22, 2008 “A series of feel-good ads this year showcased a variety of people straight from central …
U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey news release: “The United States faces the potential for abrupt climate change in the 21st century that could pose clear risks to society in terms of our ability to adapt. “Abrupt” changes can occur over decades or less, persist for decades more, and cause substantial disruptions to …
Cost of the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and Other Military Operations Through 2008 and Beyond, The Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, Steven M. Kosiak, 2008. “Since 2001, the US government and the American taxpayer have provided about $904 billion (unless otherwise noted, all cost and funding figures cited in this analysis are expressed …
News release: “The National Archives announced that the second and third volumes of the Public Papers of President George W. Bush, 2004 are available for sale. These hardcover volumes were compiled by the Office of the Federal Register, an agency of the National Archives and Records Administration. Public Papers of President George W. Bush, 2004, …
U.S. Census Bureau news release and Tables, December 24, 2008: Advance Report on Durable Goods Manufacturers Shipments, Inventories and Orders, November 2008: “New orders for manufactured durable goods in November decreased $1.8 billion or 1.0 percent to $186.9 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau announced today. This was the fourth consecutive monthly decrease and followed an …
Comprehensive Collection of Kissinger “Telcons” Provides Inside View of Government Decision-Making; Reveals Candid talks with Presidents, Foreign Leaders, Journalists, and Power-brokers during Nixon-Ford Years, National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 263 – Part 1, Edited by William Burr “…the National Security Archive announces the publication of a comprehensively unique, thoroughly-indexed set of the telephone …
Homeland Security Grant Program Risk-Based Distribution Methods: Presentation to Congressional Committees – November 14, 2008 and December 15, 2008, GAO-09-168R, December 23, 2008.
The employment rate of people with disabilities, by Burt S. Barnow. 44 Monthly Labor Review November 2008. “Critical issues in evaluating employment policies for the disabled are the measurement of employment status, the measurement of disability status, and the question of which subpopulations of the disabled should be included; no clear consensus has emerged …
Phthalates and Cumulative Risk Assessment, The Task Ahead, December 2008. Committee on the Health Risks of Phthalates, National Research Council. “People are exposed to a variety of chemicals throughout their daily lives. To protect public health, regulators use risk assessments to examine the effects of chemical exposures. This book provides guidance for assessing the risk …
State of the USA Health Indicators: Letter Report, December 2008. Committee on the State of the USA Health Indicators, Institute of Medicine. News release: “Policymakers, the media, and the public should focus on 20 specific health indicators as “yardsticks” to measure the overall health and well-being of Americans, says a new report from the Institute …
“The National Incident Management System (NIMS) provides a systematic, proactive approach to guide departments and agencies at all levels of government, nongovernmental organizations, and the private sector to work seamlessly to prevent, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate the effects of incidents, regardless of cause, size, location, or complexity, in order to reduce …
News release: “Existing-home sales weakened against a backdrop of an eroding economy, according to the National Association of Realtors®. Existing-home sales including single-family, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops fell 8.6 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate¹ of 4.49 million units in November from a downwardly revised level of 4.91 million in October, and …
