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Press release: “Hazardous toys are still sold in stores across the country, according to the 22nd annual toy safety survey released today by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group (U.S. PIRG)…According to the most recent data from the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), toy-related injuries sent almost 73,000 children under the age of five to …
“Health Policy Picks is a monthly selection of recent publications, such as technical reports, conference proceedings, and other material produced by organizations and government agencies that conduct health care policy analysis and research. Health Policy Picks is a partnership between KaiserEDU.org and the New York Academy of Medicine Library’s Grey Literature Collection…This month’s Health Policy …
Press release: “New data show global HIV prevalencethe percentage of people living with HIVhas levelled off and that the number of new infections has fallen, in part as a result of the impact of HIV programmes. However, in 2007 33.2 million [30.6 36.1 million] people were estimated to be living with HIV, 2.5 million …
Unidentified Human Remains in the United States, 1980-2004, November 2007: “Examines the number of unidentified persons reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions (CDC) National Death Index (NDI), by State, from 1980 to 2004. This report also looks at the number of unidentified human remains reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) …
Center for Public Integrity: “It’s been four years since the Center released its acclaimed Windfalls of War investigation, which first named Halliburton as the largest single contractor in Iraq and revealed the most comprehensive list of the top Iraq and Afghanistan contractors available at the time. That list included more than 70 American companies that …
OMB: “For the third year in a row, all major Federal agencies successfully met the 45-day financial audit deadline as required by the rigorous reporting guidelines set by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Since 2001, agencies are required to complete the financial report 45-days after the end of the Fiscal Year, compared to …
Pretrial Release of Felony Defendants in State Courts, November 2007: “Presents findings on the pretrial release phase of the criminal justice process using data collected from a representative sample of felony cases filed in the 75 largest U.S. counties in May during even-numbered years from 1990 to 2004. It includes trends on pretrial release rates …
CBO Statement of Peter R. Orszag, Director, Issues in Climate Change, Presentation for the CBO Directors Conference on Climate Change, November 16, 2007, November 16, 2007 “Global climate change is one of the nations most significant long-term policy challenges. Human activities are producing increasingly large quantities of greenhouse gases, particularly carbon dioxide (CO2). The accumulation …
Prepared Statement of Senator Max Baucus (D-Mont.) Regarding the Finance Committee Investigation of Avandia, November 15, 2007: “We place a great deal of trust in pharmaceutical companies to make safe and effective products.The health of millions of Americans, from young children to retirees, depends on the careful work of these drug manufacturers. Today, Senator Grassley …
EPA News release: EPA has developed two tools that let computer users “see” air quality information on a virtual globe. Both tools are available to the public starting today…The first tool is part of the new “Air Emission Sources” Web site, which is designed to make emissions data for six common pollutants easy to find …
Coalition of Journalists for Open Government: “The Department of Energy, in a new rule covering Critical Energy Infrastructure Information (CEII), said that it will eliminate the Non-Internet Public designation that has kept some 5,400 documents available in reading rooms but not on the Internet. The agency said much of the information is already available online …
Stateline.org: “The 2001 terrorist attacks led every state but South Dakota to restrict access to information deemed critical to homeland security from architectural blueprints to emergency evacuation routes, according to a comprehensive, state-by-state study of post-9/11 changes to open-government laws. Wary of terrorists, state lawmakers closed government meetings previously open to the public, denied …
