Employment rate in the EU27 rose to 64.4% in 2006: “Summary: In 2006, 214.0 million people aged 15 years or more had a job or a business activity in the EU27. The total employment rate for people aged 15-64 was 64.4% in 2006, compared with 62.2% in 2000 and 63.4% in 2005. The employment rate… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: July 2007
Bivings Report: American Newspapers and the Internet: Threat or Opportunity?
Posted on July 19, 2007, By Erin Teeling in Newspaper Study, Bivings, Research (TBG): “We have recently completed the 2007 study of Americas top 100 newspaper websites, entitled American Newspapers and the Internet; Threat or Opportunity? As the newspaper industry continues to suffer declines in readership and circulation, using the Internet to expand a newspapers… Continue Reading
Agricultural Prices: 2006 Summary
Agricultural Prices 2006 Summary, July 20, 2007 (239 pages, PDF): “The 47th Annual Summary of Agricultural Prices contains prices farmers received for commodities sold as well as prices paid for production input goods and services. Prices are weighted and aggregated into price indexes. These indexes provide measures of relative price changes for agricultural outputs and… Continue Reading
Executive Order: Blocking Property of Certain Persons Who Threaten Stabilization Efforts in Iraq
President George W. Bush – Message to the Congress of the United States Regarding International Emergency Economic Powers Act, July 17, 2007: “Pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, as amended (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)(IEEPA), I hereby report that I have issued an Executive Order blocking property of persons determined to have committed,… Continue Reading
UK Inbox-Outbox 2007 Survey
“Over 50 per cent of UK business users are unable to walk away from their emails when on holiday or off sick, according to new research announced at the Inbox/Outbox 2007 event.” Ian Williams, vnunet.com 20 Jul 2007 Mesmo Consultancy: Inbox-Outbox 2007 Survey, Summary of Findings Continue Reading
Personal Health Data Processed by DOD Contractor Compromised By Internet Security Failure
Press release: “Personal information of certain uniformed service members, family members and others was placed at risk for potential compromise while being processed by SAIC under several health care data contracts for military service customers, the company said today. SAIC remedied the security lapses upon learning of them and began working with the customers to… Continue Reading
Surveillance Equipment Provider "Chipping" Employees
AP: “CityWatcher.com, a provider of surveillance equipment, attracted little notice itself – until a year ago, when two of its employees had glass-encapsulated microchips with miniature antennas embedded in their forearms. The “chipping” of two workers with RFIDs – radio frequency identification tags as long as two grains of rice, as thick as a toothpick… Continue Reading
Google Research Paper – Statistical Machine Translation for Query Expansion in Answer Retrieval
Via SEO by the Sea: “A paper from Google researchers on Question Answering, Statistical Machine Translation for Query Expansion in Answer Retrieval (pdf), looks at automated strategies for understanding and answering questions that people might type into a search box.” Continue Reading
AARP Automatic 401(k) Overview for Employers
Automatic 401(k) Overview for Employers – A Survey of Companies with 500 to 5,000 Employees, 2007 (33 pages, PDF): Awareness and Attitudes About Automatic 401(k) Plans Enhancing 401(k) Value and Participation Key Benefits of an Automatic 401(k) A Systematic Approach to Automatic 401(k) Automatic 401(k) Implementation Costs Snapshots of Companies with Automatic 401(k)s Alon USA… Continue Reading
Third Milestones of a Global Campaign for Violence Prevention Report 2007
Third Milestones of a Global Campaign for Violence Prevention Report 2007: “This report, the third of its kind, reviews the progress that has been made in the field of violence prevention since the October 2002 launch of the World report on violence and health and the Global Campaign for Violence Prevention. More importantly, it sets… Continue Reading
DHS Strategy to Enhance International Supply Chain Security
“This strategy establishes the overarching framework for the secure flow of cargo through the supply chain and builds on: existing national strategies; plans specific to individual segments of the supply chain or transportation system; and numerous programs and tactical plans developed and implemented by appropriate Department components and agencies. Specifically, it follows the flow of… Continue Reading
New Brief Analyzes the Composition and Cost of Louisianas Uninsured Population After Hurricane Katrina
Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured: “The new brief, Louisianas Proposed Section 1115 Medicaid Demonstration Project: Estimating the Numbers of Uninsured and Projected Medicaid Costs, analyzes the composition and medical costs of the uninsured in Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina. The estimates in the brief are the first available that are based on a detailed… Continue Reading
