Five Basic Facts on the Uninsured, August 2008: “The number of uninsured is continuing to increase and reversing that trend has become a focus of policy efforts at the state and national levels. This brief provides basic facts that explain why 47 million people in the U.S. lack health insurance and how this affects their… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: August 2008
New Orleans Three Years After the Storm: The Second Kaiser Post-Katrina Survey, 2008
“The Kaiser Family Foundation released the results of its second major survey tracking the views and experiences of New Orleans residents amid the ongoing challenges facing the community nearly three years after Hurricane Katrina hit on August 29, 2005. Designed and analyzed by Kaiser researchers, the comprehensive survey offers an in-depth look at the struggles… Continue Reading
DOJ Announces Final Guidelines for Sex Offender Registration and Notification
“The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced the final guidelines for Title I of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006, the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA). The Guidelines provide necessary tools for states, the District of Columbia, territories, and certain federally recognized Indian tribes to incorporate SORNA minimum… Continue Reading
Federal Highway Administration Releases June 2008 Traffic Volume Trends
News release: “New data released today by the U.S. Department of Transportation show that, since last November, Americans have driven 53.2 billion miles less than they did over the same period a year earlier topping the 1970s’ total decline of 49.3 billion miles. Traffic Volume Trends reports, June 2008 Continue Reading
Consumer Price Index (CPI) in the Washington-Baltimore, D.C.-Md.-Va.-W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area for July 2008
Washington-Baltimore Consumer Price Index: July 2008 – “Retail prices in the Washington-Baltimore area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), rose 1.7 percent from May to July, following a 1.1-percent increase in the previous two-month period, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Sheila… Continue Reading
Report: Accuracy of Title II Disability Insurance Benefits Processed with Workers' Compensation Settlements
Inspector General Social Security Administration: Accuracy of Title II Disability Insurance Benefits Processed with Workers’ Compensation Settlements, A-04-07-17059, 08/13/08 Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Drug Control, TSA Has Developed a Risk-Based Covert Testing Program
Drug Control: Cooperation with Many Major Drug Transit Countries Has Improved, but Better Performance Reporting and Sustainability Plans Are Needed, GAO-08-784, July 15, 2008 – “Each year, criminal organizations transport hundreds of tons of illegal drugs from South America to the United States through a 6 million square mile “transit zone” including Central America, the… Continue Reading
Census Bureau: An Older and More Diverse Nation by Midcentury
News release: “The nation will be more racially and ethnically diverse, as well as much older, by midcentury, according to projections released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. Minorities, now roughly one-third of the U.S. population, are expected to become the majority in 2042, with the nation projected to be 54 percent minority in 2050.… Continue Reading
WTO Trade Policy Review Body – Report by the Secretariat – China – Revision
Trade Policy Review Body – Trade Policy Review – Report by the Secretariat – China – Revision, 12/08/2008: “Continued trade liberalization has remained an integral part of the China’s long-standing structural reform strategy, which is aimed at establishing an outward-oriented “socialist market economy” that can deliver sustained economic growth and facilitate poverty reduction. The ongoing… Continue Reading
2008 Best Law Firms for Women Announced by Working Mother and Flex-Time Lawyers
2008 Best Law Firms for Women Announced by Working Mother and Flex-Time Lawyers – FindLaw: “The legal profession is in a work/life crisis, with 78% of associates leaving law firms by their fifth year and nearly 50% of women lawyers leaving the profession at some point in their careers. The question is whether law firms… Continue Reading
House Foreclosure Activity Rises 55% From July 2007 to July 2008
News release: “RealtyTrac®, the leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties, today released its July 2008 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, which shows foreclosure filings default notices, auction sale notices and bank repossessions were reported on 272,171 U.S. properties during the month, an 8 percent increase from the previous month and a 55 percent increase… Continue Reading
SEC Announces Proposed Plan to Enhance Insider Trading Surveillance and Detection
News release: “The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it has published for public comment an agreement [Release No. 34-58350] among the securities self-regulatory organizations (SROs) that is designed to improve detection of insider trading across the equities markets by centralizing surveillance, investigation, and enforcement under NYSE Regulation, Inc. (NYSE Regulation) and the Financial… Continue Reading
