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Monthly Archives: July 2009
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) – Second Quarter 2009
News Release: Gross Domestic Product – includes highlights, technical note, and associated tables: “Real gross domestic product — the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States — decreased at an annual rate of 1.0 percent in the second quarter of 2009, (that is, from the first quarter… Continue Reading
Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority Partners with Google Transit
News release: “MBTA General Manager Daniel A. Grabauskas announced the T’s partnership with Google Transit and the convenience and ease travelers will have when planning a trip on the authority’s bus, subway, commuter rail, and boat service. Similar to the MBTA’s Trip Planner, Google Transit, a feature of Google Maps, is a web-based application that… Continue Reading
Report: Suburban Poverty and the Health Care Safety Net
Center for Studying Health System Change – Suburban Poverty and the Health Care Safety Net, Research Brief No. 13, July 2009, Laurie E. Felland, Johanna Lauer, Peter J. Cunningham Although suburban poverty has increased in the past decade, the availability of health care services for low-income and uninsured people in the suburbs has not kept… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Biological Research, CMS, Defense Acquisitions
Biological Research: Observations on DHS’s Analyses Concerning Whether FMD Research Can Be Done as Safely on the Mainland as on Plum Island, GAO-09-747, July 30, 2009 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: CMS Should Develop an Agencywide Policy for Translating Medicare Documents into Languages Other Than English, GAO-09-752R, July 30, 2009 Defense Acquisitions: Opportunities Exist… Continue Reading
NY Attorney General Cuomo Releases Bank Bonus Report
NO RHYME OR REASON: The ‘Heads I Win, Tails You Lose’ Bank Bonus Culture, Andrew M. Cuomo, Attorney General, State of New York [Report Was Previously Transmitted to House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Chairman Edolplhus Towns (D-NY)] “Through various inquiries, the New York State Attorney General’s Office has been examining the causes of last… Continue Reading
Pew Survey: The Internet and the Recession
The Internet and the Recession, by Lee Rainie, Aaron Smith – July 15, 2009 “Some 69% of all Americans have used the internet to cope with the recession as they hunt for bargains, jobs, ways to upgrade their skills, better investment strategies, housing options, and government benefits. That amounts to 88% of internet users. The… Continue Reading
Pew Survey on Wireless Internet Use
Wireless Internet Use, by John Horrigan, July 22, 2009 “An April 2009 survey by the Pew Research Centers Internet & American Life Project shows that 56% of adult Americans have accessed the internet by wireless means, such as using a laptop, mobile device, game console, or MP3 player. The most prevalent way people get online… Continue Reading
New on LLRX.com – Blackberry Apps for Lawyers
Blackberry Apps for Lawyers: Nicole Black highlights an assortment of Blackberry applications for research, document management, mobile communications, music, dictation and more – all of which would benefit just about any law practice. Continue Reading
American Lawyer Associates Survey 2009
Associates Survey 2009: “In our annual midlevel associates survey, third-, fourth-, and fifth-year associates rate their firms as workplaces. We examined 12 areas that contribute to job satisfaction.” To find out how third-, fourth-, and fifth-year associates rate their firms as workplaces, our annual midlevel survey examined 12 areas that contribute to job satisfaction. They… Continue Reading
McKinsey Report: Unlocking Energy Efficiency in the U.S. Economy
Unlocking Energy Efficiency in the U.S. Economy, July 2009 “In this report, McKinsey & Company offers a detailed analysis of the magnitude of the efficiency potential in non-transportation uses of energy, a thorough assessment of the barriers that impede the capture of greater efficiency, and an outline of the practical solutions available to unlock the… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Career and Technical Education, Adult English Language Learning, Influenza Pandemic, SBA, U.S.-Russia Nuclear Agreement
Career and Technical Education: States Have Broad Flexibility in Implementing Perkins IV, GAO-09-683, July 29, 2009 Career and Technical Education: Surveys to State Directors of Career and Technical Education (GAO-09-737SP, July 2009), an E-supplement to GAO-09-683, GAO-09-737SP, July 29, 2009 Learning: Diverse Federal and State Efforts to Support Adult English Language Learning Could Benefit from… Continue Reading
