World Bank: “Giving poor people a say in the water and sanitation services they receive, and allowing alternative documentation to prove residence are some of the simple solutions that can bring sustainable water and sanitation services to the hundreds of millions currently living without, according to a new report released by the Water and Sanitation… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: August 2009
Total U.S. Bankruptcies Up 36 Percent in First Half of 2009; Chapter 11 Business Filings Increase 113 Percent
News release: “The total number of U.S. bankruptcies filed during the first six months of 2009 increased 36 percent over the same six month period in 2008, according to data released by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. Total filings reached 711,550 during the first half of the calendar year of 2009 (January 1-June… Continue Reading
America's Energy Future: Technology and Transformation
America’s Energy Future: Technology and Transformation, 2009. “Energy touches our lives in countless ways and its costs are felt when we fill up at the gas pump, pay our home heating bills, and keep businesses both large and small running. There are long-term costs as well: to the environment, as natural resources are depleted and… Continue Reading
Site Charts Failed Banks and the Deposit Insurance Fund
Calculated Risk: Failed Banks and the Deposit Insurance Fund: “The FDIC is seizing about 4 to 5 banks per week recently, and with over four months to go in 2009, this suggests close to 150 bank failures this year..At the current pace there will be more failures in 2009 than in the early years of… Continue Reading
Secretary of Commerce Locke Approves Fisheries Plan for Arctic
News release: “U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke today approved a plan to prohibit the expansion of commercial fishing in federal Arctic waters until researchers gather sufficient information on fish and the Arctic marine environment to prevent adverse impacts of commercial harvesting activity on the ecosystem. As Arctic sea ice recedes due to climate change,… Continue Reading
Assessing Medical Preparedness to Respond to a Terrorist Nuclear Event
Assessing Medical Preparedness to Respond to a Terrorist Nuclear Event: Workshop Report, 2009 “A nuclear attack on a large U.S. city by terrorists–even with a low-yield improvised nuclear device (IND) of 10 kilotons or less–would cause a large number of deaths and severe injuries. The large number of injured from the detonation and radioactive fallout… Continue Reading
GAO Report on Private Pensions
Private Pensions: Alternative Approaches Could Address Retirement Risks Faced by Workers but Pose Trade-offs, GAO-09-642, July 24, 2009. Continue Reading
Presentations By Acting Comptroller General: Accountability in a Time of Financial Stress
Presentations By The Acting Comptroller General “Ensuring Accountability in a Time of Financial and Fiscal Stress,” by Gene L. Dodaro, acting comptroller general, before the American Institute of CPAs National Governmental Accounting and Auditing Update Conference, in Washington, D.C. GAO-09-930CG, August 10, 2009. “Ensuring Accountability in a Time of Financial and Fiscal Stress,” by Gene… Continue Reading
"Why Women's Rights Are The Cause of Our Time"
New York Times Special Issue: How changing the lives of women and girls in the developing world can change everything “..if the injustices that women in poor countries suffer are of paramount importance, in an economic and geopolitical sense the opportunity they represent is even greater…in a large slice of the world, girls are uneducated… Continue Reading
Bipartisan Policy Center Releases Report on Improving Health Care Quality and Value
News release: “In response to increasing concerns in the health care debate regarding the long-term costs of reform, the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) released a report examining various steps for reforming the health care system to one that delivers better care at lower costs. The report, entitled, Improving Quality and Value in the U.S. Health… Continue Reading
House Health Care Reform Bill Available On GPOs Federal Digital System
“As lawmakers and Americans discuss health care reform, The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) has made available H.R. 3200, America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009, in electronic and printed form. The bill was approved by the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce. The authentic, electronic version is available on GPOs Federal… Continue Reading
WHO – Recommended use of antivirals management of patients infected with H1N1 pandemic virus
WHO Guidelines for Pharmacological Management of Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Influenza and other Influenza Viruses, 20 August 2009[91 pages, PDF] The purpose of this document is to provide a basis for advice to clinicians on the use of the currently available antivirals for patients presenting with illness due to influenza virus infection as well the potential… Continue Reading
