News release: “Chinas population is projected to peak at slightly less than 1.4 billion in 2026, both earlier and at a lower level than previously projected. Meanwhile, Indias population is projected to surpass Chinas population in 2025, according to new data being released by the U.S. Census Bureau. These figures come from the population estimates and projections for 227 countries and areas released today through the Census Bureaus International Data Base. This release includes revisions for 21 countries, including China. The latest projections indicate that by 2026, the population of China will begin to decline. Population growth in China, the worlds most populous country, is slowing and currently stands at 0.5 percent annually. China surpassed the 1.2 billion population mark in 1994 and reached 1.3 billion in 2006.”
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Census Bureau Releases 2010 Statistical Abstract Depicting the State of Our Nation
Texting More Than Doubles in the Last Year: “How r u? The way we communicate is rapidly evolving, as evidenced by the fact that the number of text messages sent on cell phones has more than doubled from 48 billion in December 2007 to 110 billion in December 2008, according to the U.S. Census Bureaus… Continue Reading
Vice President Biden: Progress Report: The Transformation to A Clean Energy Economy
Progress Report: The Transformation to A Clean Energy Economy, December 15, 2009: “Im pleased to report that the administration is laying the foundation for a clean energy economy that will create a new generation of jobs, reduce dependence on oil and enhance national security. Through the Recovery Act and more effective use of programs already… Continue Reading
Presidential Task Force Report on Controlled Unclassified Information
Via FAS: “The President’s Memorandum of May 27, 2009 on Classified Information and Controlled Unclassified Information, directed a Task Force, led by the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Attorney General, to review the Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) Framework established in 2008 for the management of Sensitive but Unclassified1 (SBU) terrorism-related information. The Task Force… Continue Reading
2009 National Financial Capability Study
“The National Financial Capability Study established a baseline measure of the ability of Americans to manage their money, benchmarking four key indicators of financial capability and evaluating how these indicators vary with underlying demographic, behavioral, attitudinal and financial literacy characteristics…The National Survey is one of three linked surveys that comprise the National Financial Capability Study.… Continue Reading
National Financial Capability Challenge for high-school aged youth
“The National Financial Capability Challenge is a non-monetary awards program designed to increase the financial knowledge and capability of high-school aged youth across the United States. It challenges youth to take control of their financial future by learning more about personal finance, and it challenges teachers and schools to incorporate the important information and topics… Continue Reading
FTC Issues Report to Congress on Use of its Enhanced Authority Under the U.S. SAFE WEB Act
News release: “The Federal Trade Commission has issued a report to Congress examining how the agency has used the expanded law enforcement authority Congress provided in the U.S. SAFE WEB Act to protect American consumers since the Act was signed into law on December 22, 2006. The SAFE WEB Act authorizes the FTC to share… Continue Reading
The Effects of Climate Change on U.S. Ecosystems
The Effects of Climate Change on U.S. Ecosystems, November 2009 “The Earths climate is changing. The Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date scientific assessment of this issue, stating with very high confidence that human activities such as fossil fuel burning and deforestation have… Continue Reading
Annual Energy Outlook 2010 Early Release Overview
Annual Energy Outlook 2010 Early Release Overview Dec 14, 2009: “The AEO2010 presents long-term projections of energy supply, demand, and prices through 2035, which are based on results from EIA’s National Energy Modeling System (NEMS). The AEO2010 Early Release only includes the reference case. The full publication, including many additional cases examining energy markets,… Continue Reading
International Energy Agency: Global Gaps in Clean Energy, Research, Devlopment and Demonstration
“IEA released a new study on research, development and demonstration (RD&D) spending needs for the low-carbon technologies being targeted by the Major Economies Forum on Energy & Climate Change. The study finds that while public RD&D investments have increased recently as a result of green stimulus funding, government RD&D investments will need to rise 3-10… Continue Reading
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Occupational employment projections to 2018
Occupational employment projections to 2018: “Professional and related occupations and service occupations are expected to create more new jobs than all other occupational groups from 2008 to 2018; in addition, growth will be faster among occupations for which postsecondary education is the most significant form of education or training, and, across all occupations, replacement needs… Continue Reading
