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Pew: Gender Equality Universally Embraced, But Inequalities Acknowledged

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Gender Equality Universally Embraced, But Inequalities Acknowledged, released July 1, 2010

  • “Fifteen years after the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women’s Beijing Platform for Action proclaimed that “shared power and responsibility should be established between women and men at home, in the workplace and in the wider national and international communities,” people around the globe embrace the document’s key principles. Almost everywhere, solid majorities express support for gender equality and agree that women should be able to work outside the home. Most also find a marriage in which both spouses share financial and household responsibilities to be more satisfying than one in which the husband provides for the family and the wife takes care of the house and children. In addition, majorities in most countries reject the notion that higher education is more important for a boy than for a girl. Yet, despite a general consensus that women should have the same rights as men, people in many countries around the world say gender inequalities persist in their countries. Many say that men get more opportunities than equally qualified women for jobs that pay well and that life is generally better for men than it is for women in their countries. This is especially so in some of the wealthier nations surveyed. And while majorities in nearly every country surveyed express support for gender equality, equal rights supporters in most countries say that more changes are needed to ensure that women have the same rights as men.”

    • EC Public Consultation on Derivative and Market Infrastructure

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    Consultation on Derivatives and Market Infrastructures – frequently asked questions – “Why has the Internal Market and Services Directorate General of the European Commission launched another public consultation on Derivatives and Market Infrastructures? The European Commission adopted a Communication on “Ensuring efficient, safe and sound derivatives markets – future policy actions”, on 20th October 2009… Continue Reading

    EPA Releases First Round of Toxicity Testing Data for Eight Oil Dispersants

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    Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, this news release: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today released peer reviewed results from the first round of its own independent toxicity testing on eight oil dispersants. EPA conducted testing to ensure that decisions about ongoing dispersant use in the Gulf of Mexico continue to… Continue Reading

    Department of Defense Open Government Plan Version 1.1

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    Department of Defense Open Government Plan Version 1.1, June 25, 2010 “The Department has made significant progress in the weeks since we first published our Open Government Plan. Personnel from across the Department continue to contribute datasets for Data.gov We solicited feedback from outside government groups on our initial Plan, and incorporated their input. Additionally,… Continue Reading

    LosingLibraries.org is Launched by Librarians and Library Journal

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    “In an effort to map and chronicle the full range of cuts, closings, and diminished library services nationally, Library Journal, in partnership with Mandy Knapp and Laura Solomon (responsible for SaveOhioLibraries.com), has launched LosingLibraries.org. The dynamic website, which relies on reader contributions, has begun to track – via links to articles, announcements, and press releases… Continue Reading

    Minerals Management Service Relaunched as Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement

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    Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, this news release: “Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar wore-in former Justice Department Inspector General Michael Bromwich to lead reforms that will strengthen oversight and policing of offshore oil and gas development. Bromwich will oversee the fundamental restructuring of the former Minerals Management Service, which… Continue Reading

    Research on the attitudes of UK public sector procurement and finance professionals toward deficit repair

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    News release: “Public sector procurement leaders recognise the scale of their UK deficit reduction challenge but are undaunted and eager to play their part, new research sponsored by Durham University and Wax Digital has revealed. Bureaucracy, poor spend-management and lack of automation however, could stand in their way. Conducted immediately after the General Election, the… Continue Reading

    BLS: New Data Access Tool Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages – State and county map application

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    “The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has developed an interactive state and county map application available at http://beta.bls.gov/. The application displays geographic economic data through maps, charts, and tables, allowing users to explore employment and wage data of private industry at the National, State, and county level. Throughout this application, URLs are specific to the… Continue Reading

    Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: International Offers of Assistance

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    Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, this news release: “The United States will accept 22 offers of assistance from 12 countries and international bodies, including two high speed skimmers and fire containment boom from Japan. We are currently working out the particular modalities of delivering the offered assistance….The 27 countries which… Continue Reading