Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment Summary, April 2010: “Unemployment rates were higher in April than a year earlier in 291 of the 372 metropolitan areas, lower in 73 areas, and unchanged in 8 areas, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Fourteen areas recorded jobless rates of at least 15.0 percent, while 8 areas… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: June 2010
Google Announces Free Download of 10 terabytes of patents and trademarks
Google Public Policy Blog: “When we launched Google Patent Search in 2006, we wanted to make it easier for people to understand the world of inventions, whether they were browsing for curious patents or researching serious engineering. Recently, weve also worked on a number of public data search features, as well as experimental features like… Continue Reading
Regulation Room from Cornell Law School's e-Rulemaking Initiative – Airline Passenger Rights
“New federal airline passenger protections took effect in April, but they were only a first step. The new rules dont cover all airlines or airports. And passengers still dont have a clear set of rights in many important customer service areas. The Department of Transportation (DOT) now wants to fill these gaps, and it’s asking… Continue Reading
Enhancing Airline Passenger Protections: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking June 2, 2010
“The Department of Transportation is proposing to improve the air travel environment for consumers by: increasing the number of carriers that are required to adopt tarmac delay contingency plans and the airports at which they must adhere to the plans terms; increasing the number of carriers that are required to report tarmac delay information to… Continue Reading
NASA Images Show Oil's Invasion Along Louisiana Coast
Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, this news release: “These images, acquired on May 24, 2010 by the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) instrument aboard NASA’s Terra spacecraft, show the encroachment of oil from the former Deepwater Horizon rig into Louisiana’s wildlife habitats. The source of the spill is located off the… Continue Reading
EU Financial Stability Review June 2010
News release: “Many euro area large and complex banking groups (LCBGs) returned to modest profitability in 2009, and their financial performances strengthened further in the first quarter of 2010. These developments, together with a bolstering of their capital buffers to well above pre-crisis levels, suggest that most of these institutions have made important progress on… Continue Reading
FT.com Reports Google Phasing Out Corporate Use of Windows
FT.com: “Google is phasing out the internal use of Microsofts ubiquitous Windows operating system because of security concerns, according to several Google employees. The directive to move to other operating systems began in earnest in January, after Googles Chinese operations were hacked, and could effectively end the use of Windows at Google, which employs more… Continue Reading
Report: Local goverment job losses hurt entire economy
Local government job losses hurt entire economy – Economic Policy Institute, Ethan Pollack, May 27, 2010 “America continues to reel from the worst recession in 75 years. While the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act successfully mitigated the severity and length of the downturn, robust economic recoverythough hoped foris far from guaranteed. Although recent economic indicators… Continue Reading
The State of Society – Measuring Economic Success and Human Well-Being
Urban Institute: The State of Society – Measuring Economic Success and Human Well-Being, Erwin de Leon, Elizabeth T. Boris “This study provides an overview of a broad range of existing measures that go beyond gross domestic product (GDP) to offer a more complete and accurate picture of how a society and its economy are faring.… Continue Reading
Transforming HR: The Vision Lives on through Creativity, Focus and Brute Force
Transforming HR: The Vision Lives On: Through creativity, focus and brute force. Findings of the 2009 HR Barometer Survey January 2010 Continue Reading
FCC Survey Finds 4 Out of 5 Americans Don't Know Their Broadband Speeds
News release: “Today the Federal Communications Commission released the results of a survey on the consumer broadband experience. The survey found that 80 percent of broadband users in the United States do not know the speed of their broadband connection. The survey is part of the agencys overall broadband speed initiative, which involves several bureaus… Continue Reading
Fifth U.S. Climate Action Report Released
News release: “The Department of State has submitted its fifth National Communication on U.S. climate change actions to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Submission of this document, also called the U.S. Climate Action Report 2010, is a requirement under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. The U.S. submits a National Communication… Continue Reading
