News release: “The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced that it is inviting the public to submit comments and information to help the agency implement a new federal law that requires the posting of calorie content and other nutrition information on menu items at certain chain restaurants and similar retail food operations and vending machines. The new law, Section 4205 of the Affordable Care Act signed into law March 23, 2010, sets new federal requirements for foods sold at certain restaurants, coffee shops, delis, movie theaters, bakeries, ice cream shops, and in vending machines. Prior to the new law, federal law required nutrition labeling on many packaged foods, which may be purchased in supermarkets and at other locations, and some states and local governments required nutritional labeling by restaurants in their jurisdictions. The new law requires restaurants and similar retail food establishments that are part of a chain with 20 or more locations that offer substantially the same menu items to list calorie content information on menus and menu boards, including drive-through menu boards.”
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Daily Archives: July 8, 2010
Usability Study: Reading book on Kindle or iPad May Take Longer?
NPR: “Dr. Jakob Nielsen, a usability specialist, has done a small study that indicates that reading a book on an iPad or a Kindle will take longer. According to Nielsen, the iPad measured 6.2 percent slower than a printed book and the Kindle was 10.7 percent slower.” Continue Reading
BLS: County Employment and Wages
County Employment and Wages Fourth Quarter 2009: “From December 2008 to December 2009, employment declined in 325 of the 334 largest U.S. counties according to preliminary data, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Trumbull, Ohio, posted the largest percentage decline, with a loss of 8.6 percent over the year, compared with a national… Continue Reading
National Archives Announces Launch of New "Our Archives" Wiki
“The National Archives announces the launch today of its first public wiki called Our Archives on Wikispaces located at: http://www.ourarchives.wikispaces.net. Our Archives provides a collaborative space for members of the public, researchers, and staff to share knowledge about National Archives records, resources and research. The wiki is an opportunity for researchers, historians, archivists, and citizen… Continue Reading
CBO Monthly Budget Review July 2010
Monthly Budget Review, July 2010 – Based on the Monthly Treasury Statement for May and the Daily Treasury Statements for June: “The federal government incurred a deficit of just over $1.0 trillion for the first nine months of fiscal year 2010, CBO estimates, $81 billion less than the roughly $1.1 trillion deficit incurred through June… Continue Reading
Committee of European Banking Supervisors Statement On Key Features of Extended EU-Wide Stress Test
News release: “Following its statement issued on 18 June 2010, CEBS provides further information on the EU-wide stress test exercise which is now being finalised by CEBS and the national supervisory authorities, in close cooperation with the ECB. The objective of the extended stress test exercise is to assess the overall resilience of the EU… Continue Reading
Employment: Job creation must be a top priority in months ahead, says OECDs Gurria
News release: “OECD countries need to create 17 million jobs to get employment levels back to where they were before the crisis, according to the OECDs Employment Outlook 2010. Unemployment may have peaked in the OECD area, having reached 8.6% in May 2010, it says…Today’s jobs gap varies widely between countries: in the United States… Continue Reading
Library of Congress Global Legal Information Catalog
“The Global Legal Information Catalog includes information about publications which reprint the laws and regulations of multiple jurisdictions on a particular legal topic. The purpose of the database is to provide additional identifying information about titles, beyond that which is provided in the Library’s online catalog. The database works as an interface with the Library… Continue Reading
Report: The number of news organizations covering federal agencies has fallen since 2003
From AJR, June/July 2010 – Abandoned Agencies – The number of news organizations covering federal agencies has fallen since 2003, by Jodi Enda “For the story, we interviewed journalists from specialty publications, many of which have sprung up on the Internet as newspapers closed or reduced the sizes of their Washington bureaus. However, since these… Continue Reading
