News release: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is releasing an interim guidance document to help agency staff incorporate environmental justice into the agencys rulemaking process. The rulemaking guidance is an important and positive step toward meeting EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jacksons priority to work for environmental justice and protect the health and safety of communities who have been disproportionally impacted by pollution.”
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Daily Archives: July 26, 2010
CBO: The Role of Immigrants in the U.S. Labor Market: An Update
The Role of Immigrants in the U.S. Labor Market – An Update, July 2010: “People born in other countries are a growing presence in the U.S. labor force. In 1994, 1 in 10 people in the U.S. labor force was born elsewhere, but in 2009, 1 in 7 was foreign born. About 40 percent of… Continue Reading
Introducing Google Apps for Government
Official Google Blog: “Today were excited to announce a new edition of Google Apps. Designed with guidance from customers like the federal government, the City of Los Angeles and the City of Orlando, Google Apps for Government includes the same great Google applications that people know and love, with specific measures to address the policy… Continue Reading
DOJ Announces Plans to Prepare New ADA Regulations
News release: “The Justice Department announced today that it will publish four new Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) proposals addressing the accessibility of websites, the provision of captioning and video description in movies shown in theaters, accessible equipment and furniture, and the ability of 9-1-1 centers to take text and video calls from individuals with… Continue Reading
WikiLeaks Provides US, UK and German News Outlets With Over 90,000 Afghan War Files
New York Times: Americans fighting the war in Afghanistan have long harbored strong suspicions that Pakistans military spy service has guided the Afghan insurgency with a hidden hand, even as Pakistan receives more than $1 billion a year from Washington for its help combating the militants, according to a trove of secret military field reports… Continue Reading
Dynamics of Economic Well-Being: Spells of Unemployment, 2004-2007
Dynamics of Economic Well-Being: Spells of Unemployment, 2004-2007 “Data from the 2004 Survey of Income and Program Participation on how often and how long U.S. residents were unemployed between January 2004 and the official start of the recession in December 2007. The data are presented by a variety of demographic characteristics, including race, Hispanic… Continue Reading
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Mass Layoffs Summary, June 2010
News release: “Employers took 1,647 mass layoff actions in June that resulted in the separation of 145,538 workers, seasonally adjusted, as measured by new filings for unemployment insurance benefits during the month, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported [July 23, 2010]. Each action involved at least 50 persons from a single employer. The number… Continue Reading
The Effect of Market Leadership in Business Process Innovation: The Case(s) of E-Business Adoption
The Effect of Market Leadership in Business Process Innovation: The Case(s) of E-Business Adoption, Kristina Steffenson McElheran, Working Paper 10-104, Harvard Business School “This paper empirically investigates how market leadership influences firm propensity to adopt new business process innovations. Using a unique data set spanning roughly 35,000 plants in 86 U.S. manufacturing industries, I study… Continue Reading
