News release: “The Conference Board Employment Trends Index (ETI) increased again in June for the eleventh consecutive month. The index now stands at 96.7, up from Mays revised figure of 96.1. The index is up 9.8 percent from a year ago. The weak growth in private sector employment in the last two months has been… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: July 2010
Citing Conflict with Federal Law, DOJ Challenges Arizona Immigration Law
News release: “The Department of Justice challenged the state of Arizonas recently passed immigration law, S.B. 1070, in federal court today. In a brief filed in the District of Arizona, the Department said S.B. 1070 unconstitutionally interferes with the federal governments authority to set and enforce immigration policy, explaining that the Constitution and federal law… Continue Reading
White House: The APs Look at Health Reform
The White House Blog: The AP’s Look at Health Reform: “Today, the Associated Press takes a look at the first stages of the Affordable Care Act and finds that millions will benefit from the new protections in the new law. The story notes: The first stage of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul is expected… Continue Reading
EIA: Mexico Country Analysis Brief
Mexico Country Analysis Brief June 29, 2010: “In 2009, Mexico was the seventh-largest oil producer in the world, and the third-largest in the Western Hemisphere. The oil sector is a crucial component of Mexico’s economy: while its relative importance to the general Mexican economy has declined in the long term, the oil sector still… Continue Reading
EPA Proposal Cuts Pollution from Power Plants in 31 States and D.C.
News release: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing regulations to cut air pollution that impairs air quality and harms the health of people living downwind. The regulation will target power plant pollution that drifts across the borders of 31 eastern states and the District of Columbia. Air pollution is linked to thousands of… Continue Reading
Key findings of IPCC on regional climate – change impacts found to be robust
The Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL) is the national institute for strategic policy analysis in the field of environment, nature and spatial planning: “PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency found no errors that would undermine the main conclusions in the 2007 report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on possible future regional impacts of… Continue Reading
Cost ot BP's Gulf oil spill cleanup tops $3 billion
Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, this July 5, 2010 BP press release: “To date, almost 95,000 claims have been submitted and more than 47,000 payments have been made, totalling almost $147 million. The cost of the response to date amounts to approximately $3.12 billion, including the cost of the spill… Continue Reading
Report: China and India nullify global reduction in CO2 emissions
News release: “Despite the continued economic crisis, global emissions of carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas, have remained constant in 2009, as strong increases in CO2 emissions from fast-growing developing countries, such as China and India, have completely nullified CO2 emission reductions in the industrialised world. This according to calculations in the report No growth… Continue Reading
2010 Federal Community Social Media Study
“This study captured online survey responses from 321 Federal Defense and Civilian Agency personnel and 167 Government Contractors, as well as five in-depth interviews with government contractor senior executives. Secondary research into social media trends and federal government social media policies was also incorporated into the overall study. This research serves as an excellent benchmark… Continue Reading
2010 Open Government Research Report
News release: “On December 8, 2009, the White House issued the Open Government Directive, requiring federal agencies, to take immediate, specific steps to achieve key milestones in transparency, participation, and collaboration. However, according to the 2010 Open Government Research Report, a Harris Interactive® study commissioned by RightNow, nearly 60 percent of constituents dont think the… Continue Reading
Internet Archive's Launches Digital Lending Library
“Checking out digital versions of books that are automatically returned after two weeks is as easy as logging onto the Internet Archives Open Library site, announced digital librarian and Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle. By integrating this new service, more than seventy thousand current books best sellers and popular titles are borrowable by… Continue Reading
National Compensation Survey: Occupational Earnings in the United States, 2009
National Compensation Survey: Occupational Earnings in the United States, 2009, Bureau of Labor Statistics, June 2010: “The National Compensation Survey (NCS) provides comprehensive measures of occupational earnings, compensation cost trends, the incidence of benefits, and detailed benefit provisions. This bulletin presents estimates of occupational pay for the Nation. These national estimates originate from the NCS… Continue Reading
