Official Google Blog: “Today were revamping the Google News homepage with several changes designed to make the news that you see more relevant to you. Were also trying to better highlight interesting stories you didnt know existed and to make it easier for you to share stories through social networks…The new heart of the homepage… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: July 2010
BLS: Employment Situation – June 2010
News release: The Employment Situation, June 2010 “Total nonfarm payroll employment declined by 125,000 in June, and the unemployment rate edged down to 9.5 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The decline in payroll employment reflected a decrease (-225,000) in the number of temporary employees working on Census 2010. Private-sector payroll employment… Continue Reading
FTC: Putting a Lid on International Scams – 10 Tips for Being a Canny Consumer
Putting a Lid on International Scams: 10 Tips for Being a Canny Consumer: “Mass marketing fraud is a significant source of income for international crime rings. Con artists ignore geographic boundaries to reach out to potential victims by phone, email, postal mail, and through the Internet, and then trick them into sending money or giving… Continue Reading
Securing Protections for the Injured from Limitations on Liability Act
Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill see H.R.5503 – Securing Protections for the Injured from Limitations on Liability Act. Sponsor: Rep Conyers, John, Jr. [MI-14] (introduced 6/10/2010) Cosponsors (26). Latest Major Action: 7/1/2010. Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed… Continue Reading
Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act – HR 11-517
Follow up to Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, House of Representatives, 111th Congress, 2nd Session, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act – House Report 111-517, dated June 29, 2010, ordered to be printed. Related postings on financial system Continue Reading
CRS: From Solicitor General to Supreme Court Nominee: Responsibilities, History, and the Nomination of Elena Kagan
From Solicitor General to Supreme Court Nominee: Responsibilities, History, and the Nomination of Elena Kagan, by Susan Navarro Smelcer, Analyst on the Federal Judiciary. Kenneth R. Thomas, Legislative Attorney, June 23, 2010 “On May 10, 2010, President Obama nominated Solicitor General Elena Kagan to replace retiring Justice John Paul Stevens. If confirmed, Elena Kagan would… Continue Reading
EIA: July 2010 Petroleum Marketing Monthly With Data for April 2010
July 2010 Petroleum Marketing Monthly With Data for April 2010 – July 1, 2010: “Monthly price and volume statistics on crude oil and petroleum products at a national, regional and state level.” Continue Reading
CBO: The Long-Term Budget Outlook
The Long-Term Budget Outlook, June 2010 “This Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report examines the pressures on the federal budget by presenting the agencys projections of federal spending and revenues over the coming decades. Under current laws and policies, an aging population and rapidly rising health care costs will sharply increase federal spending for health care… Continue Reading
BLS: Highlights of Womens Earnings in 2009
Highlights of Womens Earnings in 2009, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, June 2010, Report 1025 “In 2009, women who were full-time wage and salary workers had median weekly earnings of $657, or about 80 percent of the $819 median for their male counterparts. In 1979, the first year for which comparable… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Implementing Cloud Computing,
Information Security: Governmentwide Guidance Needed to Assist Agencies in Implementing Cloud Computing, GAO-10-855T, July 01, 2010 Warfighter Support: Actions Needed to Improve the Joint Improvised Exposive Device Defeat Organization’s System of Internal Control, GAO-10-660, July 01, 2010 Biosurveillance: Efforts to Develop a National Biosurveillance Capability Need a National Strategy and a Designated Leader, GAO-10-645, June… Continue Reading
CBO: Social Security Policy Options
Social Security Policy Options, July 2010 “Social Security is the federal governments largest single program, and as the U.S. population grows older in the coming decades, its cost is projected to increase more rapidly than its revenues. As a result, under current law, resources dedicated to the program will become insufficient to pay full benefits… Continue Reading
FCC Launches Data Innovation Initiative
News release: “The Federal Communications Commission today launched the Data Innovation Initiative, the agencys latest action to modernize and streamline how it collects, uses, and disseminates data. With this launch, the FCC continues the changes that were made as part of a comprehensive reform effort that is improving the agencys fact-based, data-driven decision-making. To lead… Continue Reading
