Annual Report on the Federal Work Force Fiscal Year 2009. From the Executive Summary: In FY 2009, there were almost 2.8 million women and men employed by the federal government across the country and around the world. 55.9% were men and 44.1% were women; after a slow but steady increase, the participation rate for women… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: July 2010
New Survey Shows Significant Local Government Jobs Losses
News release: “New survey research announced today shows that local governments are now facing a fiscal crisis that will force job losses approaching 500,000 and significant cuts in much needed public services. Representatives from the National League of Cities (NLC), United States Conference of Mayors (USCM) and the National Association of Counties (NACo) jointly released… Continue Reading
American Customer Satisfaction Index: Internet news & information; Internet portals & search engines, Internet social media
The American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) Report on E-Business: Internet Portals & Search Engines, News & Information, and Social Media Websites, July 20, 2010. Commentary by Professor Claes Fornell: Google Dips Sharply but Holds Off Bing; FOXNews.com Leads All E-Business Websites; Facebook and MySpace Fail to Satisfy Continue Reading
Occupational Employment and Wages Summary, May 2010
News release: “Retail salespersons and cashiers were the two largest occupations in the private sector in May 2009, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Postal service mail carriers; correctional officers and jailers; and elementary school teachers, except special education, had the highest employment among all occupations in federal, state, and local government, respectively.… Continue Reading
Report: Evaluating Sustainability of Projected Water Demands in 2050
Evaluating Sustainability of Projected Water Demands in 2050, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC): “Climate change will impact water supplies, exacerbating existing pressures on water resources caused by population and economic growth. Given the combination of these stressors, the sustainability of water resources in future decades is a concern in many parts of the world. This… Continue Reading
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Employee Benefits in the United States, March 2010
News release: “Employer provided retirement plans were a common employee benefit in the United States, available to 74 percent of all full-time workers in private industry in March 2010, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. By contrast, 39 percent of part-time private industry workers had access to a retirement plan. These data are from… Continue Reading
FCC Launches Consumer Help Center
News release: “Starting today, consumers have a new, easy-to-use, Consumer Help Center that puts them within one click of all the information they want from the Federal Communications Commission. The new portal launched today at www.fcc.gov/consumers will allow consumers to learn about different issues in telecommunications, make it easy for consumers to find out whats… Continue Reading
CBO: Federal Debt and the Risk of a Fiscal Crisis
Federal Debt and the Risk of a Fiscal Crisis, July 27, 2010, Economic and Budget Issue Brief “Over the past few years, U.S. government debt held by the public has grown rapidlyto the point that, compared with the total output of the economy, it is now higher than it has ever been except during the… Continue Reading
Portfolio.com and bizjournals nine-part formula to analyze state-by-state employment trends
Study unveils nation’s worst economies: Nevada, Florida, California – Triangle Business Journal: “The past five years have taken quite a toll on the North Carolina economy. But things could be worse: At least Tar Heel State isn’t Nevada, California or Florida. Those three states have the nations weakest economies, according to a midyear review of… Continue Reading
EIA: International Energy Outlook 2010
International Energy Outlook 2010 July 27, 2010: “The complete IEO2010 report is now available in PDF format. The Annual Energy Outlook 2010 presents an assessment for international energy markets through 2035. U.S. projections appearing in IEO2010 are consistent with those published in EIA’s Annual Energy Outlook 2010 (AEO2010 ), (April 2010). Continue Reading
Development Fund for Iraq: Department of Defense Needs To Improve Financial and Management Controls
Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR), Development Fund for Iraq: Department of Defense Needs To Improve Financial and Management Controls, July 27, 2010 “Weaknesses in DoDs financial and management controls left it unable to properly account for $8.7 billion of the $9.1 billion in DFI funds it received for reconstruction activities… Continue Reading
Environmental Working Group: Synthetic estrogen BPA coats cash register receipts
Follow up to previous postings on Bisphenol A (BPA), this report on BPA in store reciepts: “The plastic component bisphenol A (BPA) has been in the headlines nonstop as scientists, health experts and consumers press for a federal ban on food packaging made with this synthetic estrogen, shown to leach readily into infant formula, beverages… Continue Reading
