Google Voice Blog: “Google Voice lets you manage all your phone communications and seamlessly make and receive calls on any of your existing phones. But what if you dont have your phone with you? Or what if youre in a place with poor cell phone reception, or youre travelling internationally and dont want to incur expensive roaming charges? Wouldnt it be great if you could use your computer to make or receive calls? Starting today you can use Gmail to receive or place Google Voice calls. To get started, check the box next to Google Chat in your list of forwarding phones and the next time someone calls your Google Voice number, Gmail will notify you of an incoming call. You can take the call or even listen in as the caller leaves a message, in a single step right from your computer.”
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Daily Archives: August 25, 2010
EPA to Establish Nations Largest Coastal No-Sewage Zone
News release: “U.S. EPAs Pacific Southwest Regional Administrator Jared Blumenfeld will today announce details of the Agencys proposal to ban all sewage discharges from large cruise ships and most other large ocean-going ships to the marine waters along Californias entire coastline. This will establish the largest coastal No Discharge Zone in the United States and… Continue Reading
FDA releases guidance on federal menu labeling requirements
“The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today released two documents that outline steps to help chain restaurants comply with new federal nutrition labeling requirements…Section 4205 of the Affordable Care Act, signed into law in March 2010, set new federal requirements for nutrition labeling for foods sold at certain chain restaurants and similar retail food establishments.… Continue Reading
Renewable Energy Trends in Consumption and Electricity 2008
U.S. Energy Information Administration – Renewable Energy Trends in Consumption and Electricity 2008 Aug 25, 2010: “The report shows that U.S. renewable energy consumption grew 10 percent to 7.367 quadrillion Btu between 2007 and 2008 and now holds well over 7 percent of the U.S. energy market.” Continue Reading
Report: Women and the Economy 2010: 25 Years of Progress But Challenges Remain
Women and the Economy 2010: 25 Years of Progress But Challenges Remain, August 2010 Report by the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee “On August 26, 2010, Americans will celebrate the 90th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment, which granted women the right to vote and led to their increased participation in our political… Continue Reading
Renewable Energy Annual 2008
U.S. Energy Information Administration – Renewable Energy Annual 2008 Aug 25, 2010: “The report has information on trends in renewable energy consumption and electricity, solar manufacturing activities, geothermal heat pump manufacturing activities, and green pricing and net metering programs.” Continue Reading
FHFA: House Prices Rise in Second Quarter
News release: “U.S. house prices rose in the second quarter of 2010 according to the Federal Housing Finance Agencys (FHFA) seasonally adjusted purchase-only house price index (HPI). The HPI, calculated using home sales price information from Fannie Mae – and Freddie Mac – acquired mortgages, was 0.9 percent higher on a seasonally adjusted basis in… Continue Reading
SEC Adopts New Measures to Facilitate Director Nominations by Shareholders
News release includes Fact Sheet: “The Securities and Exchange Commission today adopted changes to the federal proxy and other rules to facilitate the rights of shareholders to nominate directors to a company’s board. The new rules require companies to include the nominees of significant, long-term shareholders in their proxy materials, alongside the nominees of management.… Continue Reading
New GAO Report on Federal Contracting
Federal Contracting: Opportunities Exist to Increase Competition and Assess Reasons When Only One Offer Is Received, GAO-10-833, July 26, 2010 “You asked us to review federal agencies use of noncompetitive contracts and competitively awarded contracts in which only one offer was received. Accordingly, we determined (1) the extent to which agencies have awarded noncompetitive contracts… Continue Reading
Informing the Future of Housing Finance: Lessons from the Recent Past
A speech delivered by Charles Evans, President, Chicago Federal Reserve, August 24, 2010 in Indianapolis, Indiana. “…homeownership is only good for families and communities if it can be sustained. Home purchases that are very highly leveraged or unaffordable subject the borrower to a great deal of risk. Theres no guarantee, as weve learned recently, that… Continue Reading
NASA: Drought Drives Decade-Long Decline in Plant Growth
Earth has done an ecological about-face: “Global plant productivity that once flourished under warming temperatures and a lengthened growing season is now on the decline, struck by the stress of drought. NASA-funded researchers Maosheng Zhao and Steven Running, of the University of Montana in Missoula, discovered the global shift during an analysis of NASA satellite… Continue Reading
