News release: “As a new generation of cars and light trucks start appearing on the market, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are jointly proposing changes to the fuel economy labels consumers see on the window of every new vehicle in dealer showrooms. The proposed rule seeks public… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: August 2010
Reserve Bank of India Annual Report for 2009-10
News release: “The Reserve Bank of India released today its Annual Report for 2009-10. This statutory Report of the Board of the Reserve Bank focusses on: (a) an analytical assessment of the key policy issues and macroeconomic challenges faced during the year, (b) the range of policy actions taken to address the challenges, besides initiatives… Continue Reading
Monthly Natural Gas Gross Production Report, Petroleum Supply Monthly
Monthly Natural Gas Gross Production Report Aug 30, 2010: “Monthly natural gas gross withdrawals estimated from data collected on Form EIA-914 (Monthly Natural Gas Production Report) for Federal Offshore Gulf of Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Wyoming, Other States and Lower 48 States. Alaska data are from the State of Alaska and… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Hurricane Recovery, New Drug Approval, Onshore Oil and Gas
Hurricane Recovery: Federal Government Provided a Range of Assistance to Nonprofits following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, GAO-10-800, July 30, 2010 New Drug Approval: FDA’s Consideration of Evidence from Certain Clinical Trials, GAO-10-798, July 30, 2010 Onshore Oil and Gas: BLM’s Management of Public Protests to Its Lease Sales Needs Improvement, GAO-10-670, July 30, 2010 Continue Reading
Postsecondary Institutions and Price of Attendance in the United States
Postsecondary Institutions and Price of Attendance in the United States: Fall 2009 and Degrees and Other Awards Conferred: 2008-09, and 12-Month Enrollment 2008-09, August 25, 2010 “This First Look presents findings from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) fall 2009 data collection, which included three survey components: Institutional Characteristics for the 2009-10 academic year,… Continue Reading
Pew Internet Report: Older Adults and Social Media
Older Adults and Social Media – Social networking use among those ages 50 and older nearly doubled over the past year, Mary Madden, Senior Research Specialist, August 27, 2010: “While social media use has grown dramatically across all age groups, older users have been especially enthusiastic over the past year about embracing new networking tools.… Continue Reading
Deepwater joint investigation board concludes 5th day in 4th session of hearings
Follow up to previous postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, this news: Deepwater joint investigation board concludes 5th day in 4th session of hearings. “The Deepwater Horizon joint investigation concluded the fifth day of the fourth session of hearings Friday [August 27, 2010] into the circumstances surrounding the explosion, fire, pollution and sinking of… Continue Reading
Share of Popular Bottled Water from Municipal Supplies Up 50 Percent
News release: “New analysis of industry data released today by the national consumer advocacy group Food & Water Watch finds that almost half of all bottled water sold in U.S. retail outlets in PET plastic bottles now comes from municipal tap water supplies. Bottling Our Cities Tap Water shows that between 2000 and 2009 the… Continue Reading
Food & Water Watch Releases Comprehensive 2010 Smart Seafood Guide
News release: “The national consumer advocacy group Food & Water Watch released its 2010 Smart Seafood Guide to direct consumers in making safer, more sustainable seafood decisions. This year, researchers analyzed over 100 types of seafood (60 percent more than in 2009) to create the only guide assessing not only the human health and environmental… Continue Reading
NIST Publishes Approved Testing Procedures for Electronic Health Records
News release: “In efforts to help the nation’s health care industry make the transition to the digital age in an effective and meaningful fashion, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published a set of approved procedures for testing information technology systems that work with electronic health records (EHRs). Released in draft form… Continue Reading
Google Realtime Search: a new home with new tools
Official Google Blog: When we first introduced our real-time search features last December, we focused on bringing relevance to the freshest information on the web. Our goal was to provide real-time content from a comprehensive set of sources, integrated right into your usual search results. Today were making our most significant enhancements to date, giving… Continue Reading
Sharing THOMAS Legislative Content with the Share Tool
“The THOMAS Share Tool allows you to print THOMAS pages and search results, subscribe to regular updates from THOMAS, and share THOMAS content in a number of ways. You can post THOMAS links on social networking Web sites such as Facebook or Twitter, send links by e-mail, and post links to or embed THOMAS content… Continue Reading
