Patterns in Physically Demanding Labor Among Older Workers, August 2010, Hye Jin Rho. Center for Economic and Policy Research “Employment in physically demanding jobs or in jobs with difficult working conditions is a major cause of early labor-market exit among older workers. Raising the retirement age is particularly concerning for near-retirement age workers with such… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: August 2010
Iran's first nuclear power plant activated with fuel from Russia
Voice of America: “Russian and Iranian engineers have begun loading fuel into Iran’s first nuclear power plant. The plant is located in the southern city of Bushehr and both Russian and Iranian leaders insist Iran’s nuclear program is for peaceful purposes though many in the international community are suspicious. In an irreversible step, Iran and… Continue Reading
The Future of the Internet – FCC Public Hearing
8/20/10 – Statement of FCCC ommissioner Clyburn at “The Future of the Internet” Public Hearing, Minneapolis, Minnesota: “an open Internet is indeed the great equalizer. It enables traditionally underrepresented groupslike minorities and womento have an equal voice and an equal opportunity. It allows any connected individual to distribute their ideas to a global network or… Continue Reading
The global impact of Google Maps and Google Earth
The Agnostic Cartographer – How Googles open-ended maps are embroiling the company in some of the worlds touchiest geopolitical disputes. “Just five years since the release of Google Maps and Google Earth, the corporation may well be the worlds most important mapmaker. More than 600 million people around the world have downloaded Google Earth. As… Continue Reading
High-tech trash carts will monitor recycling by Cleveland residents
Cleveland.com: “..the city will roll out next year with new trash and recycling carts embedded with radio frequency identification chips and bar codes. The chips will allow city workers to monitor how often residents roll carts to the curb for collection. If a chip show a recyclable cart hasn’t been brought to the curb in… Continue Reading
Support to Civil Authorities: Protecting the Homeland Newsletter
Support to Civil Authorities: Protecting the Homeland Newsletter, July 2010 “The task of protecting borders and ports of entry from transnational and other threats to the security of the United States is a colossal undertaking, requiring the coordination and cooperation of many U.S. government agencies. This newsletter is a collection of articles, some previously published… Continue Reading
FOIA Lawsuit Raises Questions for Senator About Retention of Body Scanner Images
Follow up to previous postings on government implementation of whole body scanning technology at airports, via EPIC: “The Chairman and Ranking Member of the Homeland Security Committee, along with four other Senators, have sent a letter to the head of the US Marshal Service to ask why the federal agency stored more than 35,000 images… Continue Reading
Investigation Update: Multistate Outbreak of Human Salmonella Enteritidis Infections Associated with Shell Eggs
News release: “CDC is collaborating with public health officials in multiple states, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the U.S. Department of Agricultures Food Safety and Inspection Service to investigate a nationwide increase of Salmonella Enteritidis (SE) infections with an indistinguishable pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) pattern JEGX01.0004. This is the most common PFGE… Continue Reading
DOD Releases Final Fort Hood Review
Follow up to previous postings on lessons from Fort Hood and the Fort Hood Attack: A Preliminary Assessment, news today – DOD Releases Final Fort Hood Review. Protecting the Force: Lessons Learned from Fort Hood, August 18, 2010 Continue Reading
Informal Authority in the Workplace
Asian Development Bank – Informal Authority in the Workplace By Olivier Serrat [via Stuart Basefsky] “The Insufficient Returns from Formal Authority in Organizations: Formal authoritythe power to influence or command thought, opinion, or behavioris the defining characteristic of societal and organizational hierarchy.1 Ideally, after Ronald Heifetz, it is expected to serve five functions that most… Continue Reading
Policy Options for State Pensions Systems and Their Impact on Plan Liabilities
News release: “In recent months, discussion surrounding the financial soundness of state pension plans has been hotly contested. In fact, recent research by the Kellogg School suggests that pension programs in as many as 31 states are headed for run outs and financial disaster by 2030. A new paper co-authored by Associate Professor of Finance… Continue Reading
The First Command Financial Behaviors Index
“The First Command Financial Behaviors Index assesses trends among the American publics financial behaviors, intentions and attitudes through a monthly survey of approximately 1,000 U.S. consumers, ages 2570, with annual household incomes of at least $50,000…The First Command Financial Behaviors Index rose from 2009s year-end mark of 90 to a first quarter closing at 94,… Continue Reading
