News release: “The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged the State of New Jersey with securities fraud for misrepresenting and failing to disclose to investors in billions of dollars worth of municipal bond offerings that it was underfunding the state’s two largest pension plans. According to the SEC’s order, New Jersey offered and sold more… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: August 2010
Federal Task Force Sends Recommendations to President on Fostering Clean Coal Technology
News release: “President Obamas Interagency Task Force on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), co-chaired by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Energy (DOE), delivered a series of recommendations to the president today on overcoming the barriers to the widespread, cost-effective deployment of CCS within 10 years. CCS is a group of… Continue Reading
Use Microblogging to Increase Productivity
Use Microblogging to Increase Productivity, by Jeanne C Meister and Karie Willyerd, Harvard Business Review “There are a number of internal solutions that allow employees to share messages and information with each other, including Yammer and Socialtext. Laurence Smith, Vice President of Global Learning & Development at LG Electronics in Seoul, Korea has become an… Continue Reading
The Economic Impacts of the Marcellus Shale: Implications for New York, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia
The Economic Impacts of the Marcellus Shale: Implications for New York, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. A Report to The American Petroleum Institute, by Timothy J. Considine, Ph.D., Natural Resource Economics, Inc. “Deep beneath the rolling hills and mountains of Appalachia from West Virginia in the south to upstate New York in the north lies a… Continue Reading
Federal Report Details Health and Economic Status of Older Americans
“Todays older Americans enjoy longer lives and better health than did previous generations. These and other trends are reported in Older Americans 2010: Key Indicators of Well-Being, a unique, comprehensive look at aging in the United States from the Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics. Older Americans 2010, the fifth report prepared by the Forum… Continue Reading
Obama Administration Housing Scorecard Shows Continued Increase in Home Affordability
“The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury today released the second edition of the Administration’s Housing Scorecard showing that, thanks in part to interest rates continuing at all-time lows, home affordability in the U.S. remains near the most attractive levels in 10 years. In addition, for… Continue Reading
GAO: Anticipating and Meeting Accountability Challenges in a Dynamic Environment
Anticipating and Meeting Accountability Challenges in a Dynamic Environment, Gene L. Dodaro, Acting Comptroller General, U.S. Government Accountability Office, July 12, 2010 [via Government Innovators Network] “Major topics of this presentation include: threats confronting U.S. national security interests, fiscal sustainability and debt challenges, economic recovery and restored growth, the changing dynamics of global interdependence, advances… Continue Reading
Nearly 1 million children potentially misdiagnosed with ADHD, study finds
News release: “Nearly 1 million children in the United States are potentially misdiagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder simply because they are the youngest and most immature in their kindergarten class, according to new research by a Michigan State University economist. These children are significantly more likely than their older classmates to be… Continue Reading
Report: up to 79% of oil released into Gulf of Mexico from Deepwater Horizon well has not been recovered
Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, this Outcome/Guidance from Georgia Sea Grant Program: Current Status of BP Oil Spill by Chuck Hopkinson, Director, Georgia Sea Grant, August 17, 2010 – “On August 2, 2010, the National Incident Command (NIC) released a report on the status of oil from the BP oil… Continue Reading
Health Effects of the Gulf Oil Spill
Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill a new medical report: Health Effects of the Gulf Oil Spill, Gina M. Solomon, MD, MPH; Sarah Janssen, MD, PhD, MPH. JAMA. Published online August 16, 2010. doi:10.1001/jama.2010.1254 “The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico poses direct threats to human health from inhalation or… Continue Reading
DOD Report to Congress: Military and Security Developments Involving the Peoples Republic of China 2010
Military and Security Developments Involving the Peoples Republic of China 2010. A Report to Congress Pursuant to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 “Over the past 30 years, China has made great progress in its pursuit of economic growth and development, which has allowed China to achieve higher living standards for the… Continue Reading
BLS – Producer Price Index, July 2010
Producer Price Index, July 2010: “The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods rose 0.2 percent in July, seasonally adjusted, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. This advance followed a 0.5-percent decline in June and a 0.3-percent decrease in May. At the earlier stages of processing, prices received by manufacturers of intermediate goods moved… Continue Reading
