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Daily Archives: September 8, 2010
BP Releases Report on Causes of Gulf of Mexico Tragedy
Follow up to previous postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, see this news – BP Releases Report on Causes of Gulf of Mexico Tragedy: “No single factor caused the Macondo well tragedy. Rather, a sequence of failures involving a number of different parties led to the explosion and fire which killed 11 people and… Continue Reading
BLS: Employer Costs for Employee Compensation
Employer Costs for Employee Compensation, June 2010 “Private industry employers spent an average of $27.64 per hour worked for employee compensation in June 2010, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Wages and salaries averaged $19.53 per hour worked and accounted for 70.6 percent of these costs, while benefits averaged $8.11 and accounted for… Continue Reading
Outer Continental Shelf Safety Oversight Board Report to Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar
News release: “Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced that a team led by senior officials in the Department of the Interior, including Interiors Inspector General, have completed a review of offshore oil and gas oversight and regulation and have delivered a set of recommendations that reinforce and expand on ongoing reforms being carried… Continue Reading
Global study finds we are more likely to give money to charity if we are happy than if we are wealthy
News release: “The World Giving Index Report, the largest study ever carried out into charitable behaviour across the globe, which ranked the UK the eighth most charitable nation in the world, has found that happier people are more likely to give money to charity than those who are wealthy. The World Giving Index used a… Continue Reading
DHS OIG: DHS Needs to Improve the Security Posture of Its Cybersecurity Program Systems
OIG-10-111 – DHS Needs to Improve the Security Posture of Its Cybersecurity Program Systems, September 8, 2010 “Our audit focused on the security of the systems that US-CERT uses to accomplish its cybersecurity mission. Overall, NCSD has implemented adequate physical security and logical access controls over the cybersecurity program systems used to collect, process, and… Continue Reading
Google Instant – New Search Enhancement Launched
“Google Instant is a new search enhancement that shows results as you type. We are pushing the limits of our technology and infrastructure to help you get better search results, faster. Our key technical insight was that people type slowly, but read quickly, typically taking 300 milliseconds between keystrokes, but only 30 milliseconds (a tenth… Continue Reading
GAO – University Research: Policies for Reimbursement of Indirect Costs Need to Be Updated
University Research: Policies for Reimbursement of Indirect Costs Need to Be Updated, GAO-10-937, September 8, 2010 “GAO identified wide variation in indirect cost rates at schools receiving DOD funding in fiscal year 2007, which may be related to a number of factors. For example, the average difference between a school’s proposed and its negotiated rate… Continue Reading
UN – The Greening of Water Law: Managing Freshwater Resources for People and the Environment
The Greening of Water Law: Managing Freshwater Resources for People and the Environment, United Nations Environment Programme, released September 7, 2010 “The Greening of Water Law explores the notion and the benefits of greening water law by presenting and assessing a variety of legal, procedural and policy mechanisms, for both national and international arenas, that… Continue Reading
