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
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Monthly Archives: September 2010
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
CBO Monthly Budget Review – September 2010
Monthly Budget Review – September 2010: Based on the Monthly Treasury Statement for July and the Daily Treasury Statements for August 2010 “The federal government incurred a deficit of nearly $1.3 trillion in the first 11 months of fiscal year 2010, CBO estimatesa total that is about $100 billion less than the shortfall recorded through… Continue Reading
Decline in US Adult Smoking Rate Stalled Half of children still exposed to secondhand smoke
News release: “Despite the known dangers of tobacco use, 1 in 5 American adults continues to smoke cigarettes, and 4 in 10 nonsmokers were exposed to cigarette smoke during 2007-2008, according to reports from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Among children between the ages of 3 and 11 years old, 54 percent were… Continue Reading
GAO: Preliminary Observations on Services Requested by Seniors and Challenges in Providing Assistance
Older Americans Act: Preliminary Observations on Services Requested by Seniors and Challenges in Providing Assistance, GAO-10-1024T, September 07, 2010 “Seniors frequently requested home-delivered meals and transportation services, and based on preliminary responses to GAOs survey and information from site visits, demand for some Title III services may be increasing. Some agencies said they were unable… Continue Reading
BLM Handbook for Wild Horse & Burro Management
“The Bureau of Land Management has issued a new policy handbook relating to the management of wild horses and burros roaming public lands under the BLM’s jurisdiction. Among other things, the handbook would ensure that the factors considered in determining appropriate herd population levels are consistent across all of the Bureau’s 179 herd management areas… Continue Reading
Interior IG: Wildland urban interface communities lack funding oversight and guidance
Wildland urban interface communities lack funding oversight and guidance from DOI, Report No.: ER-EV-MOA-0012-2009 July 2010 “This memorandum transmits our evaluation of the Department of the Interior’s (DOl) activities pertaining to wildland urban interface areas (WUI) where private and federal properties intersect and where wildland fires may ignite without warning. We conducted this evaluation in… Continue Reading
New Report Warns of Expanding Threat of Hypoxia in U. S. Coastal Waters
News release: “A report issued today by key environmental and scientific federal agencies assesses the increasing prevalence of low-oxygen dead zones in U.S. coastal waters and outlines a series of research and policy steps that could help reverse the decades-long trend. The interagency report notes that incidents of hypoxiaa condition in which oxygen levels drop… Continue Reading
The Liberal Tradition of the Supreme Court Clerkship: Its Rise, Fall, and Reincarnation?
The Liberal Tradition of the Supreme Court Clerkship: Its Rise, Fall, and Reincarnation? William E. Nelson, Harvey Rishikof, I. Scott Messinger, and Michael Jo. 62 Vand.L.Rev. 1749 “Our main goal in this article is to present what we believe to be our key insightthat the future direction of the Court will be determined not only… Continue Reading
Study: High income improves evaluation of life but not emotional well-being
High income improves evaluation of life but not emotional well-being, Daniel Kahneman1 and Angus Deaton, Center for Health and Well-being, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ – Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), August 4, 2010. “Recent research has begun to distinguish two aspects of subjective well-being. Emotional well-being refers to the emotional quality of… Continue Reading
Study – Where Americans Get Acute Care: Increasingly, Its Not At Their Doctors Office
Where Americans Get Acute Care: Increasingly, Its Not At Their Doctors Office, Stephen R. Pitts, Emily R. Carrier, Eugene C. Rich and Arthur L. Kellermann. Health Affairs, 29, no. 9 (2010): 1620-1629 doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2009.1026 “Historically, general practitioners provided first-contact care in the United States. Today, however, only 42 percent of the 354 million annual visits… Continue Reading
IAEA Iran Safeguards Report: Iran Degrading Safeguards Effectiveness; Low Enriched Uranium Production Holds Steady
Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS), David Albright and Paul Brannan – Charts prepared by Christina Walrond – September 6, 2010: “The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) released on September 6, 2010 its latest report on the implementation of NPT safeguards in Iran and the status of Irans compliance with Security Council Resolutions 1737,… Continue Reading
