News release: “The world economy, led by emerging market and developing countries, is forecast to grow by 4.8 percent in 2010 before falling back to 4.2 percent next year, but a sharper global slowdown is unlikely, the IMF says in its latest forecast. With the world still trying to bounce back from the global economic crisis, the IMF says in its latest World Economic Outlook that the recovery remains fragile and uneven. Unemployment remains a major economic and social challenge. More than 210 million people across the globe may be unemployed, an increase of more than 30 million since 2007. Three-fourths of the increase has occurred in advanced economies, the IMF said.”
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Daily Archives: October 6, 2010
FDA Issues Regulatory Science Report
News release: “The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today unveiled a report outlining the agencys plans to advance regulatory science through its Regulatory Science Initiative Regulatory science is the science of developing new tools, standards and approaches for assessing the safety, efficacy, quality and performance of FDA-regulated products. The report provides examples of current FDA… Continue Reading
National Oil Spill Commission Releases 4 Working Papers on Oil Spill
“The National Oil Spill Commission today is releasing four new draft working papers prepared by its staff. Commission staff prepares draft working papers to inform the Commissioners on-going examination of the root causes of the Gulf spill and options to guard against and mitigate the impacts of future spills. The Commissioners decisions regarding these matters… Continue Reading
Privacy Groups Object to Google's "Simplified" Privacy Policy
“EPIC and 14 other privacy and consumer protection groups (including the American Library Association) sent a letter to Google CEO Eric Schmidt about Google’s revised privacy policy. Under this new policy, twelve specific Google privacy policies will be replaced by a single policy that will enable greater data sharing within the corporation. EPIC previously raised… Continue Reading
National Science Foundation Releases New Statistics on Business Innovation
“Preliminary data from the National Science Foundation’s 2008 Business R&D and Innovation Survey (BRDIS) provide a map of the incidence of innovation by businesses located in the United States. These data are based on respondents to the survey and represent an estimated 1.5 million for-profit companies, publicly or privately held, with 5 or more employees,… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Cyberspace Policy, DOD's Electronic Health Record Initiative, Employment of Individuals with Disabilities
Cyberspace Policy: Executive Branch Is Making Progress Implementing 2009 Policy Review Recommendations, but Sustained Leadership Is Needed, GAO-11-24, October 06, 2010 Information Technology: Opportunities Exist to Improve Management of DOD’s Electronic Health Record Initiative, GAO-11-50, October 06, 2010 Highlights of a Forum: Participant-Identified Leading Practices That Could Increase the Employment of Individuals with Disabilities in… Continue Reading
BLS: Multifactor Productivity Trends
Preliminary multifactor productivity trends, 2009: “In 2009, multifactor productivity grew at an annual rate of 0.7 percent in the private nonfarm business sector and 0.8 percent in the private business sector. In both sectors these were the largest gains in multifactor productivity since 2005.” Related postings on financial system Continue Reading
Shell-Shocked Dog of War Finds a Home With the Family of a Fallen Hero
WSJ: Shell-Shocked Dog of War Finds a Home With the Family of a Fallen Hero: “Gunner, a bomb-sniffing dog mustered out of the Marines for canine post-traumatic stress disorder, has found a new home with Deb and Dan Dunham, whose Marine son died in Iraq protecting the men beside him. With patience and a red-rubber… Continue Reading
FTC Proposes Revised "Green Guides"
News release: “The Federal Trade Commission today proposed revisions to the guidance that it gives marketers to help them avoid making misleading environmental claims. The proposed changes are designed to update the Guides and make them easier for companies to understand and use. The changes to the Green Guides include new guidance on marketers use… Continue Reading
Latinos and the 2010 Elections: Strong Support for Democrats; Weak Voter Motivation
Latinos and the 2010 Elections: Strong Support for Democrats; Weak Voter Motivation, by Mark Hugo Lopez, Associate Director, Pew Hispanic Center “In a year when support for Democratic candidates has eroded, the party’s standing among one key voting group-Latinos-appears as strong as ever. Two-thirds (65%) of Latino registered voters say they plan to support the… Continue Reading
Amtrak: A Vision for High-Speed Rail in the Northeast Corridor
Follow up to previous postings on high speed rail in America, this new report from Amtrak: A Vision for High-Speed Rail in the Northeast Corridor, September 2010 “This report presents a possible concept for Next-Gen High-Speed Rail in the NEC (Northeast Corridor), with new dedicated high-speed rail alignments, stations and equipment that can provide significant… Continue Reading
