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Daily Archives: October 31, 2010
EPA OIG – ENERGY STAR Label Needs to Assure Superior Energy Conservation Performance
Environmental Protection Agency Office of Inspector General, ENERGY STAR Label Needs to Assure Superior Energy Conservation Performance, A Summary Report, October 28, 2010 “EPAs implementation of the ENERGY STAR program has become inconsistent with the programs authorized purpose: to achieve environmental benefits by identifying and promoting energy-efficient products and practices that meet the highest energy… Continue Reading
Report – Patented in China II: The Present and Future State of Innovation in China
Patented in China II: The Present and Future State of Innovation in China, by Eve Y. Zhou, Ph.D., and Bob Stembridge – Thomson Reuters.October 2010. “Chinas economy has shifted focus, moving away from traditional agriculture and manufacturing toward innovation-oriented activities. Since Chinese economic reforms started in 1978, China has emerged from being a poor developing… Continue Reading
Small Businesses Represent 99.7 percent of all employer firms
SBA: “In 2009, there were 27.5 million businesses in the United States, according to Office of Advocacy estimates. The latest available Census data show that there were 6.0 million firms with employees in 2007 and 21.4 million without employees in 2008. Small firms with fewer than 500 employees represent 99.9 percent of the total (employers… Continue Reading
New Survey Reveals Extent, Impact of Information Overload on Workers
From Boston to Beijing, Professionals Feel Overwhelmed, Demoralized: “An international survey of white collar workers reveals that information overload is a remarkably widespread and growing problem among professionals around the world, and one that exacts a heavy toll in terms of productivity and employee morale. The survey of 1,700 white collar workers in five countries… Continue Reading
NIH introduces Images, a database of images in biomedical literature
News release: “More than 2.5 million images and figures from medical and life sciences journals are now available through Images, a new resource for finding images in biomedical literature. The database was developed and will be maintained by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), a division of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) at… Continue Reading
Report – Global Entrepreneurship and the United States
Global Entrepreneurship and the United States by Zoltan J. Acs, Laszlo Szerb, for the SBA, September 2010 “This paper looks at the performance of the United States on the Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index (GEDI), which captures the contextual features of entrepreneurship. The index builds on and improves earlier measures by capturing quantitative and qualitative… Continue Reading
Manual on Recurring Problems in Criminal Trials, Sixth Edition
Manual on Recurring Problems in Criminal Trials, Sixth Edition, Edited by Tucker Carrington, Visiting Clinical Professor, Director, Mississippi Innocence Project, The University of Mississippi School of Law. Kris Markarian Legal Editor, Federal Judicial Center, 2010. “This Manual is not meant to be a comprehensive treatise on criminal law, but rather a basic guide to the… Continue Reading
National Income and Product Accounts Gross Domestic Product, 3rd quarter 2010
Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Economic Accounts – Full release and Tables: National Income and Product Accounts, Gross Domestic Product, 3rd quarter 2010: “Real gross domestic product — the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States — increased at an annual rate of 2.0 percent in the… Continue Reading
DOL OIG – In 32 Years MSHA Has Never Successfully Exercised Its Pattern of Violations Authority
Follow up to Mine Safety and Health Administration announces results of 5 months of impact inspections, this Audit Report: In 32 Years MSHA Has Never Successfully Exercised Its Pattern of Violations Authority, September 29, 2010 “MSHA has not successfully exercised its POV authority in 32 years. Administration of this authority has been hampered by a… Continue Reading
Audit Report: Complainants Did Not Always Receive Appropriate Investigations Under the Whistleblower Protection Program
Department of Labor, Office of Inspector General, Audit Report: Complainants Did Not Always Receive Appropriate Investigations Under the Whistleblower Protection Program, September 30, 2010 “During the audit period, 77 percent of the Whistleblower complaints under OSHA 11(c), Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), and Surface Transportation Assistance Act (STAA) were either dismissed or withdrawn. Settlements which accounted for… Continue Reading
