News release: “Agriculture Secretary TomVilsack and Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Kathleen Sebelius today announced the release of the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, the federal government’s evidence-based nutritional guidance to promote health, reduce the risk of chronic diseases, and reduce the prevalence of overweight and obesity through improved nutrition and physical activity. Because more than one-third of children and more than two-thirds of adults in the United States are overweight or obese, the 7th edition of Dietary Guidelines for Americans places stronger emphasis on reducing calorie consumption and increasing physical activity.”
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Monthly Archives: January 2011
BEA: Personal Income and Outlays, December 2010
News release: “Personal income increased $54.5 billion, or 0.4 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI) increased $47.3 billion, or 0.4 percent, in December, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $69.5 billion, or 0.7 percent. In November, personal income increased $44.9 billion, or 0.4 percent, DPI increased $39.0 billion, or… Continue Reading
Report – An Open Government Implementation Model: Moving to Increased Public Engagement
An Open Government Implementation Model: Moving to Increased Public Engagement, IBM Center for the Business of Government, January 2011 “This report presents an Open Government Implementation Model (OGIM) for guiding government agencies towards open government. Our model defines four implementation stages and describes the focuses, deliverables, benefits, challenges, best practices, and metrics for each stage.… Continue Reading
Florida District Judge Rules Health-Care Reform Act Ruled Unconstitutional
State of Florida v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 10-cv-00091, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida (Pensacola) Roger Vinson – Senior United States District Judge, Case No.: “This case, challenging the Constitutionality of the Act, was filed minutes after the President signed. It has been brought by the Attorneys General and/or Governors… Continue Reading
Agencies Announce Start of Initial Registration Period Under S.A.F.E. Act's Mortgage Loan Originator Provisions
News release: “The federal bank, thrift and credit union regulatory agencies, along with the Farm Credit Administration, announce that the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry will begin accepting federal registrations today. Under the Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act (S.A.F.E. Act) and the agencies’ final rules, residential mortgage loan originators employed by… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Hearing Loss Prevention, Rail Transit, Veterans' Health Care
Financial Management: NOAA Needs to Better Document Its Policies and Procedures for Providing Management and Administration Services, GAO-11-226, January 31, 2011 Hearing Loss Prevention: Improvements to DOD Hearing Conservation Programs Could Lead to Better Outcomes, GAO-11-114, January 31, 2011 Rail Transit: FTA Programs Are Helping Address Transit Agencies’ Safety Challenges, but Improved Performance Goals and… Continue Reading
CDT Releases Draft Definition of 'Do Not Track'
News release: “The Center for Democracy & Technology today released a proposal that sketches the parameters of what Do Not Track (DNT) means. The document is intended to identify the types of behaviors that DNT should prohibit, and jumpstart a discussion aimed at developing a common understanding of the terms of this emerging technology. The… Continue Reading
Housing Markets and Structural Policies in OECD Countries
Andrews, D., A. C. Sánchez and Å. Johansson (2011), Housing Markets and Structural Policies in OECD Countries, OECD Economics Department Working Papers, No. 836, OECD Publishing. doi: 10.1787/5kgk8t2k9vf3-en “This paper compares a number of housing policies such as housing taxation, land use and rental regulations and social housing policies for OECD countries relying on new… Continue Reading
Report – The Financial Crisis of 2015 An Avoidable History
The Financial Crisis of 2015 – An Avoidable History, January 2011, Oliver Wyman “The sub-prime crisis of 2007 will not be the last financial sector crisis. Even during the relative calm of the last 25 years, we witnessed the property crises of the early 90s, the Asia currency crisis, the LTCM/Russia crisis and a number… Continue Reading
The Internet Archive's Wayback Machine New Beta Version
“Surf the web as it was – BETA version! The Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine puts the history of the World Wide Web at your fingertips. We invite you to explore this new, BETA version of the Wayback Machine and contact us with any feedback. The classic version of the Wayback Machine is still available at… Continue Reading
White House: Jeff Zients Will Lead Reorganization of Federal Government
White House Blog: “As the President said in the State of the Union address, winning the future will take doing what we can do now to prepare America to compete in the global economy for decades to come. That means out-educating, out-innovating, and out-building our competition; restoring fiscal responsibility to remove the burden of deficits… Continue Reading
SIGIR January 2011: Quarterly Report To Congress
Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) January 2011: Quarterly Report To Congress “Over the next 11 months the nature of the U.S. Presence in Iraq will fundamentally alter, with certain reconstruction elements either ceasing operations or transitioning responsibilities to other agencies. By September, the final Provincial Reconstruction Teams are slated to close as two… Continue Reading
