News release: “Motor vehicle crash-related deaths in the United States resulted in an estimated $41 billion in medical and work loss costs in a year, according to state-based estimates released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Half of this cost ($20.4 billion) was in 10 states, the report says. CDC’s data analysis found that the 10 states with the highest medical and work loss costs were California ($4.16 billion), Texas ($3.50 billion), Florida ($3.16 billion), Georgia ($1.55 billion), Pennsylvania ($1.52 billion), North Carolina ($1.50 billion), New York ($1.33 billion), Illinois ($1.32 billion), Ohio ($1.23 billion), and Tennessee ($1.15 billion).”
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Daily Archives: May 13, 2011
Social Security Board of Trustees: Projected Trust Fund Exhaustion One Year Sooner
News release: “The Social Security Board of Trustees today released its annual report on the financial health of the Social Security Trust Funds. The combined assets of the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) Trust Funds will be exhausted in 2036, one year sooner than projected last year. The DI Trust Fund, while… Continue Reading
New GAO Report: Federal Recovery Coordination Program
Federal Recovery Coordination Program: Enrollment, Staffing, and Care Coordination Pose Significant Challenges, GAO-11-572T, May 13, 2011 Continue Reading
Postal Service Announces Top Dog Attack Cities
News release: “The Postal Service released statistics today highlighting the cities where the most dog attacks occur nationwide. Houston tops the list with 62 letter carriers attacked in 2010. Nationwide last year, 5,669 postal employees were attacked in more than 1,400 cities, yet that pales in comparison to the 4.7 million Americans bitten annually … Continue Reading
HM Treasury – The Magenta Book Guidance for evaluation
“The Magenta Book is HM Treasury guidance on evaluation for Central Government, but will also be useful for all policy makers, including in local government, charities and the voluntary sectors. It sets out the key issues to consider when designing and managing evaluations, and the presentation and interpretation of evaluation results. It describes why thinking… Continue Reading
BIS: Range of methodologies for risk and performance alignment of remuneration
“Ensuring that remuneration is effectively aligned with risk and performance is an essential element for reducing incentives that may arise from the design of remuneration schemes and that can lead to excessive risk taking. In practice, the idea that an employee’s compensation should take account of the risks that employees take on behalf of their… Continue Reading
BBC In graphics: The eurozone's crisis
“This chart shows how much GDP has grown, or contracted, every year since the launch of the euro. It shows very clearly the damage caused to the whole of the eurozone by the financial crisis. Notice that while Portugal did not experience a huge dip in 2009, its GDP growth was relatively low for much… Continue Reading
