News release: “Food safety annual report card targets hard-to-prevent infection Salmonella infections have not decreased during the past 15 years and have instead increased by 10 percent in recent years, according to a new Vital Signs report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. During the same time period, illnesses from the serious Shiga toxin-producing E. coli O157 have been cut nearly in half and the overall rates of six foodborne infections have been reduced by 23 percent, the report said. The Vital Signs report summarizes 2010 data from CDC’s Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet), which serves as America’s report card for food safety by tracking whether nine of the most common infections transmitted through foods are increasing or decreasing.”
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Daily Archives: June 7, 2011
Federal Telework Progress Report: Making the Grade?
News release: “Telework Exchange, a public-private partnership focused on demonstrating the tangible value of telework, today announced the results of the Federal Telework Progress Report: Making the Grade?, which gauges Federal telework progress against the Telework Enhancement Act of 2010 requirements, and notably the provisions within 180 days to build the foundation for a sustainable… Continue Reading
Report: Recommendations for building an IT Acquisition Cadre based on a private sector best practices study
Building An IT Acquisition Manager Community: Recommendations for building an IT Acquisition Cadre, based on a private sector best practices study – David Litman and Raj Sharma, FAIR (Federal Acquisition Innovation & Reform) Institute “Today, rather than being an enabler for successful IT deployment, the IT acquisition process moves intolerably slow and works in silos… Continue Reading
TRAC: New Judge Hiring Fails to Stem Rising Immigration Case Backlog
“The number of cases awaiting resolution before the Immigration Courts reached a new all-time high of 275,316 by the beginning of May 2011, according to very timely government enforcement data obtained by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC). The case backlog has continued to grow up 2.8 percent since TRAC’s previous report four… Continue Reading
CBO Monthly Budget Review, May 2011
Based on the Monthly Treasury Statement for April and the Daily Treasury Statements for May June 7, 2011: “The federal budget deficit is $929 billion for the first eight months of fiscal year 2011, CBO estimates – $6 billion less than the shortfall recorded over the same period last year. For the first two-thirds of… Continue Reading
The State of the Nation's Housing 2011
Joint Center for Housing Statistics of Harvard University: The State of the Nation’s Housing 2011, June 2011 “With employment growth strengthening, consumer spending up, and rental markets tightening, some of the ingredients for a housing recovery were taking shape in early 2011. Yet in the first quarter of the year, new home sales plumbed record… Continue Reading
Report: "'If It Is Too Inconvenient, I'm Not Going After It:' Convenience as a Critical Factor in Information-seeking Behaviors"
Connaway, Lynn Silipigni, Timothy J. Dickey, and Marie L. Radford. 2011. “‘If It is Too Inconvenient, I’m Not Going After It.:’ Convenience as a Critical Factor in Information-seeking Behaviors.” Library and Information Science Research, 33: 179-190. doi:10.1016/j.lisr.2010.12.002 Pre-print. “In today’s fast-paced world, anecdotal evidence suggests that information tends to inundate people, and users of information… Continue Reading
Feinstein, Grassley Release Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control Report on Mexico
News release: “U.S. Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), co-chairs of the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control released a report outlining key steps and initiatives to combat Mexicos brutal drug trafficking organizations and reduce violence in the country. The report, U.S. and Mexican Responses to Mexican Drug Trafficking Organizations, is endorsed by… Continue Reading
The World Top Income Database
The World Top Incomes Database (Select Countries, Select Years, Select Variables – populated as choices are made): “Information taken from this site should be cited as Alvaredo, Facundo, Anthony B. Atkinson, Thomas Piketty and Emmanuel Saez, The World Top Incomes Database, http://g-mond.parisschoolofeconomics.eu/topincomes, dd/mm/yyyy. We advise making explicit reference to the date when the database was… Continue Reading
