- Foster Children – HHS Guidance Could Help States Improve Oversight of Psychotropic Prescriptions [Reissued on December 15, 2011], GAO-12-201, Dec 14, 2011
- Progress and Challenges in Spending Weatherization Funds, GAO-12-195, Dec 16, 2011
- Medicaid – Health Opportunity Accounts Demonstration Program,
GAO-12-221R, Dec 16, 2011 - Station Fire – Forest Service’s Response Offers Potential Lessons for Future Wildland Fire Management, GAO-12-155, Dec 16, 2011
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Daily Archives: December 16, 2011
Reports that Google Chrome Overtakes IE 8 in Global Market
Technolog: “Ireland-based StatCounter which posts Web analytics based on aggregate data it collects from a sample exceeding 15 billion pageviews per month (including 4 billion in the U.S.), collected from the StatCounter network of more than 3 million websites released a statement about Chrome 15’s ascension, humbling the initial enthusiasm of any Google… Continue Reading
Cal-Tech: High-Energy Physicists Set Record for Network Data Transfer
News release: “Researchers have set a new world record for data transfer, helping to usher in the next generation of high-speed network technology. At the SuperComputing 2011 (SC11) conference in Seattle during mid-November, the international team transferred data in opposite directions at a combined rate of 186 gigabits per second (Gbps) in a wide-area network… Continue Reading
Research: High risk of permafrost thaw
Northern soils will release huge amounts of carbon in a warmer world, say Edward A. G. Schuur, Benjamin Abbott and the Permafrost Carbon Network. “Arctic temperatures are rising fast, and permafrost is thawing. Carbon released into the atmosphere from permafrost soils will accelerate climate change, but the magnitude of this effect remains highly uncertain. Our… Continue Reading
Pew: Where people get information about restaurants and other local businesses
Where people get information about restaurants and other local businesses: “The internet is the source that people most rely on for material about the local business scene and search engines are particularly valued. Newspapers and word of mouth also rank high as sources.” Continue Reading
