“Taxpayers can get the most out of various recovery tax benefits and get a jump on preparing their 2011 federal income tax returns by consulting a newly revised comprehensive tax guide now available on IRS.gov. Publication 17, Tax Guide 2011 for Individuals, features details on taking advantage of a wide range of tax-saving opportunities, such… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: December 2011
Report: Americas Youngest Outcasts 2010
“America’s Youngest Outcasts 2010 documents the numbers of homeless children in every state, their well-being, their risk for child homelessness, and state level planning and policy activities. Using findings from numerous sources that include well-established national data sets as well as our own research, we rank the states in four domains and then develop a… Continue Reading
BEA – December 2011 Survey of Current Business
Survey of Current Business, December 2011, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Volume 91 Number 12 GDP and the Economy: Second Estimates for the Third Quarter of 2011: Real GDP rose 2.0 percent after rising 1.3 percent in the second quarter. Consumer spending and nonresidential investment picked up. State and local government spending decreased less. Corporate profits… Continue Reading
Women in the Labor Force: A Databook 2011 Edition
Women in the Labor Force: A Databook, 2011 Edition The past several decades have been marked by notable changes in womens labor force activities. Womens labor force participation is significantly higher today than it was in the 1970s, particularly among women with children under 18 years of age. A larger share of women work full… Continue Reading
EPA Finalizes 2012 Renewable Fuel Standards
News release: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today finalized the 2012 percentage standards for four fuel categories that are part of the agencys Renewable Fuel Standard program (RFS2). EPA continues to support greater use of renewable fuels within the transportation sector every year through the RFS2 program, which encourages innovation, strengthens American energy security,… Continue Reading
Fourth Quarter Starts with Broad-based Declines in Home Prices: S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices
News release: “Data through October 2011, released today by S&P Indices for its S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, the leading measure of U.S. home prices, showed decreases of 1.1% and 1.2% for the 10- and 20-City Composites in October vs. September. Nineteen of the 20 cities covered by the indices also saw home prices decrease over… Continue Reading
Report: Ready or Not? Protecting the Public from Diseases, Disasters, and Bioterrorism
News release: “The Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) released the ninth annual Ready or Not? Protecting the Public from Diseases, Disasters, and Bioterrorism, which finds key programs that detect and respond to bioterrorism, new disease outbreaks and natural or accidental disasters are at risk due to federal and state… Continue Reading
Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton Again Top Most Admired List Clinton Most Admired Woman a record 16th time
Gallup news release, by Jeffrey M. Jones: “Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama continue to be named by Americans as the Most Admired Woman and Most Admired Man living today in any part of the world. Clinton has been the Most Admired Woman each of the last 10 years, and Obama has… Continue Reading
iPhone Application Support for FedCtRecords (Federal Court Records)
“This application allows public access to court electronic records for Federal District Courts across the United States. Users MUST be registered, have a valid PACER account, to use this application. New users may register here PACER. This application is ‘CASE SEARCH’ only, therefore documents CANNOT be filed using this applciation, users can only view documents… Continue Reading
UN: Children and Justice During and in the Aftermath of Armed Conflict September
Children and Justice During and in the Aftermath of Armed Conflict, September 2011. Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict “The purpose of this paper is to bring more conceptual clarity to the issue of children and justice in times of armed conflict by examining relevant legal provisions, academic… Continue Reading
EIA – Reductions in Northeast Refining Activity: Potential Implications for Petroleum Product Markets
Reductions in Northeast Refining Activity: Potential Implications for Petroleum Product Markets, December 2011 “Reduction in refining activity in the Northeast, as reflected in recently announced plans to idle over 50% of the regional refining capacity, is likely to impact supplies of petroleum products. The transition period as supply sources shift could be problematic for Ultra-Low… Continue Reading
Survey: Social Media in the Legal Sector
“Vizibility and LexisNexis recently conducted a survey to help shed light on the use of social media in legal services marketing. To illustrate the findings, the results have been released as an infographic, available below. View the announcement here. The research suggests a high degree of reliance on broadly defined social media marketing programs, with… Continue Reading
