News release: “From June 2010 to June 2011, employment increased in 215 of the 322 largest U.S. counties, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Ottawa, Mich., posted the largest increase, with a gain of 4.7 percent over the year, compared with national job growth of 0.9 percent. Within Ottawa, the largest employment increase… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: January 2012
BLS – Job Openings and Labor Turnover November 2011
News release: “There were 3.2 million job openings on the last business day of November, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The hires rate (3.2 percent) and separations rate (3.0 percent) were little changed over the month. The job openings rate has trended upward since the end of the recession in June 2009.… Continue Reading
HHS – Draft Framework for the National Plan to Address Alzheimer's Disease
Draft Framework for the National Plan to Address Alzheimer’s “Research continues to expand our understanding of the causes of, treatments for, and prevention of Alzheimers disease. Basic research elucidates the molecular and cellular process underlying AD, allowing the identification of potential targets for intervention. Through the drug development process and the translation of behavioral interventions,… Continue Reading
Reserve Bank income and expense data and transfers to the Treasury for 2011
News release: “The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced preliminary unaudited results indicating that the Reserve Banks provided for payments of approximately $76.9 billion of their estimated 2011 net income to the U.S. Treasury. Under the Board’s policy, the residual earnings of each Federal Reserve Bank, after providing for the costs of operations, payment of… Continue Reading
CRS – National Infrastructure Bank: Overview and Current Legislation
National Infrastructure Bank: Overview and Current Legislation, December 14, 2011. “Several bills to establish a national infrastructure bank have been introduced in the 112th Congress. This report examines three such bills, the Building and Upgrading Infrastructure for Long-Term Development Act (S. 652), the American Infrastructure Investment Fund Act of 2011 (S. 936), and the National… Continue Reading
CMS: National Health Expenditures 2010 Highlights
News release: “U.S. health care spending grew 3.9 percent in 2010 following record slow growth of 3.8 percent in 2009; the two slowest rates of growth in the fifty-one year history of the National Health Expenditure Accounts. Total health expenditures reached $2.6 trillion, which translates to $8,402 per person or 17.9 percent of the nations… Continue Reading
Evaluation Report-U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Conservation Easement Monitoring and Enforcement
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Conservation Easement Enforcement and Monitoring, January 9, 2012 “OIG conducted an evaluation to determine if FWS is protecting conservation easements through adequate monitoring and enforcement. Overall, we found that FWS is not effectively monitoring is large inventory of conservation easements. FWS derives substantial benefits for wildlife from the acquisition of… Continue Reading
Atlantic – The Very Real Danger of Genetically Modified Foods
Ari LeVaux: “Chinese researchers have found small pieces of ribonucleic acid (RNA) in the blood and organs of humans who eat rice. The Nanjing University-based team showed that this genetic material will bind to proteins in human liver cells and influence the uptake of cholesterol from the blood. The type of RNA in question is… Continue Reading
CRS – U.S. Unmanned Aerial Systems
U.S. Unmanned Aerial Systems, Jeremiah Gertler, Specialist in Military Aviation, January 3, 2012 via Wired Danger Room “…reflecting the growing awareness and support in Congress and the Department of Defense for UAS (unmanned aerial systems), investments in unmanned aerial vehicles have been increasing every year. DOD spending on UAS has increased from $284 million in… Continue Reading
State-Level Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions, 2000-2009
EIA: “Energy-related carbon dioxide emissions vary significantly across States, whether considered on an absolute or per capita basis. The overall size of a State, of course, determines much of the absolute level of a States emissions. Available fuels, types of businesses, climate, and population density also play a role in overall and per capita emissions.… Continue Reading
Using Public-Private Partnerships to Carry Out Highway Projects
Using Public-Private Partnerships to Carry Out Highway Projects, January 2012. “The United States has a network of over 4 million miles of public roads. That system has faced increasing demands over time: The number of vehicle miles traveled (both passenger and commercial) rose from approximately 700 billion in 1960 to just under 3 trillion in… Continue Reading
New NOAA-led analysis shows gases and oil in three chemically different mixtures deep underwater, in the surface slick, in the air
Follow up to previous postings on the Deepwater Horizon Spill, this news release from NOAA: “By combining detailed chemical measurements in the deep ocean, in the oil slick, and in the air, NOAA scientists and academic colleagues have independently estimated how fast gases and oil were leaking during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in… Continue Reading
