Surveillance of Demographic Characteristics and Health Behaviors Among Adult Cancer Survivors Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, United States, 2009 – MMWR / January 20, 2012 / Vol. 61 / No. 1 “A cancer survivor is a person who has received a diagnosis of cancer, from the time of diagnosis throughout the person’s life (13).… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: January 2012
State Revenue Report – Tax Revenue Keeps Rising, But Growth Again Ticks Downward
Tax Revenue Keeps Rising, But Growth Again Ticks Downward – Thirty-Six States Were Still Below Peak Collection Levels in FY 2011 Overall State Taxes and Local Taxes: “Total state tax collections as well as collections from two major sources taxes on sales and personal income showed growth for the seventh consecutive quarter in… Continue Reading
Bankers Report Mixed Results in 2011 Exams
American Bankers Association And State Bankers Associations Regulatory Feedback Initiative, Banker Reports on Recent Bank Examination Experiences For the Calendar Year 2011, Summary Report. January 25, 2012 “Bankers regulatory examination experiences in 2011 can best be described as “mixed,” according to a report released yesterday on the ABA-state bankers associations Regulatory Feedback Initiative.” Since June… Continue Reading
Global Employment Trends 2012: Preventing a deeper jobs crisis
News release: “The world faces the urgent challenge of creating 600 million productive jobs over the next decade in order to generate sustainable growth and maintain social cohesion, according to the annual report on global employment by the International Labour Organization (ILO). After three years of continuous crisis conditions in global labour markets and against… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Arlington National Cemetery, Defense Health, Fraud-Prevention Controls
Arlington National Cemetery – Actions Taken and Steps Remaining to Address Contracting and Management Challenges, GAO-12-374T, January 25, 2012 Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Risk Assessments – DHS Should Establish More Specific Guidance for Their Use, GAO-12-272, January 25, 2012 Defense Health – Coordinating Authority Needed for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury Activities, GAO-12-154,… Continue Reading
West LegalEdcenter and NALP Foundation Release Study of Law Firm Professional Development
News release: “The majority of law firms in the United States and Canada expect to increase their reliance on electronic forms of lawyer development in the next 24 months, although associates in those firms say they prefer mentoring and on-the-job training to hone their skills. Details regarding this important disconnect, along with other key findings… Continue Reading
Commission proposes a comprehensive reform of the data protection rules
News release: The European Commission has today [January 24, 2012] a comprehensive reform of the EU’s 1995 data protection rules to strengthen online privacy rights and boost Europe’s digital economy. Technological progress and globalisation have profoundly changed the way our data is collected, accessed and used. In addition, the 27 EU Member States have implemented… Continue Reading
USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map
“The 2012 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map is the standard by which gardeners and growers can determine which plants are most likely to thrive at a location. The map is based on the average annual minimum winter temperature, divided into 10-degree F zones. For the first time, the map is available as an interactive GIS-based… Continue Reading
White House Blueprint for an America Built to Last
Blueprint for an America Built to Last, January 25, 2012, President Obama. Key points: A Nation Where Everyone Gets a Fair Shot, Does Their Fair Share, and Plays by the Same Set of Rules A Blueprint to Create New Jobs Here in America, Discourage Outsourcing, and Encourage Insourcing A Blueprint To Give Hard-Working, Responsible Americans… Continue Reading
ACLU Lens: Google's New Privacy Policy
ACLU: “Yesterday evening, Google announced a new privacy policy effective March 1. The new policy is consistent across the vast majority of Google products…the new privacy policy makes clear that Google will, for the first time, combine the personal data you share with any one of its products or sites across almost all of its… Continue Reading
Pew – Public Priorities: Deficit Rising, Terrorism Slipping
Public Priorities: Deficit Rising, Terrorism Slipping – January 23, 2012: “The new poll finds that the federal budget deficit stands out as the fastest growing policy priority for Americans, largely because of growing Republican concerns about the issue. In the national survey, conducted Jan. 11-16 among 1,502 adults, 69% rate reducing the budget deficit as… Continue Reading
Congressional Record President's State of the Union Address, 2012
Congressional Record President’s State of the Union Address, January 24, 2012 (PDF) “Each time I look at that flag, Im reminded that our destiny is stitched together like those 50 stars and those 13 stripes. No one built this country on their own. This Nation is great because we built it together. This Nation is… Continue Reading
