News release: “The Kindle Fire, introduced to the market in November 2011, has seen rapid adoption among buyers of tablets. Within the Android tablet market, Kindle Fire has almost doubled its share in the past two months from 29.4 percent share in December 2011 to 54.4 percent share in February 2012, already establishing itself as… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: April 2012
BJS: Jail Inmates at Midyear 2011 – Statistical Tables
News release: “The U.S. jail inmate population declined for a third consecutive year, the Justice Departments Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced. From June 2010 to June 2011, the jail inmate population declined 1.8 percent, dropping to 735,601 from 748,728. Local jails, unlike prisons, are confinement facilities mainly operated by a local law enforcement agency.… Continue Reading
Infographic – The Eye-Opening Effects of Staring at Your Screen
The Eye-Opening Effects of Staring at Your Screen by JuJu Kim. “Its no secret that we spend more than six hours a day on average staring at digital screens. But whats lesser known is the toll it can take on our eyes. Read on for the ailments too much screen-staring can cause (turns out, Computer… Continue Reading
EIA Monthly Energy Review, April 2012
“A publication of recent energy statistics. This publication, Monthly Energy Review, April 2012, includes total energy production, consumption, and trade; energy prices; overviews of petroleum, natural gas, coal, electricity, nuclear energy, renewable energy, and international petroleum; carbon dioxide emissions; and data unit conversions values.” Continue Reading
New E-Gov Site – Check & Register: Federal Social Media Accounts
Via Howto.gov: “Do you have an official government social media account? Have you ever wondered if one youre following is legit? GSA has built a federal social media registry a government-wide solution that gives the public a way to verify whether a social media account is official. It also provides a place for agencies… Continue Reading
Gallup – Expected Retirement Age in U.S. Up to 67
Gallup: “The average nonretired American now expects to retire at age 67, up from age 63 a decade ago and age 60 in the mid-1990s. The results are from Gallup’s annual Economy and Personal Finance survey, conducted April 9-12. Overall, 26% of nonretirees expect to retire before age 65, with 27% expecting to retire at… Continue Reading
Redacted Version of Google Street View Investigation by FCC Released
LA Times: “Google has released the full report of the Federal Communications Commissions investigation into the data it collected and stored from millions of unknowing households across the nation while operating specially equipped cars for its Street View service. The search giant released the report, which had had heavily redacted passages, after wrangling with the… Continue Reading
Gallup – U.S. Homeownership Hits Decade Low
Gallup: The 62% of Americans who say they own their own home marks a new low since Gallup began tracking self-reported homeownership in 2001. The current level of homeownership marks a decline from 68% in 2011. For most of the prior decade, roughly seven in 10 Americans reported owning their own home. While the recession… Continue Reading
Reconciliation Recommendations of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform As
CBO: “The proposal by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform would make several changes to the current federal employee retirement program. Specifically, the legislation would increase the percentage of salary that federal employees in the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) are required to pay towards their retirement… Continue Reading
2011 global food policy report – International Food Policy Research Institute
“The 2011 Global Food Policy Report is a new annual International Food Policy Research Institute publication that provides a comprehensive, research-based analysis of major food policy challenges at the global, regional, national, and local levels. It highlights important developments and events in food policy that occurred in 2011, discusses lessons learned, offers policy recommendations, presents… Continue Reading
BLS – Employment Characteristics of Families Summary
BLS: “In 2011, 11.5 percent of families included an unemployed person, falling from a peak of 12.4 percent in 2010, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Of the nation’s 78.4 million families, 79.8 percent had at least one employed member in 2011…The number of families with at least one member unemployed decreased from… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports – Checked Baggage Screening, Federal Employees' Compensation Act
Checked Baggage Screening – TSA Has Deployed Optimal Systems at the Majority of TSA-Regulated Airports, but Could Strengthen Cost Estimates, GAO-12-266, Apr 27, 2012 Federal Employees’ Compensation Act – Status of Previously Identified Management Challenges, GAO-12-508R, Mar 21, 2012 Continue Reading
