Measuring Adiposity in Patients: The Utility of Body Mass Index (BMI), Percent Body Fat, and Leptin – by: Nirav R. Shah, Eric R. Braverman, PLoS ONE, Vol. 7, No. 4. (2 April 2012) “Obesity is a serious disease that is associated with an increased risk of diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, stroke, and cancer, among other… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: April 2012
CBO – The Economic Impact of the President's 2013
The Economic Impact of the President’s 2013 Budget – April 20, 2012 “In its analysis of the Presidents proposals excluding any macroeconomic effects, which was issued on March 16, CBO concluded that the federal budget deficit would equal $1.3 trillion (or 8.1 percent of gross domestic product, GDP) in fiscal year 2012 and would decline… Continue Reading
An Overview of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
CBO – The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, April 19, 2012 – “In fiscal year 2011, federal expenditures for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as Food Stamps)$78 billionand participation in the program were the highest they have ever been. In an average month that year, about one in seven U.S. residents received SNAP… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports – Military Education, Missile Defense
Military Education – Improved Oversight and Management Needed for DOD’s Fellowship and Training-with-Industry Programs, GAO-12-367, Apr 20, 2012 Missile Defense – Opportunity Exists to Strengthen Acquisitions by Reducing Concurrency, GAO-12-486, Apr 20, 2012 Continue Reading
Graphic Documents Growing Wage Disparity in America
WSJ graphic – The gap between America’s highest and lowest-paid workers is widening Continue Reading
International Competition Network Launches New Initiatives on the Investigative Process
News release: “The International Competition Network (ICN) launched initiatives on the investigative process in competition cases, international enforcement cooperation, and working with the courts, the Federal Trade Commission announced today. The ICN also adopted new materials on unilateral conduct investigations, raising anti-cartel awareness, and explaining the benefits of competition, and presented four new teaching modules… Continue Reading
Report – Worlds Richest Worth $1 Trillion on Billionaire List
“The 40 richest individuals on Earth lost a combined $6.2 billion yesterday as stocks dropped amid disappointing U.S. earnings, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, a daily ranking of the wealthiest people.” Continue Reading
New GAO Reports – Federal Telework, Financial Audit, Tax Gap, Workplace Safety and Health
Federal Telework – Program Measurement Continues to Confront Data Reliability Issues, GAO-12-519, Apr 19, 2012 Financial Audit – Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Funds’ 2011 and 2010 Financial Statements, GAO-12-416, Apr 19, 2012 Tax Gap – Sources of Noncompliance and Strategies to Reduce It, GAO-12-651T, Apr 19, 2012 Workplace Safety and Health – Multiple Challenges Lengthen… Continue Reading
Report – Afghanistan: The Uncertain Economics of Transition
Afghanistan: The Uncertain Economics of Transition by Anthony H. Cordesman, First Working Draft: April 18, 2012 “The economics of Afghanistan are only one aspect of the challenges posed by US, allied, and Afghan efforts to accomplish a successful Transition. There are many reasons that Transition will either fail or be determined by Afghanistans internal dynamics… Continue Reading
Report – Risk, Opportunity, and the Next Administration
2012 Global Forecast – Risk, Opportunity, and the Next Administration – by Craig Cohen, Josiane Gabel “What the reader will find here in the 2012 iteration of Global Forecast is an effort to look ahead after Novembers elections to predict what will be the main risks and opportunities facing the next administration, whether a second… Continue Reading
TRAC – White Collar Crime Prosecutions for January 2012
“The latest available data from the Justice Department show that in January 2012 the federal government prosecuted 546 individuals in white collar crime cases, down 13 percent from the previous month and down over 40 percent since August 2011, when there were 930 such prosecutions reported. A significant portion of this drop can be attributed… Continue Reading
TRAC – ICE Prosecutorial Discretion Initiative: Latest Figures
“A prosecutorial discretion initiative by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has resulted in the closure of a total of 2,609 Immigration Court cases, according to the latest data obtained and analyzed by TRAC, current through the end of March. This is less than one percent of the 298,173 cases pending before the Immigration Courts at… Continue Reading
