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Pew – Family Caregivers Online

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Family Caregivers Online by Susannah Fox, Joanna Brenner, July 12, 2012: “Thirty percent of U.S. adults help a loved one with personal needs or household chores, managing finances, arranging for outside services, or visiting regularly to see how they are doing. Most are caring for an adult, such as a parent or spouse, but a small group cares for a child living with a disability or long-term health issue. The population breaks down as follows:

  • 24% of U.S. adults care for an adult
  • 3% of U.S. adults care for a child with significant health issues
  • 3% of U.S. adults care for both an adult and a child
  • 70% of U.S. adults do not currently provide care to a loved one”

The LexisNexis 14th Annual Mortgage Fraud Report

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The LexisNexis® 14th Annual Mortgage Fraud Report, July 2012 “With still-high delinquency and foreclosure rates, little economic progress in depressed markets, and unscrupulous individuals taking advantage of the financially disenfranchised, 2011 was a bleak year for the mortgage industry. As industry insiders and economic analysts hope for noticeable recovery, 2011’s mortgage loan originations were at… Continue Reading

CBO Releases Report on Infrastructure Banks for Transportation

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Infrastructure Banks and Surface Transportation, July 12, 2012 “From 2008 to 2011, governmental spending on surface transportation infrastructure—highways, mass transit, and passenger rail—totaled $200 billion a year. The federal government spent more than $50 billion a year—mostly in the form of grants to state and local entities, which then determined what projects to fund—and state… Continue Reading

Congressional Connection – Privacy Trumps Cybersecurity, Poll Shows

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Via EFF: Josh Smith: “Proposals to increase cybersecurity by allowing businesses and government to share information may enjoy bipartisan support in Washington, but Americans aren’t sold on the idea, the latest United Technologies/National Journal Congressional Connection Poll finds. Almost two-thirds of respondents—63 percent—said government and businesses should not be allowed to share information because it… Continue Reading