Teen Drinking and Driving – A Dangerous Mix, CDC Vital Sign, October 2012: “The percentage of teens in high school who drink and drive has decreased by more than half since 1991,* but more can be done. Nearly one million high school teens drank alcohol and got behind the wheel in 2011. Teen drivers are… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: October 2012
Report – Women at the Wheel: Do Female Executives Drive Start-Up Success?
“What industries have women influenced? How have women on management teams affected exit options? At what stage do women join startups? What verticals see the highest number of females? This exclusive study, produced by the research team at Dow Jones VentureSource, answers these questions and further examines the impact female executives have had on the… Continue Reading
CRS – Noncitizen Eligibility for Federal Public Assistance: Policy Overview and Trends
Noncitizen Eligibility for Federal Public Assistance: Policy Overview and Trends, by Ruth Ellen Wasem, Specialist in Immigration Policy. September 27, 2012 “The extent to which residents of the United States who are not U.S. citizens should be eligible for federally funded public aid has been a contentious issue for more than a decade. This issue… Continue Reading
Kaiser Report – Who are the Uninsured?
The Uninsured: “Who are the Uninsured? – The number of nonelderly uninsured Americans reached 47.9 million people in 2011. The gaps in the U.S. health insurance system affect people of all ages, races and ethnicities, and income levels; however, those with the lowest income face the greatest risk of being uninsured. Four in ten of… Continue Reading
U.S. and 12 Founding Partner Countries Launch the Equal Futures Partnership
Fact Sheet: “The Challenge – While the world has seen important progress in expanding opportunity for women and girls, significant gaps remain in the areas of political participation and economic opportunity. A growing body of evidence shows that womens political and economic empowerment are critical to fostering international peace and security, growing vibrant market economies,… Continue Reading
The Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program and Homeless Assistance
CRS – The Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program and Homeless Assistance, Francis X. McCarthy, Analyst in Emergency Management Policy. October 5, 2012 “The Emergency Food and Shelter National Board (EFS) Program provides supplemental funding to homeless services providers across the nation. EFS was first authorized by P.L. 100-77, the Stewart B. McKinney-Bruce Vento… Continue Reading
Demystifying Big Data: A Practical Guide to Transforming the Business of Government
TechAmerica Foundation’s Big Data Commission report, Demystifying Big Data: A Practical Guide to Transforming the Business of Government “Big Data has the potential to transform government and society itself. Hidden in the immense volume, variety and velocity of data that is produced today is new information, facts, relationships, indicators and pointers, that either could not… Continue Reading
FTC Halts Massive Tech Support Scams
News release: “The Federal Trade Commission has launched a major international crackdown on tech support scams in which telemarketers masquerade as major computer companies, con consumers into believing that their computers are riddled with viruses, spyware and other malware, and then charge hundreds of dollars to remotely access and fix the consumers computers. At the… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports – Solar Energy, Batteries and Energy Storage, Ambulance Providers
Solar Energy – Federal Initiatives Overlap but Take Measures to Avoid Duplication, GAO-12-843, Aug 30, 2012 Batteries and Energy Storage – Federal Initiatives Supported Similar Technologies and Goals but Had Key Differences, GAO-12-842, Aug 30, 2012 Ambulance Providers – Costs and Medicare Margins Varied Widely; Transports of Beneficiaries Have Increased, GAO-13-6, Oct 1, 2012 Continue Reading
The U.S. Department of Defense & Global Health
Kaiser Foundation, The U.S. Department of Defense & Global Health – September 2012: “This report provides the first comprehensive look at the department’s role in global health, examining its organizational structure, activities, strategy, policy, and budget for activities related to global health. The department has a long history of supporting health and medical activities internationally,… Continue Reading
NASA map shows the major effects of this summers record droughts on vegetation across much of the U.S
Yale Environment 360: “A new NASA map shows the major effects of this summers record droughts on vegetation across much of the U.S., leaving a swath of parched earth that caused a shortage of food for wild and domesticated animals alike. In the map, which shows the contrast between plant health during August and the… Continue Reading
The New Bank Resolution Regimes and Too-Big-to-Fail
The New Bank Resolution Regimes and Too-Big-to-Fail. Jennie Bai, Christian Cabanilla, and Menno Middeldorp, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, October 2012 “During the recent financial crisis, the absence of an orderly resolution regime forced governments of several countries to provide extraordinary support to a number of systemically important financial institutions (SIFIs) that were considered… Continue Reading
