Food Security Status of U.S. Households in 2012 Food Security Status of U.S. Households with Children in 2012 How Many People Lived in Food-Insecure Households? Food Insecurity by Household Characteristics Very Low Food Security by Household Characteristics Trends in Prevalence Rates State-Level Prevalence of Food Insecurity (map) 49 Million Americans Go Hungry, Despite So-Called Recovery Map… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: May 2014
Human Rights Watch – Nation Behind Bars
News release: “Far too many US laws violate basic principles of justice by requiring disproportionately severe punishment, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The 36-page report, “Nation Behind Bars: A Human Rights Solution,” notes that laws requiring penalties that are far longer than necessary to meet the purposes of punishment have given the United… Continue Reading
Snapchat Settles FTC Charges That Promises of Disappearing Messages Were False
News release: “Snapchat, the developer of a popular mobile messaging app, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it deceived consumers with promises about the disappearing nature of messages sent through the service. The FTC case also alleged that the company deceived consumers over the amount of personal data it collected and the security measures… Continue Reading
Biking to Work Increases 60 Percent Over Last Decade, Census Bureau Reports
“Many U.S. cities are seeing an increase in bicycle commuters, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report released today. Nationwide, the number of people who traveled to work by bike increased roughly 60 percent over the last decade, from about 488,000 in 2000 to about 786,000 during the 2008-2012 period. This is the largest percentage increase of… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: InfoTech Policies -Best Practices, Management Controls, NASA
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: Agencies Need to Establish and Implement Incremental Development Policies, GAO-14-361: Published: May 1, 2014. Publicly Released: May 8, 2014. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: Implementing Best Practices and Reform Initiatives Can Help Improve the Management of Investments, GAO-14-596T: Published: May 8, 2014. Publicly Released: May 8, 2014. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: SSA Needs to Address Limitations in Management Controls and Human Capital Planning to Support… Continue Reading
China and International Law in Cyberspace
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission Staff Report. May 6, 2014. China and International Law in Cyberspace by Kimberly Hsu, Policy Analyst, Security and Foreign Affairs with Craig Murray, Senior Policy Analyst, Security and Foreign Affairs “The Chinese government states it intends to work with the “international community to promote the building of a peaceful, secure, open, and cooperative cyberspace.”… Continue Reading
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65.9 percent of 2013 high school graduates enrolled in college (05/08/2014) Compensation costs for private industry workers up 1.7 percent in year ending March 2014 (05/07/2014) Participation rate, employment–population ratio, and unemployment rate in April 2014 (05/06/2014) Payroll employment up 288,000 in April 2014 (05/05/2014) Gross job gains from opening and expanding establishments were 7.0 million in Q3 2013 (05/02/2014)… Continue Reading
Rising CO2 poses significant threat to human nutrition
Todd Datz, Harvard School of Public Health Communications: “At the elevated levels of atmospheric CO2 anticipated by around 2050, crops that provide a large share of the global population with most of their dietary zinc and iron will have significantly reduced concentrations of those nutrients, according to a new study led by Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH).… Continue Reading
Report finds drywall imported from China in the 2000s may have affected human health
“The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry(ATSDR) released a report, Health Consultation: Possible Health Implications from Exposure to Sulfur Gases Emitted from Chinese-Manufactured Drywall, describing the laboratory tests and modeling researchers used to estimate levels of sulfur compounds in indoor air of homes built with problem drywall, including drywall imported from China in 2005 and… Continue Reading
EPIC Sues Army for Information About DC Surveillance Blimps
“EPIC has filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the Department of the Army for documents about JLENS, a sophisticated surveillance system that will be deployed over Washington, DC during the next three years. JLENS is comprised of two 250′ blimps. One blimp conducts aerial and ground surveillance over a 340-mile range, while the other has… Continue Reading
OECD Economic Outlook, Volume 2014 Issue 1
“The OECD Economic Outlook is the OECD’s twice-yearly analysis of the major economic trends and prospects for the next two years. Prepared by the OECD Economics Department, the Outlook puts forward a consistent set of projections for output, employment, prices and current balances based on a review of each member country and of the induced effect on each of… Continue Reading
Accenture 2014 College Graduate Employment Survey
“The Accenture 2014 College Graduate Employment Survey explores the expectations and experiences of US college students who will be graduating in 2014 and those who graduated in 2012 and 2013 related to education, skills, finding a job, salary expectations, debt and post-graduation living arrangements. The survey polled more than 2,000 students and compares the perceptions of… Continue Reading
