The size of single family homes has increased following a decrease during the “Great Recession.” Larger homes are the norm, but lots sizes have not increased. Statistics from Census indicate the mean square footage of a newly constructed home in America is almost 2,600 square feet.
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Daily Archives: August 5, 2015
Cybersecurity Reporting – specific statistics about cybersecurity posture of the 24 CFO Act agencies
Cybersecurity Sprint Results July 2015 – Executive Office of the President. Continue Reading
Govt posts Request for Quotations in response to massive employee data breach
FCW.com -“At long last, vendors can size up the official requirements for protecting the identities of 21.5 million affected by the Office of Personnel Management background check breach. The full load could be more like 28 million, and whoever wins will have to let the feds inside their own databases. Quotations are due Aug. 14… Continue Reading
Coalition Announces New ‘Do Not Track’ Standard for Web Browsing
“The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), privacy company Disconnect and a coalition of Internet companies have announced a stronger “Do Not Track” (DNT) setting for Web browsing—a new policy standard that, coupled with privacy software, will better protect users from sites that try to secretly follow and record their Internet activity, and incentivize advertisers and data… Continue Reading
Additional Guidance on Advancing Pay Equality in the Federal Government
Thursday, July 30, 2015. CPM 2015-08 From: BETH F. COBERT ACTING DIRECTOR. Subject: Additional Guidance on Advancing Pay Equality in the Federal Government. In April 2014, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued a report, “Governmentwide Strategy on Advancing Pay Equality in the Federal Government,” at the direction of President Obama in his May… Continue Reading
NY Fed – When Women Out-Earn Men
Jaison R. Abel and Richard Deitz: “We often hear that women earn “77 cents on the dollar” compared with men. However, the gender pay gap among recent college graduates is actually much smaller than this figure suggests. We estimate that among recent college graduates, women earn roughly 97 cents on the dollar compared with men… Continue Reading
Google Maps Streetview Player
Excellent work by Brian Folts – “The google maps streetview player will take in either a starting point and end point, or a provided file of a route and provide a playthrough of the google streetview images that are available.” Users may choose from a list of languages to enter origin and destination. Continue Reading
