“On Veterans Day, we honor the heroes we have lost, and we rededicate ourselves to the next generation of veterans,” wrote President Obama in his proclamation. ”Today, we reflect upon the invaluable contributions of our country’s veterans and reaffirm our commitment to provide them and their families with the essential support they were promised and have earned.”
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Secretary of State Clinton has just released the State Department’s Annual Report on International Religious Freedom. This report supplements the most recent Human Rights Reports by providing additional detailed information with respect to matters involving international religious freedom.
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President Obama has declared October as National Cybersecurity Awareness Month in the United States.
In their latest Intelligence Note, the Internet Crime Complaint Center cautions that fraudsters continue to hijack accounts on social networking sites and spread malicious software by using various techniques. Read more: Techniques used by fraudsters on social networking sites
A partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C), and the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) also accepts online Internet crime complaints from either the person who believes they were defrauded or from a third party to the complainant.
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will chair a United Nations Security Council Session to adopt a strong resolution to end sexual violence against women and children in conflict-related situations. The resolution, drafted by the United States, outlines actions the UN and Member States can take to help prevent conflict-related sexual violence and end impunity.
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Museums, Libraries and 21st Century Skills is a website created by the Institute of Library and Museum Services to help libraries and museums evaluate their readiness to engage the public and to deliver 21st century skills.
The Institute of Museum and Library Services is the primary source of federal support for the 123,000 libraries and 17,500 museums in the United States. The Institute’s mission is to create strong libraries and museums that connect people to information and ideas.
To learn more about what kind of medical services Americans use, check out the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), which collects information on families and individuals, their medical providers, and employers across the United States. MEPS collects data on the specific health services that Americans use, how frequently they use them, the cost of these services, and how they are paid for, as well as data on the cost, scope, and breadth of health insurance held by and available to U.S. workers.
MEPS is part of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
A relatively high unemployment rate for young people has been a persistent problem in industrialized countries in recent decades; still, the number of youth who are unemployed has been falling with declining youth populations and more years spent in education.
Written by Gary Martin, A Portrait of the Youth Labor Market in 13 Countries, 1980-2007 appeared in the July 2009 issue of the Monthly Labor Review produced by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The 13 countries included in the survey are: USA, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Republic of Korea, Spain, Sweden, and the UK.
According to the Expenditures on Children by Families, 2008 report, annual child-rearing expense estimates for the overall United States ranged between $11,610 and $13,480 for a child in a two-child, married-couple family in the middle-income group.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has provided estimates of expenditures on children from birth through age 17 since 1960. This technical report presents the most recent estimates for husband-wife and single-parent families using data from the 2005-06 Consumer Expenditure Survey, updated to 2008 dollars using the Consumer Price Index.
The Council of Economic Advisers within the Executive Office of the President has projected potential developments in the U.S. labor market over the next 5 to 10 years. This 30-page report, Preparing the Workers of Today for the Jobs of Tomorrow, outlines the preparations necessary to develop the 21st century workforce.
Wondering about the future of print journalism? Congress has begun debating whether the financial problems in the newspaper industry pose a public policy issue that warrants federal action. Read all about it in this Congressional Research Service report: The U.S. Newspaper Industry in Transition.
