IWS Documented News DAILY POSTINGS: August 2008

IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________

U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)

AMERICA'S DYNAMIC WORKFORCE: 2008 [29 August 2008]
http://www.dol.gov/asp/media/reports/workforce2008/
or
http://www.dol.gov/asp/media/reports/Workforce2008/ADW2008.pdf
[full-text, 70 pages]

This report presents an overview of current conditions and notable trends affecting the American labor market and economic activity. Primary emphasis is on measures of labor market performance employment, labor force participation, unemployment, and compensation. General measures of economic performance such as gross domestic product (GDP) and productivity growth are also described as they relate to labor market conditions and trends.

______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.

****************************************
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016

Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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# posted by SBasefsky : 4:10 PM

IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________

AFL-CIO

LABOR DAY FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)
http://www.aflcio.org/aboutus/laborday/faqs.cfm

______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.

****************************************
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016

Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
****************************************

# posted by SBasefsky : 3:40 PM

IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________

National Council of La Raza (NCLR)

Labor Day 2008: A Snapshot of the Latino Workforce [28 August 2008]
http://www.nclr.org/content/publications/detail/53647/
or
http://www.nclr.org/files/53647_file_FS_LaborDay08_FNL.pdf
[full-text, 4 pages]

Summary

Labor Day is an opportunity to recognize the importance of Latino workers to the American economy. As the fastest-growing segment of the workforce, Latinos are concentrated in occupations that frequently fall short on critical indicators of job quality, including employer-based health and retirement plans. This fact sheet shows the disparities Latinos face in the workplace, with an emphasis on the rise in fatal workplace injuries among Hispanic workers.

Press Release
LATINO WORKERS: FASTEST-GROWING SEGMENT OF LABOR FORCE, MOST DISADVANTAGED [28 August 2008]
New NCLR Fact Sheet Highlights State of Hispanic Workers in the U.S.
http://www.nclr.org/content/news/detail/53646/

______________________________
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****************************************
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016

Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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# posted by SBasefsky : 3:25 PM

IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT WORKING PAPERS No. 623

INDIA'S GROWTH PATTERN AND OBSTACLES TO HIGHER GROWTH [11 August 2008]
http://www.olis.oecd.org/olis/2008doc.nsf/LinkTo/NT0000365A/$FILE/JT03249513.PDF
[full-text, 28 pages]
by Sean M. Dougherty, Richard Herd, Thomas Chalaux and Abdul Azeez Erumban

Abstract:
India's growth performance has improved significantly over the past 20 years, but has been uneven
across industries and states. While some service industries, notably in the information and communications
technology sector, have become highly competitive in world markets yielding considerable gains for
employees and investors manufacturing industries have lagged and improved their performance only
recently. A divergence in performance has taken place, with firms in those states and sectors with the best
institutions gaining, and those in the more tightly regulated states and sectors falling further behind. As a
result, the competitive landscape is uneven across sectors and states and a high degree of concentration
continues to prevail in different industries. While this is partly the result of the legacy of licensing, change
has been politically difficult, making it harder for the manufacturing sector than for the service sector to
expand. The need for further institutional reforms is urgent, focusing on product and labour market
regulations at the central and state levels.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INDIA'S GROWTH PATTERN AND OBSTACLES TO HIGHER GROWTH .......................................... 5
Productivity gains from shifting labour out of agriculture have been modest ............................................ 5
Manufacturing's contribution to growth could be much greater ................................................................. 8
Labour costs in manufacturing are comparatively low ............................................................................ 8
Manufacturing has not fully exploited its comparative advantage ........................................................ 10
Manufacturing firms have remained very small in size ..................................................................... 11
Individual firms and industries benefited from reforms ........................................................................ 14
Productivity-enhancing resource reallocation nevertheless remains low .............................................. 15
High concentration in industries reduces productivity gains from liberalisation .................................. 17
Conclusion ................................................................................................................................................ 20
BIBLIOGRAPHY ........................................................................................................................................ 22

Tables
1. Labour productivity and employment shares by industry and institutional sector .................................. 7
2. Growth in the value of merchandise exports ......................................................................................... 10
3. International comparison of industry concentration in 2002 ................................................................. 18

Figures
1. Share of manufacturing by per-capita income ......................................................................................... 6
2. Relative employee compensation, productivity and unit labour costs .................................................... 8
3. Relative unit labour costs across countries .............................................................................................. 9
4. International comparison of the distribution of firm size in manufacturing .......................................... 12
5. Gains in productivity from larger plant size in India ............................................................................ 12
6. Distribution of TFP levels across industrial plants ................................................................................ 14
7. Measures of regional specialisation ...................................................................................................... 17
8. Rate of return on assets, public and private firms ................................................................................. 19
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.

****************************************
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016

Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
****************************************

****************************************

Stuart Basefsky

Director, IWS News Bureau

Institute for Workplace Studies

Cornell/ILR School

16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor

New York, NY 10016

Telephone: (607) 255-2703

Fax: (607) 255-9641

E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu

****************************************

# posted by SBasefsky : 1:17 PM

IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________

MULTIFACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRENDS FOR DETAILED INDUSTRIES, 2006 [29 August 2008]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/prin3.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/prin3.pdf
[full-text, 13 pages]

Multifactor productivity -- defined as output per unit of combined inputs --
increased in almost three out of five four-digit NAICS manufacturing industries in 2006.
More manufacturing industries experienced an increase in multifactor productivity over a
longer period. From 1987 to 2006, multifactor productivity increased in almost two-
thirds of manufacturing industries.

      This news release now covers two transportation industries, air transportation
(NAICS 481) and line-haul railroads (NAICS 482111), that were previously published in
separate reports. Multifactor productivity increased for both of these transportation
industries in 2006 and over the longer term.

        Multifactor productivity indexes relate the change in output to the change in the
combined inputs of labor, capital, and intermediate purchases consumed in producing that
output. Multifactor productivity measures the joint influences on economic growth of a
variety of factors, including technological change, returns to scale, enhancements in
managerial and staff skills, changes in the organization of production, and other
efficiency improvements.

2005-06, Manufacturing Industries

      Multifactor productivity rose in 50 of the 86 manufacturing industries in 2006, as
output rose in 48 industries and combined inputs declined in 35 industries. Changes in
multifactor productivity were broadly distributed and varied greatly across industries,
even within 3-digit industry groups. (See Table 1.)

      The largest increase in multifactor productivity, 23.9 percent, occurred in
computer and peripheral equipment (NAICS 3341), followed by an increase of 13.5
percent in communications equipment (NAICS 3342). Output rose rapidly in those
industries, greatly exceeding the growth in combined inputs. Multifactor productivity
declined 16.0 percent in other nonferrous metal production (NAICS 3314), where
combined inputs rose although output decreased. The largest industries had more
moderate movements in multifactor productivity. Changes for the twenty largest
manufacturing industries varied from -4.5 percent to 4.6 percent.

      The number of manufacturing industries with annual multifactor productivity
growth increased slightly in 2006 after dropping from 2004 to 2005. For
most industries, input growth in 2006 was led by increases in intermediate purchases.
Purchases of intermediates increased in 54 industries, while capital services increased in
36 industries and labor hours rose in 37 industries.

AND MUCH MORE...including TABLES....
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.

****************************************
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016

Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
****************************************

# posted by SBasefsky : 10:29 AM

IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________

Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)

PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS - July 2008 [29 August 2008]
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2008/pi0708.htm
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2008/pdf/pi0708.pdf
[full-text, 13 pages]
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2008/xls/pi0708.xls
[spreadsheet]
and
Highlights
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2008/pdf/pi0708_fax.pdf

Personal income decreased $89.9 billion, or 0.7 percent, in July, in contrast to an increase of $7.4
billion, or 0.1 percent, in June and an increase of $218.0 billion, or 1.8 percent, in May. Disposable
personal income (DPI) decreased $114.7 billion, or 1.1 percent, in July, compared with a decrease of
$208.0 billion, or 1.9 percent, in June and an increase of $595.9 billion, or 5.7 percent in May. Personal
consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $24.1 billion, or 0.2 percent, in July, compared with an
increase of $65.5 billion, or 0.6 percent, in June. The pattern of changes in income reflects the pattern of
payments associated with the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 (see page 2).

Real DPI decreased 1.7 percent in July, compared with a decrease of 2.6 percent in June. Real PCE
decreased 0.4 percent, compared with a decrease of 0.1 percent.

AND MUCH MORE...including TABLES....

______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.

****************************************
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016

Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
****************************************

# posted by SBasefsky : 9:13 AM

IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________

Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE)

California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO: Proceedings and Publications [DIGITAL COLLECTION]
http://www.irle.berkeley.edu/library/digital_collections/calfed/

[excerpt]
About the California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO
The California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO ("the Federation") was founded in 1901 as the California Federation of Labor. It was the most important successor to several earlier labor organizations, such as the Federated Trades Council of San Francisco, and the Knights of Labor in Los Angeles. The state federation played an early role in coordinating labor union activities throughout the state, even though labor power was focused primarily in the urban centers of San Francisco, Sacramento, Fresno and Los Angeles.

The collection includes --

Proceedings
   * http://sunsite2.berkeley.edu:8088/xtf/servlet/org.cdlib.xtf.crossQuery.CrossQuery?metacollection=proceedings&rmode=irle&sort=yearirle

Legislative Voting Records
   * http://sunsite2.berkeley.edu:8088/xtf/servlet/org.cdlib.xtf.crossQuery.CrossQuery?metacollection=legislative&rmode=irle&sort=yearirle

CIO Documents
   * http://sunsite2.berkeley.edu:8088/xtf/servlet/org.cdlib.xtf.crossQuery.CrossQuery?metacollection=cio&rmode=irle&sort=yearirle

Newspapers
   * http://sunsite2.berkeley.edu:8088/xtf/servlet/org.cdlib.xtf.crossQuery.CrossQuery?metacollection=newspapers&rmode=irle&sort=yearirle

as well as a page to
SEARCH THE COLLECTION
http://www.irle.berkeley.edu/library/digital_collections/calfed/search.html

Press Release
UC Berkeley's Labor and Employment Library Digitizes 100 years of California Labor History

The Institute for Research on Labor and Employment has created a digital repository of the publications of the California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO. This collection includes proceedings and papers dating back to 1901, from the records of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. This collection is now available on the UC Berkeley Library Web site, and also in the California Digital Library's Calisphere and Online Archive of California (OAC). URLs for each location follow below.

The project was made possible by a grant from the UC Labor and Employment Research Fund (LERF), which is based in the UCOP Office of Research. The principal investigator for the ongoing digitization project work is Terry Huwe, IRLE Librarian. The IRLE Library collaborated with UC Berkeley Library's Digital Publishing Group to create these new resources, and presented CDL with a pilot opportunity to support the PDF file format in Calisphere and the OAC.

"Even though the repository is just beginning to attract attention, several scholars have contacted the Library to tell us how excited they were," said Terry Huwe, IRLE's librarian. "But the real surprise came when Federation staff themselves told me that they were able to use this scholarly tool to help prepare for their summer 2008 convention. It just proves how much potential the Web has for revolutionizing all kinds of information use."

Huwe also indicated that the project is not yet complete, and that more files will be added and some revisions to the site are forthcoming. "Nonetheless, the repository is ready for use right now," he said.

These primary resources documenting California labor history are available in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF), a file format that is newly supported within Calisphere and the OAC.

The University of California, Berkeley Library
http://www.irle.berkeley.edu/library/digital_collections/calfed/

The Online Archive of California:
http://content.cdlib.org/search?style=oac-img&sort=title&relation=ark:/13030/kt0489q6r6

For Further Information:

Terry Huwe, IRLE Library
< mailto:thuwe@library.berkeley.edu> thuwe@library.berkeley.edu
(510) 643-7061

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______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.

****************************************
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016

Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
****************************************

# posted by SBasefsky : 9:03 AM

IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO)

Industrial relations developments in Europe 2007 [28 August 2008]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0845.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2008/45/en/1/ef0845en.pdf
[full-text. 70 pages]

Author:
Carley, Mark; McKay, Sonia; Hall, Mark

Summary:
Industrial relations developments in Europe 2007 highlights the most significant industrial relations developments over the past year both at national and EU level. It first outlines the main political and legislative initiatives taken in the Member States over the past year and goes on to examine the key issues covered by collective bargaining pay, working time, occupational pensions and training. It focuses in particular on initiatives taken regarding temporary agency work, efforts to close the gender pay gap and action in the area of migration.

______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.

****************************************
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016

Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
****************************************

# posted by SBasefsky : 4:59 PM

IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________

National Science Foundation (NSF)
InfoBrief

New Estimates of National Research and Development Expenditures Show 5.8% Growth in 2007 [27 August 2008]
NSF 08-317 | August 2008 | PDF format PDF
by Mark Boroush
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf08317/
or
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf08317/nsf08317.pdf
[full-text, 8 pages]

[excerpts]
National Science Foundation (NSF) estimates indicate that U.S. spending on research and development (R&D) totaled $368.1 billion (current dollars) in 2007, up from $347.9 billion in 2006 (table 1). This increase represented growth in 2007 of 5.8% over the 2006 level, or 3.1% in inflation-adjusted year 2000 dollars.
...
International Comparisons

Overall R&D spending by the United States continues to far exceed that of all other countries (table 3). Nevertheless, several nations report R&D/GDP ratios that are above the current U.S. level.[4]

AND MUCH MORE....

______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.

****************************************
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016

Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
****************************************

# posted by SBasefsky : 3:57 PM

IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________

National Science Foundation (NSF)
InfoBrief

Note: HBCUs are Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Role of HBCUs as Baccalaureate-Origin Institutions of Black S&E Doctorate Recipients [27 August 2008]
NSF 08-319 | August 2008
by Joan Burrelli and Alan Rapoport
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf08319/
or
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf08319/nsf08319.pdf
[full-text, 8 pages]

In a February 2008 article in the Washington Post, the presidents of four Maryland historically black institutions raised the issue of the role and relevance of historically black institutions in enhancing educational opportunities for African Americans (Avery et al 2008). This InfoBrief partially addresses this issue by examining the role of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) as baccalaureate-origin institutions of black science and engineering (S&E)[2] doctorate recipients. It examines trends primarily during the past two decades and compares HBCUs to non-HBCU institutions, to different Carnegie types of institutions,[3] and to a select group of baccalaureate collegesthe Oberlin 50 (minus Hampton University which is an HBCU).[4] The InfoBrief also examines differences between public and private institutions. The analysis focuses on two types of output variables: the absolute number of doctorates and the institutional yieldthe number of S&E doctorates in a given year per thousand bachelor's degrees awarded in all fields 9 years (the median time from bachelor's-to-doctorate receipt for S&E doctorates) prior to that year.

In the late 1970s over 40% of black S&E doctorate recipients received their baccalaureate degrees from HBCUs.[5] This percentage fell to 25% in the first part of the 1990s before increasing to about 33% in 2006. During the same period (19772006), the share of blacks receiving bachelor's degrees from HBCUs fell from 36% to 21% (figure 1).

AND MUCH MORE....

______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.

****************************************
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016

Telephone: (607) 255-2703
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________

Kaiser: StateHealthFacts

What's New on statehealthfacts.org
http://cme.kff.org/Key=14818.F9.C.C.MLxxCY

The latest information on the following TOPICS is provided with links to full-text documentation.

Demographics and the Economy
Health Costs & Budgets
Health Coverage & Uninsured
Health Status
HIV/AIDS
Managed Care & Health Insurance
Medicaid & SCHIP
Medicare
Minority Health
Providers & Service Use
Women's Health

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Cornell/ILR School
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New York, NY 10016

Telephone: (607) 255-2703
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# posted by SBasefsky : 3:45 PM

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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________

Economic Policy Institute (EPI)

The State of Working America 2008/2009
http://www.stateofworkingamerica.org/

Released in time for Labor Day, the advanced edition of EPI's authoritative volume The State of Working America 2008/2009 is now available. Described as the "most comprehensive independent analysis of the U.S. labor market" by the Financial Times, the 11th edition shows that the business cycle that started in 2001 will be one for the record books. In fact, for the first time on record, middle-class families are at the end of a recovery without ever having regained the ground they lost during the previous recession. Gross domestic product and historically high productivity growth should have raised paychecks up and down the income ladder, but instead the benefits of that growth have bypassed most of the people who made it possible. Prepared biennially since 1988, The State of Working America scrutinizes family incomes, jobs, wages, unemployment, wealth, poverty, and health care coverage, describing the economy's effect on our nation's standard of living.

Read several chapters from the forthcoming 2008/2009 edition
http://www.stateofworkingamerica.org/excerpt.html

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Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016

Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________

INSTITUTO BRASILEIRO DE RELAÇÕES DE EMPREGO E TRABALHO (IBRET)

2nd Brazilian Conference of Employment and Labor Relations

Date: November 17 and 18, 2008
Venue: School of Economics, Management and Accounting of University of São Paulo - Congregation Room
University City, São Paulo
http://www.ibret.org/2Congresso-english.html

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Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016

Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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# posted by SBasefsky : 3:17 PM

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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________

Compensation and Working Conditions Online
http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/home.htm

Pay Relatives for U.S. Census Regions and Divisions, 2006
by John E. Buckley
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Originally Posted: August 28, 2008
http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/cm20080826ar01p1.htm

Abstract:
Results from the 2006 National Compensation Survey show that average pay levels in the Northeast and West are higher than in the South and Midwest.

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Cornell/ILR School
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New York, NY 10016

Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
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# posted by SBasefsky : 3:11 PM

IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________

EEOC

Questions and Answers: Promoting Employment of Individuals with Disabilities in the Federal Workforce [26 August 2008]
http://www.eeoc.gov/federal/qanda-employment-with-disabilities.html

See also
Improving the Participation Rate of People with Targeted Disabilities in the Federal Work Force
January 2008
http://www.eeoc.gov/federal/report/pwtd.html
or
http://www.eeoc.gov/federal/report/pwtd.pdf
[full-text, 44 pages]

Press Release
NEW EEOC PUBLICATION AIMED AT INCREASING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT [26 August 2008]
http://www.eeoc.gov/press/8-26-08.html

WASHINGTON The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today issued a new question-and-answer guide aimed at promoting the hiring and advancement of individuals with disabilities in federal government employment. The new publication is available on the EEOC's web site at www.eeoc.gov/federal/qanda-employment-with-disabilities.html.

Announcing the resource publication for federal agencies, Commission Chair Naomi C. Earp said, "The EEOC is doing everything it can to provide agencies with useful guidance on how to be the nation's model employer, providing equal opportunity to all Americans, including those with disabilities."

The percentage of federal employees with targeted disabilities, which are severe physical or mental disabilities that historically have resulted in barriers to employment, has declined each year since reaching a peak of 1.24% in Fiscal Years 1993 and 1994. In FY 2007, the participation rate of people with targeted disabilities declined to 0.92% of the federal government's total work force, the lowest participation rate in more than 20 years.

EEOC Commissioner Christine Griffin said: "Even though the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 has long required federal agencies to engage in affirmative action to hire and advance individuals with disabilities, the federal government has failed to meet this challenge. We must and can do better. This question-and-answer guide will help agencies make concrete progress."

Commissioner Griffin has overseen the EEOC's LEAD Initiative (Leadership for the Employment of Americans with Disabilities), which aims to boost the ranks of individuals with disabilities in federal employment to 2% by 2010.

The question-and-answer guide issued today responds to frequently asked questions about what the law allows and requires federal agencies to do with respect to affirmative hiring and employment of individuals with disabilities. Among other topics, the publication discusses:
   * Special regulations that allow federal agencies to hire individuals with severe disabilities who are qualified for jobs without going through the usual competitive hiring process;
   * Procedures that agencies are required to have for providing reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities;
   * Specific types of accommodations that enable people with disabilities to work in federal sector jobs;
   * How an agency's obligations under the Rehabilitation Act interact with obligations under other federal laws and how agencies should handle reasonable accommodation issues when they enter into relationships with other entities (such as other federal agencies or private companies that provide training for agency employees); and
   * The kinds of questions that agencies may (and may not) ask about an applicant's or employee's disability.

In January 2008, the EEOC issued a report entitled "Improving the Participation Rate of People with Targeted Disabilities in the Federal Work Force," which provides practical guidance on steps agencies can take to increase hiring and advancement. The report is available on the EEOC's web site at www.eeoc.gov/federal/report/pwtd.html. Further information about the LEAD Initiative is available online at http://www.eeoc.gov/initiatives/lead/index.html.

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****************************************
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Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016

Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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# posted by SBasefsky : 11:48 AM

IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________

Census

2007/2008 Older Worker Profiles [Updated 28 August 2008] -- now includes South Carolina.
http://lehd.did.census.gov/led/library/profiles_2007.html

Updated Profiles in the PDF format and supplemntary and appendix tables for about 30 states at the state, metropolitan area, and county levels. Industrial data available by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). See the Older Worker Profile Product Release for information on the release schedule of the individual state reports.

Profiles

    * "The Geographic Distribution and Characteristics of Older Workers In Arkansas: 2004" (Ref: LED-OW2007-AR), by Cynthia Taeuber and Matthew R. Graham.
    * "The Geographic Distribution and Characteristics of Older Workers In Colorado: 2004" (Ref: LED-OW04-CO), by Cynthia Taeuber and Matthew R. Graham.
    * "The Geographic Distribution and Characteristics of Older Workers In Delaware: 2004" (Ref: LED-OW04-DE), by Cynthia Taeuber and Matthew R. Graham.
    * "The Geographic Distribution and Characteristics of Older Workers In Hawaii: 2004" (Ref: LED-OW2007-HI), by Cynthia Taeuber and Matthew R. Graham.
    * "The Geographic Distribution and Characteristics of Older Workers In Indiana: 2004" (Ref: LED-OW2007-IN), by Cynthia Taeuber and Matthew R. Graham.
    * "The Geographic Distribution and Characteristics of Older Workers In Iowa: 2004" (Ref: LED-OW2007-IA), by Cynthia Taeuber and Matthew R. Graham.
    * "The Geographic Distribution and Characteristics of Older Workers In Kentucky: 2004" (Ref: LED-OW04-KY), by Cynthia Taeuber and Matthew R. Graham.
    * "The Geographic Distribution and Characteristics of Older Workers In Maine: 2004" (Ref: LED-OW2007-ME), by Cynthia Taeuber and Matthew R. Graham.
    * "The Geographic Distribution and Characteristics of Older Workers In Maryland: 2004" (Ref: LED-OW04-MD), by Cynthia Taeuber and Matthew R. Graham.
    * "The Geographic Distribution and Characteristics of Older Workers In New Jersey: 2004" (Ref: LED-OW04-NJ), by Cynthia Taeuber and Matthew R. Graham.
    * "The Geographic Distribution and Characteristics of Older Workers In Oklahoma: 2004" (Ref: LED-OW04-OK), by Cynthia Taeuber and Matthew R. Graham.
   * "The Geographic Distribution and Characteristics of Older Workers In South Carolina: 2004" (Ref: LED-OW04-SC), by Cynthia Taeuber and Matthew R. Graham.
    * "The Geographic Distribution and Characteristics of Older Workers In Vermont: 2004" (Ref: LED-OW2007-VT), by Cynthia Taeuber and Matthew R. Graham.
    * "The Geographic Distribution and Characteristics of Older Workers In Wisconsin: 2004" (Ref: LED-OW04-WI), by Cynthia Taeuber and Matthew R. Graham.

Additional Tables:

Supplementary and appendix tables with significantly more detailed data on the Profile States are available for download. See the Additional Tables page for description of the data and downloads.
ADDITIONAL TABLES
http://lehd.did.census.gov/led/library/profiletables_2007.php

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****************************************
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Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016

Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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# posted by SBasefsky : 10:57 AM

IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________

Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Order Code RL30533

The Quasi Government: Hybrid Organizations with Both Government and Private Sector Legal Characteristics Updated January 31, 2008 [online August 2008]
Kevin R. Kosar, Analyst in American National Government, Government and Finance Division
http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL30533_20080131.pdf
[full-text, 44 pages]

Summary
This report provides an overview of federally related entities that possess legal
characteristics of both the governmental and private sectors. These hybrid
organizations (e.g., Fannie Mae, National Park Foundation, In-Q-Tel), collectively
referred to in this report as the "quasi government," have grown in number, size, and
importance in recent decades.

A brief review of executive branch organizational history is followed by a
description of entities with ties to the executive branch, although they are not
"agencies" of the United States as defined in Title 5 of the U.S. Code. Several
categories of quasi governmental entities are defined and discussed: (1) quasi official
agencies, (2) government-sponsored enterprises (GSE), (3) federally funded research
and development corporations, (4) agency-related nonprofit organizations, (5)
venture capital funds, (6) congressionally chartered nonprofit organizations, and (7)
instrumentalities of indeterminate character.

The quasi government, not surprisingly, is a controversial subject. To
supporters of this trend toward greater reliance upon hybrid organizations, the proper
objective of governmental management is to maximize performance and results,
however defined. In their view, the private and governmental sectors are alike in
their essentials, and thus subject to the same economically derived behavioral norms.
They tend to welcome this trend toward greater use of quasi governmental entities.

Critics of the quasi government, on the other hand, tend to view hybrid
organizations as contributing to a weakened capacity of government to perform its
fundamental constitutional duties, and to an erosion in political accountability, a
crucial element in democratic governance. They tend to consider the governmental
and private sectors as being legally distinct, with relatively little overlap in behavioral
norms.

Congress is increasingly engaged with the quasi government. The issues run the
gamut from enacting legislation to encourage the creation of nonprofit organizations
to promote individual national parks, to proposals to strengthen regulation of
government-sponsored enterprises such as Fannie Mae, to oversight hearings
respecting national security issues at Los Alamos Laboratory. There is nothing
modest about the size, scope, and impact of the quasi government.

Time will tell whether the emergence of the quasi government is to be viewed
as a symptom of decline in our democratic government, or a harbinger of a new,
creative management era where the purportedly artificial barriers between the
governmental and private sectors are breached as a matter of principle.

This report will be updated at the beginning of each Congress.

Contents
Context . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
In Search of a Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Spectrum or Categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Federal Organization and Management:
The Traditional View Under Question . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Quasi Governmental Organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Quasi Official Agencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Government-Sponsored Enterprises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs) . . . . . . . 14
Agency-Related Nonprofit Organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Adjunct Organizations Under the Control of a Department
or Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Organizations Independent of, But Dependent Upon, Agencies . . . . . 21
Nonprofit Organizations Affiliated with Departments or Agencies . . 23
Venture Capital Funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Congressionally Chartered Nonprofit Organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Instrumentalities of Indeterminate Character . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
American Institute in Taiwan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
National Endowment for Democracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
U.S. Investigation Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Conclusion: Paradigms in Conflict . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.

****************************************
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016

Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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# posted by SBasefsky : 10:29 AM

IWS Documented News DAILY POSTINGS

Friday, August 29, 2008

[IWS] DOL: AMERICA'S DYNAMIC WORKFORCE: 2008 [29 August 2008]

[IWS] LABOR DAY FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)

[IWS] LABOR DAY 2008: LATINO WORKFORCE SNAPSHOT [28 August 2008]

[IWS] OECD: INDIA'S GROWTH PATTERN AND OBSTACLES TO HIGHER GROWTH [11 August 2008]

[IWS] BLS: MULTIFACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRENDS FOR DETAILED INDUSTRIES, 2006 [29 August 2008]

[IWS] BEA: PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS - July 2008 [29 August 2008]

[IWS] New! 100 YRS of CALIFORNIA LABOR HISTORY DIGITIZED

Thursday, August 28, 2008

[IWS] EIRO: 2007 EU INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS DEVELOPMENTS [28 August 2008]

[IWS] NSF: New Estimates of National R&D Expenditures Show 5.8% Growth in 2007 [27 August 2008]

[IWS] NSF: Role of HBCUs as Baccalaureate-Origin Institutions of Black S&E Doctorate Recipients [27 August 2008]

[IWS] Kaiser: WHAT'S NEW on StateHealthFacts.org (DATA UPDATES)

[IWS] EPI: THE STATE OF WORKING AMERICA 2008/2009 [28 August 2008]

[IWS] IBRET: 2nd BRAZILIAN CONF. on EMPLOYMENT & LABOR RELATIONS, Nov. 17-18, 2008

[IWS] BLS: PAY RELATIVES for U.S. CENSUS REGIONS & DIVISIONS, 2006 [28 August 2008]

[IWS] EEOC: Q&A: DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT in FEDERAL WORKFORCE PROMOTION [26 August 2008]

[IWS] Census: 2007/2008 OLDER WORKER PROFILES - South Carolina added [28 August 2008]

[IWS] CRS: THE QUASI GOVERNMENT: HYBRID ORGANIZATIONS with BOTH GOVERNMENT and PRIVATE SECTOR LEGAL CHARACTERISTICS [online August 2008]

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