Home HarrisPoll - The Harris Poll The Watson Institute for International Studies Holidays and Other Dates in the US Secular Calendar First published on 1996 July 15; last updated 2001 January 4 by Marcos J. Montes. Holidays Covered | Algorithms Used | References Output You will a receive a listing of the holidays covered below. Federal Holidays & Government Documents THIS SECTION IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE AS GOVERNMENT RULES CHANGE. Official rules covering Federal Holidays in the USA may be found at the Office of Personnel Management. The following information in this section (in red on most browsers, and between horizontal rules) is courtesy the OPM. In-Lieu of Holidays: When a holiday falls on a nonworkday outside a full-time employee's basic workweek, the day to be treated as his or her holiday is the first workday preceding the nonworkday except, if the nonworkday is Sunday, the next workday is the holiday. Government Publications: The statutory listing of legal public holidays--along with statutory requirements-- is found in section 6103 of title 5 of the United States Code. Dates NOT Covered by this Calendar Algorithms
Introduction - Statistics - Hoover Library's Subject Guides at McDaniel College Here are five important search tips for finding statistics online Tip 1: Favor sources consisting Primarily of statistics, like almanacs, statistical compendia, and numeric databases. Tip 2: At web sites, look for links to areas named Statistics; Publications, Reports, or Bulletins; Library or Archive(s); Data or Databases; and Presss Release. Tip 3: In full text, look for statistics-indicating word patterns, such as: " According to a study/survey/repert..." or "71 percent of Americans polled by Gallup..." Tip 4: Look for data placed outside the text as figures, tables, charts, graphs, infoboxes, and captions. Tip 5: Use numbers-indicating index terms, such as Statistics, Market share, Numeric, Demographics, Industry overview, and Forecasts. --By Paula Berinstein, author of "Finding Statistics Online..."
Global Health Observatory (GHO) data Global Strategy for Women's, Children's and Adolescents' Health (2016-2030): Data portal The Every Woman Every Child Global Strategy indicator and monitoring framework includes 60 indicators from health and other sectors. 34 indicators are from the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 26 from related global monitoring initiatives. From these, 16 key indicators are highlighted to provide a snapshot of progress. The Global Strategy portal provides open access to the latest available data and estimates for the 60 indicators across 194 countries. This involves collaboration across WHO departments, H6 agencies (UNAIDS, UNFPA, UNICEF, UN Women, WHO and the World Bank), other UN organizations - including the UN Statistics Division and UNESCO, and global monitoring partnerships, including the Countdown to 2030 and academic institutions. – Access the portal Global Observatory on Health Research and Development (R&D) – Access the Observatory fact buffet Child care Care seeking for pneumonia
International Affairs archives A l'occasion du cinquantième anniversaire de la CEAI, la Commission organisa à Séoul (Corée) un colloque qui reprenait le thème de la Conférence d'Oxford, pour réexaminer les relations complexes entre l'Eglise, la communauté nationale et l'Etat qu'on avait étudiées soixante ans plus tôt, sous l'emprise de la menace représentée par l'Etat national-socialiste allemand. Nous avons pris conscience à cette occasion de la remarquable pertinence de ces discussions, et il est utile de citer quelques déclarations faites à la Conférence d'Oxford ou à son propos, pour nous rappeler que notre conception actuelle des affaires internationales doit beaucoup à ce que nos prédécesseurs discernèrent avec une vision remarquablement claire. Au sujet du souci causé par la possibilité d'une nouvelle guerre mondiale, la Conférence d'Oxford préconisait une conception globale des affaires internationales et affirmait ce qui suit: Condamner la guerre ne suffit pas. ... Evolution du mouvement oecuménique
GenBank Overview MappingMcDaniel : Satirical infographic meant... United Nations Surveys on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems General Background The collection of statistics on crime at the international level was first considered in 1853. The Economic and Social Council, in its resolution 1984/48 of 25 May 1984, requested that the Secretary-General maintain and develop the United Nations crime-related database by continuing to conduct surveys of crime trends and the operations of criminal justice systems. The major goal of the United Nations Surveys on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems is to collect data on the incidence of reported crime and the operations of criminal justice systems with a view to improving the analysis and dissemination of that information globally. The survey results provide an overview of trends and interrelationships between various parts of the criminal justice system to promote informed decision-making in administration, nationally and internationally. Reference Publications Compiling and comparing International Crime Statistics UN-CTS data collection:
Canadian International Council SearchSystems.net - Largest Free Public Records Directory Government Will Shut Down Websites Even if It Costs More Than Keeping Them Up, Just to Show You Who Is Boss In case you doubted the purely punitive nature of certain aspects of the "government shutdown," Julian Sanchez at Cato examines the strange case of federal websites: It’s a bit hard to make sense of why some sites remain up (some with a “no new updates” banner) while others are redirected to a shutdown notice page—and in many cases it’s puzzling why a shutdown would be necessary at all..... For agencies that directly run their own Web sites on in-house servers, shutting down might make sense if the agency’s “essential” and “inessential” systems are suitably segregated. Running the site in those cases eats up electricity and bandwidth that the agency is paying for, not to mention the IT and security personnel who need to monitor the site for attacks and other problems. Fair enough in those cases. The determination of which services continue during an appropriations lapse is not affected by whether the costs of shutdown exceed the costs of maintaining services.
The State of the World's Children reports | The State of the World's Children The State of the World's Children reports Each year, UNICEF’s flagship publication, The State of the World's Children, closely examines a key issue affecting children. The report includes supporting data and statistics and is available in French and Spanish language versions. In 2016, the report was also released in Arabic and Chinese. State of the World’s Children 2017: Children in a digital world La situation des enfants dans le monde 2017 : Les enfants dans un monde numérique El Estado Mundial de la Infancia 2017: Niños en un mundo digital تقرير وضع الأطفال في العالم لعام 2017: الأطفال في عالم رقمي 2017年世界儿童状况：数字时代的儿童 Previous reports The State of the World’s Children 2016: A fair chance for every child La Situation des enfants dans le monde 2016: L’égalité des chances pour chaque enfant Estado mundial de la infancia 2016: Una oportunidad justa para cada niño تقرير وضع الأطفال في العالم 2016: فرصة عادلة لكل طفل 2016年世界儿童状况：每个儿童，机会均等 Estado mundial de la infancia 2015: Reimaginar el future