Daily Policy Digest
Government Issues
| YOU CHOOSE, YOU WIN It is better for consumers to have more choices, say psychologists... |
| WHO'S STILL BIASED? Diversity training has swept corporate America, notes Drake Bennett, a staff writer for the Boston Globe. There's just one problem: It doesn't seem to work... |
| CAMERAS MAKE CHICAGO MOST CLOSELY WATCHED U.S. CITY Chicago may have as many as 10,000 surveillance cameras, and the number is still growing, say observers... |
| NET GAINS A federal court has unanimously made it clear the government has no business interfering with Internet providers' network management... |
| RED TAPE RISING: REGULATION IN THE OBAMA ERA During fiscal year 2009, regulations costing some $14 billion were adopted by the Bush and Obama administrations, more than in any year since 1992... |
| FDA PRESSURED TO COMBAT RISING 'FOOD FRAUD' "Food fraud" has been documented in fruit juice, olive oil, spices, vinegar, wine, spirits and maple syrup, and appears to pose a significant problem in the seafood industry. Federal regulators are not doing enough to combat it, says the U.S. food industry... |
| SUN BELT LOSES ITS SHINE The recession has halted the dominant migration trend of recent decades, turning once-hot destinations such as Las Vegas and Orlando, Florida, into some of the country's losers, according to new Census data... |
| STUDY: HOMELESS SHELTERS STAY CAN COST MORE THAN RENT Cities, states and the federal government pay more to provide the homeless with short-term shelter and services than what it would cost to rent permanent housing, the U.S. government reports... |
| VENEZUELA MURDER RATE QUADRUPLED UNDER CH�VEZ With a murder rate of 140 per 100,000 citizens, Venezuela's capital Caracas has the highest murder rate in South America, only exceeded in the hemisphere by Mexico's Ciudad Juárez, says a nongovernmental organization... |
| U.S. CENSUS TRACKS MAIL, RAISING FEARS AMONG SOME Each piece of U.S. Census mail comes with a unique barcode that lets the U.S. Postal Service and the bureau track individual letters as they travel to and from the bureau... |
