IWS Documented News WEEKLY BULLETIN

National Academies Press
Health and Safety Needs of Older Workers (2004)
Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences and Education
David H. Wegman and James P. McGee, Editors, Committee on the Health and Safety Needs of Older Workers, National Research Council
http://www.nap.edu/books/030909111X/html/
and
Executive Summary
http://books.nap.edu/execsumm_pdf/10884.pdf
[full-text, 12 pages]
 
Government Reports/Press - International, Federal, State, Local International

From the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
Ageing and work in Europe [15 July 2004]
http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/reports/FR0407TR01/FR0407TR01.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/reports/FR0407TR01/FR0407TR01.pdf
[full-text, 19 pages]

Human Development Report 2004 [15 July 2004]
Cultural Liberty in Today?s Diverse World
http://hdr.undp.org/reports/global/2004/
or
http://hdr.undp.org/reports/global/2004/pdf/hdr04_complete.pdf
[full-text, 299 pages]

From The European e-Business W@tch
Sector Impact Studies 2003/04
http://www.ebusiness-watch.org/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=160&Itemid=147

From the European Commission (EC) created E-Business Watch
A POCKETBOOK of E-BUSINESS INDICATORS: A Portrait of e-Business in 10 Sectors of the European Economy [April 2004]
http://www.ebusiness-watch.org/images/stories/space/reports/Pocketbook-2004.pdf
[full-text, 70 pages]

OECD Topic:
Older Workers
http://www.oecd.org/department/0,2688,en_2649_34747_1_1_1_1_1,00.html

Federal

From the Administration on Aging
A Profile of Older Americans: 2003
http://www.aoa.gov/prof/Statistics/profile/2003/profiles2003.asp
or
http://www.aoa.gov/prof/Statistics/profile/2003/2003profile.pdf
[full-text, 18 pages]
and
Projections of Future Growth of the Older Population
http://www.aoa.gov/prof/Statistics/future_growth/future_growth.asp

America?s Children in Brief: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2004 [15 July 2004]
http://www.childstats.gov/americaschildren/pdf/ac04brief.pdf
[full-text, 20 pages]
Detailed Tables             
http://www.childstats.gov/ac2004/toc.asp
See related material at CHILDSTATS.GOV
http://childstats.gov/
See press release at-
http://childstats.gov/ac2004/pressrel.asp

Census: Issued July 2004
A Profile Of Older Workers In West Virginia [15 July 2004]
Local Employment Dynamics
http://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/led-ow-wv.pdf
[full-text, 24 pages]
See Press Release [15 July 2004]
As It Ages, West Virginias Work Force Remains on the Job
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/aging_population/002271.html

Census: Issued June 2004
LED/OW-IL
A Profile Of Older Workers In Illinois [20 July 2004]
Local Employment Dynamics
http://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/led-ow-il.pdf
[full-text, 24 pages]
See Press Release
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/aging_population/002274.html
For other states, see-
U.S. Census
Local Employment Dynamics
[Older Worker Profiles by State]
http://lehd.dsd.census.gov/led/05/002/index.html

FRASER (Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research)
http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/
See About FRASER at - http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/about/
Find links to scanned images  of historical economic statistical publications, releases, and documents.

GAO's Name Change and Other Provisions of the GAO Human Capital Reform Act of 2004 [7 July 2004]
http://www.gao.gov/about/namechange.html

GAO: Human Capital: Agencies' Use of Alternative Service Delivery (ASD) Options for Human Capital Activities. GAO-04-679, June 25.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-04-679
or
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d04679.pdf
[full-text, 42 pages]
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d04679high.pdf

This is a NEW APPLICATION made available by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
Welcome to the School District Analysis System (SDAS).
http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/sdds/sdas
Select a SDAS table  at
http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/sdds/sdas/Selection.asp

State

From the New York State Department of Labor
NY STATE'S JUNE PRIVATE SECTOR JOB GROWTH MIRRORS NATION'S RATE [15 July 2004]
Largest Year-to-Year Private Sector Job Growth Since March 2001
http://www.labor.state.ny.us/agency/pressrel/pruistat.htm

New York State Department of Labor [online 19 July 2004]
Employment Review
Vol. 57 No. 5
May 2004
http://www.labor.state.ny.us/labor_market/lmi_business/er/index.html
[for current & back issues]
or
http://www.labor.state.ny.us/pdf/erv57n5.pdf
[full-text, 110 pages]

Institutes/Associations/Commercial

AFT: Teacher Salaries Remain Stagnant but Health Insurance Costs Soar
AFT Releases Annual State-by-State Teacher Salary Survey
http://www.aft.org/presscenter/releases/2004/071504.htm
Table 1, Average Teacher Salary in 2002-03, State Rankings
http://www.aft.org/salary/download/2004Table1.pdf
Table 2, Actual Average Beginning Teacher Salaries, 2002-03, Estimated 2004
http://www.aft.org/salary/download/2004Table2.pdf
Go to individual state releases
http://www.aft.org/presscenter/releases/2004/salary_map.htm

From the Brookings Institution
"Learning from Farmingville: Promising Practices for Immigrant Workers,"
Forum Co-Sponsored by the Brookings Institution Center on Urban and
Metropolitan Policy, Active Voice, and P.O.V. (6/9/04)
http://www.brookings.edu/metro/events/20040609_Farmingville.htm
or
http://www.brookings.edu/dybdocroot/metro/events/20040609_Farmingville.pdf
[full-text, 28 pages]

The Rise of New Immigrant Gateways
by Audrey Singer
February 2004
http://www.brookings.edu/metro/publications/20040301_gateways.htm
and
http://www.brookings.edu/dybdocroot/urban/pubs/20040301_gateways.pdf
[full-text, 36 pages]

ECONOMIC SNAPSHOTS from Economic Policy Institute (EPI)
Snapshot for July 16, 2004
Inflation-adjusted wages fall again in June
Down six of the last seven months
With today's release of inflation data for June, EPI analysis reveals that real hourly and weekly earnings have fallen for six out of the last seven months (see the figures below).
http://www.epinet.org/content.cfm/webfeatures_snapshots_07162004

From the Education Commission of the States (ECS)
ECS Report to the Nation: State Implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act [14 July 2004]
http://www.ecs.org/ecsmain.asp?page=/html/special/nclb/reporttothenation/reporttothenation.htm
or
http://www.ecs.org/html/Special/NCLB/ReportToTheNation/docs/Report_to_the_Nation.pdf
[full-text,  95 pages]
or
Executive Summary
http://www.ecs.org/html/Special/NCLB/ReportToTheNation/docs/RTN_exec_sum.pdf
[full-text, 6 pages]
See press release [14 July 2004]
http://www.ecs.org/clearinghouse/52/88/5288.htm

From the McKinsey Global Institute
Can Germany Win from Offshoring? [Summary]
http://www.mckinsey.com/knowledge/mgi/rp/offshoring/german_summary.asp

From the Project on Global Working Families, Harvard School of Public Health
THE WORK, FAMILY, AND EQUITY INDEX: WHERE DOES THE UNITED STATES STAND GLOBALLY? [released 16 June 2004]
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/globalworkingfamilies/images/report.pdf
[full-text, 60 pages]

Law

IP/04/947
Brussels, 19th July 2004
Commission goes to the European Court of Justice to enforce EU anti-discrimination law
http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/news/2004/jul/ip_04_947_en.pdf
MEMO/04/189
Brussels, 19th July 2004
Background note on procedures to enforce EU antidiscrimination law
http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/news/2004/jul/memo_04_189_en.pdf

Bruno Caruso
The Concept of Flexibility in Labour Law. The Italian case in the European context
WP C.S.D.L.E. "Massimo D'Antona" N. 39/2004
http://www.lex.unict.it/eurolabor/ricerca/wp/n39_caruso.pdf
[full-text, 40 pages]

Decision on "Hours of Service" Regulation for [Trucking] Commercial Motor Vehicle Operators.
United States Court of Appeals
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT
Argued April 13, 2004 Decided July 16, 2004
No. 03-1165
PUBLIC CITIZEN, ET AL.,
PETITIONERS
v.
FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION,
RESPONDENT
DISTRIBUTION LTL CARRIERS ASSOCIATION, INC., ET AL.,
INTERVENORS
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
United States Department of Transportation
http://pacer.cadc.uscourts.gov/docs/common/opinions/200407/03-1165a.pdf
[full-text, 22 pages]

Statistical Reports

BLS: Producer Price Indexes -- June 2004 [15 July 2004]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ppi.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ppi.pdf
[full-text, 19 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/ppi.supp.toc.htm

BLS: CONSUMER PRICE INDEX:  JUNE 2004 [16 July 2004]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cpi.pdf
[full-text, 25 pages]

BLS: REAL EARNINGS IN JUNE 2004 [16 July 2004]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/realer.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/realer.pdf

BLS: REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT:  JUNE 2004 [20 July 2004]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/laus.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/laus.pdf
[full-text, 15 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/laus.supp.toc.htm

BLS: National Compensation Surveys:
Birmingham, AL, February 2004 . Bulletin 3120-69
http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/sp/ncbl0623.txt
or
http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/sp/ncbl0623.pdf
[full-text, 30 pages]
Cincinnati - Hamilton, OH-KY-IN, October 2003. Bulletin 3120-66
http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/sp/ncbl0620.txt
or
http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/sp/ncbl0620.pdf
[full-text, 47 pages]
Greenville - Spartanburg - Anderson, SC, September 2003. Bulletin 3120-76:
http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/sp/ncbl0630.txt
or
http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/sp/ncbl0630.pdf
[full-text, 37 pages]
Fort Collins - Loveland, CO, October 2003 . Bulletin 3120-67:
http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/sp/ncbl0621.txt
or
http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/sp/ncbl0621.pdf
[full-text, 38 pages]
Memphis, TN-AR-MS, February 2004. Bulletin 3120-70
http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/sp/ncbl0624.txt
or
http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/sp/ncbl0624.pdf
[full-text, 38 pages]
Milwaukee - Racine, WI, October 2003 . Bulletin Bulletin 3120-77
http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/sp/ncbl0631.txt
or
http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/sp/ncbl0631.pdf
[full-text, 43 pages]
Phoenix - Mesa, AZ, September 2003 . Bulletin 3120-74
http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/sp/ncbl0628.txt
or
http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/sp/ncbl0628.pdf
[full-text, 44 pages]
Portland - Salem, OR-WA, September 2003 . Bulletin 3120-75
http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/sp/ncbl0629.txt
or
http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/sp/ncbl0629.pdf
[full-text, 43 pages]
Reno, NV, February 2004 . Bulletin 3120-71
http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/sp/ncbl0625.txt
or
http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/sp/ncbl0625.pdf
[full-text, 39 pages]
Richmond - Petersburg, VA, September 2003 . Bulletin 3120-73
http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/sp/ncbl0627.txt
or
http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/sp/ncbl0627.pdf
[full-text, 44 pages]
Springfield, MA, September 2003 . Bulletin Bulletin 3120-72
http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/sp/ncbl0626.txt
or
http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/sp/ncbl0626.pdf
(full-text, 37 pages)

Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

Facts for Feature from the Census Bureau
CB04-FF.14 July 15, 2004
Hispanic Heritage Month 2004: Sept. 15-Oct. 15
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/002270.html
or
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2004/cb04-ff14.pdf
[full-text, 5 pages]

Facts for Features from the Census Bureau
CB04-FF.11 May 26, 2004
Anniversary of Americans with  Disabilities Act (July 26)
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/001823.html
or
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2004/cb04-ff11.pdf
[full-text, 4 pages]_