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"The Greening of the World of Work: O*NET Project's Book of References" has been updated in a document for the department of labor in December, 2012.  The PDF version is available at

Mike McCurry, Ph.D. 

"SUMMARY: The Bureau of the Census (Census Bureau) is resuming the Population Estimates Challenge Program to provide eligible governmental units the opportunity to file requests for the review of population estimates for 2011 and subsequent years.  

The Census Bureau is amending its regulations to: Update references to the method by which population estimates are officially released; clarify when a challenge of a population estimate can be requested; specify who may file a request for a population estimate challenge; remove all references to the per capita income estimates program and the Office of General Revenue Sharing; change the regulation title of a current program from

``Procedure for Challenging Certain Population and Income Estimates'' to ``Procedure for Challenging Population Estimates'' to reflect the removal of the per capita income estimates program; revise the requirements of the challenge process; and remove all references to a formal challenge process.  

The changes to the procedure for the Population Estimates Challenge Program clarify and streamline the procedures for local units of general-purpose government. The Census Bureau is removing the references for the per capita income estimates changes because the Census Bureau no longer produces per capita income estimates. The program that used those estimates, the General Revenue Sharing program, was eliminated for the States in 1980 and was not reauthorized for local governments after fiscal year 2000.   

DATES: This Final Rule is effective on February 4, 2013."

The above was as announced in the January 3, 2013, Federal Register @ http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-01-03/html/2012-31598.htm  

Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 2 / Thursday, January 3, 2013 / Rules and Regulations,  

Page 255.  

In December, the Department of Justice released "Violent Victimization Committed by Strangers, 1993-2010" (http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/vvcs9310.pdf).   

Given the recent publicity on this topic, it seems timely.  It's a 19 page document, developed by Erika Harrel, a BJS Statistician - and I'll admit that

It's upbeat to see an 81 percent decline between 1993 and 2010.    On t

Rural rates of violent victimization were about half that of urban areas - and these statistics only cherry pick the first four pages.

Mike McCurry, Ph.D.

The USDA's Economic Research Service has released the 2012 edition of "Rural America at a Glance." It shows that population change varied rural America: over 350 gained population at a higher rate than the national average, while in most rural counties, population declined. It's a six page bulletin, so it doesn't take a lot of time to read at http://www.ers.usda.gov/media/965908/eb-21_single_pages.pdf.

Mike McCurry, Ph.D.