2005 LNO Annual Report to the Executive Committee

This report summarizes activities and accomplishments of the LTER Network Office (LNO) during the period March 1, 2004 until February 28, 2005. Along with the survey of sites administered by the Executive Board, this document will be used to facilitate the annual review of LNO performance. - Presented to the LTER Excutive Boar

1997 LTER Network Office Annual Progress Report

ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORTSUMMARIZING ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE LTER NETWORK OFFICE DURING THE FIRST YEAR OF COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT DEB-9634135 - The University of New Mexico assumed responsibility for the operation and management of the Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network Office (NET) on March 15, 1997. During the first year of the Cooperative Agreement, a sub-award to the University of Washington provided for continuity in the operation of the LTER electronic communications network including the LTER and International LTER (ILTER) home pages. All activities proposed for the initial year of the Cooperative Agreement are on schedule

Long Term Unemployment

[Excerpt] Even in a strong labor market, many people become unemployed for short periods as they enter the labor force or change jobs. But some people take many months to find a job. Over the past several decades, the percentage of unemployment spells lasting more than six months has increased. Such long-term unemployment may result in serious problems for the unemployed individuals themselves as well as for the overall economy. This Congressional Budget Office (CBO) paper—prepared at the request of the Chairmen of the House Budget and House Ways and Means Committees—uses data from a national survey to examine the extent to which unemployment is concentrated among workers who experienced spells lasting more than six months. It also examines the characteristics of those workers, their sources of income, and their subsequent activities. In keeping with CBO’s mandate to provide objective, impartial analysis, this paper makes no recommendations