Drop in unemployment rate could benefit President Obama-October, 2012
The national unemployment rate fell to its lowest percentage in the last four years, suggesting job growth during the summer. The drop could shift the presidential election and be a possible boost for President Barack Obama.
The report, which is conducted monthly by the U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics, shows an unemployment rate of 7.8 percent, dropping below 8 percent for the first time since Obama took office.
The report shows 84,000 more jobs were added during the summer, the Labor Department said Friday. There has been a decrease in seasonally adjusted jobs since spring, with 181,000 jobs added in July and 142,000 jobs added in August. These numbers are based off of long term employment, the number of persons unemployed for less than five weeks, part time workers, full time workers and also employment-population ratios.
The report, which is conducted monthly by the U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics, shows an unemployment rate of 7.8 percent, dropping below 8 percent for the first time since Obama took office.
The report shows 84,000 more jobs were added during the summer, the Labor Department said Friday. There has been a decrease in seasonally adjusted jobs since spring, with 181,000 jobs added in July and 142,000 jobs added in August. These numbers are based off of long term employment, the number of persons unemployed for less than five weeks, part time workers, full time workers and also employment-population ratios.
Statewide University Police Association raises concerns about the CSUN police department-April, 2012
The Statewide University Police Association, SUPA, recently raised concerns regarding the chief of CSUN’s police department, and that school officers may be working excessive overtime.
The department has mandated overtime for all of its workers instead of hiring new officers, according to Jeff Solomon, president of SUPA.
“The problem with this chief is that she has all of these officers working so much overtime when she should be recruiting some part-time officers who can take on the overtime,” Solomon said.
CSUN Police Chief Anne Glavin disputed these claims, saying her travel schedule is limited, and budget cuts have mandated the overtime hours, which help many officers make ends meet.
The department has mandated overtime for all of its workers instead of hiring new officers, according to Jeff Solomon, president of SUPA.
“The problem with this chief is that she has all of these officers working so much overtime when she should be recruiting some part-time officers who can take on the overtime,” Solomon said.
CSUN Police Chief Anne Glavin disputed these claims, saying her travel schedule is limited, and budget cuts have mandated the overtime hours, which help many officers make ends meet.
FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting program changes definition of rape-January, 2012
The definition of rape has been revised in order to include male victims and to better help the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting program, according to a recent U.S Department of Justice announcement.
The revised definition is “penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body part or object, or oral penetration by a sex organ of another person, without the consent of the victim.”
The U.S Department of Justice made this change in December 2011 under the recommendation of the Advisory Policy Board for Criminal Justice Information Services, or CJIS, in order to better help the statistics that come from the Uniform Crime Report, or UCR.
The revised definition is “penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body part or object, or oral penetration by a sex organ of another person, without the consent of the victim.”
The U.S Department of Justice made this change in December 2011 under the recommendation of the Advisory Policy Board for Criminal Justice Information Services, or CJIS, in order to better help the statistics that come from the Uniform Crime Report, or UCR.