The requirement that the state flag be flown on a flagstaff with a gold cross ornament doesn't come out of nowhere.
People who know about electric power: why are the NC/TN and VA/KY state lines so clear on this map? Hurricane damage doesn't follow state lines--do power grids?
I love that NOAA usually has an officer at the South Pole.
Today I learned that researchers who wish to access Canadian microdata enter into a contract with the British monarch, whom the contract subsequently refers to as "Statistics Canada".
(2) There is a tradeoff between precision (more responses) and unbiasedness (representative responses). BLS is talking about cutting sample to be able to spend more staff time getting responses from households that are less willing to respond. This means sacrificing precision to reduce bias.
It's Sunday. I am NOT at work. 2 additional insights about what's going on the the CPS: (1) The threat to the CPS is the INTERACTION of declining response and flat (nominal) funding. When people are less willing to respond, it takes more time and effort per response--and staff time costs money.
Not my area of expertise at all, but that experience makes me wonder about tip under-reporting. There's probably less under-reporting now that we've moved away from cash tips to credit-card based tips. But I still wonder what fraction of tips are ever reported as income to tax authorities.
Part of the job was getting the staff to sign their timecards (including tip reporting) at the end of each pay period. One experienced waiter always figured the exact amount of tip reporting so that his wages exactly covered taxes and employer-provided food and housing.
Not my area of expertise at all, but whenever I hear about taxes and tips, I think of the summer I spent as a payroll clerk in Yellowstone National Park.
Best way I've found to monitor current Amtrak train status is railrat.net