The U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced that sales of new single-family houses were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 946,000 units in December, an increase of 6% over the revised rate for November of 895,000.
According to a poll by the New York Times/CBS News, 58% of Americans now believe that the Bush administration is hiding something about its dealings with bankrupt energy trading company Enron.
John Henshaw, Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), announced that his agency’s enforcement efforts will increase in fiscal 2002, with more inspections targeting workplaces where injury and illness rates are the highest.
A Fellow of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and
Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) has been appointed to a National Academy
of Sciences panel on fighting terrorism.