America the Sleepless
By Tom Shoop | Monday, March 03, 2008 | 07:10 PM
By Tom Shoop | Monday, March 03, 2008 | 07:10 PM
A new survey released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study found that only one out of three adults in four states -- Delaware, Hawaii, New York, and Rhode Island -- said they got enough rest or sleep every day in the past month. And 10 percent reported they didn't get enough sleep every day out of the previous 30. Somewhere between 50 million and 70 million people nationwide suffer from sleep disorders, the agency says.
The National Sleep Foundation says that most adults need seven to nine hours of sleep each night to feel fully rested.
Comments
I have worked for the government for more than 35 years and can't remember the last time I only worked 40 hrs a week. Many of the senior officials are putting in 12 hours a day 6 days a week, not counting the time spent on blackberries after hours.
A Faceless Bureaucrat | Wednesday, March 05, 2008 | 08:44 AMDeb only the gov works 35 hours, you must have lived on another planet if you think the private sector ever had that work week
dan ketter | Tuesday, March 04, 2008 | 11:31 AMIf you want 30, 32, 35 hour work weeks. The change that needs to happen is a cultural change. IE What people value needs to change in order to afford working less hours. If people value something other then the $100+ ipods, or cheap, expensive, pre-planed obsolence disposable stuff we can't take to the grave with us. Then, just maybe prices would go down and we get the 30, 32, 35 hour work week.
J | Tuesday, March 04, 2008 | 09:38 AMWhatever happened to the 8 hour work day that includes an hour lunch. Whatever happened to the 35 hour week?
Deb Roze | Tuesday, March 04, 2008 | 09:25 AMWe need to go to the 32 hour work week. I would not complain.
JAJ | Monday, March 03, 2008 | 10:15 PMABOUT THIS BLOG
Government Executive Editor Tom Shoop takes a look at news and events affecting the federal bureaucracy, from the perspective of a longtime observer of government.
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