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News release: The Bank of England is today launching a scheme to allow banks to swap temporarily their high quality mortgage-backed and other securities for UK Treasury Bills. With markets for many securities currently closed, banks have on their balance sheets an overhang of these assets, which they cannot sell or pledge as security to …
FDA: Number of Deaths of Patients Receiving Heparin Reported to FDA, January 1, 2007 through April 13, 2008. Updated April 21, 2008. New York Times: “A contaminated blood thinner from China has been found in drug supplies in 11 countries, and federal officials said Monday they had discovered a clear link between the contaminant and …
News release: “In a letter to Under Secretary of Defense Chu, Chairman Waxman requested documents related to the recent sharp increase in the number of personnel conduct waivers, which allow the enlistment of U.S. service members who would otherwise be precluded by recruitment standards, and released the number of waivers granted for specific criminal felonies …
Employment and Training: Most One-Stop Career Centers Are Taking Multiple Actions to Link Employers and Older Workers, GAO-08-548, April 21, 2008. “The share of older persons in the U.S. population age 55 and older is projected to increase to 30 percent by 2025 and continue to grow through 2050. At the same time, more older …
News release: “Get energy-smart this Earth Day with the Federal Trade Commissions new publication, EnergyGuidance: Appliance Shopping With the EnergyGuide Label. The publication explains how consumers shopping for appliances can use the yellow EnergyGuide labels recently revised so they are easier to use to help them compare the energy use of different models. …
Country Profile, Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland), April 2008 (25 pages, PDF)
DHS National Infrastructure Advisory Council: Chemical, Biological, and Radiological Events and the Critical Infrastructure Workforce Report and Recommendations (PDF, 88 pages) and Transmittal Letter (PDF, 2 pages)
Electronic Crime Scene Investigation: A Guide for First Responders, Second Edition, April 2008: “Computers and other electronic devices are being used increasingly to commit, enable, or support crimes against persons, organizations, or property. This National Institute of Justice guide is intended for first responders to a variety of crime scenes who may have the responsibility …
Post-Deployment Stress: What You Should Know, What You Can Do – April 17, 2008 – “Covers information about post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), traumatic brain injury (TBI), and other emotional and behavioral problems, e.g., depression and substance abuse, that veterans may face following deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan.” Post-Deployment Stress: What Families Should Know, What Families …
April 11, 2008 – District of Columbia v. Heller: The Supreme Court and the Second Amendment – “In Parker v. District of Columbia, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled in a 2-1 decision that provisions of the D.C. Code that prohibit persons from keeping handguns in their home …
Rand Report – Comparing Alternative U.S. Counterterrorism Strategies Can Assumption-Based Planning Help Elevate the Debate? By: Robert J. Lempert, Horacio R. Trujillo, David Aaron, James A. Dewar, Sandra H. Berry, Steven W. Popper. “The United States faces the challenge of countering the terrorism threat. Frequently, both expert decision makers and lay citizens have trouble assessing …
