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News release: “Monthly Social Security and Supplemental Security Income benefits for more than 55 million Americans will increase 5.8 percent in 2009, the Social Security Administration announced today. The 5.8 percent increase is the largest since 1982…The 5.8 percent Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) will begin with benefits that over 50 million Social Security beneficiaries receive in …
The Census Bureau, in partnership with 31 states, has launched a series of reports on workers 55 and older. The Pennsylvania report is expected to be released in late October. Previously released reports are available here. The Washington state report is here.
News release: “The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will send the first U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) staff to China, India, Europe, and Latin America before the end of 2008, HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt announced today…Increasing our presence overseas will provide greater protections to American consumers at home and benefit our host …
News release: “To help consumers make well-informed choices when purchasing new vehicles, EPA and the Department of Energy (DOE) have unveiled the 2009 Fuel Economy Guide …Each vehicle listing in the Fuel Economy Guide provides an estimated annual fuel cost. The online guide includes an interactive feature that allows consumers to insert their local gasoline …
Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC): “The latest available data from the Justice Department show that for the first ten months of FY 2008, the federal government reported filing 151 criminal mortgage fraud cases. The DOJ has only recently created a category for tracking such cases. Because of natural court delays, however, the government said that …
“The FBI publishes Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted [Resources, data tables, and figures, 2007] each year to provide information about the officers who were killed, feloniously or accidentally, and those officers who were assaulted while performing their duties. The FBI collects these data through the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program.”
Indoor Mold: Better Coordination of Research on Health Effects and More Consistent Guidance Would Improve Federal Efforts, GAO-08-980, September 30, 2008 Defense Management: DOD Can Establish More Guidance for Biometrics Collection and Explore Broader Data Sharing, GAO-09-49, October 15, 2008 Multiple Agencies Provide Assistance to Service-disabled Veterans or Entrepreneurs, but Specific Needs Are Difficult to …
October 15, 2008 Summary of Commentary on Current Economic Conditions by Federal Reserve District: “Reports indicated that economic activity weakened in September across all twelve Federal Reserve Districts. Several Districts also noted that their contacts had become more pessimistic about the economic outlook. Consumer spending decreased in most Districts, with declines reported in retailing, auto …
“The 2008 Update on Consumers’ Views of Patient Safety and Quality Information finds that three in 10 (30%) Americans say they have seen health care quality comparisons of health insurance plans, hospitals, or doctors in the past year. Not all people make health care choices or decisions in a given year that would call for …
Behaviorally Informed Financial Services Regulation, By Eldar Shafir, Michael Barr, Sendhil Mullainathan, New America Foundation, October 14, 2008 “Financial services decisions can have enormous consequences for household well-being. Households need a range of financial services-to conduct basic transactions, such as receiving their income, storing it, and paying bills; to save for emergency needs and long-term …
OTS 08-048 – Shared National Credits Program Reports Large Increase in Credit Volume and Significant Deterioration in Credit Quality, October 8, 2008 “The volume of Shared National Credits (SNC),2 loan commitments of $20 million or more and held by three or more federally supervised institutions, rose 22.6 percent to $2.8 trillion, and the volume of …
News release: “According to a new report from National Priorities Project (NPP), the United States is spending between $97 and $215 billion dollars annually on military action to defend access to oil and natural gas reserves around the globe. The Military Cost of Securing Energy provides a critical analysis of the military cost of defending …
