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Follow up to September 17, 2008 posting, Congress Passes ADA Amendments Act, this America.gov article, Protections for Americas Disabled Workers Expanded Under New Law: “A new law restores workplace protections for the disabled that had eroded as a result of several Supreme Court decisions issued since the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was passed in …
October 08, 2008 – Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies: FY2009 Appropriations October 06, 2008 – Supreme Court Appellate Jurisdiction Over Military Court Cases October 03, 2008 – Presidential Succession: Perspectives, Contemporary Analysis, and 110th Congress Proposed Legislation October 03, 2008 – Income and Poverty Among Older Americans in 2006 September 30, 2008 – …
News release: “The United States tops the overall ranking in The Global Competitiveness Report 2008-2009, released today by the World Economic Forum. Switzerland is in second position followed by Denmark, Sweden and Singapore. European economies continue to prevail in the top 10 with Finland, Germany and the Netherlands following suit. The United Kingdom, while remaining …
Treasury IG for Tax Administration: Individual Retirement Account Contributions and Distributions Are Not Adequately Monitored to Ensure Tax Compliance, March 28, 2008, Reference Number: 2008-40-087 “We analyzed more than 13.7 million IRA Contribution Information (Form 5498) showing IRA contributions in Tax Year (TY) 2005 and identified 51,109 taxpayers who had made IRA contributions in excess …
News release: “All U.S. agencies with counterterrorism programs that collect or “mine” personal data — such as phone, medical, and travel records or Web sites visited — should be required to systematically evaluate the programs’ effectiveness, lawfulness, and impacts on privacy, says a new report from the National Research Council. Both classified and unclassified programs …
New York Times: “Having tried without success to unlock frozen credit markets, the Treasury Department is considering taking ownership stakes in many United States banks to try to restore confidence in the financial system, according to government officials…The proposal resembles one announced on Wednesday in Britain. Under that plan, the British government would offer banks …
OPEC Revenues Factsheet (10/08/2008): “Based on projections from the EIA October 2008 Short Term Energy Outlook (STEO), members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) could earn $1,084 billion of net oil export revenues in 2008, and $1,084 billion in 2009. Through September, OPEC has earned an estimated $821 billion in net oil …
Financial support to the banking industry: “After consultation with the Bank of England and the Financial Services Authority, the Government announces that it is bringing forward specific and comprehensive measures to ensure the stability of the financial system and to protect ordinary savers, depositors, businesses and borrowers. In summary the proposals announced today are intended …
News release: “With financial markets worldwide facing growing turmoil, internationally coherent and decisive policy measures are required to restore confidence in the global financial system, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) says in a new report. “Failure to do so could usher in a period in which the ongoing deleveraging process becomes increasingly disorderly and costly …
News release: “Biofuel policies and subsidies should be urgently reviewed in order to preserve the goal of world food security, protect poor farmers, promote broad-based rural development and ensure environmental sustainability, FAO said today in a new edition of its annual flagship publication The State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) 2008, BIOFUELS: prospects, risks and …
Monthly Budget Review: October 2008, A Congressional Budget Office Analysis, October 7, 2008 “CBO estimates that the federal budget deficit was about $438 billion in fiscal year 2008, $276 billion more than the shortfall recorded in 2007. Relative to the size of the economy, the 2008 deficit was equal to 3.1 percent of gross domestic …
News release: “Capital spending by all U.S. businesses rose 14.3 percent to a record high $1.31 trillion in 2006, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. This represents a $165 billion increase from the $1.14 trillion in capital spending reported in 2005 and surpasses the previous high of $1.16 trillion in 2000. These data come from …
