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Follow up to previous postings on auto industry, today’s White House press release: “…the only way to avoid a collapse of the U.S. auto industry is for the executive branch to step in. The American people want the auto companies to succeed, and so do I. So today, I’m announcing that the federal government will …
News release: “President-elect Barack Obama called for a a 21st century regulatory framework to ensure that a crisis like this can never happen again in announcing the nominations of two top regulatory officials: Mary Schapiro as the Chairwoman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Gary Gensler as the Chairman of the Commodity Futures …
Building an Americanization Movement for the Twenty-first Century – A Report to the President of the United States from the Task Force on New Americans, December 2008 “This report is the culmination of more than two years of research into immigrant integration efforts across all sectors of society in the United States. The report provides …
News release: “The Federal Trade Commission issued a report today recommending five measures to help prevent Social Security numbers from being used for identity theft. Principal among the reports recommendations is that Congress consider taking action to strengthen the procedures that private-sector organizations use to authenticate their customers identities…The FTC report states that adopting nationwide …
Immigration Enforcement Actions: 2007 (PDF – 4 pages): “This report presents information on the apprehension, detention, return and removal of foreign nationals during fiscal year 2007.”
“The transformation of the media world is well underway, facilitated by the spread of digital tools. A myriad of innovative new media organizations have sprung up to take advantage of the opportunities that stem from low-cost distribution networks. Meanwhile the economic base of many of the large media companies continues to erode. Despite the demonstrated …
Budget Options, Volume 1: Health Care, December 2008 – “This volumewhich expands on one of the Congressional Budget Offices (CBOs) regular reports to the House and Senate Committees on the Budgetpresents 115 options for reducing (or, in some cases, increasing) federal spending on health care, altering federal health care programs, and making substantive changes to …
CBO: Key Issues in Analyzing Major Health Insurance Proposals, December 2008 – “This report describes some of the key assumptions that the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) would use in estimating the effects of key elements of such proposals on federal costs, insurance coverage, and other outcomes; the evidence on which those assumptions are based; andif …
Press Release: William J. Clinton Foundation Publishes Names of All Contributors on Foundation Website New York Times, Clinton Foundation Donors: Search – “Former President Bill Clinton released a list of thousands of donors to his charity, the William J. Clinton Foundation. The list is partial and will be updated as new data becomes available. Related …
National Health Interview Survey Early Release Report: “Preliminary results from the January-June 2008 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) indicate that the number of American homes with only wireless telephones continues to grow. More than one out of every six American homes (17.5%) had only wireless telephones during the first half of 2008, an increase of …
