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News release: “The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) and Cornell University Law School are beginning a year long pilot project to evaluate a conversion process of The Code of Federal Regulations(CFR) in XML (extensible markup language) format. The CFR is the codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the …
2010 Census: Operational Changes Made for 2010 Position the U.S. Census Bureau to More Accurately Classify and Identify Group Quarters, GAO-10-452T, February 22, 2010 Support for Low-Income Individuals and Families: A Review of Recent GAO Work, GAO-10-342R, February 22, 2010 Border Security: Better Usage of Electronic Passport Security Features Could Improve Fraud Detection, GAO-10-96, January …
“Portfolio.com and Bizjournals analyzed all 420 U.S. cities with populations above 75,000. The studys six-part formula was geared to identify the nations most affluent communities, which it calls wealth centers. [At the bottom of this page]is a sortable database with the rankings for all 420 cities in the study. You can drill down to a …
Follow up to previous documents on Toyota recall, today News release [note – this release contains linsk to over two dozen related documents]: “Chairman Henry A. Waxman and Subcommittee Chairman Bart Stupak wrote to James E. Lentz, President and Chief Operating Officer of Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A. and Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood in …
Follow on to SEC Charges Bank of America for Failing to Disclose Merrill Lynch Bonus Payments, see the Opinion and Order in SEC v. Bank of America, Issued by the District Court for the Southern District of New York, February 22, 2010. “So should the Court approve the proposed settlement as being fair, reasonable, adequate, …
“The County Health Rankings show us that where we live matters to our health. The health of a community depends on many different factors ranging from individual health behaviors, education and jobs, to quality of health care, to the environment. This first-of-its-kind collection of 50 reports one per state helps community leaders …
Follow up to postings on Google Book Search resources and related litigation, the latest news from The Laboratorium – GBS: Fairness Hearing Report [held February 18, 2010, U.s. District Court, Southern District of New York], with Part I here and Part II here. These report cover the arguments of settlement supporters and opponents; and the …
News release: “Senator Max Baucus, Chairman of the Committee on Finance, and Senator Chuck Grassley, Ranking Member, today released a committee report based on a two year inquiry of the diabetes drug Avandia. The senators also asked the Food and Drug Administration to describe what steps the agency has taken to protect patients in an …
News release: “U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson has released an action plan to guide the Obama Administrations historic efforts to restore the Great Lakes. The action plan, which the administrator unveiled at a Sunday meeting with governors from the Great Lakes states, lays out the most urgent threats facing the Great Lakes …
The Detection and Deterrence of Mortgage Fraud Against Financial Institutions: A White Paper, Produced by the July 13 24, 2009 FFIEC Fraud Investigations Symposium. “This White Paper is intended to raise the awareness of and assist examiners in identifying various mortgage fraud schemes perpetrated against financial institutions. The White Paper also provides best practices …
“There was a $1 trillion gap at the end of fiscal year 2008 between the $2.35 trillion states had set aside to pay for employees’ retirement benefits and the $3.35 trillion price tag of those promises, according to a new report released by the Pew Center on the States. The shortfall, which will have to …
