Best Practices: DOD Can Achieve Better Outcomes by Standardizing the Way Manufacturing Risks Are Managed, GAO-10-439, April 22, 2010 Debt Settlement: Fraudulent, Abusive, and Deceptive Practices Pose Risk to Consumers, GAO-10-593T, April 22, 2010 Financial Regulation: Clearer Goals and Reporting Requirements Could Enhance Efforts by CFTC and SEC to Harmonize Their Regulatory Approaches, GAO-10-410, April …

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Losing a Job During a Recession, April 22, 2010 – Economic and Budget Issue Brief “This issue brief reviews the research on the short- and long-term effects of involuntary job loss for reasons other than poor performance or misconduct on people’s future employment and earnings. In light of the recession that began in December 2007 …

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Assessment of the SEC’s Bounty Program, March 29, 2010 – Report No. 474 “Although the SEC has had a bounty program in-place for more than 20 years for rewarding whistleblowers for insider trading tips and complaints, our review found that there have been very few payments made under this program. Likewise, the Commission has not …

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