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Chairman Ben S. Bernanke At the Annual Meeting of the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council, Providence, Rhode Island, October 4, 2010 Fiscal Sustainability and Fiscal Rules: “The recent deep recession and the subsequent slow recovery have created severe budgetary pressures not only for many households and businesses, but for governments as well. Indeed, in the …
For-Profit Schools: Large Schools and Schools that Specialize in Healthcare Are More Likely to Rely Heavily on Federal Student Aid, GAO-11-4, October 04, 2010 Troubled Asset Relief Program: Opportunities Exist to Apply Lessons Learned from the Capital Purchase Program to Similarly Designed Programs and to Improve the Repayment Process, GAO-11-47, October 04, 2010 Social Security …
“Incarceration reduces former inmates earnings by 40 percent and limits their future economic mobility, according to a new Pew report, Collateral Costs: Incarcerations Effect on Economic Mobility. This is a growing challenge now that 1 in every 28 children in America has a parent behind bars, up from 1 in 125 just 25 years ago.” …
News release: “Verizon Wireless values our customer relationships and we always want to do the right thing for our customers. In October and November, we are notifying about 15 million customers, through their regular bill messages, that we are applying credits to their accounts due to mistaken past data charges. We will mail former customers …
News release: “A new study by the Pew Fiscal Analysis Initiative projects that without significant revenue increases or spending reductions, the federal debt will climb to the unprecedented level of 132 percent of annual gross domestic product (GDP)or $54 trillionby 2035. Some policy makers suggest that the solution to this alarming trend is to simply …
Research on the Transmission of Disease in Airports and on Aircraft – Summary of a Symposium. Transportation Research Board Rapporteur, September 2010 “In September 2009, about 100 people assembled in Washington, D.C., to participate in a symposium on research on the transmission of disease in airports and on aircraft. The symposium brought together individuals from …
Iraq Country Analysis Brief Oct 1, 2010: “Iraq has begun to develop its oil and natural gas reserves after years of sanctions and wars but will need to develop its infrastructure in order to reach its production potential. For all the latest information on the energy situation in Iraq see the updated Country Analysis …
Boosting Financial Literacy in America: A Role for State Colleges and Universities, by Thomas L. Harnisch, American Association of State Colleges and Universities, Fall 2010. “Financial illiteracy is a growing economic and social concern garnering greater attention from consumer advocates, scholars, governmental agencies and policymakers. Despite the rapidly changing, increasingly sophisticated array of financial decisions …
America’s Gulf Coast – A Long Term Recovery Plan after the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Navy Secretary Ray Maybus: “This report will focus on these three central requirements for recovery in the Gulf Coast: the environment; the economy; and health and human services. These three areas are inextricably linked – what happens to the ecosystem …
“This new report from NCSL [National Center for State Legislatures], Projected Revenue Growth in FY 2011 and Beyond, shows that after several years of steep declines, state revenues are starting to pick up. State officials have anxiously awaited this turnaround for months or, in some cases, years. State revenue collections consistently underperformed forecasts throughout the …
Follow up to previous posting, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Undertakes Major Sea Turtle Egg Evacuations In Response to Spill, this New York Times Magazine article, The BP-Spill Baby-Turtle Brigade: “The hatchlings from this seasons first nests, however, were on schedule to scramble into the Gulf of Mexico only a few months after the explosion …
Loneliness Among Older Adults: A National Survey of Adults 45+, September 2010 “In order to better understand loneliness and social isolation among older adults, AARP commissioned a national survey of the 45+ population to examine these issues. In addition to examining prevalence rates among older Americans, the study provides a descriptive profile of lonely older …
