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Bank for International Settlements: “Statistics on payment and settlement systems in selected countries – Figures for 2009 – Preliminary release, CPSS Publications No 93, December 2010. This is an annual publication that provides data on payments and payment systems in the CPSS countries. This version of the statistical update contains data for 2009 and earlier …
Annual Electric Power Industry Report data files Dec 6, 2010: “Data files include retail and wholesale electricity sales, revenue, and price information as well as data on advanced metering, green pricing, net metering, mergers & acquisitions, and time- and incentive-based demand response programs from the 2009 Form EIA-861. The data geographic coverage is the …
Military and Veterans Disability System: Pilot Has Achieved Some Goals, but Further Planning and Monitoring Needed, GAO-11-69, December 06, 2010 The Housing Assistance Council’s Use of Appropriated Funds, GAO-11-189R, December 06, 2010 Maritime Security: Ferry Security Measures Have Been Implemented, but Evaluating Existing Studies Could Further Enhance Security, GAO-11-207, December 03, 2010 Agricultural Chemicals: USDA …
“The Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR) Pollutant Loading Tool is a new tool designed to help you determine who is discharging, what pollutants they are discharging and how much, and where they are discharging. The tool calculates pollutant loadings from permit and DMR data from EPAs Permit Compliance System (PCS) and Integrated Compliance Information System for …
News release: “The federal budget deficit was $283 billion for the first two months of fiscal year 2011, CBO estimates, $14 billion less than the shortfall recorded through November of last year. Outlays and revenues alike are higher than they were last year at this time, by about 2 percent and 9 percent, respectively taxes …
Banking crises and the international monetary system in the Great Depression and now by Richhild Moessner and William A. Allen. Bank for International Settlements, Working Papers No 333, December 2010. “We compare the banking crises in 2008-09 and in the Great Depression, and analyse differences in the policy response to the two crises in light …
Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2009 Children Under Age 18. Michelle Chau, Kalyani Thampi, and Vanessa R. Wight, October 2010 “Children represent 25 percent of the population. Yet, they comprise 36 percent of all people in poverty. Among children, 42 percent live in low-income families and approximately one in every five live in poor families. …
News release: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has launched a new website called Reg Stat that will enhance public understanding of its regulatory process and the number, type, and range of regulatory documents developed each year by the agency. This new resource is part of the EPAs continuing efforts to enhance the accessibility and …
Adolescent Obesity in the United States – Facts for Policymakers, Susan Wile Schwarz | Jason Peterson, November 2010: “Adolescent obesity in the United States has many important implications for both the health and well-being of the individual and society. Specific negative impacts of obesity on health include increased susceptibility to a host of diseases, chronic …
US Courts: “A recently published study on federal death penalty cases offers updated findings on the cost, quality, and availability of defense representation. Among the findings: The median cost of a case in which the Attorney General authorized seeking the death penalty was nearly eight times greater than the cost of a case that was …
Coordinated Bulk Power Supply and Demand Report Dec 3, 2010: “The “Coordinated Bulk Power Supply and Demand Report” (Form EIA-411) data files are available on EIA’s Electricity page. The Form EIA-411 collects information from the Nation’s power system planners about the electricity supply, both capacity and energy, that is needed to serve current demand …
