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Deep Water – The Gulf Oil Disaster and the Future of Offshore Drilling Report to the President, National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling, January 2011 [Note: GPO has also published this report, here] “…the disaster in the Gulf undermined public faith in the energy industry, government regulators, and even …
Short-Term Energy Outlook January 2011 Jan 11, 2011: “Short-term energy projections for supply, demand, and price for the major fuels through 2012 for the U.S. International oil forecasts are included.”
News release: “Metropolitan population growth is just one of more than a thousand topics addressed in the U.S. Census Bureau’s Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2011. The Abstract is perennially the federal government’s best-selling reference book. When it was first published in 1878, the nation had only 38 states, people usually got around using …
News release: “Today, the agency…has issued guidance recommending how public water systems might enhance monitoring and sampling programs specifically for hexavalent chromium. The recommendations are in response to emerging scientific evidence that chromium-6 could pose health concerns if consumed over long periods of time…The enhanced monitoring guidance provides recommendations on where the systems should collect …
Follow up to previous postings on high speed rail in America, this news about “a new study released today by America 2050 identifies the high-speed rail corridors with the greatest potential to attract ridership in each of the nation’s megaregions. Corridors connecting populous regions with large job centers, rail transit networks, and existing air markets …
Screening and Securing Air Cargo: Background and Issues for Congress, Bart Elias, Specialist in Aviation Policy. December 2, 2010 “The October 2010 discovery of two explosive devices being prepared for loading on U.S.-bound all-cargo aircraft overseas has heightened concerns over the potential use of air cargo shipments to bomb passenger and all-cargo aircraft. The incidents …
The Private Security Industry: A Review of the Definitions, Available Data Sources, and Paths Moving Forward – Literature Review and Secondary Data Analysis Prepared, December 2010 “The private security industry is a crucial component of security and safety in the United States and abroad. Today, private security is responsible not only for protecting many of …
Via CNBC: “Banking regulators have quietly taken a major step towards harmonised global regulation by agreeing to raise worldwide capital requirements whenever an individual country declares a credit bubble. Part of the larger Basel III banking reform package, the countercyclical capital buffer heralds a step change in the way national banking regulators interact and is …
Sources Sought: “The Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) of the United States House of Representatives seeks vendors experienced with web design, development and support using Drupal, the open-source web content management system. This is a source selection process only. The CAO will not be making any contract awards during this process. The CAO has established a …
News release: “At a time of persistent turbulence for Americas economy and schools, Quality Counts has continued its long-standing mission of regularly evaluating the status of states educational performance and policymaking. This 15th edition of Education Weeks annual report issues summative scores and letter grades to the states and features newly updated analysis from the …
“The Financial Stability Board (FSB) and Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) concluded their assessment of the macroeconomic impact of the transition to the new bank capital and liquidity standards. The assessment, produced by the joint FSB-BCBS Macroeconomic Assessment Group (MAG) in close collaboration with the International Monetary Fund, is summarised in the MAG’s final …
