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News release: “Mining fatalities in the United States significantly increased in 2010, following a year marked by the fewest deaths in mining history, according to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration. Seventy-one miners died on the job last year, compared to 34 in 2009. Forty-eight of those deaths occurred in coal …
Extraordinary Financial Assistance Provided to Citigroup, Inc., SIGTARP – Office of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, January 13, 2011 In November 2008, worried that Citigroup would fail absent a strong statement of support from the U.S. Government, and that such failure could cause catastrophic damage to the economy, federal officials …
News release: “The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, through the Department of Commerce, announced today that total November exports of $159.6 billion and imports of $198.0 billion resulted in a goods and services deficit of $38.3 billion, down from $38.4 billion in October, revised. November exports were $1.2 billion more …
Department of Agriculture, 7 CFR Parts 210 and 220 – Nutrition Standards in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs; Proposed Rule “This rule proposes to revise the meal patterns and nutrition requirements for the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program to align them with the 2005 “Dietary Guidelines for Americans,” …
News release: “Lenders often consider a consumer’s credit history or credit score when deciding whether, and at what cost, to extend credit. A new online Federal Reserve publication helps consumers better understand new notices they may receive from lenders when credit reports or credit scores affect a decision to grant credit. The publication, What You …
News release: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is making data publicly available from a two-year study of air emissions from animal feeding operations (AFOs). AFOs, which house large numbers of animals for production of meat, dairy products and eggs, were monitored for the following air pollutants: ammonia, hydrogen sulfide, particulate matter and volatile organic compounds. …
Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA. [Doc. No. AMS-NOP-10-0045; NOP-10-03] – National Organic Program: Notice of Draft Guidance Concerning “Made With Organic (Specified Ingredients or Food Groups)” Products: Product Composition and Use of Percentage Statements “This notice announces draft guidance for the organic industry to address the labeling, composition of and use of percentage statements in “made …
“The sixth in a series of congressionally mandated reports on Gulf War veterans’ health, this volume evaluates the health effects associated with stress. Since the launch of Operation Desert Storm in 1991, there has been growing concern about the physical and psychological health of Gulf War and other veterans. In the late 1990s, Congress responded …
Farina, Cynthia R., Newhart, Mary , Cardie, Claire and Cosley, Dan, Rulemaking 2.0 (November 3, 2010). University of Miami Law Review, Vol. 65, No. 2, 2011; Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 010-010. “In response to President Obamas Memorandum on Transparency and Open Government, federal agencies are on the verge of a new generation in …
Follow up to previous postings on government implementation of whole body scanning technology at airports, this News release: “A federal district court has granted the Department of Homeland Security’s motion to conclude one of EPIC’s Freedom of Information Act lawsuits. EPIC was seeking more than 2,000 images generated by airport body scanners held by the …
