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News release: “The Federal Trade Commission today released the list of top consumer complaints received by the agency in 2010. The list showed that for the 11th year in a row, identity theft was the number one consumer complaint category. Of 1,339,265 complaints received in 2010, 250,854 or 19 percent were related to …
Four Observations about the Federal Budget, March 2011 – CBO Director Doug Elmendorf’s presentation to the National Association for Business Economics: “The gap between spending and revenues is likely to remain very large even after we return to normal economic conditions. Fiscal policy cannot be put on a sustainable path just by eliminating waste and …
CBO Monthly Budget Review – March 2011, Based on the Monthly Treasury Statement for January and the Daily Treasury Statements for February Summary: “CBO estimates that the federal government incurred a budget deficit of $642 billion for the first five months of fiscal year 2011, $10 billion less than the shortfall recorded in the same …
Via the White House, Women in America: Indicators of Social and Economic Well-Being “In support of the Council on Women and Girls, the Office of Management and Budget and the Economics and Statistics Administration within the Department of Commerce worked together to create the Women in America report which, for the first time in recent …
United States Courts: “Federal court caseload statistics through June 30, 2010, reflect the work of federal appellate, district, and bankruptcy courts, as well as the federal probation and pretrial services system. Included in the Statistical Tables for the Federal Judiciary is one that compares data for the 12-month period ending June 30, 2010, to that …
EPIC: “In Navy v. Milner, the Supreme Court held that the Freedom of Information Acts Exemption 2 is limited to employee relations and human resources issues. The decision overturns previous decisions by lower courts that applied the exemption to broader categories of records, allowing federal agencies to block disclosure of documents to the public. The …
Electronic Tax Return Filing: Improvements Can Be Made before Mandate Becomes Fully Implemented, GAO-11-344, March 07, 2011 Illicit Tobacco: Various Schemes Are Used to Evade Taxes and Fees, GAO-11-313, March 07, 2011 Export Controls: Improvements Needed to Prevent Unauthorized Technology Releases to Foreign Nationals in the United States, GAO-11-354, February 02, 2011
“Womens History Month honors the achievements and contributions of American women in all walks of life. Check out some interesting facts about American women. Here are just a few: 157.2 million women and 153.2 million men reside in the United States. At age 85 and older, there are more than twice as many women as …
News release: “A new Federal Trade Commission report recommends improvements to two areas of patent law policies affecting how well a patent gives notice to the public of what technology is protected and remedies for patent infringement. The report, The Evolving IP Marketplace: Aligning Patent Notice and Remedies with Competition, emphasizes that the patent system …
Official Google Blog: “Ever been stuck in traffic, only to find out youd have been better off going a bit out of your way to take a less congested route? If youre like me, you probably hear the traffic report telling you what you already know: traffic is bad on the road youre currently on, …
News release: “The 2011 Sleep in America® poll released today by the National Sleep Foundation (NSF) finds pervasive use of communications technology in the hour before bed. It also finds that a significant number of Americans aren’t getting the sleep they say they need and are searching for ways to cope. Many Americans report dissatisfaction …
Guardian UK: “This Tuesday, International Women’s Day will focus our attention on the struggle that millions still face against injustice and discrimination. In an impassioned essay, Mariella Frostrup argues that the fight for women’s rights is far from over.” “Gender-based violence causes more deaths and disabilities among women aged 15 to 44 than cancer, malaria, …
