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News release: “Adult obesity rates increased in 16 states in the past year and did not decline in any state, according to F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America’s Future 2011, a report from the Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). Twelve states now have obesity rates above …
Social Security Statements: Observations on SSA’s Plans for the Social Security Statement, GAO-11-787T, July 8, 2011 Nextgen Air Transportation System: Mechanisms for Collaboration and Technology Transfer Could Be Enhanced to More Fully Leverage Partner Agency and Industry Resources, GAO-11-604, June 30, 2011 Challenges to the Transportation, Sale, and Use of Intermediate Ethanol Blends, GAO-11-513, June …
Long-Term Implications of the 2012 Future Years Defense Program: Testimony before the Committee on the Budget, U.S. House of Representatives, July 7, 2011 “In most years, the Department of Defense (DoD) provides a five- or six-year plan, called the Future Years Defense Program (FYDP), associated with the budget that it submits to the Congress. Because …
Monthly Budget Review – July 8, 2011 “CBO estimates that the Treasury Department will report a deficit of $973 billion for the first nine months of fiscal year 2011, $31 billion less than the $1,004 billion deficit incurred through June 2010. Outlays are about 4 percent higher and revenues are about 8.5 percent higher than …
News release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has prepared an important report, Keeping Raw Sewage and Contaminated Stormwater Out of the Publics Water, to answer commonly asked questions about combined sewer overflows. To see an illustration of how serious a problem this is in Brooklyn, go to here.”
News release: “…the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today finalized additional Clean Air Act protections that will slash hundreds of thousands of tons of smokestack emissions that travel long distances through the air leading to soot and smog, threatening the health of hundreds of millions of Americans living downwind. The Cross-State Air Pollution Rule will …
News release: “The Federal Trade Commission today told Congress it is taking steps to enhance the agencys longstanding program to review rules and guides, which will promote greater efficiency, transparency, and public participation. The FTC announced several initiatives to ensure its regulations are up-to-date, effective, and not overly burdensome, including: updating its schedule of rule …
