Day archives: January 5th, 2012

Sustaining U.S. Global Leadership: Priorities for 21st Century Defense

Sustaining U.S. Global Leadership: Priorities for 21st Century Defense, January 2012 “To enable economic growth and commerce, America, working in conjunction with allies and partners around the world, will seek to protect freedom of access throughout the global commons – those areas beyond national jurisdiction that constitute the vital connective tissue of the international system. …

Subjects: Government Documents

FTC Action Bans Payment Processor from Using a Novel Payment Method to Debit Accounts

News release: “A payment processor and two of its principals are now banned from using a new payment method to process electronic payments under a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, which resolves charges that they debited consumers’ bank accounts without their consent. The settlement furthers the FTC’s ongoing efforts to protect financially-strapped consumers during …

Subjects: E-Commerce, Government Documents, Legal Research

EPA Releases 2010 Toxics Release Inventory National Analysis

News release: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is releasing its annual national analysis of the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI), providing all Americans with vital information about their communities. The TRI program publishes information on toxic chemical disposals and other releases into the air, land and water, as well as information on waste management and …

Subjects: Government Documents

HHS – Affordable Care Act provision cuts red tape, saves up to $4.5 billion

News release: “New standards for electronic funds transfers in health care, required by the Affordable Care Act, will reduce up to $4.5 billion off administrative costs for doctors and hospitals, private health plans, states, and other government health plans, over the next ten years, according to estimates included in new rules published today by the …

Subjects: Government Documents