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Federal Support for State and Local Governments Through the Tax Code – Frank Sammartino – Assistant Director for Tax Analysis Before the Committee on Finance United State Senate, April 25, 2012 “The federal government provides financial support to state and local governments in a variety of ways. The largest amount comes to state and local …
Economic Development – Community Development Financial Institutions and New Markets Tax Credit Programs in Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Areas – GAO-12-547R, Apr 26, 2012 Federal Emergency Management Agency – Workforce Planning and Training Could Be Enhanced by Incorporating Strategic Management Principles, GAO-12-487, Apr 26, 2012 Federal Protective Service, Better Data on Facility Jurisdictions Needed to Enhance …
Computer World: “Ninety percent of the Internet’s top 200,000 HTTPS-enabled websites are vulnerable to known types of SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) attack, according to a report released Thursday by the Trustworthy Internet Movement (TIM), a nonprofit organization dedicated to solving Internet security, privacy and reliability problems. The report is based on data from a new …
“At the International Journalism Festival in Perugia, Italy, Lee Rainie will discuss the Projects latest findings about how people use the internet, smartphones, and social media tools to get news, share news, and create news. He will describe how the very definition of news is expanding in the age of me media. He will discuss …
“A new study from the New York Fed, The Evolution of Treasury Cash Management during the Financial Crisis, reveals how the U.S. Treasury altered its cash management practices during the 2008-09 financial crisis to facilitate the Federal Reserves expansion of credit to banks, primary dealers, and foreign central banks. Author Paul Santoro argues that this …
Requiring Individuals to Obtain Health Insurance: A Constitutional Analysis, April 6, 2012 “As part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), P.L. 111-148, as amended, Congress enacted a minimum coverage provision, which compels certain individuals to have a minimum level of health insurance (i.e., an individual mandate). Individuals who fail to do so …
News release: “The Information Commissioners Office (ICO) is urging consumers to take better care of their data, following an investigation into the trade in used hard drives. The ICO has published new guidance to help individuals securely delete personal information from their old devices. An investigation by the ICO found that one in ten second-hand …
The Future of Money in a Mobile Age by Aaron Smith, Janna Anderson, Lee Rainie – Apr 17, 2012 “Within the next decade, smart-device swiping will have gained mainstream acceptance as a method of payment and could largely replace cash and credit cards for most online and in-store purchases by smartphone and tablet owners, according …
