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“At the direction of the House Appropriations Committee, and in support of the task force on bulk data established by House report 112-511, the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) is making House bills in XML format available through GPOs Federal Digital System (FDsys) Bulk Data repository, beginning with the 113th Congress. The FDsys Bulk Data …
Fact Sheet: “When consumers apply for a mortgage, they often struggle to understand how much of a monthly payment they can afford to take on. They may assume that lenders and mortgage brokers will not make loans that people cannot afford. But in the years leading up to the financial crisis, lenders too often made …
CRS – Defining Homeland Security: Analysis and Congressional Considerations, Shawn Reese, Analyst in Emergency Management and Homeland Security Policy. January 8, 2013 “Varied homeland security definitions and missions may impede the development of a coherent national homeland security strategy, and may hamper the effectiveness of congressional oversight. Definitions and missions are part of strategy development. …
Tax Provisions in the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (ATRA), Jim Nunns and Jeff Rohaly. January 9, 2013 “The fiscal cliff debate culminated in the passage of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (ATRA). ATRA makes permanent most of the tax cuts enacted in 2001 and 2003, permanently patches the alternative minimum tax, …
How Much of the Web Is Archived? Scott G. Ainsworth, Ahmed AlSum, Hany SalahEldeen, Michele C. Weigle, Michael L. Nelson, Jan 6, 2013. “Although the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine is the largest and most well-known web archive, there have been a number of public web archives that have emerged in the last several years. With …
“The Search Agency, a global online marketing firm and the largest independent U.S. search marketing agency, today announced wave II results of its 2012 Online User Behavior and Engagement Study, conducted online by Harris Interactive among 2,006 U.S. online adults from August 14-16, 2012. In addition to other findings, the study shows that, while Americans …
Future of Americas Forest and Rangelands: Forest Service 2010 Resources Planning Act Assessment, December 2012 “A comprehensive U.S. Forest Service report examines the ways expanding populations, increased urbanization, and changing land-use patterns could profoundly impact natural resources, including water supplies, nationwide during the next 50 years. Significantly, the study shows the potential for significant loss …
Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards, First Report of Session 201213, 19 December 2012 “The Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards is appointed by both Houses of Parliament to consider and report on professional standards and culture of the UK banking sector, taking account of regulatory and competition investigations into the LIBOR rate-setting process, lessons to be …
Coping with the Great Recession: Disparate Impacts on Economic Well-Being in Poor Neighborhoods, Robert I. Lerman and Sisi Zhang. January 7, 2013. “This study examines how residents of high- and low-poverty neighborhoods fared in terms of employment, wealth, and housing losses during the Great Recession, using the Panel Study of Income Dyanmics. While residents of …
