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News release: “China relies on heavy-handed government control over its economy to maintain an export advantage over other countries. The result: China has amassed nearly $2 trillion in foreign exchange and has increasingly used its hoard to manipulate currency trading and diplomatic relations with other nations. These are among the concusions in the sixth Annual …
Global Trends 2025: A Transformed World, November 2008 – “We prepared Global Trends 2025: A Transformed World to stimulate strategic thinking about the future by identifying key trends, the factors that drive them, where they seem to be headed, and how they might interact. It uses scenarios to illustrate some of the many ways in …
The U.S. Financial Crisis: The Global Dimension with Implications for U.S. Policy, November 18, 2008 Reporting Requirements in the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, updated November 13, 2008 The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act and Current Financial Turmoil: Issues and Analysis, October 31, 2008 Emergency Economic Stabilization Act: Preliminary Analysis of Oversight Provisions, October 31, …
Approaches to Mitigate Freight Congestion, GAO-09-163R, November 20, 2008 Department of Homeland Security: Billions Invested in Major Programs Lack Appropriate Oversight, GAO-09-29, November 18, 2008 Contract Management: DOD Developed Draft Guidance for Operational Contract Support but Has Not Met All Legislative Requirements, GAO-09-114R, November 20, 2008 Health Information Technology: More Detailed Plans Needed for the …
CRS Report: Midnight Rulemaking: Considerations for Congress and a New Administration, November 18, 2008 “Summary: At the end of every recent presidential administration involving a change in the party controlling the White House, the level of rulemaking activity by federal agencies tends to increase. On May 9, 2008, White House Chief of Staff Joshua B. …
News release: In the wake of a February 2008 appeals court decision striking down weak regulations proposed by the Bush Administrations Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), a new report from the nonprofit Environmental Integrity Project finds that the top 50 most polluting power plants In the U.S. emitted 20 tons of the dangerous neurotoxin mercury into …
News release: “We are working through a severe financial crisis caused by many factors, including government inaction and mistaken actions, outdated U.S. and global financial regulatory systems, and by the excessive risk-taking of financial institutions. This combination of factors led to a critical stage this fall when the entire U.S. financial system was at risk…The …
News release: “The Office of the Federal Register has created an Electronic Public Inspection Desk to provide free worldwide electronic access to public documents. For the first time in the 72-year existence of the daily Federal Register, the documents on file are available for viewing anytime, anywhere. Every Federal business day, anyone with access to …
News release: “EPA is seeking comments on its proposed guidelines to control the discharge of pollutants from construction sites. The proposal would require all construction sites to implement erosion and sediment control best management practices to reduce pollutants in stormwater discharges.” “We are proposing effluent limitations guidelines (ELGs) and new source performance standards (NSPS) to …
OMB: Federal Agencies Achieve Historic Milestones in Financial Reporting (November 19, 2008) “In Fiscal Year 2008, Federal agencies achieved unprecedented results in their ongoing efforts to improve the timeliness and reliability of government financial reporting. Federal agencies achieved these results by having the right people, processes, and technology in place to account for taxpayer dollars …
News release: “Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senate Appropriation Committee Chairman Robert C. Byrd today unveiled a $100.3 billion economic recovery package that will create hundreds of thousands of jobs, support a struggling auto industry and help families hurting in this flagging economy.” Reid Byrd Economic Recovery Package Explanatory Statement: “In response to higher …
“The Privacy Act Issuances contain descriptions of Federal agency systems of records maintained on individuals and rules agencies follow to assist individuals who request information about their records. The two sources of Privacy Act Notices are: the Privacy Act Issuances (Compilations 1995-Forward) and the Federal Register which has updates to the most recent Compilation.” Browse …
