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Long-Term Effects of Indexing the Alternative Minimum Tax and Extending the Tax Reductions of 2001 and 2003. Letter to the Kent Conrad, Chairman, Senate Banking Committee, July 17, 2008.
Export-Import Bank: Performance Standards for Small Business Assistance Are in Place but Ex-Im Is in the Early Stages of Measuring Their Effectiveness, GAO-08-915, July 17, 2008 Fair Lending: Race and Gender Data Are Limited for Nonmortgage Lending, GAO-08-698, June 27, 2008 Fair Lending: Race and Gender Data Are Limited for Nonmortgage Lending, GAO-08-1023T, July 17, …
News release: “The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) today announced a set of security recommendations for the transportation of certain quantities of hazardous materials across the nation’s highways. The recommendations – while voluntary – will help to ensure the secure transportation of potentially dangerous materials that could cause a significant impact if used in an act …
Increasing the Value of Federal Spending on Health Care, July 16, 2008, Testimony before the Committee on the Budget, U.S. House of Representatives. “The rate of growth in health care costs is the most important factor influencing the federal governments long-term fiscal situation. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projects that, without any changes in federal …
Official Google Blog: “Today, the Google speech team (part of Google Research) is launching the Google Elections Video Search gadget, our modest contribution to the electoral process. With the help of our speech recognition technologies, videos from YouTube’s Politicians channels are automatically transcribed from speech to text and indexed. Using the gadget you can search …
News release: “The Securities and Exchange Commission today issued an emergency order to enhance investor protections against “naked” short selling in the securities of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and primary dealers at commercial and investment banks.”
Aviation Security: Transportation Security Administration May Face Resource and Other Challenges in Developing a System to Screen All Cargo Transported on Passenger Aircraft, GAO-08-959T, July 15, 2008 Broadcasting to Cuba: Weaknesses in Contracting Practices Reduced Visibility into Selected Award Decisions, GAO-08-764, July 11, 2008 Department of Labor: Case Studies from Ongoing Work Show Examples in …
News release: “Government support of biofuel production in OECD countries is costly, has a limited impact on reducing greenhouse gases and improving energy security, and has a significant impact on world crop prices, according to a new study of policies to promote greater production and use of biofuel in OECD countries. OECDs Economic Assessment of …
News release: “EPA has released the final Integrated Science Assessment for Oxides of NitrogenHealth Criteria as announced in the July 11, 2008 Federal Register. This is EPAs latest evaluation of the scientific literature on the potential adverse human health effects resulting from exposures to oxides of nitrogen, particularly nitrogen dioxide or NO2. There are significant …
FDIC Statistics at a Glance: Historical Trends As of March 31, 2008, Last Updated 05/29/2008.
“The Treasury Department completed mass disbursements of stimulus payments this week. In total, 112.4 million stimulus payments to Americans households over the past eleven weeks, so far injecting $91 billion into the U.S. economy. Payments will continue to be sent out in small batches through the remainder of the year. To ensure that all Americans …
News release: “To help address challenges in the housing and financial markets, we announced temporary steps to help stabilize them and increase confidence in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. These two enterprises play a central role in our housing finance system, so Treasury Paulson has worked with the Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke so that the …
