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News release: “The Federal Trade Commission testified today on consumer protection issues relating to the rent-to-own industry. The testimony described the agencys role in enforcing laws relating to financial issues, provided background on the rent-to-own industry, and described key findings of a 2000 report published by the FTCs Bureau of Economics on the rent-to-own industry. …
Kaiser Family Foundation: “Many of the debt-reduction plans being considered by Congress and the Administration include proposals that would achieve substantial savings from the Medicare program over time. This updated side-by-side summary compares the key Medicare provisions found in five major debt-reduction plans put forward by the White House, Congress and independent, bipartisan commissions. The …
Children’s Television Act: FCC Could Improve Efforts to Oversee Enforcement and Provide Public Information, GAO-11-659, July 14, 2011 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands – Status of Transition to Federal Immigration Law, GAO-11-805T, July 14, 2011 Defense Logistics: Oversight and a Coordinated Strategy Needed to Implement the Army Workload and Performance System, GAO-11-566R, July 14, …
NPR: “When you are the nation’s largest owner of foreclosed homes, even little things can get expensive fast. Such is the case for mortgage giant Fannie Mae, which as of March 31 had a mind-boggling 153,000 foreclosed homes on its books…In just the first quarter of this year, Fannie racked up $488 million in foreclosure-related …
State-by-State Impact of Cuts to Highway Infrastructure Investment, The information in this table was prepared by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).
News release: “[June 29, 2011] U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Joe Lieberman (ID-CT) and Susan Collins (R-ME) announced the Senates passage of bipartisan legislation to clear the backlog of stalled executive nominations by permanently exempting a range of positions from Senate confirmation. The legislation, which passed 79 to 20, will reduce …
News release: “The Federal Trade Commission told Congress that consumers must be confident that their privacy will be protected if they are to be willing to take advantage of all the benefits offered by the Internet marketplace. Commission testimony to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, delivered by Commissioner Julie Brill, states that, …
Technical Advancements and Issues Associated with the Permanent Disposal of High-Activity Wastes: Lessons Learned from Yucca Mountain and Other Programs, A Report to Congress and the Secretary of Energy by the U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board, June 2011. This report is not meant to be an assessment of the licenseability of a Yucca Mountain …
CBO’s 2011 Long-Term Budget Outlook: Statement of Douglas W. Elmendorf before the Committee on the Budget U.S. House of Representatives, June 23, 2011 “As the economy continues to recover and the policies adopted to counteract the recession phase out, budget deficits will probably decline markedly in the next few years. But the budget outlook, for …
The Orderly Liquidation of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. under the Dodd-Frank Act, FDIC Quarterly, Early release for the upcoming 2011, Volume 5, No. 2 “The bankruptcy filing of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (Lehman or LBHI) on September 15, 2008, was one of the signal events of the financial crisis. The disorderly and costly nature of …
CBO: Preemptions in Federal Legislation in the 111th and Previous Congresses, June 21, 2011 “This supplement to the Congressional Budget Offices (CBOs) series of publications reporting on federal mandates, as defined by the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995, focuses on preemptions, a type of mandate that would limit the authority of state, local, or …
News release: “The Defense Department has sent to Congress a report on its Arctic operations that leaders say will put the department in a good position to shape U.S. interests as the region undergoes dramatic climate and social changes. The Report to Congress on Arctic Operations and the Northwest Passage, mandated by the fiscal 2011 …
