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Chairman Ben S. Bernanke, Causes of the Recent Financial and Economic Crisis Before the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, hearing, Too Big to Fail: Expectations and Impact of Extraordinary Government Intervention and the role of Systemic Risk in the Financial Crisis, Washington, D.C., September 2, 2010 “If the crisis has a single lesson, it is that …
Women and the Economy 2010: 25 Years of Progress But Challenges Remain, August 2010 Report by the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee “On August 26, 2010, Americans will celebrate the 90th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment, which granted women the right to vote and led to their increased participation in our political …
House Financial Services Committee, Empowering Consumers: Can Financial Literacy Education Prevent Another Financial Crisis? August 24, 2010 Related postings on financial system
Follow up to previous postings on government implementation of whole body scanning technology at airports, via EPIC: “The Chairman and Ranking Member of the Homeland Security Committee, along with four other Senators, have sent a letter to the head of the US Marshal Service to ask why the federal agency stored more than 35,000 images …
Conversion from the National Security Personnel System to Other Pay Schedules: Issues for Congress, July 15, 2010 “Most federal employees (59.1%) are paid on the General Schedule (GS), a pay scale that consists of 15 pay grades in which an employee’s pay increases are to be based on performance and length of service. Some Members …
“CDT submits the following chart as an addendum to the written testimony of Leslie Harris, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Center for Democracy and Technology before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection on The BEST PRACTICES Act of 2010 and Other Federal Privacy Legislation on …
Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, this new United States Senate Report – President Obama and the Flawed Federal Response to the BP Disaster, An Oversight Report by Sen. James M. Inhofe, Ranking Member, Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, August 2010
2010 Annual Report of the Boards of Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund “In 2009, 46.3 million people were covered by Medicare: 38.7 million aged 65 and older, and 7.6 million disabled. About 24 percent of beneficiaries have chosen to enroll in Part C private …
News release: “On Thursday, July 29, the co-chairs of a select, bipartisan panel testified that their study of the Defense Departments 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) found that without needed reform the All-Volunteer Force may be unsustainable and that the nation needs a new national security strategic planning process that better incorporates civilian departments and …
The Federal Government’s Responsibilities and Liabilities Under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act – Testimony before the House Committee on the Budget, July 27, 2010 “After signaling its intention to terminate a project to build a geologic repository for nuclear waste at Yucca Mountainthe only site where such waste is authorized to be stored under current …
Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, this news release: “Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Chairman of the House Energy and Environment Subcommittee, [on July 30, 2010] released a letter sent to National Incident Commander Thad Allen and documents revealing that the U.S. Coast Guard, tasked with limiting BPs use of toxic …
News release: “July 28, 2010, the House Financial Services Committee passed legislation to enable Americans to bet online and put an end to an inappropriate interference with their personal freedom. H.R. 2267, the Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act of 2009 would establish a federal regulatory and enforcement framework under which Internet gambling …
