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National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace, Enhancing Online Choice, Efficiency, Security, and Privacy – April 2011 “A secure cyberspace is critical to our prosperity 1 We use the Internet and other online environments to increase our productivity, as a platform for innovation, and as a venue in which to create new businesses Our digital …
Your 2010 Federal Taxpayer Receipt: “In his State of the Union Address, President Obama promised that this year, for the first time ever, American taxpayers would be able to go online and see exactly how their federal tax dollars are spent. Just enter a few pieces of information about your taxes, and the taxpayer receipt …
March 2011: “The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.5 percent in March on a seasonally adjusted basis, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the last 12 months, the all items index increased 2.7 percent before seasonal adjustment. Gasoline and food prices continued to rise and together accounted for …
Davis-Bacon Act: Methodological Expertise Critical for Improving Survey Quality, GAO-11-486T, April 14, 2011 Employment Verification: Agencies Have Improved E-Verify, but Significant Challenges Remain, GAO-11-522T, April 14, 2011 Employment and Training Administration: More Actions Needed to Improve Transparency and Accountability of Its Research Program, GAO-11-285, March 15, 2011
Improper Payments: Recent Efforts to Address Improper Payments and Remaining Challenges, GAO-11-575T, April 15, 2011 Southwest Border: Border Patrol Operations on Federal Lands, GAO-11-573T, April 15, 2011 Status of Fiscal Year 2010 Federal Improper Payments Reporting, GAO-11-443R, March 25, 2011
Majority And Minority Staff Report United States Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Wall Street And The Financial Crisis: Anatomy Of A Financial Collapse, April 13, 2011 – : “This 639 page report, which was part of a 2-year bi-partisan investigation by the U.S. Senate Permanent Committee on Investigations …
News release: “OnGuardOnline.gov, a partnership of fourteen federal agencies managed by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), is informing consumers that an unexpected message from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) could be a warning sign that their Social Security number is being misused by an identity thief. OnGuardOnline.gov suggests that people contact the IRS if they …
“The Affordable Care Act (ACA) calls for a number of web-based initiatives, including development of the website healthcare.gov which provides a variety of health information and helps individuals find coverage options. Therefore, understanding the level and quality of Internet access among those groups most likely to benefit from reform, such as the uninsured, those with …
“the Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (collectively Commissions) delivered to Congress a joint staff study on the the feasibility of requiring the derivatives industry to adopt standardized computer-readable algorithmic descriptions which may be used to describe complex and standardized financial derivatives. See Title VII, Sec. 719(b) of Dodd-Frank. Based on the …
Federal Reserve Governor Daniel K. Tarullo – Derivatives regulation, Before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C., April 12, 2011 “The Dodd-Frank Act addressed both the infrastructure of the derivatives markets and the regulation and supervision of its dealers and major participants. Central counterparties are given an expanded role in …
Financial Literacy: The Federal Government’s Role in Empowering Americans to Make Sound Financial Choices, GAO-11-504T, April 12, 2011 Information Technology: Continued Improvements in Investment Oversight and Management Can Yield Billions in Savings, GAO-11-511T, April 12, 2011 Tax Administration: Preliminary Information on Selected Foreign Practices That May Provide Useful Insights, GAO-11-540T, April 12, 2011
News release: “As part of their ongoing efforts to keep markets that they oversee open and fair for American consumers, the Federal Trade Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that they signed an agreement to foster further cooperation between the two agencies by helping them share nonpublic information. The FTC and CFTC …
