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Factsheet, January 2011: “The U.S. Department of Agriculture is making available two decision-making documents related to the regulation of alfalfa that has been genetically engineered to be resistant to the herbicide commercially known as Roundup. The first is a determination of non regulated status for Roundup ready alfalfa. This determination, based on a thorough plant …
News release: “The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it has published a staff study recommending steps to help investors better access information about investment professionals. The recommendations of the study, which was required by Section 919B of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, must be implemented within 18 months after the …
A Strategy for the 2011 Economic Recovery, January 28, 2011, [See also related charts in PDF] – Joseph S. Tracy, Executive Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York “We should keep in mind, though, that there is considerable uncertainty associated with every economic forecast. There are both upside and downside risks that could cause …
Equatorial Guinea Country Analysis Brief Jan 28, 2011: “Equatorial Guinea has become a significant oil and natural gas exporter since the discovery and development of large offshore oil reserves in the 1990s. While both oil and gas production have increased significantly over the past decade, both volumes appear to be leveling off in the …
“The National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) replaces the color codes of the Homeland Security Advisory System (HSAS). The new alert system is currently in a 90 day implementation period that began on January 27, 2011 until the end of the implementation period, the existing HSAS will remain in effect. NTAS will more effectively communicate …
SIGR Audit Report, January 28, 2011 – Sons of Iraq Program: Results Are Uncertain and Financial Controls Were Weak, “In June 2007, the Multi-National CorpsIraq (MNC-I) began using Commanders Emergency Response Program (CERP) funds to hire former insurgents and their passive supporters to guard checkpoints, buildings, and key parts of neighborhoods in Iraq. Known as …
“EPA is announcing the release of the draft report, Biofuels and the Environment: The First Triennial Report to Congress (EPA/600/R-10/183A), and the scheduling of an independent peer review meeting on March 14, 2011 in Arlington, VA. [Federal Register Jan 28, 2011]” “The Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA Section 204) directs EPA to conduct a …
News release: “Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), Arnold Fields, released SIGAR’s January 2011 Quarterly Report to Congress today. The tenth Quarterly Report highlights SIGAR’s growing concern that critical reconstruction programs are at risk because of poor planning, insufficient oversight, and the inability of the Afghan authorities to sustain them. The report includes a …
News release: “Real gross domestic product — the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States — increased at an annual rate of 3.2 percent in the fourth quarter of 2010, (that is, from the third quarter to the fourth quarter), according to the “advance” estimate released by …
News release: “At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a federal court has frozen the assets of corporations and an individual behind a far-reaching Internet enterprise that allegedly made more than $275 million by luring consumers into deceptive trial memberships, and bogus government-grant and money-making schemes. The court froze the assets of 61 corporations …
Afghanistan Security: Afghan Army Growing, but Additional Trainers Needed; Long-term Costs Not Determined, GAO-11-66, January 27, 2011 Payday Lending: Federal Law Enforcement Uses a Multilayered Approach to Identify Employees in Financial Distress, GAO-11-147, January 26, 2011
News release: “Today the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission delivered the results of its investigation into the causes of the financial and economic crisis. The Commission concluded that the crisis was avoidable and was caused by: Widespread failures in financial regulation, including the Federal Reserves failure to stem the tide of toxic mortgages; Dramatic breakdowns in …
