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News release: “The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for October 2010. The next release, which will report on data for November 2010, is scheduled for January 18, 2011. Net foreign purchases of long-term securities were $27.6 billion. Net foreign purchases of long-term U.S. securities were $54.7 billion. Of …
Nuclear Nonproliferation: Comprehensive U.S. Planning and Better Foreign Cooperation Needed to Secure Vulnerable Nuclear Materials Worldwide, GAO-11-227, December 15, 2010 Recovery Act: Head Start Grantees Expand Services, but More Consistent Communication Could Improve Accountability and Decisions about Spending, GAO-11-166, December 15, 2010 Statewide Transportation Planning: Opportunities Exist to Transition to Performance-Based Planning and Federal Oversight, …
News release: “The federal bank and thrift regulatory agencies today announced changes to Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) regulations to support stabilization of communities affected by high foreclosure levels. The final rule is substantially the same as the proposal published for comment on June 24, 2010. It encourages depository institutions to support eligible development activities in …
News release: “Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced that General Motors (GM) has completed the repurchase of all GM preferred stock issued under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), repaying taxpayers $2.1 billion. Coming on the heels of a successful initial public offering that netted $13.5 billion for taxpayers, this preferred share repurchase …
October 2010: Quarterly Report To Congress, Management of U.S. Reconstruction Transition “Under the terms of the current U.S.-Iraq Security Agreement, all U.S. military forces are scheduled to depart Iraq by December 31, 2011. This quarter, continued withdrawal of U.S. troops proceeded apace, with the last U.S. combat brigade rolling out in August, signaling the end …
New York Times: “The counties with the three highest median household incomes are all in the Virginia suburbs of Washington. Falls Church led the pack with $113,313 per household, an increase of 17 percent since 2000. The county with the lowest median household income was Owsley, Ky., at $18,869.” Baltimore Sun: “Maryland’s median household income …
Federal Debt and Interest Costs, December 14, 2010 “Recently, the federal government has been recording the largest budget deficits, as a share of gross domestic product (GDP), since the end of World War II. As a result of those deficits, the amount of federal debt held by the public has soared–surpassing $9 trillion at the …
News release: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has removed saccharin, a common artificial sweetener, and its salts from the agencys list of hazardous substances. Saccharin is no longer considered a potential hazard to human health. Saccharin is a white crystalline powder that is found in diet soft drinks, chewing gum and juice. Saccharin was …
2010 Census: Data Collection Operations Were Generally Completed as Planned, but Long-standing Challenges Suggest Need for Fundamental Reforms, GAO-11-193, December 14, 2010 2010 Census: Follow-up Should Reduce Coverage Errors, but Effects on Demographic Groups Need to Be Determined, GAO-11-154, December 14, 2010 2010 Census: Key Efforts to Include Hard-to-Count Populations Went Generally as Planned; Improvements …
Economic Impacts of Waiting to Resolve the Long-Term Budget Imbalance, December 10. 2010 “To prevent federal debt from rising to unsupportable levels, policymakers would eventually have to restrain the growth of spending, raise revenues significantly above their historical share of gross domestic product (GDP), or pursue some combination of those two approaches. Addressing the long-term …
News release: “The Federal Reserve Board on Monday proposed two rules that would expand the coverage of consumer protection regulations to credit transactions and leases of higher dollar amounts. The proposed rules would amend Regulation Z (Truth in Lending) and Regulation M (Consumer Leasing) to implement a provision of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and …
25 Point Implementation Plan To Reform Federal Information Technology Management, Vivek Kundra U.S. Chief Information Officer, December 9, 2010 “Information technology should enable government to better serve the American people. But despite spending more than $600 billion on information technology over the past decade, the Federal Government has achieved little of the productivity improvements that …
