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Understanding the Economy: State-by-State Snapshots (October Data), November 2010 “This is the eleventh edition of the state-by-state snapshots issued by the Joint Economic Committee, containing employment and unemployment data at the state level for the first ten months of 2010. Job growth in the fourth quarter of 2010 appears more robust than it was in …
Aggregate Reserves of Depository Institutions and the Monetary Base, Release Date; November 26, 2010 “The H.3 release provides data on aggregate reserves of depository institutions, including required reserves, total reserves, excess reserves, nonborrowed reserves, and borrowings by depository institutions from the Federal Reserve’s discount window. The release also provides data on the monetary base, which …
News release: “The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) released a final rule Confidentiality of Suspicious Activity Reports as well as an advisory, and two guidance documents, and a Notice of Availability of Guidance that together clarify and strengthen the scope of Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) confidentiality, and expand the ability of certain financial institutions …
“..the President has decided to propose a freeze in civilian pay for federal employees for two years, 2011 and 2012. This two-year pay freeze will save $2 billion for the remainder of FY 2011, $28 billion over the next five years, and more than $60 billion over the next 10 years. It will apply to …
Energy-Water Nexus: A Better and Coordinated Understanding of Water Resources Could Help Mitigate the Impacts of Potential Oil Shale Development, GAO-11-35, October 29, 2010 Federal Oil and Gas Leases: Opportunities Exist to Capture Vented and Flared Natural Gas, Which Would Increase Royalty Payments and Reduce Greenhouse Gases, GAO-11-34, October 29, 2010 Forest Service Research and …
News release: “EPA is finalizing the volume requirements and associated percentage standards that will apply under the RFS2 program in calendar year 2011 for cellulosic biofuel, biomass-based diesel, advanced biofuel, and total renewable fuel. The standards will ensure that transportation fuel sold in the United States contains a minimum volume of renewable fuel as required …
“HHS OIG conducted a survey to learn what types of instruction medical students, residents, and fellows receive on Medicare and Medicaid fraud, waste, and abuse. OIG developed a document that summarizes the five main Federal fraud and abuse laws and provides tips on how physicians should comply with these laws. Take a look at the …
News release: “New regulations issued by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) require health insurers to spend 80 to 85 percent of consumers premiums on direct care for patients and efforts to improve care quality. This regulation, known as the medical loss ratio provision of the Affordable Care Act, will make the insurance …
“Wikileaks began on Sunday November 28th publishing 251,287 leaked United States embassy cables, the largest set of confidential documents ever to be released into the public domain. The documents will give people around the world an unprecedented insight into US Government foreign activities. The cables, which date from 1966 up until the end of February …
News release: “U.S. house prices fell in the third quarter of 2010 according to the Federal Housing Finance Agencys (FHFA) seasonally adjusted purchase-only house price index (HPI). The HPI, calculated using home sales price information from Fannie Mae- and Freddie Mac-acquired mortgages, was 1.6 percent lower on both a seasonally adjusted and unadjusted basis in …
Follow up to previous postings on government implementation of whole body scanning technology at airports via CNET, Your risks and rights with TSA’s ‘enhanced’ screening (FAQ).
Follow up to FBI: Crime in the United States, 2009, these related reports and data: CQ 2010 City Crime Rate Rankings and Metro Crime Rate Rankings: Note – data sheets are available free from within the overall fee based book, City Crime Rankings 2010-2011. NYT: Violent Crime Rises in New York as Overall Crime Falls …
