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Monthly Budget Review – October 2010, Based on the Monthly Treasury Statement for August and the Daily Treasury Statements for September CBO estimates that the federal budget deficit was slightly less than $1.3 trillion in fiscal year 2010 and $125 billion less than the shortfall recorded in 2009. The 2010 deficit was equal to 8.9 …
News release: “The new Basel capital requirement standards agreed in late September tackle some of the right issues, but much more preparatory work is needed if they are to be transposed into laws that ensure a global level playing field and reduce excessive risk, yet without hampering economic growth, says an own-initiative resolution passed by …
News release: “[October 8, 2010]the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced individual State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) funding allocations for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. territories, which will support $15 billion in new small business lending through innovative local programs that help entrepreneurs expand their businesses and create new …
Children with Down Syndrome: Families Are More Likely to Receive Resources at Time of Diagnosis Than in Early Childhood, GAO-11-57, October 08, 2010 Global Health: Trends in U.S. Spending for Global HIV/AIDS and Other Health Assistance in Fiscal Years 2001-2008, GAO-11-64, October 08, 2010 Recovery Act: Increased Medicaid Funds Aided Enrollment Growth, and Most States …
News release: “The Federal Trade Commission today unveiled a community outreach kit with new resources to help parents and communities keep kids safe online and on their mobile phones. With more than five million copies of the Net Cetera: Chatting with Kids About Being Online guide already in the hands of families across the country, …
Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, October 07, 2010: “There were 3.2 million job openings on the last business day of August 2010. The job openings rate was unchanged over the month at 2.4 percent. The hires rate (3.2 percent) and the separations rate (3.2 percent) were little changed. The number of job openings in …
News release: “Nonfarm payroll employment edged down (-95,000) in September, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 9.6 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Government employment declined (-159,000), reflecting both a drop in the number of temporary jobs for Census 2010 and job losses in local government. Private-sector payroll employment continued to …
Follow up to previous postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, this new CRS report: The 2010 Oil Spill: Natural Resource Damage Assessment Under the Oil Pollution Act “The 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill leaked an estimated 4.1 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, damaging the waters, shores, and marshes, and the …
News release: “Sen. Carl Levin, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today released the report of the committees yearlong inquiry into the role and oversight of the Department of Defenses private security contractors in Afghanistan. The Committee approved the report on Sept. 28, 2010. The committees investigation uncovered a significant amount of evidence that …
Prevalence of Doctor-Diagnosed Arthritis and Arthritis-Attributable Activity Limitation — United States, 2007–2009, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), October 8, 2010 / 59(39);1261-1265 “Arthritis is a large and growing public health problem in the United States (1), resulting in costs of $128 billion annually, and continues to be the most common cause of disability (2). …
News release: “With cases of bed bug infestations increasing, many people are turning to pesticides as a means of ridding their homes of the pest. To help people find an appropriate pesticide for use on bed bugs, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has created a new database listing all pesticides registered for this purpose. …
News release: “The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today unveiled a report outlining the agencys plans to advance regulatory science through its Regulatory Science Initiative Regulatory science is the science of developing new tools, standards and approaches for assessing the safety, efficacy, quality and performance of FDA-regulated products. The report provides examples of current FDA …
