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The Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force: “Obama Administration officials released the Final Recommendations of the Ocean Policy Task Force on July 19, 2010, which would establish a National Policy for the Stewardship of the Ocean, Coasts, and Great Lakes (National Policy) and create a National Ocean Council (NOC) to strengthen ocean governance and coordination. The …
Follow up to Washington Post Investigation: Top Secret America, Acting Director of National Intelligence, David C. Gompert, reaction to the Washington Post series: “This morning, the Washington Post began a series of articles on the growth of the Intelligence Community following the terrorist attacks on 9/11. The reporting does not reflect the Intelligence Community we …
Electric Power Monthly April 2010 data July 19, 2010: “The latest EPM issue (July 2010) is now available on EIA’s Electricity page. Data are for April 2010, during which net generation in the United States decreased by 0.8 percent and consumption of coal for power generation was down fractionally compared to April 2009. The …
“Metro today announced an enhanced Web site on which customers can check the balance of their SmarTrip card, monitor any SmartBenefits activity through their employers, and review their usage over time, including on their iPhones and Blackberrys. Users can also report cards online as stolen, lost, cracked or malfunctioning, though they can’t add to their …
Follow up to previous postings on climate change, UK Mail Online: “A Google Earth map that shows the potential impacts of global temperature rises of 4C was unveiled by scientists and ministers [from the Foreign Office (FCO) and the Department of Energy and Climate Change (Decc)]…The interactive map lets the public see what could happen …
News release: “The Securities and Exchange Commission’s division that reviews public company filings is creating three specialized offices to enhance its disclosure review and policy operations. The new offices in the Division of Corporation Finance will focus on large financial institutions, asset-backed securities and other structured products, and securities offering trends. The three new offices …
Office of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program: Factors Affecting the Decisions of General Motors and Chrysler to Reduce Their Dealership Networks, July 19, 2010 “At a time when the country was experiencing the worst economic downturn in generations and the government was asking its taxpayers to support a $787 billion …
Report to Congress on International Economic and Exchange Rate Policies, U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of International Affairs, July 8, 2010 “The United States is now in its fifth quarter of economic growth. Growth has averaged 3.5 percent per quarter on an annualized basis during the recovery, which is well above the 2.4 percent …
News release: “The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that Goldman, Sachs & Co. will pay $550 million and reform its business practices to settle SEC charges that Goldman misled investors in a subprime mortgage product just as the U.S. housing market was starting to collapse. In agreeing to the SEC’s largest-ever penalty paid by a …
Consumer Price Index – June 2010: “The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) declined 0.1 percent in June on a seasonally adjusted basis, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the last 12 months, the index increased 1.1 percent before seasonal adjustment. Similarly to April and May, a decline in the …
News release: “Today, the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC), chaired by Representative Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), released the 2010 Joint Economic Report, which provides an overview of the state of the U.S. economy at the halfway point in 2010. The annual report, mandated by the requirements from the 1946 Employment Act, details the lasting …
Medicare Payment Authority Commission – A Data Book: Healthcare Spending and the Medicare Program (June 2010) “MedPACs Data Book is the result of discussions with congressional staff members regarding ways that MedPAC can better support them. It contains the type of information that MedPAC provides in publications like the March or June reports; it also …
