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News release: “The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, through the Department of Commerce, announced today that total November exports of $138.2 billion and imports of $174.6 billion resulted in a goods and services deficit of $36.4 billion, up from $33.2 billion in October, revised. November exports were $1.2 billion more …
Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Department of Transportation (DOT), Final Rule, January 12, 2010: “FRA is issuing regulations implementing a requirement of the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 that defines criteria for certain passenger and freight rail lines requiring the implementation of positive train control (PTC) systems. This final rule includes required functionalities of PTC …
News release: “There were 2.4 million job openings on the last business day of November 2009, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The job openings rate was little changed over the month at 1.8 percent. The openings rate has held relatively steady since March 2009. The hires rate (3.2 percent) and the separations …
News release: “The Federal Reserve Bank of New York today published a revised policy regarding the administration of relationships with primary dealers intended to provide greater transparency about the significant business standards expected of primary dealers and to offer clearer guidance on the process to become a primary dealer. The revised policy takes into consideration …
Brand-Name Prescription Drug Pricing: Lack of Therapeutically Equivalent Drugs and Limited Competition May Contribute to Extraordinary Price Increases, GAO-10-201, December 22, 2009 Corporate Crime: DOJ Has Taken Steps to Better Track Its Use of Deferred and Non-Prosecution Agreements, but Should Evaluate Effectiveness, GAO-10-110, December 18, 2009 2009 Tax Filing Season: IRS Met Many 2009 Goals, …
News release: “At an event today in Columbus, Indiana, Secretary Chu announced the selection of nine projects totaling more than $187 million to improve fuel efficiency for heavy-duty trucks and passenger vehicles. The funding includes more than $100 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and with a private cost share of 50 percent, …
Follow up to previous postings on government implementation of whole body scanning technology at airports, news that EPIC has posted more than 250 pages of documents it obtained in a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit concerning body scanners. The documents, released by the Department of Homeland Security, reveal that Whole Body Imaging machines can record, …
[Federal Register: January 8, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 5)] [Notices][Page 1060-1062] – Draft Guidance for Industry on Planning for the Effects of High Absenteeism to Ensure Availability of Medically Necessary Drug Products; Availability – The draft guidance encourages manufacturers of medically necessary drug products (MNPs) and components to develop contingency production plans in the event …
News release: ” This report, Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, The Joint Forum, Review of the Differentiated Nature and Scope of Financial Regulation Key Issues and Recommendations, January 2010, analyses key issues arising from the differentiated nature of financial regulation in the international banking, insurance, and securities sectors. It also addresses gaps arising from the …
“Health reform as set forth in legislation passed by the U.S. House of Representatives in November would cut the number of uninsured Americans to 24 million by 2019 (a 56 percent decrease) and increase personal spending on health care by about 3.3 percent cumulatively between 2013 and 2019, according to an independent assessment released today …
Monthly Budget Review, January 2010 – Based on the Monthly Treasury Statement for November and the Daily Treasury Statements for December: “The federal budget deficit was about $390 billion in the first quarter of fiscal year 2010, CBO estimates$56 billion more than the shortfall in the same period in fiscal year 2009. Outlays were slightly …
The New York Review of Books – Who’s in Big Brother’s Database? By James Bamford – The Secret Sentry: The Untold History of the, National Security Agency, by Matthew M. Aid, Bloomsbury. “…this library expects few visitors. It’s being built by the ultra-secret National Security Agency which is primarily responsible for “signals intelligence,” the …
