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2010 Fuel Economy Guide: “This Guide provides annual fuel cost estimates for each vehicle. The estimates are based on the assumptions that you travel 15,000 miles per year (55% under city driving conditions and 45% under highway conditions) and that fuel costs $2.60/gallon for regular unleaded gasoline and $2.80/gallon for premium. Cost-per-gallon assumptions for vehicles …
2010 Census: Efforts to Build an Accurate Address List Are Making Progress, but Face Software and Other Challenges, GAO-10-140T, October 21, 2009 U.S. Department of Agriculture: Internal Control Would Improve Accountability for Certain Centrally Provided (Greenbook) Programs, GAO-10-82, October 20, 2009 Credit Cards: Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Could Better Reflect the Evolving Debt Collection …
Current Economic Conditions by Federal Reserve District, October 21, 2009 – Full Report and Districts “Reports from the 12 Federal Reserve Districts indicated either stabilization or modest improvements in many sectors since the last report, albeit often from depressed levels. Leading the more positive sector reports among Districts were residential real estate and manufacturing, both …
News release: “Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today took steps to help the country develop technologies that could potentially unlock the nations oil shale reserves while protecting taxpayers, water resources, the environment, and local communities. Pledging to reform the nations oil shale program, Salazar announced that the Department of the Interior is offering additional …
News release: “U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 5.5 percent fewer workers in August 2009 than in August 2008, the 14th consecutive decrease in full-time equivalent employee (FTE) levels for the scheduled passenger carriers from the same month of the previous year, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today. FTE calculations …
Medicare Part D Plan Sponsor Electronic Prescribing Initiatives (OEI-05-08-00322), Otober 16, 2009 “E-prescribing occurs when a prescriber uses a computer or an electronic hand-held device, such as a personal digital assistant, to write and send a prescription directly to a dispenser. Before a prescriber sends a prescription to a dispenser, he or she can request …
Juvenile Justice: Technical Assistance and Better Defined Evaluation Plans Will Help Girls’ Delinquency Programs. GAO-10-133T, October 20, 2009: “…from 1995 through 2005, delinquency caseloads for girls in juvenile justice courts nationwide increased 15 percent while boys caseloads decreased by 12 percent.1 More recently, in 2007, 29 percent of juvenile arrestsabout 641,000 arrestsinvolved girls, who accounted …
Energy Information Administration: Arctic Oil and Natural Gas Potential (10/19/2009): “This paper examines the discovered and undiscovered Arctic oil and natural gas resource base with respect to their location and concentration. The paper also discusses the cost and impediments to developing Arctic oil and natural gas resources, including those issues associated with environmental habitats and …
News release: “National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week, October 18-24, is set aside to educate parents and children about the dangers of lead exposure, especially lead-based paint hazards in housing. Lead poisoning is the number one environmental hazard threatening children in the United States — affecting more than 300,000 children who are less than six years …
“NIEM, the National Information Exchange Model, is a partnership of the U.S. Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security. It is designed to develop, disseminate and support enterprise-wide information exchange standards and processes that can enable jurisdictions to effectively share critical information in emergency situations, as well as support the day-to-day operations of …
News release: “Attorney General Eric Holder today announced formal guidelines for federal prosecutors in states that have enacted laws authorizing the use of marijuana for medical purposes. The guidelines make clear that the focus of federal resources should not be on individuals whose actions are in compliance with existing state laws, while underscoring that the …
Sudan Strategy: “In the past, the United States’ approach to Sudan has been reactive rather than proactive and narrowly focused on emerging crises. The new strategy focuses on reinvigorating the international support that is critical to building peace and security in Sudan. The strategy is the first comprehensive U.S. policy on Sudan that recognizes the …
