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“Vice President Biden today unveiled Recovery Through Retrofit, a report that builds on the foundation laid in the Recovery Act to expand green job opportunities and boost energy savings by making homes more energy efficient…At a Middle Class Task Force meeting earlier this year, the Vice President asked the White House Council on Environmental Quality …
Alternative Income and Poverty Estimates: 2008 “The Census Bureau released alternative income and poverty estimates covering calendar year 2008. The data were collected from the 2009 Current Population Survey (CPS) Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC). The first set of alternative measures include poverty estimates only and are based on recommendations from a 1995 …
News release: “As part of its comprehensive plan to stabilize the U.S. housing market, the Obama Administration today announced a new initiative for state and local housing finance agencies (HFAs) that will help support low mortgage rates and expand resources for low and middle income borrowers to purchase or rent homes that are affordable over …
“As the official handbook of the Federal Government, the United States Government Manual provides comprehensive information on the agencies of the legislative, judicial, and executive branches. It also includes information on quasi-official agencies, international organizations in which the United States participates, and boards, commissions, and committees. The Manual begins with reprints of the Declaration of …
HUD Inspector General report – Controls over FHA single-family lender approval process need improvement, issued September 30, 2009 “Finding 1: FHA’s Lender Approval Process Did Not Ensure That Only Eligible Applicants Were Approved. FHA’s lender application process was not adequate to ensure that all of its lender approval requirements were met. This condition occurred because …
Electric Power Monthly (10/15/2009): “Net generation in the United States dropped by 7.6 percent from July 2008 to July 2009. This was the 12th consecutive month that net generation was down compared to the same calendar month in the prior year. The Commerce Department reported that real gross domestic product decreased 0.7 percent from the …
News release, October 16, 2009: “U.S. personal income grew 0.2 percent in the second quarter of 2009, the first growth in a year for the U.S. and for 15 states, according to estimates released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the first quarter, U.S. personal income fell 2.3 percent. U.S. personal income …
OIG-09-108 – Review of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Expenditure Plan (PDF, 16 pages) OIG-09-107 – The United States Coast Guard’s Program for Identifying High Interest Vessels (PDF, 20 pages) OIG-09-109 – Evaluation of DHS Information Security Program for Fiscal Year (Redacted) (PDF, 45 pages) OIG-09-106 – Review of Department of Homeland Securitys Expenditure Plan: Department …
Who’s in Big Brother’s Database? By James Bamford – A review of The Secret Sentry: The Untold History of the National Security Agency by Matthew M. Aid. “On a remote edge of Utah’s dry and arid high desert, where temperatures often zoom past 100 degrees, hard-hatted construction workers with top-secret clearances are preparing to build …
Energy-Water Nexus: Improvements to Federal Water Use Data Would Increase Understanding of Trends in Power Plant Water Use, GAO-10-23, October 16, 2009 Warfighter Support: Independent Expert Assessment of Army Body Armor Test Results and Procedures Needed Before Fielding, GAO-10-119, October 16, 2009 NASA: Briefing on National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Programs and Associated Activities, GAO-10-87R, …
Law.Gov: America’s Operating System, Open Source – by Carl Malamud “Public.Resource.Org is very pleased to announce that we’re going to be working with a distinguished group of colleagues from across the country to create a solid business plan, technical specs, and enabling legislation for the federal government to create Law.Gov. We envision Law.Gov as a …
News release: Real average hourly earnings fell 0.1 percent from August to September, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. This decline stemmed from the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), up by 0.2 percent, outpacing 0.1 percent growth in average hourly earnings for production and nonsupervisory workers. …
