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CBO’s Economic Forecasting Record: 2009 Update, July 2009 “Since publishing its first macroeconomic forecast in 1976, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has compiled a forecasting track record that is comparable in quality with that of the Administration and that of the Blue Chip consensus. In particular, the accuracy of CBOs two-year forecasts between 1982 and …
“The federal Judiciary’s Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) system has reached the one million mark in number of subscribers who have registered since 1991. The system allows users to obtain federal court case and docket information via the Internet.”
Office of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program Quarterly Report to Congress, July 21, 2009: “In this report, the Offi ce of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP) endeavors to (i) explain the various TARP programs and how Treasury has used those programs through June 30, …
Contingency Contract Management: DOD Needs to Develop and Finalize Background Screening and Other Standards for Private Security Contractors, GAO-09-351, July 31, 2009 Home Mortgages: Provisions in a 2007 Mortgage Reform Bill (H.R. 3915) Would Strengthen Borrower Protections, but Views on Their Long-term Impact Differ, GAO-09-741, July 31, 2009 Information Technology: HUD Needs to Strengthen Its …
News release: “MBTA General Manager Daniel A. Grabauskas announced the T’s partnership with Google Transit and the convenience and ease travelers will have when planning a trip on the authority’s bus, subway, commuter rail, and boat service. Similar to the MBTA’s Trip Planner, Google Transit, a feature of Google Maps, is a web-based application that …
Biological Research: Observations on DHS’s Analyses Concerning Whether FMD Research Can Be Done as Safely on the Mainland as on Plum Island, GAO-09-747, July 30, 2009 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: CMS Should Develop an Agencywide Policy for Translating Medicare Documents into Languages Other Than English, GAO-09-752R, July 30, 2009 Defense Acquisitions: Opportunities Exist …
NO RHYME OR REASON: The ‘Heads I Win, Tails You Lose’ Bank Bonus Culture, Andrew M. Cuomo, Attorney General, State of New York [Report Was Previously Transmitted to House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Chairman Edolplhus Towns (D-NY)] “Through various inquiries, the New York State Attorney General’s Office has been examining the causes of last …
Career and Technical Education: States Have Broad Flexibility in Implementing Perkins IV, GAO-09-683, July 29, 2009 Career and Technical Education: Surveys to State Directors of Career and Technical Education (GAO-09-737SP, July 2009), an E-supplement to GAO-09-683, GAO-09-737SP, July 29, 2009 Learning: Diverse Federal and State Efforts to Support Adult English Language Learning Could Benefit from …
Full Report – Beige Book, July 29, 2009 – Summary of Commentary on Current Economic Conditions by Federal Reserve District, and link to reports by Districts. “Reports from the 12 Federal Reserve Districts suggest that economic activity continued to be weak going into the summer, but most Districts indicated that the pace of decline has …
The Government Domain – Congressional Documents on FDsys: the Basics – E-Gov guru and research expert Peggy Garvin provides an overview of the organization, content and search features of GPO’s new Federal Digital System (FDsys).
News release, Employee Benefits in the United States – March 2009: “While about 70 percent of workers in private industry had access to employer provided medical care benefits in March 2009, only 25 percent of the lowest wage earner — those with average hourly wages in the lowest 10 percent of all private industry wages …
Economic Analysis Group (EAG) of the Antitrust Division – Why Prices Rise Faster Than They Fall, Sheldon Kimmel, EAG 09-4, July 2009
