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Clean Water Infrastructure: Design Issues and Funding Options for a Clean Water Trust Fund, GAO-09-893T, July 15, 2009 Coast Guard Retiree Health Care: Coast Guard Contributions to and Payments from the DOD Medicare-Eligible Retiree Health Care Fund (MERHCF), GAO-09-857R, July 15, 2009 Federal Real Property: An Update on High Risk Issues, GAO-09-801T, July 15, 2009 …
S. 1390, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 – July 14, 2009, Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Armed Services on July 2, 2009 “S. 1390 would authorize appropriations totaling $681 billion for fiscal year 2010 for the military functions of the Department of Defense (DoD), for …
News release: “The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.9 percent in June before seasonal adjustment, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Over the last 12 months the index has fallen 1.4 percent, as a 25.5 percent decline in the energy index has more than …
CBO Preliminary Analysis of the Insurance Coverage Specifications Provided by the House Tri-Committee Group, July 14, 2009, Letter to the Honorable Charles B. Rangel “The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) have completed a preliminary analysis of the specifications related to health insurance coverage that are reflected …
D-2009-093 Ship Utilization in Support of the Global War on Terror, July 15, 2009 (Project No. D2008-D000AB-0193.000) “We evaluated the effectiveness of policies and procedures used to ensure that activated Government-owned and -chartered vessels were used to the maximum extent prior to procuring commercial transportation to Southwest Asia. We assessed the United States Transportation Command …
CBO: Intergovernmental Mandates in Federal Legislation, July 14, 2009, Economic and Budget Issue Brief “Federal law sometimes requires state, local, or tribal governments to spend money to achieve certain goals. In some cases, a requirement is imposed as a condition for receiving federal aid; in others, requirements can be imposed through the exercise of the …
OCCs Quarterly Report on Bank Trading and Derivatives Activities First Quarter 2009: “Derivatives activity in the U.S. banking system is dominated by a small group of large financial institutions. Five large commercial banks represent 96% of the total industry notional amount and 83% of industry net current credit exposure.”
Testimony Before the House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government-Sponsored Enterprises, SEC Oversight: Current State and Agenda, Tuesday, July 14, 2009, by Chairman Mary L. Schapiro, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. “The last year has been a wrenching time for investors. Trillions of dollars in wealth have been …
News release: “The National Transportation Safety Board issued an urgent safety recommendation to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) calling for enhanced safety redundancy of its train control system. A recent accident on the Metrorail’s Red Line between the Fort Totten and Takoma stations has shown that WMATA’s train control system is susceptible to …
“President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers released a report, Preparing the Workers of Today for the Jobs of Tomorrow, that offers an overview of how the U.S. labor market is expected to grow and develop over the next few years. The report discusses the skills and training that will likely be most relevant in growing …
2009 Trafficking in Persons Report: “The Department of State is required by law to submit each year to the U.S. Congress a report on foreign governments efforts to eliminate severe forms of trafficking in persons. This is the ninth annual TIP Report; it seeks to increase global awareness of the human trafficking phenomenon by shedding …
News release: “The Federal Trade Commission testified before the U.S. Senate today on the agencys campaign to crack down on scammers who are trying to take advantage of the economic downturn to push a variety of scams, such as phony job-placement and debt-reduction services, get-rich-quick schemes, and bogus government grants…In response to the rise in …
