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Best Practices for Government Libraries – 2009 – Change: Managing It, Surviving It, and Thriving On It – “The 2009 edition includes 60 articles and other submissions provided by more than 50 contributors from librarians in government agencies, courts, and the military, as well as from professional association leaders, LexisNexis Consultants, and more.” Compiled by …
News release: “The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency today issued the host state loan-to-deposit ratios that the banking agencies will use to determine compliance with section 109 of the Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act of 1994. …
The Peak Oil Debate, Laurel Graefe, Economic Review, Vol. 94, No. 2, 2009 “For the past half-century, a debate has raged over when “peak oil” will occurthe point at which output can no longer increase and production begins to level off or gradually decline. Determining how long the oil supply will last has become even …
Brookings: Governance Matters 2009: Learning From Over a Decade of the Worldwide Governance Indicators, Daniel Kaufmann, Aart Kraay and Massimo Mastruzzi, June 29, 2009. “The WGI organize and synthesize data, reflecting on the reports and views of tens of thousands of stakeholders worldwide, including respondents to household and firm surveys and experts from nongovernmental organizations, …
WSJ: “U.S. consumers are saving more of their incomes than any time since 1993 — a major shift toward frugality that’s expected to be one of the lasting effects of this deep and lengthy recession.” U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis – Personal Saving Rate, updated Thursday, June 25 2009. LA Times: “Americans’ savings rate jumps, …
News release: “On June 29, 2009, the Federal Reserve will offer $150 billion in 28-day credit through its Term Auction Facility. Additional information regarding the auction is listed below; the auction will be conducted as specified in this announcement, Regulation A, and the terms and conditions of the Term Auction Facility. Related postings on financial …
News release: “The United States added nearly 1 million nonemployer businesses between 2006 and 2007, bringing the total to 21.7 million, the U.S. Census Bureau announced today. This 4.5 percent growth rate is detailed in Nonemployer Statistics: 2007, an annual data series on businesses without paid employees.” Related postings on financial system
“The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) unveiled LEANWorks!, a Website designed to help businesses address obesity. LEAN stands for Leading Employees to Activity and Nutrition…The free Website was developed particularly for small and mid-size companies, which typically have more limited resources to devote to obesity prevention efforts. However, the tools and resources available …
CBO’s Long-Term Model: An Overview, June 2009 “During the past eight years, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has developed a sophisticated long-term microsimulation model known as CBOLT. The agency uses the model to analyze the budgetary and distributional effects of the Social Security program and other federal policies and programs, to evaluate potential reforms to …
Report to the Congress on the Profitability of Credit Card Operations of Depository Institutions Submitted to the Congress pursuant to section 8 of the Fair Credit and Charge Card Disclosure Act of 1988, June 2009: “Analyzes the profitability over time of depository institutions’ credit card activities by examining the performance of larger institutions that specialize …
Human Capital: Actions Needed to Better Track and Provide Timely and Accurate Compensation and Medical Benefits to Deployed Federal Civilians, GAO-09-562, June 26, 2009 The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Critical Infrastructure Protection Cost-Benefit Report, GAO-09-654R, June 26, 2009 Energy Markets: Estimates of the Effects of Mergers and Market Concentration on Wholesale Gasoline Prices, GAO-09-659, …
The Troubled Asset Relief Program: Report on Transactions Through June 17, 2009 – June 2009 “In October 2008, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (Division A of Public Law 110-343) established the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) to enable the Department of the Treasury to promote stability in financial markets through the purchase and …
