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Interagency Task Force on Commodity Markets, Interim Report on Crude Oil, Washington D.C., July 2008. “The prices of crude oil and other commodities have become a key concern of consumers, businesses, and policymakers in the United States and abroad. In light of the challenges posed by high commodity prices, several Federal agencies are engaged in …
Technological Change, Financial Innovation, and Diffusion in Banking, W. Scott Frame and Lawrence J. White, Working Paper 2009-10, March 2009 “This paper discusses the technological change and financial innovation that commercial banking has experienced during the past twenty-five years. The paper first describes the role of the financial system in economies and how technological change …
GPO has released the agency’s FY 2008 annual report entitled, GPO Sustainable Environmental Stewardship: Good Business. Good Government.
News release: “A recent drinking water needs survey will help EPA determine the distribution formula for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) grants for the fiscal years 2010 through 2013 budgets. The assessment documents anticipated costs for repairs and replacement of transmission and distribution pipes, storage and treatment equipment, and projects that are necessary to …
U.S. Department of Labor: “A Chartbook Of International Labor Comparisons (March 2009) focuses on the labor market situation in selected countries for the most recent year available; some charts also show trends.” “This chartbook focuses on the labor market situation in selected countries for the most recent year available; some charts also show trends. Charts …
U.S. Legal Permanent Residents: 2008 – “This report provides information on the number and characteristics of persons who became legal permanent residents during fiscal year 2008.” Data on Legal Permanent Residents – “Access data on immigrants who became legal permanent residents in fiscal year 2008 by class of admission, country of birth, state of residence, …
White House: A New Strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan White Paper of the Interagency Policy Group’s Report on U.S. Policy toward Afghanistan and Pakistan President Obama’s Afghanistan-Pakistan (AFPAK) Strategy March 27, 2009, FPC Briefing, General James Jones, National Security Advisor, Foreign Press Center, Washington, DC
An Assessment of the Potential Effects of the Reductions in Medicare’s Payment Rates for Physicians Called for Under Current Law, March 27, 2009 Letter to the Honorable John M. Spratt Jr.: “This letter responds to your request for an assessment of the potential effects of the substantial across-the-board reductions in Medicares payment rates for physicians …
“Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz today issued the FTCs 2009 Annual Report at the American Bar Associations Section of Antitrust Law Spring Meeting in Washington, DC. The FTC in 2009 describes the agencys competition and consumer protection accomplishments since last March. The online version of the report links readers to all source documents, such …
Commercial Vehicle Security: Risk-Based Approach Needed to Secure the Commercial Vehicle Sector, GAO-09-85, February 27, 2009 Ryan White CARE Act: Implementation of the New Minority AIDS Initiative Provisions, GAO-09-315, March 27, 2009
News release: “Vice President Joe Biden and Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, announced today that the federal government will send out $250 economic recovery payments to people who receive Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits beginning in early May 2009 and continuing throughout the month. No action is required to get …
News release: “Our system is wrapped today in extraordinary complexity, but beneath all that, financial systems serve an essential and basic function. Financial institutions and markets transform the earnings and savings of American workers into the loans that finance a home, a new car or a college education. They exist to allocate savings and investment …
