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Recovery.gov: “President Obama and Transportation Secretary LaHood have announced that $27 billion in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds are headed to states to provide critical repairs to our nation’s crumbling roads and bridges. Parts of the allocation are set aside to make sure that urban, suburban, and rural areas alike all get a …
U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner Written Testimony – As Prepared for Delivery to the Committee on Ways and Means:…”What I propose to do in the remarks that follow is to: Describe the economic and financial challenges that greeted us upon our arrival in office, and discuss how we are addressing them; Lay out the intermediate …
Estimated Macroeconomic Impacts of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, March 2, 2009. Letter to the Honorable Charles E. Grassley. Difference Between Potential GDP in CBOs Baseline and Actual GDP Without and With the Impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Pct. difference in 4th qtr. of each yr.) “By …
News release: “In carrying out the Financial Stability Plan, the Department of the Treasury and the Federal Reserve Board are announcing the launch of the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF), a component of the Consumer and Business Lending Initiative (CBLI). The TALF has the potential to generate up to $1 trillion of lending for …
Defense Acquisitions: DOD Must Balance Its Needs with Available Resources and Follow an Incremental Approach to Acquiring Weapon Systems, GAO-09-431T, March 03, 2009 Defense Management: DOD Needs to Increase Attention on Fuel Demand Management at Forward-Deployed Locations, GAO-09-300, February 20, 2009 Defense Management: Increased Attention on Fuel Demand Management at DOD’s Forward-Deployed Locations Could Reduce …
OIG-09-23 – National Communications System’s Management of 2005 Gulf Coast Hurricanes Mission Assignment Funding (PDF, 36 pages) OIG-09-24 – Effectiveness of TSA’s Surface Transportation Security Inspectors (PDF, 41 pages)
DOT/OIG Report on Enhancing the Federal Railroad Administrations Oversight of Track Safety Inspections, February 24, 2009, Project ID: CR-2009-038 “Summary: Our report found that FRAs safety regulations for internal rail flaw testing did not require the railroads to report the specific track locationsmilepost numbers or track milestested during these types of inspections. We also found …
News release: “The Department of Justice today released two previously undisclosed Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) memoranda and seven previously undisclosed opinions…The two memoranda memorialized that certain legal propositions in ten OLC opinions issued between 2001 and 2003 no longer reflected the views of OLC and “should not be treated as authoritative for any purpose.” …
News release: “House Committees on Science and Technology, Education and Labor, Transportation and Infrastructure, and the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming are the first four Congressional Committees to join Twitter. These Committees use Twitter as a new tool to reach their audience and ensure transparency between the government and the public.” House …
How Much Will This Program Really Cost? GAO Issues First-of-Its-Kind Cost Estimating Guide to Answer Such Questions, March 2, 2009 “Developed with input from industry experts as well as federal officials, the 436-page Cost Estimating and Assessment Guide lays out a multi-step process for developing high-quality, trustworthy cost estimates; explains how to manage program costs …
NASA: Assessments of Selected Large-Scale Projects, GAO-09-306SP, March 02, 2009 GAO Cost Estimating and Assessment Guide: Best Practices for Developing and Managing Capital Program Costs, GAO-09-3SP, March 02, 2009 Nuclear Detection: Domestic Nuclear Detection Office Should Improve Planning to Better Address Gaps and Vulnerabilities, GAO-09-257, January 29, 2009 Dietary Supplements: FDA Should Take Further Actions …
Estimates of the Unauthorized Immigrant Population Residing in the United States: January 2008 (PDF, 7 pages): “This report provides estimates of the unauthorized immigrant population residing in the United States as of January 2008 for periods of entry and leading countries of birth and states of residence. The Foreign-born Component of the Uninsured Population (PDF, …
