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USA Today: “For three years, the investigative arm of Congress has seen its staff dwindle in size. Now, the agency is getting a $25 million infusion of cash from the stimulus bill signed by President Obama last month to hire investigators, auditors and others to track hundreds of billions of dollars in federal spending to …
“On February 26, 2009, the National Surface Transportation Infrastructure Financing Commission released its Final Report, Paying Our Way: A New Framework for Transportation Finance. See also the Executive Summary. The Financing Commission offers a roadmap for sweeping reform of the nations transportation infrastructure funding and finance framework. The Commission offers specific recommendations for increasing investment …
HUD Information Related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) HUD Implementation of the Recovery Act Community Development Block Grant Project-Based Rental Assistance Lead Hazard Reduction/Healthy Homes Homelessness Prevention Fund Tax Credit Assistance Program Public Housing Capital Fund – Formula Funding Allocations by State Transparency and Accountability Guidelines Related postings on …
DOE Information Related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 EPA Information Related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) National Conference of State Legislatures Summary on Human Services Provisions Recovery.gov: State Recovery Sites and State Certifications and Agency Recovery Sites – “Many state websites [and different agencies and …
Workforce Management: “Employers would be prohibited from making hiring, firing and other personnel decisions on the basis of workers genetic predisposition to a disease under rules to be proposed this week by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The proposals, which are open for public comment over the next two months, also would bar employers from …
Options for Deploying Missile Defenses in Europe, February 2009 “This Congressional Budget Office (CBO) study prepared at the request of the Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committees Strategic Forces Subcommittee examines the cost and potential defensive capability of the proposed European Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system. It also explores …
“The Federal Trade Commission released the list of top consumer complaints received by the agency in 2008. The list, contained in the publication Consumer Sentinel Network Data Book for January-December 2008, showed that for the ninth year in a row, identity theft was the number one consumer complaint category. Of 1,223,370 complaints received in 2008, …
“The Quarterly Banking Profile (QPB) is a quarterly publication that provides the earliest comprehensive summary of financial results for all FDIC-insured institutions.” Report Date: December 31, 2008, released February 26, 2009 Complete QBP: “Expenses associated with rising loan losses and declining asset values overwhelmed revenues in the fourth quarter of 2008, producing a net loss …
Remarks of President Barack Obama Weekly Address Saturday, February 28, 2009 Washington, DC: “In the Weekly Address this morning, President Obama explains how the budget he sent to Congress will fulfill the promises he made as a candidate. On fiscal responsibility, a fair tax code, a clean energy economy, real health care reform, and education, …
EPIC: “Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano testified before the House Committees on Homeland Security, and said that DHS plans to connect governmental databases containing personal information, expand the government’s employment tracking system, promote passenger screening, use e-passports, employ watchlists and utilize contactless identity verification cards. EPIC has opposed Fusion Centers, the E-Verify program and the …
News release: “Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) has announced three witnesses for a hearing scheduled Wednesday, March 4, on Getting to the Truth Through a Nonpartisan Commission of Inquiry. Leahy has proposed establishing a nonpartisan commission to examine past national security policies. Leahy has invited three witnesses to testify at the hearing: Thomas …
Report: Green Jobs – A Pathway to a Strong Middle Class, Staff of the Middle Class Task Force for Vice President Joseph Biden “The White House Task Force on the Middle Class has a simple mandate: to find, highlight, and implement solutions to the economic challenges facing the American middle class…There are many reasons for …
