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Where is your money going? “The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act targets investments towards key areas that will save or create good jobs immediately, while also laying the groundwork for long-term economic growth. The charts and numbers below give you an idea of where the money is going. Over the upcoming months, we will provide …
Government Printing Office: Issues Faced in Obtaining a New Facility, GAO-09-392R, February 20, 2009
OIG-09-20 – Independent Review of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Reporting of FY 2008 Drug Control Performance Summary Report (PDF, 17 pages) OIG-09-19 – Independent Review of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Reporting of FY 2008 Drug Control Obligations (PDF, 8 pages)
“The National Infrastructure Protection Plan provides the unifying structure for the integration of a wide range of efforts for the enhanced protection and resiliency of the nation’s critical infrastructure and key resources (CIKR) into a single national program. The overarching goal of the NIPP is to build a safer, more secure, and more resilient America …
The Economic Crisis and the Fiscal Crisis: 2009 and Beyond – Alan J. Auerbach, William G. Gale, February 19, 2009 “This paper discusses the impact of recent tumultuous economic events and policy interventions on the Federal fiscal picture for the immediate future and for the longer run. In 2009, the federal deficit will be larger …
Presentations By The Acting Comptroller General: GAO’s Work on Today’s High Risk Issues and Long-Term Challenges, by Gene L. Dodaro, acting comptroller general, before the Arizona Society of CPAs, in Phoenix, Arizona. GAO-09-382CG, February 6, 2009 Challenges Facing the New Administration and the 111th Congress, by Gene L. Dodaro, acting comptroller general, before the AGA …
D-2009-054 Identification of Classified Information in Unclassified DoD Systems During the Audit of Internal Controls and Data Reliability in the Deployable Disbursing System, February 17, 2009 (Project No. D2007-D000FL-0252.000) “This is the first in a series of report on our audit of Internal Controls and Data Reliability in the Deployable Disbursing System (DDS). The audit …
Principles of Federal Appropriations Law: Third Edition, Volume III (898 pages, PDF): “Our objective in Principles is to present a basic reference work covering those areas of law in which the Comptroller General issues decisions, using text discussion with specific legal authorities to illustrate the principles discussed, their application, and exceptions. As we noted in …
Annex U.S.- Canada clean energy dialogue, 19 February 2009, Ottawa, Ontario: “…The United States and Canada are collaborating on energy research related to advanced biofuels, clean engines, and energy efficiency. In order to address the energy and environmental challenges that we face together, the two nations agreed to expand collaboration in these and other …
News release: “The U.S. Small Business Administration issued a scam alert today to small businesses, warning them not to respond to letters falsely claiming to have been sent by the SBA asking for bank account information in order to qualify them for federal tax rebates. The fraudulent letters were sent out with what appears to …
News release: “UBS AG, Switzerlands largest bank, has entered into a deferred prosecution agreement on charges of conspiring to defraud the United States by impeding the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the Justice Department announced today. As part of the deferred prosecution agreement and in an unprecedented move, UBS, based on an order by the Swiss …
R40224, Troubled Asset Relief Program and Foreclosures, February 17, 2009 “Increasing foreclosure rates and problems in financial markets are some of the issues addressed in the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (P.L. 110-343), which created the Troubled Asset Relief Plan (TARP). The law authorized $700 billion in spending. The initial $350 billion was appropriated. …
