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“Treasury today released the sixth and final in a series of papers on Social Security. Issue Brief No. 6 is entitled Social Security Reform: Work Incentives.” “This issue brief on Social Security reform discusses Social Securitys effect on work incentives and the implications for reform. Social Security discourages work effort in much the same way …
News release: “The Federal Trade Commission today announced the second in a series of public hearings exploring the evolving market for intellectual property (IP). These hearings, to be held February 11 and 12, 2009 in Washington, DC, will examine remedies for patent infringement…The February 11 hearing will address patent damages, including the standards that govern …
News release: “The euro area (EA15) seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 7.8% in November 2008, compared with 7.7% in October3. It was 7.2% in November 2007. The EU27 unemployment rate was 7.2% in November 2008, compared with 7.1% in October. It was 6.9% in November 2007. Eurostat estimates that 17.466 million men and women in the …
Follow up to previous posting, Oversight Committee Holds Hearing on EPA’s New Ozone Standards, this recently released memo from DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel: Assertion of Executive Privilege Over Communications Regarding EPA’s Ozone Air Quality Standards and California’s Greenhouse Gas Waiver Request (June 19, 2008) (added 1/08/09).
News release: “House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-MA) introduced [on January 9, 2009] H.R. 384, the TARP Reform and Accountability Act of 2009, to amend the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP) provisions of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA). The legislation will strengthen accountability, close loopholes, increase transparency, and require Treasury …
“Protected Person” Status in Occupied Iraq Under the Fourth Geneva Convention (March 18, 2004) (added 1/08/09) Status of Taliban Forces Under Article 4 of the Third Geneva Convention OF 1949 (February 7, 2002) (added 1/08/09) Authority of the President Under Domestic and International Law to Use Military Force Against Iraq (October 23, 2002) (added 1/08/09) …
Monthly Budget Review, January 2009: Based on the Monthly Treasury Statement for November and the Daily Treasury Statements for December. “CBO estimates that the Treasury Department will report a federal budget deficit of $485 billion for the first quarter of fiscal year 2009, $378 billion higher than in the same period last year. That figure …
The Job Impact of the American Recovery and Investment Plan, released January 10, 2009 – by Christina Romer and Jared Bernstein. “A key goal enunciated by the President-Elect concerning the American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan is that it should save or create at least 3 million jobs by the end of 2010. For this reason, …
Remarks of President-Elect Barack Obama, Radio Address, Saturday, January 10, 2008, Washington, DC We start this new year in the midst of an economic crisis unlike any we have seen in our lifetime. We learned yesterday that in the past month alone, we lost more than half a million jobs a total of nearly …
Defense Business Transformation: Status of Department of Defense Efforts to Develop a Management Approach to Guide Business Transformation, GAO-09-272R, January 9, 2009 Information Security: Continued Efforts Needed to Address Significant Weaknesses at IRS, GAO-09-136, January 9, 2009 Research and Development: DOE Could Enhance the Project Selection Process for Government Oil and Natural Gas Research, GAO-09-186, …
News release: “Unemployment (Household Survey Data) – In December, the number of unemployed persons increased by 632,000 to 11.1 million and the unemployment rate rose to 7.2 percent. Since the start of the recession in December 2007, the number of unemployed persons has grown by 3.6 million, and the unemployment rate has risen by 2.3 …
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, The Financial Crisis: A Timeline of Events and Policy Actions (PDF) and graphical version. “The Federal Reserve and other agencies have taken many steps to contain the ongoing financial crisis and limit its impact on the broader economy. It is critically important that we clearly communicate our actions to …
