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News release: “The Office of the Federal Register has created an Electronic Public Inspection Desk to provide free worldwide electronic access to public documents. For the first time in the 72-year existence of the daily Federal Register, the documents on file are available for viewing anytime, anywhere. Every Federal business day, anyone with access to …
News release: “EPA is seeking comments on its proposed guidelines to control the discharge of pollutants from construction sites. The proposal would require all construction sites to implement erosion and sediment control best management practices to reduce pollutants in stormwater discharges.” “We are proposing effluent limitations guidelines (ELGs) and new source performance standards (NSPS) to …
OMB: Federal Agencies Achieve Historic Milestones in Financial Reporting (November 19, 2008) “In Fiscal Year 2008, Federal agencies achieved unprecedented results in their ongoing efforts to improve the timeliness and reliability of government financial reporting. Federal agencies achieved these results by having the right people, processes, and technology in place to account for taxpayer dollars …
News release: “Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senate Appropriation Committee Chairman Robert C. Byrd today unveiled a $100.3 billion economic recovery package that will create hundreds of thousands of jobs, support a struggling auto industry and help families hurting in this flagging economy.” Reid Byrd Economic Recovery Package Explanatory Statement: “In response to higher …
“The Privacy Act Issuances contain descriptions of Federal agency systems of records maintained on individuals and rules agencies follow to assist individuals who request information about their records. The two sources of Privacy Act Notices are: the Privacy Act Issuances (Compilations 1995-Forward) and the Federal Register which has updates to the most recent Compilation.” Browse …
Interim Assistant Secretary Neel Kashkari, November 19, 2008: “…The EESA is not an economic stimulus plan, nor is it an economic growth plan. It was designed to stabilize the financial system. Today, the LIBOR-OIS spread has fallen 238 basis points from its peak to 100 basis points. We believe the combined actions of Treasury, the …
New Member Pictorial Directory: 111th Congress – View images of the new members of the 111th Congress.
News release: “The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the South1 declined 1.2 percent in October to 210.108 (1982-84=100), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Sheila Watkins, the Bureaus regional commissioner, noted that this was the largest one-month decline since monthly reporting began in January …
Department of Homeland Security: A Strategic Approach Is Needed to Better Ensure the Acquisition Workforce Can Meet Mission Needs, GAO-09-30, November 19, 2008 Mandate on the Department of Defense’s Contract Award Procedures for Directed Spending Items, GAO-09-113R, November 19, 2008 State and Local Fiscal Challenges: Rising Health Care Costs Drive Long-term and Immediate Pressures, GAO-09-210T, …
New release: “To help provide reliable sources of health information to seniors and their family members, caregivers, and friends, the Federal Trade Commission has developed a new booklet and Web site. Who Cares: Sources of Information About Health Care Products and Services, online, urges older consumers to discuss their health-related decisions with doctors and other …
News release: “The combined global land and ocean surface average temperature for October 2008 was the second warmest since records began in 1880, according to a preliminary analysis by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations (NOAA) National Climatic Data Center. NOAA understands and predicts changes in the Earth’s environment, from the depths of the ocean …
News release: U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez spoke about the importance of tradeand its role in ensuring our nations future prosperity at a Small Business Administration (SBA) trade symposium. Exports were $1 trillion in 2001. At present rates, Americas exports will be approaching $2 trillion this year and exports account for essentially all the …
