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News release: “The U.S. Census Bureau today released a 2010 Census brief, The Asian Population: 2010 [PDF], that shows the Asian population grew faster than any other race group over the last decade. The population that identified as Asian, either alone or in combination with one or more other races, grew by 45.6 percent from …
Corporation for Travel Promotion – Establishment and Planned Programmatic Activities, GAO-12-485R, Mar 21, 2012 Debt Management – Buybacks Can Enhance Treasury’s Capacity to Manage under Changing Market Conditions [Reissued on March 21, 2012], GAO-12-314, Mar 7, 2012 Defense Headquarters – Further Efforts to Examine Resource Needs and Improve Data Could Provide Additional Opportunities for Cost …
Federal Reserve Bank of New York – Jason Bram and James Orr “The January Indexes of Coincident Economic Indicators (CEIs) for New York State, New York City, and New Jersey, released today, show fairly robust economic growth entering 2012. Importantly, this months release incorporates the annual benchmark employment revisions for 2010 and 2011, with the …
CBO – Status of Discretionary Appropriations: FY 2012 Senate
“In March 2012, Chairman Ben S. Bernanke will deliver a four-part lecture series about the Federal Reserve and the financial crisis that emerged in 2007. The series begins with a lecture on the origins and missions of central banks, followed by a lecture that will discuss the role and actions of the Federal Reserve in …
News release: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed that companies be required to report to EPA all new uses, including in domestic or imported products, of five groups of potentially harmful chemicals. Over the years, these chemicals have been used in a range of consumer products and industrial applications, including paints, printing inks, pigments …
News release: “The Internal Revenue Service today opened the 2012 tax filing season by announcing that taxpayers have until April 17 to file their tax returns. The IRS encourages taxpayers to e-file as it is the best way to ensure accurate tax returns and get faster refunds. The IRS also announced a number of improvements …
CRS – Pakistan: U.S. Foreign Aid Conditions, Restrictions, and Reporting Requirements, Susan B. Epstein- Specialist in Foreign Policy, K. Alan Kronstadt, Specialist in South Asian Affairs – January 5, 2012 “The 112th Congress continues to debate levels of U.S. assistance to Pakistan in light of signs that Pakistan may not be a fully willing and …
News release: “The Federal Reserve System on Tuesday released the 2011 combined annual comparative financial statements for the Federal Reserve Banks, as well as for the 12 individual Federal Reserve Banks, the limited liability companies (LLCs) that were created to respond to strains in financial markets, and the Board of Governors. These financial statements are …
News release: “The first of two Notices of Proposed Rulemaking would implement section 210(c)(16) of the Dodd-Frank Act, which permits the FDIC as receiver for a failed SIFI to enforce and prevent termination of the contracts of the institution’s subsidiaries or affiliates. The second would make limited clarifications and definitional changes to the deposit insurance …
Aviation Safety – FAA Has An Opportunity to Enhance Safety and Improve Oversight of Initial Pilot Training, GAO-12-537T, Mar 20, 2012 Homeland Security – DHS Needs Better Project Information and Coordination among Four Overlapping Grant Programs, GAO-12-303, Feb 28, 2012 Joint Strike Fighter – Restructuring Added Resources and Reduced Risk, but Concurrency Is Still a …
“The Division of Risk, Strategy, and Financial Innovation has completed an analysis of single-name credit default swap transaction and position activity. The first analysis is based on a sample of all new, risk transfer, dollar-adjusted, gold record transactions in both corporate and sovereign single-name credit default swaps (CDS) submitted to the Depository Trust and Clearing …
