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Housing Landscape 2012 – An Annual Look at the Housing Affordability Challenges of Americas Working Households by Laura Williams, February 2012 “This report focuses on housing affordability for working households. For the purposes of this report, working households are those that worked at least 20 hours per week, on average, and had a household income …
“In anticipation of the April 2 release of 1940 Census records from the National Archives, the U.S. Census Bureau is launching a new page on its website. Strict confidentiality laws ensure that census records are only unsealed after 72 years have passed, so genealogists, historians and researchers have waited with great eagerness for this release. …
Defined Benefit Pension Plans – Recent Developments Highlight Challenges of Hedge Fund and Private Equity Investing, GAO-12-324, Feb 16, 2012 Electronic Waste – Actions Needed to Provide Assurance That Used Federal Electronics Are Disposed of in an Environmentally Responsible Manner, GAO-12-74, Feb 17, 2012 K-12 Education School-Based Physical Education and Sports Programs, GAO-12-350, Feb 29, …
The 2012 Retirement Confidence Survey: Job Insecurity, Debt Weigh on Retirement Confidence, Savings, March 2012, Employee Benefit Research Institute “Americans confidence in their ability to retire comfortably is stagnant at historically low levels. Just 14 percent are very confident they will have enough money to live comfortably in retirement (statistically equivalent to the low of …
CRS: Congressional Oversight of Agency Public Communications: Implications of Agency New Media Use, Kevin R. Kosar, Analyst in American National Government, March 14, 2012 This report intends to assist Congress in its oversight of executive branch agencies public communications. Here, public communications refers to agency communications that are directed to the public. Many, and perhaps …
Light Manufacturing in Africa “Is there potential for Sub-Saharan Africa to compete in global manufacturing? This study draws on innovative analytical research to show that Sub-Saharan Africa could become competitive in light manufacturing and create millions of productive jobs in the process. Comparisons are made with Asian countries to benchmark Africa’s potential. A focused and …
News releases: “The Internal Revenue Service has launched a new online search tool, Exempt Organizations Select Check, to help users more easily find key information about tax-exempt organizations, such as federal tax status and filings. Users can now go to one location on IRS.gov, select a tax-exempt organization, and check if the organization: Is eligible …
“The State Integrity Investigation is a $1.5 million public collaboration designed to expose practices that undermine trust in state capitols — and spotlight the states that are doing things right. The State Integrity Investigation is an unprecedented, data-driven analysis of each states laws and practices that deter corruption and promote accountability and openness. Experienced journalists …
Energy in Brief – What everyone should know about energy “How can we compare or add up our energy consumption? To compare or aggregate energy consumption across different energy sources like oil, natural gas, and electricity, we must use a common unit of measure. This is similar to calculating your food energy intake by adding …
China 2030 – Building a Modern, Harmonious, and Creative High-Income Society, The World Bank Development Research Center of the State Council, the Peoples Republic of China “Chinas economic performance over the past 30 years has been remarkable. It is a unique development success story, providing valuable lessons for other countries seeking to emulate this successlessons …
Immigrant Workers in the U.S. Labor Force: “Debates about illegal immigration, border security, skill levels of workers, unemployment, job growth and competition, and entrepreneurship all rely, to some extent, on perceptions of immigrants role in the U.S. labor market. These views are often shaped as much by politics and emotion as by facts. To better …
The Effect of TARP on Bank Risk-Taking, Lamont Black and Lieu Hazelwood. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, International Finance Discussion, IFDP 1043, March 2012 “One of the largest responses of the U.S. government to the recent financial crisis was the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). TARP was originally intended to stabilize the …
