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OMB Watch: Safeguarding the Publics Health and Safety: The Presidents FY 2013 Public Protections Funding Requests, February 17, 2012 “When public agencies are effective and responsive, the protections they afford to the American people are largely invisible. Americans have largely forgotten the bad old days before there were meat inspectors, toy inspectors, workplace safety standards, …
2012 Economic Report of the President: “The Economic Report of the President is an annual report written by the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers. It overviews the nation’s economic progress using text and extensive data appendices. The Economic Report of the President is transmitted to Congress no later than ten days after the …
Information Technology – Departments of Defense and Energy Need to Address Potentially Duplicative Investments, GAO-12-241, Feb 17, 2012 Information Technology Potentially Duplicative Investments Exist at the Departments of Defense and Energy, GAO-12-462T, Feb 17, 2012 Measuring Performance – The Corporation for National and Community Service Faces Challenges Demonstrating Outcomes, GAO-12-310, Feb 17, 2012 Unemployment Insurance …
News release: “The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today announced a proposed rule to include debt collectors and consumer reporting agencies under its nonbank supervision program. This would mark the first time these important and far-reaching consumer financial market participants are subject to federal supervision.”
“The Bipartisan Policy Centers (BPC) National Security Project released its fourth report on Irans nuclear development urging the United States to immediately adopt a triple-track strategy that simultaneously pursues diplomacy, tough sanctions and credible, visible preparations for military action on the part of the United States or Israel. According to the report, Meeting the Challenge: …
News release: “The delinquency rate for mortgage loans on one-to-four-unit residential properties decreased to a seasonally adjusted rate of 7.58 percent of all loans outstanding as of the end of the fourth quarter of 2011, a decrease of 41 basis points from the third quarter of 2011, and a decrease of 67 basis points from …
News release: “The Federal Trade Commission today issued a staff report showing the results of a survey of mobile apps for children. The survey shows that neither the app stores nor the app developers provide the information parents need to determine what data is being collected from their children, how it is being shared, or …
Understanding and Responding to Persistently High Unemployment: “The rate of unemployment in the United States has exceeded 8 percent since February 2009, and CBO projects that it will remain above 8 percent until 2014. Slack demand for goods and services is the primary reason for the persistently high levels of unemployment observed today. When demand …
Air Traffic Control Modernization – Management Challenges Associated with Program Costs and Schedules Could Hinder NextGen Implementation, GAO-12-223, February 16, 2012 National Nuclear Security Administration Observations on NNSA’s Management and Oversight of the Nuclear Security Enterprise, GAO-12-473T, February 16, 2012 Energy – Safety Effects of Less Prescriptive Requirements for Low-Stress Natural Gas Transmission Pipelines Are …
“The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) have reviewed the conference agreement for H.R. 3630, the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, as posted on the Web site of the House Committee on Rules on February 16, 2012. The attached table provides CBOs …
“The Congress directed CBO to review the modeling techniques that the military services use to generate their budget request for activities associated with operational readiness. CBO focused on identifying models used to inform the operating forces portion of the services’ base budgets for operation and maintenance. CBO included only those models used at the services’ …
Follow up to postings on driving distractions and texting, this news: “U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced the first-ever federally proposed guidelines to encourage automobile manufacturers to limit the distraction risk for in-vehicle electronic devices. The proposed voluntary guidelines would apply to communications, entertainment, information gathering and navigation devices or functions that are not …
