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CRS – Border Security: Immigration Enforcement Between Ports of Entry, Marc R. Rosenblum, Specialist in Immigration Policy. January 6, 2012 ‘Border enforcement is a core element of the Department of Homeland Securitys (DHSs) effort to control illegal migration, with the U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) within the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) as the …
Proposed Keystone XL Pipeline: Legal Issues, January 23, 2012 “In 2008, TransCanada Corp. applied for a presidential permit from the State Department to construct and operate an oil pipeline across the U.S.-Canada border in a project known as Keystone XL. The Keystone XL pipeline would transport oil produced from oil sands in Alberta, Canada, to …
Surveillance of Demographic Characteristics and Health Behaviors Among Adult Cancer Survivors Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, United States, 2009 – MMWR / January 20, 2012 / Vol. 61 / No. 1 “A cancer survivor is a person who has received a diagnosis of cancer, from the time of diagnosis throughout the person’s life (13). …
Tax Revenue Keeps Rising, But Growth Again Ticks Downward – Thirty-Six States Were Still Below Peak Collection Levels in FY 2011 Overall State Taxes and Local Taxes: “Total state tax collections as well as collections from two major sources taxes on sales and personal income showed growth for the seventh consecutive quarter in …
American Bankers Association And State Bankers Associations Regulatory Feedback Initiative, Banker Reports on Recent Bank Examination Experiences For the Calendar Year 2011, Summary Report. January 25, 2012 “Bankers regulatory examination experiences in 2011 can best be described as “mixed,” according to a report released yesterday on the ABA-state bankers associations Regulatory Feedback Initiative.” Since June …
News release: “The world faces the urgent challenge of creating 600 million productive jobs over the next decade in order to generate sustainable growth and maintain social cohesion, according to the annual report on global employment by the International Labour Organization (ILO). After three years of continuous crisis conditions in global labour markets and against …
Arlington National Cemetery – Actions Taken and Steps Remaining to Address Contracting and Management Challenges, GAO-12-374T, January 25, 2012 Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Risk Assessments – DHS Should Establish More Specific Guidance for Their Use, GAO-12-272, January 25, 2012 Defense Health – Coordinating Authority Needed for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury Activities, GAO-12-154, …
“The 2012 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map is the standard by which gardeners and growers can determine which plants are most likely to thrive at a location. The map is based on the average annual minimum winter temperature, divided into 10-degree F zones. For the first time, the map is available as an interactive GIS-based …
Blueprint for an America Built to Last, January 25, 2012, President Obama. Key points: A Nation Where Everyone Gets a Fair Shot, Does Their Fair Share, and Plays by the Same Set of Rules A Blueprint to Create New Jobs Here in America, Discourage Outsourcing, and Encourage Insourcing A Blueprint To Give Hard-Working, Responsible Americans …
Public Priorities: Deficit Rising, Terrorism Slipping – January 23, 2012: “The new poll finds that the federal budget deficit stands out as the fastest growing policy priority for Americans, largely because of growing Republican concerns about the issue. In the national survey, conducted Jan. 11-16 among 1,502 adults, 69% rate reducing the budget deficit as …
Congressional Record President’s State of the Union Address, January 24, 2012 (PDF) “Each time I look at that flag, Im reminded that our destiny is stitched together like those 50 stars and those 13 stripes. No one built this country on their own. This Nation is great because we built it together. This Nation is …
Presidential Signing Statements: Constitutional and Institutional Implications – Todd Garvey, Legislative Attorney. January 4, 2012 “Presidential signing statements are official pronouncements issued by the President contemporaneously to the signing of a bill into law that, in addition to commenting on the law generally, have been used to forward the Presidents interpretation of the statutory language; …
