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An Analysis of the Navy’s Amphibious Warfare Ships for Deploying Marines Overseas – November 18, 2011 “A force of 33 ships represents a fiscally constrained compromise from the Marine Corps objective of having 38 amphibious ships. That 38-ship goal represents the number of ships the Navy and Marine Corps would like to have in the …
News release: “The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve Board (FRB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), and National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) (the Prudential Regulators), and the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (CFPB) (collectively, the Agencies), are issuing this Supervisory Statement to provide clarity and transparency on how and when the …
“This brief, based on 2010 American Community Survey estimates, examines patterns of science and engineering educational attainment among the foreign-born population, with attainment of specific science and engineering degree types by place of birth and sex, as well as metropolitan statistical area. It also compares attainment of such degrees by the foreign-born and native-born populations. …
The macrofinancial implications of alternative configurations for access to central counterparties in OTC derivatives markets, Committee on the Global Financial System Publications No 46, November 2011 “The G-20 leaders’ commitment that all standardised over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives will be centrally cleared by the end of 2012 is intended to increase the safety and resilience of the …
“This brief, based on the 2010 American Community Survey, examines differences in the characteristics of the newly arrived foreign-born based on whether they arrived before 2005, from 2005 to 2007, or 2008 and later. The brief notes trends in population size, world region/country of birth and geographic distribution in the United States. Highlights: Among the …
Business Employment Dynamics Summary, First Quarter 2011: “From December 2010 to March 2011 the number of gross job gains from opening and expanding private sector establishments was 6.3 million, a decrease of 671,000 jobs compared to the previous quarter, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the same period, gross job losses from …
DHS Research and Development: Science and Technology Directorate’s Test and Evaluation and Reorganization Efforts, GAO-12-239T, Nov 17, 2011 Environmental Protection Agency: Actions Needed to Improve Planning, Coordination, and Leadership of EPA Laboratories, GAO-12-236T, Nov 17, 2011 Higher Education: Use of New Data Could Help Improve Oversight of Distance Education, GAO-12-39, Nov 17, 2011 Key Controls …
New release: This brief, “based on the 2009 and 2010 American Community Survey, compares national- and state-level child poverty rates for all children and for children by race group and Hispanic origin for each state and the District of Columbia. Highlights: More than 15 million U.S. children ages 0 to 17 lived in poverty in …
News release: “This brief, based on the 2009 and 2010 American Community Survey estimates, examines changes at the state level in receipt of food stamps/SNAP between 2009 and 2010. Highlights: In 2010, 13.6 million households reported receiving food stamp/SNAP benefits during the past 12 months. The state with the highest food stamp/SNAP participation was Oregon …
Acquisition Workforce – DOD’s Efforts to Rebuild Capacity Have Shown Some Progress, GAO-12-232T, November 16, 2011 Climate Change Adaptation – Federal Efforts to Provide Information Could Help Government Decision Making, GAO-12-238T, November 16, 2011 Haiti Reconstruction, Factors Contributing to Delays in USAID Infrastructure Construction, GAO-12-68, November 16, 2011 Suspension and Debarment, Some Agency Programs Need …
News release: “The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) finished fiscal year 2011 with a ten percent decrease in its pending charge inventorythe first such reduction since 2002, achieved the highest ever monetary amounts through administrative enforcement, and received a record number of charges of discrimination, the agency reported in its annual Performance and Accountability …
“In this document, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (“the Committee”) provides responses to interpretive issues regarding the Revisions to the Basel II market risk framework (“the Revisions”) and the Guidelines for computing capital for incremental risk in the trading book (“the IRC Guidelines”). Updated versions of this document will be published on the Committee’s …
