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An Analysis of Faculty Instructional and Grant-based Productivity at The University of Texas at Austin – Marc A. Musick, Associate Dean for Student Affairs,, College of Liberal Arts, Professor of Sociology, November 2011: “As a university of the first class, UT Austin boasts rankings that put it among the best public research universities in the …
News release: “The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that the agency filed a record 735 enforcement actions in the fiscal year that ended September 30. This record number includes many cases involving highly complex products, transactions, and market practices, including those related to the financial crisis as well as insider trading by market professionals…In …
A Gold Rush of Subsidies in the Search for Clean Energy: “Renewable energy has received exceptional help from the government, mostly as part of the 2009 stimulus bill. That is ending, but some say it has been unnecessary.” Graphic Graphic: Stacking Clean Energy Subsidies Document – Solar and Wind Power Generation Projects With Department of …
“FHFA Acting Director Edward J. DeMarco responded to a letter from numerous U.S. Senators [Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs – with a hearing scheduled for November 15, 2011] regarding executive compensation at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Attached is the text of the letter…Losses at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) have …
Office of Finance Announces Preliminary Unaudited Third Quarter 2011 Combined Operating Highlights for the Federal Home Loan Banks “These highlights are prepared from the unaudited financial information of each Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLBank) and are subject to change. This announcement contains unaudited individual and combined FHLBank balance sheet and income statement highlights as of …
Follow up to related postings on Marcellus Shale and fracking, news that “the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board Subcommittee (SEAB) on Shale Gas Production released its second and final ninety-day report reviewing the progress that has been made in implementing the twenty recommendations in its initial report of August 18, 2011. The Subcommittee was tasked …
News release: “According to the 2011 National Gang Threat Assessment released by the National Gang Intelligence Center (NGIC), approximately 1.4 million gang members belonging to more than 33,000 gangs were criminally active in the U.S. as of April, 2011. The assessment was developed through analysis of available federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement and …
News release: “According to information released today by the FBI, 56 law enforcement officers were feloniously killed in the line of duty last year; 72 officers died in accidents while performing their duties; and 53,469 officers were assaulted in the line of duty. The 2010 edition of Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted…provides comprehensive tabular …
Tax Reform Options: Promoting Retirement Security by Jack VanDerhei, Employee Benefit Research Institute: “Currently, the combination of worker and employer contributions in a defined contribution plan is capped by the federal tax code at the lesser of $49,000 per year or 100 percent of a workers compensation (participants over age 50 can made additional catch-up …
News release: “Fifty-one percent of working women who had their first birth between 2006 and 2008 received paid leave (i.e. maternity leave, sick leave, vacation) compared with 42 percent between 1996 and 2000, according to a report released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. This finding comes from Maternity Leave and Employment Patterns of First-Time …
“The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has publicly released the transcripts of President Richard Nixon’s Watergate grand jury testimony. In collaboration with the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), the collection has been released on FDsys. This collection has been made public as a result of the July 29, 2011 order by Chief Judge of …
Dodd-Frank Act Regulations: Implementation Could Benefit from Additional Analyses and Coordination, GAO-12-151, Nov 10, 2011 Financial Audit: IRS’s Fiscal Years 2011 and 2010 Financial Statements, GAO-12-165, Nov 10, 2011 Financial Audit: Office of Financial Stability (Troubled Asset Relief Program) Fiscal Years 2011 and 2010 Financial Statements, GAO-12-169, Nov 10, 2011 Medicaid: Prototype Formula Would Provide …
