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Financial Stability Issues in Emerging Market and Developing Economies – Report to the G-20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors, October 2011 “At the November 2010 Summit in Seoul, the G20 Leaders asked the FSB, IMF and the World Bank to deliver a report on financial stability issues that are of particular interest to emerging …
Pakistan-U.S. Relations: A Summary. Alan Kronstadt, Specialist in South Asian Affairs, October 20, 2011 “This report summarizes important recent developments in Pakistan and in Pakistan-U.S. relations. Obama Administration engagement with Pakistan has been seriously disrupted by recent events. A brief analysis of the current state of Pakistan-U.S. relations illuminates the main areas of contention and …
Afghanistan Casualties: Military Forces and Civilians – Susan G. Chesser, Information Research Specialist, September 30, 2011 “This report collects statistics from a variety of sources on casualties sustained during Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), which began on October 7, 2001, and is ongoing. OEF actions take place primarily in Afghanistan; however, OEF casualties also includes American …
NYT: “With Election Day just over a year away, a deep sense of economic anxiety and doubt about the future hangs over the nation, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll, with Americans distrust of government at its highest level ever.” Related postings on financial system
Discretionary Spending, October 26, 2011 – Testimony before the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, U.S. Congress “Discretionary outlaysthe part of federal spending that lawmakers generally control through annual appropriation actstotaled about $1.35 trillion in 2011, or close to 40 percent of federal outlays. Slightly more than half of that spending was for defense. The …
Preventing Sexual Harassment: DOD Needs Greater Leadership Commitment and an Oversight Framework, GAO-11-809, Sep 21, 2011 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Actions Needed to Reduce Evolving but Uncertain Federal Financial Risks, GAO-12-86, Oct 24, 2011 Department of Defense: Use of Neurocognitive Assessment Tools in Post-Deployment Identification of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, GAO-12-27R, Oct 24, 2011 Health …
“This report, Analysis of Impacts of a Clean Energy Standard – October 2011 – responds to a request from Chairman Ralph M. Hall for an analysis of the impacts of a Clean Energy Standard (CES). The request, as outlined in the letter included in Appendix A, sets out specific assumptions and scenarios for the study. …
News release: “Customer experience analytics firm ForeSee today released its report on the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) Quarterly E-Government Satisfaction Index, including an analysis of the state of social media in the federal government. ForeSees audit of social media activity in the federal government identified clear themes and best practices, showing that the public …
Trends in the Distribution of Household Income Between 1979 and 2007, October 2011: “After-tax income for the highest-income households grew more than it did for any other group. (After-tax income is income after federal taxes have been deducted and government transferswhich are payments to people through such programs as Social Security and Unemployment Insurancehave been …
U.S. Neighborhood Income Inequality in the 20052009 Period, American Community Survey Reports, October 2011 – “Income inequality is one measure of societal conditions. Some have argued that large (and recently increasing) income inequality is potentially harmful to social stabilityletting the rich get richer while the poor get poorer is thought to be bad for the …
News release: “Employers took 1,495 mass layoff actions in September involving 153,229 workers, seasonally adjusted, as measured by new filings for unemployment insurance benefits during the month, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Each mass layoff involved at least 50 workers from a single employer. The number of mass layoff events in September …
NYT: “During the 2003 invasion of Iraq, United States forces captured a voluminous archive of documents and recorded meetings that chronicle the deliberations of Saddam Hussein and his inner sanctum. Much of the collection has yet to be made public. But the Conflict Records Research Center, a government archive, has released 20 transcripts and documents …
