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News release: “A new publication from the Federal Trade Commission, Protecting Your Childs Personal Information at School, advises parents how to limit the risks of identity theft. It also explains the federal Family Educational Rights Privacy Act, which protects the privacy of student records and gives parents of school-age children the right to opt out …
Report of the Secretary-Generals Panel of Inquiry on the 31 May 2010 Flotilla Incident, July 2011 – released by New York Times on September 1, 2011 “The Secretary-General established the Panel of Inquiry on the 31 May 2010 Flotilla Incident on 2 August 2010. The Panel received and reviewed reports of the detailed national investigations …
Limiting Future Collision Risk to Spacecraft: An Assessment of NASA’s Meteoroid and Orbital Debris Programs, National Research Council, September 2011 See also Limiting Future Collision Risk to Spacecraft: An Assessment of NASAs Meteoroid and Orbital Debris Programs. Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board ∙ Division on Engineering & Physical Sciences ∙ September 2011: “Rising concerns about …
Use of DHS Purchase Cards OIG-11-101 August 2011 “DHS generally had an adequate framework for internal controls to manage its purchase card program. However, the department needs to improve its implementation of some internal controls to mitigate the inherent risks associated with purchase card use. The department needs to strengthen its post payment audit process …
News release: “The final report of the congressionally chartered Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan says at least $31 billion has been lost to contract waste and fraud, and that major reforms are required. Commission reform objectives include improving federal planning for use of contracts, strengthening contract management and oversight, expanding competition, improving …
Bipartisan Policy Center Report Card Finds that Nine Unfinished 9/11 Commission Recommendations Leave U.S. Vulnerable: Nearly one week before the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) released a report card, which highlights nine of the 41 recommendations made by the 9/11 Commission in July 2004 that remain unfinished. The report …
The New Metro Minority Map: Regional Shifts in Hispanics, Asians, and Blacks from Census 2010, William H. Frey, Senior, Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program, The Brookings Institution, August 31, 2011: “An analysis of 1990, 2000, and 2010 decennial census data for the 100 largest U.S. metropolitan areas indicates that – Non-whites and Hispanics accounted for 98 …
Defined Benefit Pension Plans Plans Face Challenges When Investing in Hedge Funds and Private Equity, GAO-11-901SP, August 31, 2011 Environmental Litigation – Cases against EPA and Associated Costs over Time, GAO-11-650, August 31, 2011
The Future of Photovoltaic Manufacturing in the United States “Technological innovation and growth are critical to U.S. competitiveness in a global economy. One means of facilitating growth and improving competitiveness is to foster more robust innovation ecosystems through the development of public-private partnerships, industry consortia, and other regional and national economic development initiatives. Public-private partnerships, …
On 19 July 2011, the Basel Committee released its consultative document Global systemically important banks: Assessment methodology and the additional loss absorbency requirement. Interested parties were invited to provide written comments by 26 August 2011. These comments, in PDF format, are available here.”
The Money Laundering Regulations 2007 OFT Response to HM Treasury’s Review, August 2011. “The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is a non-ministerial government department. It is the UK’s competition and consumer authority and its mission is to make markets work well for consumers. The majority of the OFT’s work consists of: analysing markets enforcing consumer …
“The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index®, which had improved slightly in July, plummeted in August. The Index now stands at 44.5 (1985=100), down from 59.2 in July. The Present Situation Index decreased to 33.3 from 35.7. The Expectations Index decreased to 51.9 from 74.9 last month. The monthly Consumer Confidence Survey®, based on a probability-design …
