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Introductory remarks by Mr Hervé Hannoun, Deputy General Manager of the BIS, at the IAIS 2011 Research Conference – Financial crises: the role of deposit insurance, Basel, 8 June 2011. “The vital contribution of deposit insurance to financial stability was one of many lessons from the financial crisis. Even though there is a great variety …
The Impact of Deferring Retirement Age on Retirement Income Adequacy, June 2011, Employee Benefit Research Institute, Issue Brief #358 “LOWEST-INCOME LEVELS, 50-50 CHANCE OF ADEQUACY: Retirement Security Projection Model® (RSPM) baseline results indicate that the lowest preretirement income quartile would need to defer retirement age to 84 before 90 percent of the households would have …
“A new report, If not BRICs, then what? Comparing BRICs and G6 nations in fossil fuels compares the up-and-coming BRIC nations to the G6 in fossil fuels. Long acknowledged by analysts and the media as new regions of economic growth, the same does not necessarily hold true when comparing reserves, production and consumption of fossil …
Wired: “In the early days of the Libya war, U.S. commanders were adamant that they didnt communicate with the Libyan rebels about what targets to bomb. As it turns out, they dont need to. Theyve got Twitter. NATO officials conducting air strikes on forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi dont have soldiers on the ground to …
Alejandro Garcia, Center for American Progress: “Latinos are becoming a national presence and will represent a crucial segment of our nations future workforce. They accounted for more than half of the nations growth from 2000 to 2010 and will be a third of the overall population by 2050. Latino children currently make up more than …
“This collection contains over 24,000 e-mails from former Alaska Governor Sarah Palins administration and was obtained in June 2011, more than two and a half years after the public records request for these materials. Crivella West, at its own expense, converted the paper copies of the e-mails produced back into searchable digital copies and made …
News release: “U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, released a Committee Minority analysis, Physician Owned Distributors (PODs): An Overview of Key Issues and Potential Areas for Congressional Oversight, detailing a spike in the utilization of medical procedures by physicians invested in these entities. Citing these concerns, Hatch spearheaded two …
Veterans’ Reemployment Rights: Steps Needed to Ensure Reliability of DOL and Special Counsel Demonstration Project’s Performance Information, GAO-11-312R, June 10, 2011 Air Quality: Information on Tall Smokestacks and Their Contribution to Interstate Transport of Air Pollution, GAO-11-473, May 11, 2011 Defense Acquisition: DOD Should Clarify Requirements for Assessing and Documenting Technical-Data Needs, GAO-11-469, May 11, …
Federal Debt: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions – “The federal government has carried debt throughout virtually all of U.S. history. As part of Alexander Hamilton’s plan for strengthening the financial credit of the post-Constitution nation, the federal government assumed the debt incurred during the Revolutionary War and the period under the Articles of Confederation. Since …
Audit of NRCs Oversight of Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installations Safety, OIG-11-A-12 May 19, 2011 “The nuclear industry is expecting that by 2025 all commercial nuclear power plants in the United States will have operational ISFSIs at their sites. Currently, there are 104 operating nuclear reactors in the United States. This unprecedented growth in operational …
Follow up to previous postings on climate change, there is news that “A USGS study released today suggests that snowpack declines in the Rocky Mountains over the last 30 years are unusual compared to the past few centuries. Prior studies by the USGS and other institutions attribute the decline to unusual springtime warming, more precipitation …
Department of Energy: Advanced Technology Vehicle Loan Program Needs Enhanced Oversight and Performance Measures, GAO-11-745T, June 09, 2011 Federal Real Property: Proposed Civilian Board Could Address Disposal of Unneeded Facilities, GAO-11-704T, June 09, 2011 FEMA: Action Needed to Improve Administration of the National Flood Insurance Program, GAO-11-297, June 09, 2011 Health Care Fraud and Abuse …
