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What are greenhouse gases and how much are emitted by the United States? Greenhouse gases trap heat from the sun and warm the planet’s surface. Of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, 87% are related to energy consumption. From 1990 to 2009, greenhouse gas emissions in the United States have grown by about 0.04% per year. The …
Fact Sheet: “The Securities and Exchange Commission [May 18, 2011] voted unanimously to propose new rules and amendments intended to increase transparency and improve the integrity of credit ratings. The proposed rules would implement certain provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and enhance the SECs existing rules governing credit ratings …
Washington Post: “The recession and financial crisis had a great toll on workers, leading employers to shed jobs by the millions. While the economy is expanding again, jobs are being added slowly and unevenly. See which sectors are adding jobs and which are still in bad shape” Charts include: Manufacturing, Professional Services, Trade/Transportation. Related postings …
Reporters on the Battlefield – The Embedded Press System in Historical Context, by Christopher Paul, James J. Kim “Clear differences between the missions and goals of the press and those of the military, particularly centering around the issues of access and operational security, make historical tensions between the two unsurprising and complete avoidance of tension …
News release: “Regional and state unemployment rates were generally little changed or slightly lower in April. Thirty-nine states recorded unemployment rate decreases, three states and the District of Columbia registered rate increases, and eight states had no rate change, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Forty-six states and the District of Columbia posted …
Highway Infrastructure and the Economy: Implications for Federal Policy, Howard J. Shatz, Karin E. Kitchens, Sandra Rosenbloom, Martin Wachs “The U.S. government has at times premised investment in highway infrastructure on the belief that it contributes to economic growth. However, the economic effects of highway infrastructure remain a matter of debate. Politicians and policy analysts …
News release: “The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued guidance today that provides a clear statement of expectations for banks that use quantitative models in any aspect of their business. The guidance addresses “model risk,” which is the potential for damage when models play a material role in bank decision making.The new …
Budget Issues: Better Fee Design Would Improve Federal Protective Service’s and Federal Agencies’ Planning and Budgeting for Security, GAO-11-492, May 20, 2011 Counter-Improvised Explosive Devices: Most Initiatives Supported by the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization Have Limited Applicability to Humanitarian Demining, GAO-11-578R, May 20, 2011 Defense Management: Perspectives on the Involvement of the Combatant …
News release: “At its 10th annual conference in The Hague, the Netherlands, the International Competition Network (ICN) adopted new materials on how to assess market dominance, resolve cartel cases, and manage competition projects effectively. The organization also presented a comprehensive evaluation of how competition agencies use the ICNs merger-related materials, and unveiled the first four …
Report: “Prescription drug abuse is the Nations fastest-growing drug problem. While there has been a marked decrease in the use of some illegal drugs like cocaine, data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) show that nearly one-third of people aged 12 and over who used drugs for the first time in …
News release: “The latest Broadband Progress Report to Congress from the Federal Communications Commission reveals that approximately 26 million Americans, mostly in rural communities located in every region of the country, are denied access to the jobs and economic opportunity made possible by broadband. While the infrastructure of high-speed Internet is unavailable to those Americans, …
CBO – Accounting for FHA’s Single-Family Mortgage Insurance Program on a Fair-Value Basis, May 18, 2011 – Letter to the Honorable Paul Ryan “Over the past two years, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) has guaranteed more than 17 percent of new and refinanced mortgages on single-family homes in the United States. The costs of FHAs …
