Category «Government Documents»

New GAO Reports: Banking Regulation, Fragmented Economic Development Programs, International School Feeding, Joint Strike Fighter

Banking Regulation: Enhanced Guidance on Commercial Real Estate Risks Needed, GAO-11-489, May 19, 2011 Efficiency and Effectiveness of Fragmented Economic Development Programs Are Unclear, GAO-11-477R, May 19, 2011 International School Feeding: USDA’s Oversight of the McGovern-Dole Food for Education Program Needs Improvement, GAO-11-544, May 19, 2011 Joint Strike Fighter: Restructuring Places Program on Firmer Footing, …

Subjects: Government Documents

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Releases Streamlined Mortgage Discolosure Form

Know Before You Owe. Go!, by Patricia McCoy: “Weve just posted two draft designs for a single, simpler mortgage disclosure form on our Know Before You Owe page. Now, we need to hear from you! The task is pretty simple: Consumers would receive a form similar to one of these versions within a few days …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Emerging Market Growth Poles are Redefining Global Economic Structure, Says World Bank Report

News release: “By 2025, six major emerging economiesBrazil, China, India, Indonesia, South Korea, and Russiawill account for more than half of all global growth, and the international monetary system will likely no longer be dominated by a single currency, a new World Bank report says. As economic power shifts, these successful economies will help drive …

Subjects: Government Documents

Federal Reserve: Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization – G.17

Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization – G.17, Release Date: May 17, 2011 “Industrial production was unchanged in April after having increased 0.7 percent in March. Output in February is now estimated to have declined 0.3 percent; previously it was reported to have edged up 0.1 percent. In April, manufacturing production fell 0.4 percent after rising …

Subjects: Government Documents

Survey: Housing Recovery Remains Unlikely Until 2014 Or Later

truliablog: “Today, we released the latest results of an ongoing survey about American attitudes toward foreclosed homes that weve been teaming up with RealtyTrac on since 2008. Lately, weve been hearing a lot about falling home values and the flood of foreclosures that are still on the market. Given these market factors, we wanted to …

Subjects: Government Documents

BIS: OTC derivatives market activity in the second half of 2010

OTC derivatives market activity in the second half of 2010, 18 May 2011. “Key developments in the second half of 2010: After contracting by 4% in the first half of 2010, total notional amounts outstanding of over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives rose by 3% in the second half, reaching $601 trillion by the end of December 2010. …

Subjects: Government Documents

Report: Push for Electronic Medical Records Overlooks Security Gaps

PBS Newshour: ‘As the Obama administration pushes ahead with plans to increase the use of electronic medical records, two internal reports released Tuesday by the Department of Health and Human Services revealed “significant concerns” about security gaps in the system. The Office of the Inspector General found “a lack of general [information technology] security controls …

Subjects: E-Government, E-Records, Government Documents, Privacy

WTO Appellate Body issues report on Airbus dispute

The Appellate Body, on 18 May 2011, issued its report in the case European Communities and Certain Member States Measures Affecting Trade in Large Civil Aircraft (WT/DS316/AB/R). Summary of key findings: “The Appellate Body today upheld the Panel’s finding that certain subsidies provided by the European Union and certain Member state governments to Airbus …

Subjects: Government Documents, Legal Research

Paper: Statistical Security for Social Security

Follow up to previous postings on funding for Social Security, see: Statistical Security for Social Security, Samir Soneji and Gary King. February 17, 2011, Forthcoming, Demography “The financial viability of Social Security, the single largest U.S. Government program, depends on accurate forecasts of the solvency of its intergenerational trust fund. We begin by detailing information …

Subjects: Government Documents

Treasury Issues Backgrounders on Raising the Debt Limit

News release: “The debt limit is the total amount of money that the United States government is authorized to borrow to meet its existing legal obligations, including Social Security and Medicare benefits, military salaries, interest on the national debt, tax refunds, and other payments. The debt limit does not authorize new spending commitments. It simply …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents

National Research Council released final report in the America's Climate Choices series

Following up on previous postings on climate change, this news: “Warning that the risk of dangerous climate change impacts is growing with every ton of greenhouse gases emitted into the atmosphere, a National Research Council committee today reiterated the pressing need for substantial action to limit the magnitude of climate change and to prepare to …

Subjects: Government Documents

FDIC Issues Consumer Tips on How to "Shop and Save" on Loans, Credit Cards and Deposit Accounts

News release: “The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation today issued tips to help consumers shop for a variety of bank products and services by carefully evaluating their needs, contacting multiple institutions and reading the fine print before making a decision. The advice was published as a special edition of the quarterly FDIC Consumer News (the Spring …

Subjects: Government Documents

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