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Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse: “Federal criminal prosecutions totaled 13,092 for the month of February according to the most recent data released by the Department of Justice. This was an increase of 18 percent from the previous month. Among the program categories, the largest number of prosecutions was seen in immigration, accounting for 49 percent of …
Roadmap for the Digital City – Achieving New York City’s Digital Future – The City of New York, May 2011 “New York City is one of the worlds leading digital metropolises. As Part I: State of the Digital City illustrates, New York City government engages over 25 million people a year through more than 200 …
The Highway Trust Fund and Paying for Highways – May 17, 2011, – Testimony before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate “The United States spends about $160 billion annually on highways, with about one-fourth of that total, or roughly $40 billion, coming from the federal government. Federal highway spending is funded mainly through taxes …
United States Postal Service: Strategy Needed to Address Aging Delivery Fleet, GAO-11-671T, May 17, 2011 United States Postal Service: Strategy Needed to Address Aging Delivery Fleet, GAO-11-386, May 05, 2011 Visa Waiver Program: DHS Has Implemented the Electronic System for Travel Authorization, but Further Steps Needed to Address Potential Program Risks, GAO-11-335, May 05, 2011
Christian Science Monitor: “Farms alone could take a $2 billion hit from the flooding, estimates John Michael Riley, an agricultural economist at Mississippi State University. “The impacts are pretty large,” he says, since much of the land near the river is agricultural used for farming catfish, cotton, and grains such as corn, wheat, soybeans, …
News release: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys National Library Network has been named Federal Library/Information Center of the Year by the Library of Congress. The award recognizes outstanding, innovative, and sustained achievements during fiscal year 2010 by a federal library or information center. EPAs library network is an essential information partner with EPA staff and …
House Budget Plan: State-By-State Impact of Changes in Medicaid Financing: “This analysis projects the state-by-state impact of converting Medicaid into a block grant and eliminating the planned expansion of the program by repealing the health reform law, as called for under the House Budget Plan. It finds that the plan would trigger major reductions in …
News release: “The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) today announced the launch of the FINRA Disciplinary Actions Online database, a web-based searchable system that makes its disciplinary actions accessible via its website. The database enables users to perform searches for FINRA actions free of charge, seven days a week. Users may search for actions by …
Military Housing: Enhancements Needed to Housing Allowance Process and Information Sharing among Services, GAO-11-462, May 16, 2011 Warfighter Support: Improved Joint Oversight and Reporting on DOD’s Prepositioning Programs May Increase Efficiencies, GAO-11-647, May 16, 2011 Seafood Safety: FDA Needs to Improve Oversight of Imported Seafood and Better Leverage Limited Resources, GAO-11-286, April 14, 2011
News release: “Cigarette smoking, forest fires and woodburning can release a chemical that may be at least partly responsible for human health problems related to smoke exposure, according to a new study by NOAA researchers and their colleagues. Using a custom mass spectrometer designed by the researchers, the NOAA-led team was able get the first …
Consumer Protection, Legal Services, and Financial Stability: An Exchange, Melissa B. Jacoby – University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill – School of Law; Anna Gelpern, American University Washington College of Law. Fordham Urban Law Journal, Vol. 38, 2011, UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1829686 “This exchange between us recasts the challenge of …
Chairman Ben S. Bernanke At the Conference on “New Building Blocks for Jobs and Economic Growth,” Washington, D.C., May 16, 2011 Promoting Research and Development: The Government’s Role “Innovation has not only led to new products and more-efficient production methods, but it has also induced dramatic changes in how businesses are organized and managed, highlighting …
