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Federal Tax Policies and Low-Income Rural Households, By Ron Durst and Tracey Farrigan, Economic Information Bulletin No. (EIB-76) 27 pp, May 2011 “The authors analyze the increasing use of refundable tax credits targeted to low- and moderate-income households in the Federal individual income tax and determine their implications for rural America. To identify rural and …
CDC Vital Signs, May 2011: “Asthma is a lifelong disease that causes wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness, and coughing. It can limit a person’s quality of life. While we don’t know why asthma rates are rising, we do know that most people with asthma can control their symptoms and prevent asthma attacks by avoiding asthma triggers …
Reaping the Full Benefits of Financial Openness: Vice Chair Janet L. Yellen At the Bank of Finland 200th Anniversary Conference, Helsinki, Finland, May 6, 2011 “Free capital markets support economic growth by allowing resources to move across borders to their most productive uses. These flows should expand the opportunities for savers and, in the savings-rich …
Better Choices: Better Deals – Consumers Powering Growth. UK Department for Business, Innovations and Skills, April 2011 “This document aims to show how consumers can become empowered to make better choices and get better deals. It is about helping consumers to get better value, better customer service and better support when making choices or seeking …
“The Budget sets out the Governments Plan for Growth. It builds on action taken at the Spending Review to restore economic stability. The Plan is based around four overarching ambitions for the economy, and announcements in the Budget identified a range of reforms to help us meet these ambitions: Ambition 1: To create the most …
News release: “U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced several new measures that the U.S. Department of Transportations Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is taking to help ensure that passengers traveling by bus are as safe as possible. The U.S. DOT will now require more rigorous commercial drivers license testing standards, seek new rules to …
Principles for financial market infrastructures – consultative report, Bank for International Settlements, CPSS Publications No 94, March 2011 “The report Principles for financial market infrastructures contains new and more demanding international standards for payment, clearing and settlement systems. Issued for public consultation by the CPSS and the Technical Committee of the International Organization of Securities …
“Pregnant women and new mothers deserve more than just flowers this Mothers Day. They deserve the precious gift of good health for themselves and their babies. Thats why today Id like to celebrate the benefits of text4baby, a free, mobile health information service that offers useful tips timed to a womans due date or babys …
FDA – Fish and Fishery Products Hazards and Controls Guidance – Fourth Edition, April 2011: “This guidance is intended to assist processors of fish and fishery products in the development of their Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) plans. Processors of fish and fishery products will find information in this guidance that will help them …
Core Documents of U.S. Democracy: “To provide American citizens direct online access to the basic Federal Government documents that define our democratic society, a core group of current and historical Government publications was made available via GPO Access. These titles contain information which is vital to the democratic process and critical to an informed electorate. …
DHS Oversight of Component Acquisition Programs, OIG-11-71, April 2011 “Acquisitions consume a significant part of the Department of Homeland Securitys annual budget and are fundamental to the departments ability to accomplish its mission. The departments revised enacted budget authority for fiscal year 2010 is approximately $55.3 billion, and between October 2009 and August 2010, it …
CBO Monthly Budget Review – May 6, 2011 “The federal government incurred a budget deficit of $871 billion in the first seven months of fiscal year 2011, CBO estimates. That year-to-date total is roughly $70 billion more than the deficit incurred in the same period in 2010. Both outlays and revenues are about 9 percent …
