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Grants.gov: Additional Action Needed to Address Persistent Governance and Funding Challenges, GAO-11-478, May 06, 2011 Nursing Home Quality: Implementation of the Quality Indicator Survey, GAO-11-403R, April 06, 2011
American Library Association (ALA): “President Obamas FY2012 Budget Request to Congress, proposed the elimination of the Statistical Compendia Branch in the U.S. Census Bureau. This branch compiles and releases all kinds of reports such as the Statistical Abstract and the County and City Data Book that include tremendous amounts of data used extensively by the …
News release: “The U.S. Census Bureau [May 4, 2011] released the Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 for the District of Columbia, Florida, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee and West Virginia. The demographic profiles provide 2010 Census data on age and sex distributions, race, …
Employment Situation Summary – April 2011 “Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 244,000 in April, and the unemployment rate edged up to 9.0 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains occurred in several service providing industries, manufacturing, and mining. Household Survey Data: The number of unemployed persons, at 13.7 million, changed little …
Melting Pot Cities and Suburbs: Racial and Ethnic Change in Metro America in the 2000s, William H. Frey, Senior Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program, The Brookings Institution. “The historically sharp racial and ethnic divisions between cities and suburbs in metropolitan America are more blurred than ever…An analysis of data from the 1990, 2000, and 2010 decennial …
Commercial Space Transportation: Industry Trends and Key Issues Affecting Federal Oversight and International Competitiveness, GAO-11-629T, May 05, 2011 Veterans’ Education Benefits: Enhanced Guidance and Collaboration Could Improve Administration of the Post-9/11 GI Bill Program, GAO-11-356R, May 05, 2011 Mortgage Foreclosures: Documentation Problems Reveal Need for Ongoing Regulatory Oversight, GAO-11-433, May 02, 2011 DOE Nuclear Waste: …
Saving Money by Selling Excess Property: “We…are releasing data on thousands of excess properties across the country and an interactive map that allows you to see which excess properties are on the governments books in your state so that you can hold Congress and the Administration accountable for our progress. You also can use this …
Via Secrecy News: “A retrospective tabulation of U.S. aid to Pakistan, up to and including the FY2012 budget request, was prepared in updated form yesterday by the Congressional Research Service. See Direct Overt U.S. Aid and Military Reimbursements to Pakistan, FY2002-FY2012 (rounded to the nearest millions of dollars), Prepared for the Congressional Research Service by …
News release: “Fannie Mae has released two white papers detailing the company’s work in the multifamily housing market and focusing on the growing need for decent, affordable housing for renters even as demand and prices soar. As the nation increasingly turns to rental housing as a preferable option for more households, the white papers lay …
A Visual Tour of the Leading Causes for Bankruptcy, Posted by Stephen Cline on April 14, 2011: “1.5 million people filed for bankruptcy in 2010: were you one of them?” The leading cause is related to medical expenses.
Implementing a Macroprudential Approach to Supervision and Regulation, Chairman Ben S. Bernanke At the 47th Annual Conference on Bank Structure and Competition, Chicago, Illinois, May 5, 2011 “Relative to traditional regulation and supervision, executing a macroprudential approach to oversight can involve heavier informational requirements and more-complex analytic frameworks. In particular, because of the highly interconnected …
“The International Monetary Fund and the European Union announced May 5 a joint financing package worth 78 billion for Portugal, aimed at reigniting growth and employment. Euro area member countries and the EU have pledged a total of 52 billion. The IMFs contribution will amount to 26 billion, to be provided over three years.” Portugal: …
