Category «Government Documents»

Federal Reserve proposes amendments to Regulation CC regarding collection of checks, availability of funds

News release: “The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday requested public comment on proposed amendments to Regulation CC (Availability of Funds and Collection of Checks) to encourage banks to clear and return checks electronically, add provisions that govern electronic items cleared through the check-collection system, and shorten the “exception” hold periods on deposited funds. To encourage …

Subjects: Government Documents

EPA Submits for Public Comment the Next Round of Safe Drinking Water Act Contaminant Monitoring

News release: “As part of its commitment to implement sensible protections of drinking water for communities across the country, and as required by the Safe Drinking Water Act, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing 30 currently unregulated contaminants for monitoring in water systems, and submitting this proposal for public comment. The comment period …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

New GAO Reports: Effective Fraud Prevention Controls,

8(a) Program: The Importance of Effective Fraud Prevention, Controls, GAO-11-440T, March 03, 2011 Additional Cost Transparency and Design Criteria Needed for National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Projects, GAO-11-364R, March 03, 2011 Defense Infrastructure: Navy Can Improve the Quality of Its Cost Estimate to Homeport an Aircraft Carrier at Naval Station Mayport, GAO-11-309, March 03, …

Subjects: Government Documents

A Post-Crisis Assessment of Retirement Income Adequacy for Baby Boomers and Gen Xers

A Post‐Crisis Assessment of Retirement Income Adequacy for Baby Boomers and Gen Xers, By Jack VanDerhei, Employee Benefit Research Institute. “The analysis in this paper was designed to answer two questions: What percentage of U.S. households became at risk of insufficient retirement income as a result of the financial market and real estate crisis in …

Subjects: Government Documents

UN FAO Food Price Index rose for eighth consecutive month

News release: “Global food prices increased for the eighth consecutive month in February, with prices of all commodity groups monitored rising again, except for sugar, FAO [UN food and Agriculture Organization] said today. FAO expects a tightening of the global cereal supply and demand balance in 2010/11. In the face of a growing demand and …

Subjects: Government Documents

Inspector General Finds Homeland Security's Contract Management Process Noncompetitive

Follow up to previous postings on government implementation of whole body scanning technology at airports, via EPIC: “The Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security released a report finding that the agency’s contract files did not “contain[] sufficient evidence of justification and approval, market research, and acquisition planning” for the $1.3 billion dollars in …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, E-Government, Government Documents, Privacy

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress

Chairman Ben S. Bernanke Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress Before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C. March 1, 2011 “The Economic Outlook – Following the stabilization of economic activity in mid-2009, the U.S. economy is now in its seventh quarter of growth; last quarter, for the first …

Subjects: Government Documents

FTC Steps Up Efforts Against Scams That Target Financially-Strapped Consumers

More Than 90 Actions Brought By Commission and Its Law Enforcement Partners: “The Federal Trade Commission today stepped up its ongoing campaign against scammers who falsely promise guaranteed jobs and opportunities to be your own boss to consumers who are struggling with unemployment and diminished incomes as a consequence of the economic downturn. Operation Empty …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

New GAO Reports: DOD Education Benefits, Elder Justice, EPA, Medicare, TARP, USPS, VA Real Property

DOD Education Benefits: Further Actions Needed to Improve Oversight of Tuition Assistance Program, GAO-11-389T, March 02, 2011 Elder Justice: Stronger Federal Leadership Could Enhance National Response to Elder Abuse, GAO-11-208, March 02, 2011 Elder Justice: Stronger Federal Leadership Could Help Improve Response to Elder Abuse, GAO-11-384T, March 02, 2011 Environmental Protection Agency: Major Management Challenges, …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Federal Reserve Beige Book, March 2, 2011

Full Report – Beige Book, March 2, 2011 and Links to the Districts – “Reports from the twelve Federal Reserve Districts indicated that overall economic activity continued to expand at a modest to moderate pace in January and early February. Both Kansas City and San Francisco noted that their economies expanded further. Boston and Philadelphia …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Removing References to Credit Ratings in Regulations; Proposing Alternatives to the Use of Credit Ratings

“NCUA [National Credit Union Administration] is proposing rules to implement certain statutory provisions in Title IX of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the Dodd-Frank Act). The proposed rules replace or remove references to credit ratings in NCUA regulations. Comments must be received on or before May 2, 2011…The proposed rule generally …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Pew: States' Revenue Estimating – Cracks in the Crystal Ball

“States Revenue Estimating: Cracks in the Crystal Ball sheds new light on an understudied aspect of the budget gaps that nearly all states have faced during the Great Recession: revenue estimating errors. The Pew Center on the States and The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government partnered to undertake this analysis of 23 years of …

Subjects: Government Documents

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