Category «Government Documents»

CRS: Water Infrastructure Projects Designated in EPA Appropriations: Trends and Policy Implications

Water Infrastructure Projects Designated in EPA Appropriations: Trends and Policy Implications, Claudia Copeland, Specialist in Resources and Environmental Policy, October 28, 2010 “Congressional action to designate funds within appropriations legislation for specified projects or locations has been increasing in recent years as a way to help communities meet needs to build and upgrade water infrastructure …

Subjects: Government Documents, Legislation

CRS: Winter Fuels Outlook 2010-2011

Winter Fuels Outlook 2010-2011, Robert Pirog, Specialist in Energy Economics, October 29, 2010 “The Energy Information Administration (EIA) in its Short-Term Energy and Winter Fuels Outlook (STEWFO) for the 2010-2011 winter heating season projects that American consumers should expect to see heating expenditures rise by 2.5% on average compared to last winter. Average expenditures for …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

CRS: The Status of the Basel III Capital Adequacy Accord

The Status of the Basel III Capital Adequacy Accord, Walter W. Eubanks, Specialist in Financial Economics, October 28, 2010 “The new Basel Capital Adequacy Accord (Basel III) is of concern to Congress mainly because it could put U.S. financial institutions at a competitive disadvantage in world financial markets. The Basel capital accord is an agreement …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

CRS: Rulemaking Requirements and Authorities in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act

Rulemaking Requirements and Authorities in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Curtis W. Copeland, Specialist in American National Government, November 3, 2010 “The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

DOE IG Special Report – Management Challenges at the Department of Energy

Department of Energy Office of Inspector General, Management Challenges at the Department of Energy, November 2010 “As the largest civilian contracting agency in the Federal government, the Department awards contracts to industrial companies, academic institutions, and non-profit organizations that operate a broad range of Department facilities. In fact, a substantial portion of the Department’s operations …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

New on LLRX.com – "The FDsys": the new GPO Access

“The FDsys”: the new GPO Access – “GPO Access will be going away soon as the U.S. Government Printing Office rolls out the Federal Digital System (FDsys), an advanced digital system that will enable GPO to manage Government information from all three branches of the U.S. Government. Learn about the new system and its features, …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

FBI Hate Crime Statistics, 2009 Report

News release: “Today, the FBI released 2009 statistics which indicated that 6,604 criminal incidents involving 7,789 offenses were reported as a result of bias toward a particular race, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity/national origin, or physical or mental disability. Hate Crime Statistics, 2009, published by the FBIs Uniform Crime Reporting Program, includes data from hate crime …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

Pew Study: Growing Gap between Landline and Dual Frame Election Polls

The Growing Gap between Landline and Dual Frame Election Polls – Republican Vote Share Bigger in Landline-Only Surveys – by Scott Keeter, Leah Christian and Michael Dimock, Pew Research Center, November 22, 2010 “The number of Americans who rely solely or mostly on a cell phone has been growing for several years, posing an increasing …

Subjects: Government Documents

CRS: Afghanistan: U.S. Rule of Law and Justice Sector Assistance

Afghanistan: U.S. Rule of Law and Justice Sector Assistance, Liana Sun Wyler Analyst in International Crime and Narcotics – Kenneth Katzman, Specialist in Middle Eastern Affairs, November 9, 2010 [via FAS] “Developing effective Afghan justice sector institutions is considered by many observers to be essential in winning the support of the Afghan population, improving the …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents, Legal Research

New TSA Sreening Procedures for Pilots Rolling Out

Follow up to previous postings on government implementation of whole body scanning technology at airports, this news release: “The Air Line Pilots Association, Intl (ALPA), welcomed the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announcement of expedited screening for airline pilots as important action to move the nation toward a threat-based strategy that focuses security resources where the …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Government Documents, Privacy

A Proposal for Reviving U.S. Manufacturing and Creating Millions of Good Jobs

Reindustrialiazing America – A Proposal for Reviving U.S. Manufacturing and Creating Millions of Good Jobs, by Robert Pollin and Dean Baker, New Labor Forum 19(2): 17-34, Spring 2010 “The U.S. economy faces enormous questions and challenges in attempting to recover from the collapse of 2008-2009. Some of the most pressing questions are short term and …

Subjects: Government Documents

Student Debt and the Class of 2009

News release: “College seniors who graduated in 2009 carried an average of $24,000 in student loan debt, up 6% from the previous year. Meanwhile, unemployment for recent college graduates climbed from 5.8% in 2008 to 8.7% in 2009 the highest annual rate on record for college graduates aged 20 to 24. The Project on …

Subjects: Government Documents

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