Category «Government Documents»

Examining the Consequences of Mortgage Irregularities for Financial Stability and Foreclosure Mitigation

“The Congressional Oversight Panel’s November oversight report, Examining the Consequences of Mortgage Irregularities for Financial Stability and Foreclosure Mitigation, reviews allegations that companies servicing $6.4 trillion in American mortgages may in some cases have bypassed legally required steps to foreclose on a home. The implications of these irregularities remain unclear, but it is possible that …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

USTR Report – Small and Medium- Sized Enterprises: Characteristics and Performance

“Today the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) released a new report requested by United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk. The report, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Characteristics and Performance, shows that by exporting indirectly through wholesalers and as producers of intermediate inputs, U.S. small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play a larger role in the export economy …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Federal Reserve: Industrial production and Capacity Utilization

Federal Reserve Statistical Release G.17 (419): “Industrial production was unchanged in October after having fallen 0.2 percent in September. For the manufacturing sector, output gained 0.5 percent in October after having risen 0.1 percent in September. Factory production in September was initially reported to have decreased 0.2 percent, but incoming data on steel, fabricated metal …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Report – U.S. Lags in Reducing Traffic Fatalities and Injuries

News release: “The United States is missing significant opportunities to reduce traffic fatalities and injuries, and could save lives by implementing a more rigorous, comprehensive program that adopts successful safety practices from other countries, says a new report by the National Research Council – Achieving Traffic Safety Goals in the United States: Lessons from Other …

Subjects: Government Documents

New GAO Reports: Navy's Public Shipyards, DOD Personnel Clearances, Health Care Delivery

Defense Infrastructure: Actions Needed to Improve the Navy’s Processes for Managing Public Shipyards’ Restoration and Modernization Needs, GAO-11-7, November 16, 2010 DOD Personnel Clearances: Preliminary Observations on DOD’s Progress on Addressing Timeliness and Quality Issues, GAO-11-185T, November 16, 2010 Health Care Delivery: Features of Integrated Systems Support Patient Care Strategies and Access to Care, but …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

FCC's Disability Rights Office Appoints First Disabled Head

News release: “Gregory Hilibok, currently an attorney in the Disability Rights Office (DRO) in the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, has been named to head that office. Greg will be heading up the Disability Rights Office at a crucial time, as the FCC ramps up to implement the most significant disability law in two decades, …

Subjects: Government Documents

EPA Releases Reports on Dioxin Emitted During Deepwater Horizon BP Spill

Follow up to previous postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, this EPA news release: [the agency] released two peer reviewed reports concerning dioxins emitted during the controlled burns of oil during the Deepwater Horizon BP spill. Dioxins describe a group of hundreds of potentially cancer-causing chemicals that can be formed during combustion or burning. …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

NTSB Most Wanted List Transportation Safety Improvements

Transportation Safety Improvements 2010 – 2011, Critical changes needed to reduce transportation accidents and save lives

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

U.S., Participants Finalize Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement Text

“Participants in the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) negotiations announced today that they have finalized the text of the Agreement, after resolving the few issues that remained outstanding after the final round of negotiations in Tokyo…Participants in the negotiations include Australia, Canada, the European Union (EU) and its Member States, represented by the European Commission and …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Intellectual Property, Legal Research

EIA – Electric Power Monthly, November 2010

Electric Power Monthly (EPM) Nov 15, 2010: “The latest EPM issue (November 2010) is now available on EIA’s Electricity page. Data are for August 2010, which shows net generation in the United States rose by 7.4 percent. Coal consumption for power generation also rose 9.0 percent compared to August 2009. The average retail price …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

USDA – Household Food Security in the United States, 2009

Household Food Security in the United States, 2009 – By Mark Nord, Alisha Coleman-Jensen, Margaret Andrews, and Steven Carlson. Economic Research Report No. (ERR-108) 68 pp, November 2010 “Eighty-five percent of American households were food secure throughout the entire year in 2009, meaning that they had access at all times to enough food for an …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

New GAO Reports: Afghanistan Development, Financial Audits of TARP, SEC, GAO – Federal Government's Long-Term Fiscal Outlook

Afghanistan Development: U.S. Efforts to Support Afghan Water Sector Increasing, but Improvements Needed in Planning and Coordination, GAO-11-138, November 15, 2010 Financial Audit: Federal Housing Finance Agency’s Fiscal Years 2010 and 2009 Financial Statements, GAO-11-151, November 15, 2010 Financial Audit: Office of Financial Stability (Troubled Asset Relief Program) Fiscal Years 2010 and 2009 Financial Statements, …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

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