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“The Federal Trade Commission today announced that it will require The Coca-Cola Company to restrict its access to confidential competitive business information of rival Dr Pepper Snapple Group as a condition for completing Coca-Colas proposed $12.3 billion acquisition of its largest North American bottler, which also distributes Dr Pepper Snapple carbonated soft drinks. Under a …
American Jihadist Terrorism: Combating a Complex Threat, Jerome P. Bjelopera, Analyst in Organized Crime and Terrorism, Mark A. Randol Specialist in Domestic Intelligence and Counter-Terrorism, September 20, 2010 “Between May 2009 and August 2010, arrests were made for 19 homegrown, jihadist-inspired terrorist plots by American citizens or legal permanent residents of the United States. Two …
The Freedom of Information Act and Nondisclosure Provisions in Other Federal Laws, Gina Stevens, Legislative Attorney, September 13, 2010 “Congress has enacted legislative exemptions from FOIA to provide assurance that private information submitted to government agencies will not be disclosed or will only be disclosed in limited situations. Generally, the legislation has exempted covered information …
News release: The Sunlight Foundation launched ClearSpending.com, a new website and “scorecard” that analyzes how well U.S. government agencies are reporting their spending data on USASpending.gov. Clearspending is the most thorough analysis of this federal grant and loan data ever conducted…Sunlight’s analysis reveals that more than $1.3 trillion in federal reporting data from 2009 is …
State Public Defender Programs, 2007, Donald J. Farole, Jr. Ph.D., Lynn Langton, September 16, 2010. NCJ 228229 “Examines the provision of public defender services in the 22 states that had an entirely state-funded and state-administered indigent defense program in 2007. The report presents an overview of state public defender programs in the context of public …
News release: “Some agencies under the Obama administration have energetically laid out a clear rulemaking agenda, while others have been stymied by a variety of factors, according to a new OMB Watch report. The report, The Obama Approach to Public Protection: Rulemaking, was released [September 20, 2010] and evaluates the regulatory activity of several environmental, …
“A new report by Mayors Against Illegal Guns reveals a strong connection between weak gun laws and interstate gun trafficking. The report, which examines comprehensive crime gun trace data provided by ATF to Mayors Against Illegal Guns, finds that the states with the weakest gun laws are the top suppliers of the guns recovered in …
Chairman Ben S. Bernanke At the Conference Co-sponsored by the Center for Economic Policy Studies and the Bendheim Center for Finance, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey September 24, 2010: Implications of the Financial Crisis for Economics “The financial crisis that began more than three years ago has indeed proved to be among the most difficult …
China and Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction and Missiles: Policy Issues, Shirley A. Kan, Specialist in Asian Security Affairs, August 16, 2010 “Congress has long been concerned about whether U.S. policy advances the national interest in reducing the role of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) in the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction …
“A new report by Mayors Against Illegal Guns reveals that Texas and other border states are the top sources of U.S. crime guns recovered in Mexico. The issue brief, which examines previously unavailable ATF data about guns recovered in Mexico and traced back to the U.S, finds that roughly 75% of the U.S. crime guns …
News release: “During the second quarter of 2010, there were 1,146 reported violations of the Federal Bank Robbery and Incidental Crimes Statute, a decrease from the 1,304 reported violations in the same quarter of 2009. According to statistics released today by the FBI, there were 1,135 robberies, 11 burglaries, zero larcenies, and one extortion of …
Bureau of Labor Statistics – Number of jobs held by baby boomers, 19782008, September 24, 2010 “Individuals born in the latter years of the baby boom held an average of 11 jobs from age 18 to age 44, with the majority of the jobs being held before age 27. These baby boomers (who were born …
