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OMB news release: “This morning, the President issued a memorandum directing that a Do Not Pay List be established, a single source through which all agencies can check the status of a potential contractor or individual. Too often, an agency does not check all the different databases the government has or finds it difficult to …
CSM: “Government regulators have said that the failure of the Deepwater Horizon’s blowout preventer April 20 was unforeseeable. But studies conducted for federal regulators in MMS or with their participation show that blowout preventers were known to have ‘safety critical’ vulnerabilities. The federal agency charged with setting safety standards for offshore oil exploration failed to …
Report of the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2010
Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, from D&B – 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Preliminary Business Impact Analysis for Coastal Areas in the Gulf States “Since the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico on April 21, 2010, the emphasis has been on capping the oil well and …
News release: “From industry insiders to straw buyers, nearly 500 people have been arrested in a nationwide mortgage fraud takedown that reflects the coordinated efforts of law enforcement to address the growing problem of crime in the housing industry. Mortgage fraud ruins lives, destroys families, and devastates whole communities, Attorney General Eric Holder said this …
Credit and Debit Cards: Federal Agencies Benefit from Card Acceptance, but Have Limited Ability to Control Interchange Fee Costs, GAO-10-821T, June 16, 2010 Cybersecurity: Continued Attention Is Needed to Protect Federal Information Systems from Evolving Threats, GAO-10-834T, June 16, 2010 Federal Energy Management: GSA’s Recovery Act Program Is on Track, but Opportunities Exist to Improve …
Electric Power Monthly June 16, 2010: “The latest EPM issue (June 2010) is now available. Data are for March 2010, during which net generation in the United States grew by 0.3 percent and consumption of coal for power generation grew by 6.4 percent compared to March 2009. The average retail price of electricity for …
How much of the world’s electricity supply is generated from wind and who are the leading generators? “Worldwide wind power generation exceeded 200 billion kilowatthours in 2008, which is equivalent to the annual electricity consumption of over 18 million average households in the United States. Wind generation increased by about 25% from 2007 to 2008, …
Federal Reserve Statistical Release, G.17- Industrial production and capacity utilization “Industrial production advanced 1.2 percent in May after having risen 0.7 percent in April. Manufacturing output climbed 0.9 percent last month, its third consecutive monthly gain of about 1 percent, and was 7.9 percent above its year-earlier level. Outside of manufacturing, the output of mines …
“CBO and the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) estimate that enacting H.R. 4173 would increase revenues by $12.1 billion over the 2011-2015 period and by $33.5 billion over the 2011-2020 period and increase direct spending by $25.0 billion and $53.2 billion over the same periods, respectively. In total, CBO estimates those changes would increase budget …
“The Federal Reserve Bank of New York published a new section on its website to provide comprehensive information regarding its involvement with American International Group, Inc. (AIG) to the public in a more accessible manner. As part of the Federal Reserves ongoing efforts to increase transparency and access to information, the new web page serves …
Legal Times: “Michael Bromwich, a litigation partner in the Washington and New York offices of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson who was a Justice Department watchdog in the 1990s, was named today to head up the Obama administration’s effort to improve regulation of the oil industry following the Gulf of Mexico disaster…The White House …
