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Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, this transcript of President Obama’s remarks: “Already, this oil spill is the worst environmental disaster America has ever faced. And unlike an earthquake or a hurricane, its not a single event that does its damage in a matter of minutes or days. The millions of …
Follow up to Frank Announces House Offer to Base Text on Private Funds, Credit Rating Agencies, Thrifts and Insurance, this new announcement: “Chairman Frank, on behalf of the House conferees, released the House offer on the titles listed below. The issues will be subject to debate when the House-Senate Conference Committee convenes in room 2128 …
Medicare Fraud, Waste, and Abuse: Challenges and Strategies for Preventing Improper Payments, GAO-10-844T, June 15, 2010 The Strategic Framework for U.S. Efforts in Afghanistan, GAO-10-655R, June 15, 2010 Defense Infrastructure: Observations on the Department of the Navy’s Depot Capital Investment Program, GAO-10-726R, June 14, 2010 GAO Proactive Testing of ARRA Tax Credits for COBRA Premium …
News release: “The 10th annual Trafficking in Persons Report, June 2010, outlines the continuing challenges across the globe, including in the United States. The Report, for the first time, includes a ranking of the United States based on the same standards to which we hold other countries. The United States takes its first-ever ranking not …
News release: “The World Economic Forums Positive Infrastructure Report finds that world faces a global infrastructure deficit of US$ 2 trillion per year over the next 20 years. The report analyses the four largest infrastructure markets Brazil, China, India and the USA, and studies how to best deploy public funds made available through global …
America Over a Barrel – Solving Our Oil Vulnerability, June 14, 2010: “There is near-universal agreement that breaking the United States off of oil should be one of our nations top priorities. And yet gas prices remain around $3 per gallon, oil continues to gush into the Gulf of Mexico, and we are still dangerously …
News release: “The U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor and Treasury today issued a new regulation that makes good on President Obamas promise that Americans who like their health plan can keep it. The new regulation protects the ability of individuals and businesses to keep their current plan while providing important consumer protections …
News release: “The U.S. Department of Agricultures National Organic Program (NOP) today announced it has reached a settlement agreement with the Organic Crop Improvement Association (OCIA) regarding its operation in China. The NOP, which is administered by the Agricultural Marketing Service, has struck a settlement agreement with OCIA that prohibits OCIA from operating in China. …
Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, this graphic from The Economist compares the largest oil spills – excluding military attacks (in millions of barrels), dating back to 1972. The graphic is accompanied by a background image of oil soaked pelicans. See also New York Times – Onshore Spill Response Is Chaotic …
“In formal comments to the California Public Utility Commission, EPIC said that utility customers should control the use of personal information generated by Smart Grid services. EPIC warned that companies will otherwise use the data for purposes not related to electricity delivery, consumption management, or payment. EPIC urged the California Commission to include a requirement …
Follow up to posting, Coast Guard R. Admiral Gives BP 48 Hours to Identify Leak Containment Capacity, this new letter inclusive of graphs, from BP responding to the Admiral’s directive that “sets out the plans for rebuilding additional capacity and redundancy for the containment of oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill…” See also this …
Transition to Adulthood The Future of Children, Vol. 20, No. 1, Spring 2010, Vol. 20, No. 1, Spring 2010. A Collaboration of The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University and The Brookings Institution. “Todays young people are taking longer to leave home, attain economic independence, and form families of their …
