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News release: “Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today released USDA’s new annual report, Expenditures on Children by Families, which finds that a middle-income family with a child born in 2009 can expect to spend about $222,360 ($286,050 if inflation is factored in) for food, shelter, and other necessities to raise that child over the next 17 …
PricewaterhouseCoopers – Health Research Institute – Behind the numbers: Medical cost trends for 2011 “This annual report on medical cost trends was published in June 2010 and factored the impact of many variables including the US economy, which continues to emerge from a deep recession, as well as healthcare reform, which has phased-in milestones that …
Follow up to previous postings on Afghanistan, the New York Times reports, “The United States has discovered nearly $1 trillion in untapped mineral deposits in Afghanistan, far beyond any previously known reserves and enough to fundamentally alter the Afghan economy and perhaps the Afghan war itself, according to senior American government officials. The previously unknown …
In his letter to bi-partisan Congressional leadership President Obama highlights “the devastating economic impact of budget cuts at the state and local levels that are leading to massive layoffs of teachers, police and firefighters.” Je goes on to request support for his small business legislation that “includes a new lending initiative to help creditworthy firms …
News release: The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) has voted to institute an investigation of certain portable electronic devices and related software. The products at issue in this investigation are portable electronic devices that utilize certain power management methods and may incorporate hardware and software for telephone directories within mobile telephone systems. The investigation is …
News release: “Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-NJ) and Rep. Peter T. King (R-NY), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, introduced H.R. 5498, The WMD Prevention and Preparedness Act of 2010. This legislation will make progress toward implementing the recommendations of the WMD Commission and will improve U.S. efforts to prevent, deter, detect, and respond …
The Homeownership Gap, Current Issues in Economics and Finance, May 2010. Volume 16, Number 5, by Andrew Haughwout, Richard Peach, and Joseph Tracy “Recent years have seen a sharp rise in the number of negative equity homeownersthose who owe more on their mortgages than their houses are worth. These homeowners are included in the official …
News release: “The American Civil Liberties Union marks the 47th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act with a call for the Senate to pass S. 182, the Paycheck Fairness Act. President John F. Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act of 1963 into law 47 years ago Thursday, prohibiting wage discrimination based on sex. However, since …
Follow up to New Yorker: Julian Assange and WikiLeak’s mission for total transparency news from two sources on converging aspects of leaking national security data via MSM and alternative news outlets. “Pentagon investigators are trying to determine the whereabouts of the Australian-born founder of the secretive website Wikileaks for fear that he may be about …
Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, on June 12, 2010 U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral James Watson sent a letter to BP’s COO directing the company to “identify in the next 48 hours additional leak containment capacity that could be operational and expedited to avoid the continued discharge of oil from …
Bloomberg reported, “The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is preparing to review allegations that Apple Inc. is engaging in anti-competitive tactics to restrict rivals in the mobile- advertising market, people familiar with the matter said. The FTC and U.S. Justice Department have been discussing which agency should conduct the investigation, one of the people said yesterday. …
Depot Maintenance: Improved Strategic Planning Needed to Ensure That Navy Depots Can Meet Future Maintenance Requirements, GAO-10-585, June 11, 2010 Electronic Records Archive: Status Update on the National Archives and Records Administration’s Fiscal Year 2010 Expenditure Plan, GAO-10-657, June 11, 2010
