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“The Department of Transportation is proposing to improve the air travel environment for consumers by: increasing the number of carriers that are required to adopt tarmac delay contingency plans and the airports at which they must adhere to the plans terms; increasing the number of carriers that are required to report tarmac delay information to …
News release: “Many euro area large and complex banking groups (LCBGs) returned to modest profitability in 2009, and their financial performances strengthened further in the first quarter of 2010. These developments, together with a bolstering of their capital buffers to well above pre-crisis levels, suggest that most of these institutions have made important progress on …
Local government job losses hurt entire economy – Economic Policy Institute, Ethan Pollack, May 27, 2010 “America continues to reel from the worst recession in 75 years. While the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act successfully mitigated the severity and length of the downturn, robust economic recoverythough hoped foris far from guaranteed. Although recent economic indicators …
News release: “Today the Federal Communications Commission released the results of a survey on the consumer broadband experience. The survey found that 80 percent of broadband users in the United States do not know the speed of their broadband connection. The survey is part of the agencys overall broadband speed initiative, which involves several bureaus …
News release: “The Department of State has submitted its fifth National Communication on U.S. climate change actions to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Submission of this document, also called the U.S. Climate Action Report 2010, is a requirement under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. The U.S. submits a National Communication …
News release: “The Federal Trade Commission has contributed a Report to the White House Council on Women and Girls. By enhancing consumer welfare, the FTCs mission touches and improves the lives of American women, children, and families in countless ways. The Report focuses on discrete FTC program areas that have a particular impact on women …
Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill via the New York Times: “Last September, marine scientists studying deep-sea biology in the northern Gulf of Mexico lowered a submersible robot off the side of a government research vessel and piloted it 1,300 feet to the ocean floor. There, in complete darkness and near-freezing …
Campaign Finance Reform: Experiences of Two States That Offered Full Public Funding for Political Candidates, GAO-10-390, May 28, 2010 Medicare Advantage: Relationship between Benefit Package Designs and Plans’ Average Beneficiary Health Status, GAO-10-403, April 30, 2010 Nuclear Safety: Convention on Nuclear Safety Is Viewed by Most Member Countries as Strengthening Safety Worldwide, GAO-10-489, April 29, …
Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, via the U.S. Attorney General, Eric Holder: “As we move forward, we will be guided by simple principles: We will ensure that every cent of taxpayer money will be repaid and damages to the environment and wildlife will be reimbursed. We will make certain that …
Review of the Department’s Preparation to Respond to a WMD Incident, Evaluation and Inspections Report I-2010-004, May 2010 “Our review found that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has taken appropriate steps to prepare to respond to a potential WMD attack. The FBI has implemented a headquarters-led program that has established WMD response plans, provides …
Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, via Bloomberg: “BP Plc said in permit applications (slow loading, 582 pages) for drilling in the Gulf of Mexico that it was prepared to handle an oil spill more than ten times larger than the one now spewing crude into the waters off the southern …
Health Savings Accounts and Health Reimbursement Arrangements: Assets, Account Balances, and Rollovers, 20062009. June 2010, Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) Issue Brief #343 “HRAs and HSAs are relatively new, but a growing percentage of the population has had them for numerous years…This Issue Brief examines HSA and HRA assets, account balances, and rollover amounts. It …
