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National Cancer Institute, Annual Report for 2008-2009, President’s Cancer Panel – Reducing Environmental Cancer Risk, What We Can Do Now “The Panel was particularly concerned to find that the true burden of environmentally induced cancer has been grossly underestimated. With nearly 80,000 chemicals on the market in the United States, many of which are used …
Defense Acquisitions: Strong Leadership Is Key to Planning and Executing Stable Weapon Programs, GAO-10-522, May 06, 2010 Financial Markets Regulation: Financial Crisis Highlights Need to Improve Oversight of Leverage at Financial Institutions and across System, GAO-10-555T, May 06, 2010 Food Safety: FDA Could Strengthen Oversight of Imported Food by Improving Enforcement and Seeking Additional Authorities, …
News release: “Two days after the failed Times Square terrorist was arrested, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., Wednesday heard top New York City officials advocate for barring terrorist suspects from purchasing firearms. At an oversight hearing, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly …
How Policies to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions Could Affect Employment, May 5, 2010 – Economic and Budget Issue Brief “The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has analyzed the research on the effects that policies to reduce greenhouse gases would have on employment and concluded that total employment during the next few decades would be slightly lower …
“The Office of Inspector General received a hotline complaint from Citizen Action New Mexico (CANM) alleging that the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) mismanaged the Sandia National Laboratorys Mixed Waste Landfill (MWL) monitoring wells – Region 6 [New Mexico] withheld information from the public regarding the MWL [Mixed Waste Landfill] monitoring wells through: discontinuation of …
Afghanistan’s Security Environment, GAO-10-613R, May 05, 2010 Child Care: Multiple Factors Could Have Contributed to the Recent Decline in the Number of Children Whose Families Receive Subsidies, GAO-10-344, May 05, 2010 Terrorist Watchlist Screening: FBI Has Enhanced Its Use of Information from Firearm and Explosives Background Checks to Support Counterterrorism Efforts, GAO-10-703T, May 05, 2010 …
Financial Regulatory Reform and the 111th Congress, March 31, 2010 “One issue in financial reform is the potential reorganization of the financial system regulatory architecture. Currently, the United States has many regulators, some with overlapping jurisdictions, but with gaps in oversight of some issues. This structure evolved largely in reaction to past financial crises, with …
Monetary Policy and the Federal Reserve: Current Policy and Conditions, Marc Labonte, Specialist in Macroeconomic Policy, March 31, 2010 “The Fed defines monetary policy as the actions it undertakes to influence the availability and cost of money and credit to promote the goals mandated by Congress: a stable price level and maximum sustainable economic growth. …
OIG-10-80 – The Responsibilities of the Office of Counternarcotics Enforcement “Among many responsibilities, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is charged with preventing the entry of illegal drugs into the United States and diminishing the threat of drug trafficking, the worlds most lucrative criminal activity. Reducing this threat is of special interest to the department …
News release: “In January 2009, the FDIC sponsored a special supplement to the U.S. Census Bureaus Current Population Survey (CPS) to collect data on the number of U.S. households that are unbanked and underbanked, their demographic characteristics, and their reasons for being unbanked and underbanked. Teamed with the rich demographic and geographic data available through …
Spring Economic Outlook Survey of Business Executives: “Confidence in the Greater Washington, DC economy reached its highest point since February 2009, according to the semi-annual economic survey released today by the Greater Washington Board of Trade. Business leaders have overall positive perceptions of current economic conditions that confirmed the outlook six months prior. They also …
Statement of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, The Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the New York City Police Department on an Arrest in the Times Square Investigation , May 4, 2010. Photos from the Press Conference on the Times Square Attempted Bombing Politico: Cellphone led FBI to Times Square …
