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Warfighter Support: Improvements to DOD’s Urgent Needs Processes Would Enhance Oversight and Expedite Efforts to Meet Critical Warfighter Needs, GAO-10-460, April 30, 2010 Retirement Income: Challenges for Ensuring Income throughout Retirement, GAO-10-632R, April 28, 2010: “For the first time since 1983, the Social Security trust funds are currently paying out more in benefits than they …
News release: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency =is proposing the first-ever national rules to ensure the safe disposal and management of coal ash from coal-fired power plants. Coal combustion residuals, commonly known as coal ash, are byproducts of the combustion of coal at power plants and are disposed of in liquid form at large surface …
“The April 2010 Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending Practices addressed changes in the supply of, and demand for, bank loans to businesses and households over the past three months. The survey included three sets of special questions. The first set asked banks about lending policies regarding business credit card accounts for use …
WSJ: “The Pentagon said the U.S. had a total of 5,113 nuclear warheads in its stockpile as of Sept. 30, plus a few thousand more that had been retired but still needed to be dismantled. Between fiscal years 1994 and 2009, the U.S. dismantled 8,748 nuclear warheads. At its peak at the end of fiscal …
News release: “Over the last 50 years, America has built roads and bridges at a pace and scale that dwarfs most of the rest of the world. Weve built a national highway network like no other, with more than 45,000 miles of interstate highway and 575,000 highway bridges. Now, much of that system is showing …
“Unlike the United States (data.gov) and Britain (data.gov.uk), Canada has no open data strategy. This must change. Canadians paid for the information gathered about our country, ourselves and our government. Free access to it could help stimulate our economy and enhance our democracy. In pursuit of this goal, this website is a citizen-led effort to …
News release, PEER: “A ranking of agencies Open Government Plans compiled in an independent audit reveals the strongest and weakest agency plans, with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) at the top of the list and the Department of Justice (DOJ) at the bottom. Significantly, the audit found that key agencies assigned to oversee …
News release: “It just got harder for a TV to earn the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys Energy Star. Starting May 1, 2010, TVs that carry the governments Energy Star label are, on average, 40 percent more efficient than conventional models. Available in stores nationwide, the new TVs will help consumers save even more energy and …
News release: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is launching a new set of web tools, data, and interactive maps to inform the public about serious Clean Water Act violations in their communities. Improving water quality is one of EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jacksons priorities and in 2009, Administrator Jackson directed the agency to develop …
News release: “The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) today released the revised Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering (BSA/AML) Examination Manual. The revised manual reflects the ongoing commitment of the federal and state banking agencies to provide current and consistent guidance on risk-based policies, procedures, and processes for banking organizations to comply with the BSA and …
Fact Sheet Facts and Figures (FY 2009) “A key component of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) enforcement mission is the tracing of firearms on behalf of thousands of Federal, State, local and foreign law enforcement agencies. Firearms trace data is critically important information developed by ATF. ATF has prepared the …
Meaningful Use Final Rule Must Create Pathway to Progress on Core Health Goals – “Leaders at Markle, the Center for American Progress, and the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform at Brookings call upon the government to retain core requirements in its final rule for health IT investments.” Read the letter – “The final federal …
