Category «Government Documents»

CBO: Tax Arbitrage by Colleges and Universities

Tax Arbitrage by Colleges and Universities, April 2010 Because colleges and universities serve a public purpose — advancing higher education and promoting myriad forms of research — they enjoy a variety of tax preferences. In addition to being exempt from paying federal income taxes, institutions of higher learning can accept tax deductible charitable contributions and …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

New GAO Reports: 2010 Census, Defense Infrastructure, Quadrennial Defense Review, End-Stage Renal Disease

2010 Census: Cooperation with Enumerators Is Critical to a Successful Headcount, GAO-10-665T, April 30, 2010 Defense Infrastructure: DOD Needs to Determine and Use the Most Economical Building Materials and Methods When Acquiring New Permanent Facilities, GAO-10-436, April 30, 2010 Defense Logistics: Actions Needed to Improve Implementation of the Army Logistics Modernization Program, GAO-10-461, April 30, …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

EPA Opens Access to Chemical Information Searchable database

News release: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is making it easier to find chemical information online. EPA is releasing a database, called ToxRefDB, which allows scientists and the interested public to search and download thousands of toxicity testing results on hundreds of chemicals. ToxRefDB captures 30 years and $2 billion of testing results….ToxRefDB provides …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Knowledge Management

Report: Current Standard Fails to Accurately Assess Poverty

News release: “A new study released today from the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) proposes a new framework for measuring poverty and basic economic security in the United States….The report, A Modern Framework for measuring poverty and basic Economic Security, details how the dominant framework for defining poverty has been defined down over …

Subjects: Government Documents

New GAO Reports: Auto Industry, Veteran-owned Small Businesses, 8(a) Program, Homeland Defense, SBA

Auto Industry: Lessons Learned from Cash for Clunkers Program, GAO-10-486, April 29, 2010 Department of Veterans Affairs: Preliminary Observations on Issues Related to Contracting Opportunities for Veteran-owned Small Businesses, GAO-10-673T, April 29, 2010 8(a) Program: Fourteen Ineligible Firms Received 5 Million in Sole-Source and Set-Aside Contracts, GAO-10-425, March 30, 2010 Homeland Defense: DOD Can Enhance …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Independent Panel Finds Insufficient Evidence to Support Preventive Measures for Alzheimer's Disease

News release: “Many preventive measures for cognitive decline and for preventing Alzheimer’s disease—mental stimulation, exercise, and a variety of dietary supplements—have been studied over the years. However, an independent panel convened this week by the National Institutes of Health determined that the value of these strategies for delaying the onset and/or reducing the severity of …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

The 2010 Retirement Confidence Survey: Confidence Stabilizing, But Preparations Continue to Erode

Confidence Stabilizing, But Preparations Continue to Erode, By Ruth Helman, Mathew Greenwald and Associates, and Craig Copeland and Jack VanDerhei, Employee Benefit Research Institute, March 2010 “The 2010 Retirement Confidence Survey—the 20th annual wave of this survey—finds that the record-low confidence levels measured during the past two years of economic decline appear to have bottomed …

Subjects: Government Documents

Attorney General Eric Holder Speaks at the AstraZeneca Settlement Announcement

News release: “Over the past 15 months, Secretary Sebelius [see also her news release] and I have made it a top priority of both our Departments to crack down on health care fraud, which we know costs taxpayers billions of dollars each year. Through our Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Action Team, or HEAT, …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research