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Follow up to Report: Envisioning America’s Future Postal Service, the move to 5-day a week mail delivery is on its way: Testimony of Chairman Ruth Y. Goldway, Postal Regulatory Commission, before the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government March 18, 2010: “…the Postal Service must also seek approval from Congress, since …
Analysis of the President’s 2011 Budget, March 24, 2010 “Each year CBO estimates the budgetary impact of the proposals in the President’s budget using the same economic assumptions and estimating techniques that the agency uses to produce all of its analyses and cost estimates. Because CBO’s economic forecast and estimating techniques differ from those of …
Information Security: Concerted Response Needed to Resolve Persistent Weaknesses, GAO-10-536T, March 24, 2010: “Without proper safeguards, federal computer systems are vulnerable to intrusions by individuals who have malicious intentions and can obtain sensitive information. The need for a vigilant approach to information security has been demonstrated by the pervasive and sustained cyber attacks against the …
Special Master Issues 2010 Rulings for Top 25 Executives at Firms Receiving Exceptional Taxpayer Assistance and Look Back Letter on Review of Pre-Recovery Act Compensation, March 23, 2010 “Today, the Special Master for TARP Executive Compensation, Kenneth R. Feinberg, issued his rulings on 2010 executive pay packages for the `Top 25′ executives at the five …
News release: “Last months combined global land and ocean surface temperature made it the sixth warmest February ever recorded. Additionally, the December 2009 February 2010 period was the fifth warmest on record averaged for any similar three-month Northern Hemisphere winter-Southern Hemisphere summer season, according to scientists at NOAAs National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, …
News release: “The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) has made available the health care reform bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives this past weekend in electronic form. The House floor debate leading up to the passage of the bill can be found in the Congressional Record. The authentic, electronic versions are available on …
23 page complaint filed today in the Northern District of Florida – Nature of Action: “On March 23, 2010, a new universal healthcare regime, titled the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, H.R. 3590 (the Act), was signed into law by the President. The Act, which exceeds 2,400 pages, is available at http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=111_cong_bills&docid=f: h3590pp.txt.pdf (accessed …
News release: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a list of U.S. metropolitan areas with the largest number of energy efficient buildings that earned EPAs Energy Star in 2009. The list is headed by Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Denver, Chicago, Houston, Lakeland, Dallas-Fort Worth, Atlanta and New York. Energy efficiency saves building …
Direct Spending and Defense Programs, March 23, 2010. Testimony before the Subcommittee on Military Personnel, Committee on Armed Services, U.S. House of Representatives. “For 2010, CBO estimates that total federal spending, under an assumption that current laws and policies remain unchanged, will be about $3.5 trillion. Of that amount, about $1.4 trillion (40 percent) will …
Recent Trends in Cesarean Delivery in the United States – Fay Menacker, Dr. P.H., and Brady E. Hamilton, Ph.D. National Center for Health Statistics Data Brief No. 35, March 2010. “In 2007, nearly one-third (32%) of all births were cesarean deliveries. Although there are often clear clinical indications for a cesarean delivery, the short- and …
News release: “[March 22, 2010] the FBI released bank crime statistics for calendar year 2009. Between January 1, 2009 and December 31, 2009, there were 5,943 robberies, 100 burglaries, 19 larcenies, and three extortions of financial institutions1 reported to law enforcement. The total 6,065 reported violations represents a decrease from 2008, during which 6,8572 violations …
“Today, perhaps more than ever, health care is a key item on the nation’s agenda. Government policy makers, health professionals, scientists, industrial and civic leaders, patient advocates, and private citizens across the social spectrum are focusing on how best to obtain a high-quality health system that is efficient and affordable in its operation and that …
