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Summary of GAO’s Performance and Financial Information Fiscal Year 2009, GAO-10-235SP, January 21, 2010 Financial Management: Improvements Needed in National Flood Insurance Program’s Financial Controls and Oversight, GAO-10-66, December 22, 2009 Defense Acquisitions: Managing Risk to Achieve Better Outcomes, GAO-10-374T, January 20, 2010
News release: “Median weekly earnings of the nation’s 98.7 million full-time wage and salary workers were $748 in the fourth quarter of 2009, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. This was 2.7 percent higher than a year earlier, compared with a gain of 1.4 percent in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban …
Afghanistan and Pakistan Regional Stabilization Strategy, Office of the Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan January 2010. “The Afghan government is under assault from the Taliban and struggling to provide security, jobs, and basic justice to a society devastated by 30 years of war. Across the border, the Pakistani people are victim to regular suicide …
U.S. Immigration Policy on Haitian Migrants, January 15, 2010:” The environmental, social, and political conditions in Haiti have long prompted congressional interest in U.S. policy on Haitian migrants, particularly those attempting to reach the United States by boat. While some observers assert that such arrivals by Haitians are a breach in border security, others maintain …
A Review of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Use of Exigent Letters and Other Informal Requests for Telephone Records, January 2010, Unclassified, Redacted. See also from EFF: Over Redaction in Audit of FBIs Use of Illegal Exigent Letters
Producer Price Index, January 20, 2010: “The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods moved up 0.2 percent in December, seasonally adjusted. This rise followed a 1.8-percent advance in November and a 0.3-percent increase in October. The index for finished goods less foods and energy was unchanged.” Related postings on financial system
News release: “U.S. productivity weathered the recession well, growing 2.5 percent (in per hour terms) in 2009, The Conference Board reported today. This blip in the prevailing downward trend in U.S. productivity was largely explained by dramatically reduced working hours that offset output decline (employment fell by 3.6 percent in 2009; hours worked per worker …
News release: “Today, the U.S. Department of Energys (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) released the Eastern Wind Integration and Transmission Study (EWITS). This unprecedented two-and-a-half year technical study of future high-penetration wind scenarios was designed to analyze the economic, operational, and technical implications of shifting 20 percent or more of the Eastern Interconnections electrical …
UN Permanent Forum Origin and Development Report: State of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, January 2010. “Indigenous peoples contribute extensibly to humanity’s cultural diversity, enriching it with more than two thirds of its languages and an extraordinary amount of its traditional knowledge. There are over 370 million indigenous people in some 90 countries, living in all …
News release: “The Conference Board Leading Economic Index (LEI) for the U.K. increased by 0.9 percent in November to 98.6 (2004 = 100), following gains of 1.1 percent in October and 1.0 percent in September. All seven components made positive contributions to the index. Download a PDF of the technical notes for underlying detail, diffusion …
News release: “U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced that the Department of Energys National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) will invest $12 million in total funding ($10 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act) to support the development of early stage solar energy technologies. The Photovoltaic (PV) Incubator Program partners NREL with …
Medicaid and CHIP: Enrollment, Benefits, Expenditures, and Other Characteristics of State Premium Assistance Programs, GAO-10-258R, January 19, 2010 Status of the Small Business Administration’s Implementation of Administrative Provisions in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, GAO-10-298R, January 19, 2010 Information Sharing: Federal Agencies Are Sharing Border and Terrorism Information with Local and Tribal …
