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Follow up to previous postings on Follow up to previous postings on missing White House emails during Bush administrations, from the National Security Archive: “Pursuant to a settlement reached between the National Security Archive and the White House Executive Office of the President (EOP), the White House today issued a letter describing critical aspects of …
DOD Directive 3020.40, DoD Policy and Responsibilities for Critical Infrastructure, January 14, 2010 “It is DoD policy that: a. Coordination on the risk management of defense critical infrastructure (DCI) shall be accomplished with other Federal departments and agencies; State, local, regional, territorial, and tribal entities; the private sector; and foreign countries, as appropriate….”
Weekly Address: President Obama Vows to “Collect Every Dime” of Taxpayer Funds that Helped Big Banks: “In this weeks address, President Barack Obama proposed a fee on major financial firms to recoup on behalf of American taxpayers – the $700 billion paid out in TARP, saying we want the taxpayers money back, and were …
News release: “IRS e-file, the popular electronic tax return delivery service used by two-thirds of the nations taxpayers, opened for business January 15 and marks 20 years of safely and securely transmitting nearly 800 million individual federal tax returns. The Internal Revenue Service debuted e-file nationally in 1990, delivering 4.2 million tax returns. Last year, …
News release: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing water quality standards to protect peoples health, aquatic life and the long term recreational uses of Floridas waters, which are a critical part of the states economy. In 2009, EPA entered into a consent decree with the Florida Wildlife Federation to propose limits to this …
Obamas War Over Terror: “Barack Obama was inaugurated as the first president to take office in the Age of Terrorism. He inherited two struggles one with Al Qaeda and its ideological allies, and another that divides his own country over issues like torture, prosecutions, security and what it means to be an American. The …
Follow up to previous postings on toxicological impact of Bisphenol A (BPA) exposure, this FDA Update on Bisphenol A for Use in Food Contact Applications: January 2010 “At this interim stage, FDA shares the perspective of the National Toxicology Program that recent studies provide reason for some concern about the potential effects of BPA on …
News release: “In the wake of the devastation caused by the earthquake in Haiti, the Federal Trade Commission warns consumers to choose carefully when considering urgent appeals for aid in the news, online, and at social networking sites. The best way to provide immediate help is to donate money directly to established national relief organizations …
The Individual Alternative Minimum Tax, Economic and Budget Issue Brief, January 15, 2010 “For the past four decades, the individual income tax has consisted of two parallel tax systems: the regular tax and an alternative tax, which was intended to impose taxes on high-income individuals who use tax preferences to greatly reduce or eliminate their …
CBO – Unauthorized Appropriations and Expiring Authorizations January 2010 Appropriations Version House Version Senate Version
European Economy Sustainability report 2009 “The European economy is showing signs of entering a phase of recovery after a deep crisis. Thanks to effective and substantive policy action since autumn 2008, coordinated in the context of the European Economic Recovery Plan (EERP), a financial meltdown and a generalised loss of confidence has been avoided. However, …
News release: “The shooting spree allegedly perpetrated by a self-radicalized soldier of Muslim faith has revealed shortcomings in the Defense Departments ability to counter dangerous outside influences on the military, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said today. Gates disclosed this and several other key findings of a broad review he ordered after Army Maj. Nidal …
