Category «Government Documents»

EPA Petitioned to Regulate Chemicals That Pose Widespread Risks to Human and Animal Reproduction

News release: “The Center for Biological Diversity petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today to establish water-quality criteria for numerous endocrine-disrupting chemicals under the Clean Water Act, the first step in regulating and eliminating persistent and widespread chemicals that damage reproductive functions in wildlife and humans…Endocrine disruptors persist throughout our nations waters and are having …

Subjects: Government Documents

New York Fed Publishes Revised Policy for Administration of Primary Dealer Relationships

News release: “The Federal Reserve Bank of New York today published a revised policy regarding the administration of relationships with primary dealers intended to provide greater transparency about the significant business standards expected of primary dealers and to offer clearer guidance on the process to become a primary dealer. The revised policy takes into consideration …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

New GAO Reports: Brand-Name Prescription Drug Pricing, Corporate Crime, 2009 Tax Filing Season

Brand-Name Prescription Drug Pricing: Lack of Therapeutically Equivalent Drugs and Limited Competition May Contribute to Extraordinary Price Increases, GAO-10-201, December 22, 2009 Corporate Crime: DOJ Has Taken Steps to Better Track Its Use of Deferred and Non-Prosecution Agreements, but Should Evaluate Effectiveness, GAO-10-110, December 18, 2009 2009 Tax Filing Season: IRS Met Many 2009 Goals, …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

DOE Announces $187 Million to Improve Vehicle Efficiency for Heavy-Duty Trucks and Passenger Vehicles

News release: “At an event today in Columbus, Indiana, Secretary Chu announced the selection of nine projects totaling more than $187 million to improve fuel efficiency for heavy-duty trucks and passenger vehicles. The funding includes more than $100 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and with a private cost share of 50 percent, …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

S.E.C. Levels New Charge Against Bank of America

Securities and Exchange Commission Litigation Release No. 21371 / January 11, 2010 – Securities and Exchange Commission v. Bank of America Corporation, Civil Action No. 09-6829 (JSR) (S.D.N.Y.): “The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it seeks to charge Bank of America with failing to disclose extraordinary financial losses at Merrill Lynch prior to …

Subjects: Courts, Government Documents, Legal Research

CBO: Estimated Premiums for "Bronze" Coverage Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Estimated Premiums for “Bronze” Coverage Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Letter to the Honorable Olympia Snowe, January 11, 2010 “This letter responds to your request for additional information about expected premiums under that proposal for policies that would meet the minimum requirements necessary to avoid paying a penalty for not having insurance. …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents, Legislation

NY AG Cuomo Seeks Bonus Information From Banks That Received Federal Taxpayer Funds

News release: “In the letter, Cuomo seeks detailed information regarding bonus allocations from eight of the nations largest financial institutions: Bank of America; Bank of New York Mellon; Citigroup; Goldman Sachs; J.P. Morgan Chase; Morgan Stanley; State Street; Wells Fargo.” Related postings on financial system

Subjects: Government Documents

FDA Draft Guidance for Industry: "Planning for the Effects of High Absenteeism to Ensure Availability of Medically Necessary Drug Products"

[Federal Register: January 8, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 5)] [Notices][Page 1060-1062] – Draft Guidance for Industry on Planning for the Effects of High Absenteeism to Ensure Availability of Medically Necessary Drug Products; Availability – The draft guidance encourages manufacturers of medically necessary drug products (MNPs) and components to develop contingency production plans in the event …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

OECD Composite Leading Indicators, January 2010

News release: “OECD composite leading indicators (CLIs) for November 2009 provide stronger signals of recovery than in last month’s assessment. Troughs in the underlying reference series – the index of industrial production – for all major seven countries, except Canada and the United Kingdom, are also visible, and the CLIs for all major seven countries …

Subjects: Government Documents

New York Times Report – 6 Million Living on Food Stamps in America

Food Stamps, and Nothing Else – Food stamp programs in 30 states and the District of Columbia provided data on the number of recipients who had no other cash income in 2007 and 2009. These numbers reflect not only the economic conditions in various states, but also the extent to which food stamp recipients qualify …

Subjects: Government Documents

Joint Forum Release of Review of Differentiated Nature and Scope of Financial Regulation

News release: ” This report, Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, The Joint Forum, Review of the Differentiated Nature and Scope of Financial Regulation Key Issues and Recommendations, January 2010, analyses key issues arising from the differentiated nature of financial regulation in the international banking, insurance, and securities sectors. It also addresses gaps arising from the …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission Report, November/December 2009

Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission, Report on the Situation of Economic and Social Rights in Afghanistan – IV Qaws 1388 (November/December 2009) “This report aims to assess the status of economic and social rights in Afghanistan in the year 1387 (2008/09). In this report we measure the national and international obligations of the Government with …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Government Documents

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