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News release: “The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) released a list of orders of administrative enforcement actions taken against banks and individuals in November. No administrative hearings are scheduled. The FDIC processed a total of 51 matters in November. These included 34 cease and desist consent orders; nine civil money penalties; three prompt corrective action …
New York on Track for Fewest Murders on Record: “The city is on track, for the second time in three years, to have the fewest number of homicides in a 12-month period since the current record keeping system began. As of Sunday, there had been 461 murders; the record low was in 2007, when there …
Medicare Managed Care: Observations about Medicare Cost Plans, GAO-10-185, December 28, 2009 Medicaid Outpatient Prescription Drugs: Second Quarter 2008 Federal Upper Limits for Reimbursement Compared with Average Retail Pharmacy Acquisition Costs, GAO-10-118R, November 30, 2009 Recovery Act: Planned Efforts and Challenges in Evaluating Compliance with Maintenance of Effort and Similar Provisions, GAO-10-247, November 30, 2009 …
News release: “House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) released a report prepared by the Congressional Research Service on several issues concerning the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN). The report was requested by Chairman Conyers and House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank on September 22, 2009 and is linked here: CRS …
News release: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released enforcement results for fiscal year 2009, and has developed a new Web-based tool and interactive map that allows the public to get detailed information by location about the enforcement actions taken at approximately 4,600 facilities. The new mapping tool allows the public to view the …
“Mercers H1N1 pages are meant to provide you with access to current “information and resources to help manage the risks. Now, you can see the results of our survey – Influenza A (H1N1): How is your organization coping? – that gathered information from nearly 1000 companies to see what they are doing to plan, communicate …
“Guided by Security Council resolutions 1373 (2001) and 1624 (2005), the CTC has been working to bolster the ability of United Nations Member States to prevent terrorist acts both within their borders and across regions. The CTC is assisted in its efforts by the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED), which carries out the policy decisions …
Green Protectionism in the European Union: How Europes Biofuels Policy and the Renewable Energy Directive Violate WTO Commitments, European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE) “This paper examines the trade-policy consequences of current approaches to biofuels. The paper is not concerned with possible adverse environmental consequences of policy aimed at switching to biofuels. Such consequences …
The Foreign-Born Labor Force in the United States: 2007 – “Economic opportunity is a primary attraction for many immigrants to the United States. In 2007, labor force participation among the foreign born was higher than that among natives. Foreign born workers have historically made up a sizeable part of the labor force. Today, there are …
“The FDIC Institution Directory (ID) provides the latest comprehensive financial and demographic data for every FDIC-insured institution, including the most recent quarterly financial statements, with performance and condition ratios.” Data Availability: Financial – Current as of 9/30/2009; Demographic – Current as of 12/24/2009
Bureau of Economic Analysis Personal income and Outlays: November 2009 – “Personal income increased $49.7 billion, or 0.4 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI) increased $54.1 billion, or 0.5 percent, in November, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $47.9 billion, or 0.5 percent. In October, personal income increased $33.6 …
News release: “Texas gained more people than any other state between July 1, 2008, and July 1, 2009 (478,000), followed by California (381,000), North Carolina (134,000), Georgia (131,000) and Florida (114,000), according to the latest U.S. Census Bureau estimates. California remained the most populous state, with a July 1, 2009, population of 37 million. Rounding …
