Recovery Act: Contract Oversight Activities of the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board and Observations on Contract Spending in Selected States, GAO-10-216R, November 30, 2009 Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Program: Performance Measurement Would Strengthen Accountability and Enhance Awareness among Potential Claimants, GAO-10-5, October 29, 2009 Information Technology: Actions Needed to Fully Establish Program Management Capability for …

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News release: “The Commission has issued the 2009 Federal Trade Commission Report To Congress On Ethanol Market Concentration. This is the FTC’s fifth annual report on the state of ethanol production in the United States, as required by the Energy Policy Act of 2005. The report concludes that the U.S. fuel ethanol market, measured either …

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“The Purpose of U.S.DebtClock.org is to inform the public of the financial condition of the United States of America. The numbers are laid out so as to give a complete real-time snap-shot of the country’s balance sheet…All the debt clocks are updated continuously…” This is an independent site using government data.

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News release: “The U.S. Department of the Treasury and Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today kick off a nationwide campaign to help borrowers who are currently in the trial phase of their modified mortgages under the Obama Administration’s Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) convert to permanent modifications. The modification program, which has helped …

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OIG-10-09 – Security of Air Cargo During Ground Transportation (Redacted) (PDF, 39 pages), November 2009 “Security Administration’s efforts to secure air cargo while it is handled or transported on the ground, prior to being shipped on passenger aircraft. The Transportation Security Administration could improve its efforts to secure air cargo during ground handling and transportation. …

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Port of Spain Climate Change Consensus: The Commonwealth Climate Change Declaration: “Climate change is the predominant global challenge. We convened a Special Session on Climate Change in Port of Spain to discuss our profound concern about the undisputed threat that climate change poses to the security, prosperity, economic and social development of our people. For …

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New York Times graphic – Food Stamp Recipients in Each County, June 2009, and related article, Food Stamp Use Soars, and Stigma Fades: “The number of food stamp recipients has climbed by about 10 million over the past two years, resulting in a program that now feeds 1 in 8 Americans and nearly 1 in …

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Financial Times: “The US economy continued to shrink in the second quarter, but the pace of contraction slowed as aggressive government spending started to loosen the grip of the longest recession on record.” News release: “Real gross domestic product — the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United …

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