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News release: “Eight federal regulatory agencies today released a final model privacy notice form that will make it easier for consumers to understand how financial institutions collect and share information about consumers. Under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLB Act), institutions must notify consumers of their information-sharing practices and inform consumers of their right to opt out …
Budget Issues: Electronic Processing of Non-IRS Collections Has Increased but Better Understanding of Cost Structure Is Needed, GAO-10-11, November 20, 2009 Defense Acquisitions: Further Actions Needed to Address Weaknesses in DOD’s Management of Professional and Management Support Contracts, GAO-10-39, November 20, 2009 Corporate Crime: Prosecutors Adhered to Guidance in Selecting Monitors for Deferred Prosecution and …
H.R. 3962, Affordable Health Care for America Act, November 20, 2009. Revised cost estimate for the bill as passed by the House of Representatives Information on Medicare’s Payments to Physicians and the Budgetary Effects of H.R. 3961, the Medicare Physicians Payment Reform Act of 2009, November 19, 2009. Letter to the Honorable Paul Ryan Patient …
“The Court entered its Findings of Fact and Conclusion of law in the Robinson matter. The Court ruled that the failure of the United States Army Corps of Engineers to maintain and operate the MRGO properly was a substantial cause for the failure of the Reach 2 Levee. It found that the Corps was not …
“The Commission released its 2009 Annual Report to Congress today. The Report cites trends for U.S. economic and national security interests, and offers 42 recommendations for Congressional action.” 2009 Report to Congress of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, 381 pages, PDF
Homeland Security: Greater Attention to Key Practices Would Help Address Security Vulnerabilities at Federal Buildings, GAO-10-236T, November 18, 2009 Homeland Security: Greater Attention to Key Practices Would Improve the Federal Protective Service’s Approach to Facility Protection, GAO-10-142, October 23, 2009 Combating Nuclear Smuggling: Recent Testing Raises Issues About the Potential Effectiveness of Advanced Radiation Detection …
Long-Term Implications of the Department of Defense’s Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Submission, November 18, 2009. Testimony before the Committee on Armed Services, U.S. House of Representatives. “CBO projects that carrying out the plans proposed in the Presidents 2010 budget request, excluding overseas contingency operations (in general, overseas military operations against hostile forcescurrently consisting of the …
Wired: “The Navys Arctic Roadmap, written by the recently launched Navy Task Force Climate Change (TFCC), opens with an acknowledgment that worldwide temperatures are on the rise especially up north. The Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the globe. While significant uncertainty exists in projections for Arctic ice extent, the …
The Financial Crisis and U.S. Cross-Border Financial Flows, Carol C. Bertaut and Laurie Pounder, Federal Reserve Board Division of International Finance “The financial crisis that began in the summer of 2007 caused notable changes in the composition of U.S. cross-border financial flows, especially in the fall of 2008, when the crisis intensified. This article documents …
Follow up to U.S. Preventive Services Task Force’s new recommendations on breast cancer screening cause controversy, this statement from HHS Secretary Sebelius: “There is no question that the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendations have caused a great deal of confusion and worry among women and their families across this country. I want to address …
News release: “The U.S. Census Bureau today released 2008 income and poverty estimates for every school district and county in the nation. These data, part of the Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) program, currently represent the only source of Census Bureau income and poverty data for each of the nations 3,142 counties and …
Integrating Security – Preparing for the National Security Threats of the 21st Century, by Lawrence Korb, Sean Duggan, and Laura Conley. November 2009 “But the array of challenges facing the administration is daunting. Success will depend not only on how well the administration is able to ensure that its policies live up to these stated …
