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Irans Ballistic Missile Program, Greg Bruno, October 15, 2009 “U.S. President Barack Obama cited the rising threat of Iran’s ballistic missile program as a key driver in his decision to alter course on a Bush-era missile shield for Europe. Tehran’s arsenal is now “capable of reaching Europe,” the president said in September 2009. Less than …
HUD Inspector General report – Controls over FHA single-family lender approval process need improvement, issued September 30, 2009 “Finding 1: FHA’s Lender Approval Process Did Not Ensure That Only Eligible Applicants Were Approved. FHA’s lender application process was not adequate to ensure that all of its lender approval requirements were met. This condition occurred because …
Electric Power Monthly (10/15/2009): “Net generation in the United States dropped by 7.6 percent from July 2008 to July 2009. This was the 12th consecutive month that net generation was down compared to the same calendar month in the prior year. The Commerce Department reported that real gross domestic product decreased 0.7 percent from the …
News release, October 16, 2009: “U.S. personal income grew 0.2 percent in the second quarter of 2009, the first growth in a year for the U.S. and for 15 states, according to estimates released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the first quarter, U.S. personal income fell 2.3 percent. U.S. personal income …
OIG-09-108 – Review of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Expenditure Plan (PDF, 16 pages) OIG-09-107 – The United States Coast Guard’s Program for Identifying High Interest Vessels (PDF, 20 pages) OIG-09-109 – Evaluation of DHS Information Security Program for Fiscal Year (Redacted) (PDF, 45 pages) OIG-09-106 – Review of Department of Homeland Securitys Expenditure Plan: Department …
The National Coalition for the Homeless, Foreclosure to Homelessness 2009: the Forgotten Victims of the Subprime Crisis. A joint report from the National Coalition for the Homeless,the National Health Care for the Homeless Council, the National Alliance to End Homelessness, the National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth, the National Law Center …
Who’s in Big Brother’s Database? By James Bamford – A review of The Secret Sentry: The Untold History of the National Security Agency by Matthew M. Aid. “On a remote edge of Utah’s dry and arid high desert, where temperatures often zoom past 100 degrees, hard-hatted construction workers with top-secret clearances are preparing to build …
Federal Reserve: Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization, October 16, 2009 – “Industrial production rose 0.7 percent in September after an upwardly revised gain of 1.2 percent in August. For the third quarter as a whole, output advanced at an annual rate of 5.2 percent, the first quarterly gain since the first quarter of 2008 and …
Kate Mosher in The Recorder: “Under a bill signed into law by the governor this week and sponsored by San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris, prosecutors hope witnesses in the state’s relocation program will be harder to find through Internet searching. Gang members have targeted witnesses through Internet search engines even when witnesses weren’t aware …
Energy-Water Nexus: Improvements to Federal Water Use Data Would Increase Understanding of Trends in Power Plant Water Use, GAO-10-23, October 16, 2009 Warfighter Support: Independent Expert Assessment of Army Body Armor Test Results and Procedures Needed Before Fielding, GAO-10-119, October 16, 2009 NASA: Briefing on National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Programs and Associated Activities, GAO-10-87R, …
New York Times: “The surveys, conducted in the United States by the Institute of Supply Management and in other countries by Markit, measure not the level of manufacturing output but the way it is changing. The surveys have a reputation for showing turns in the economy, often before other indicators do.” Related postings on financial …
Bank for International Settlements, Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems: Statistics on payment and settlement systems in selected countries – Figures for 2008 – Preliminary release CPSS Publications No 87, September 2009
