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News release: “On January 1, 2010, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will, for the first time, require large emitters of heat-trapping emissions to begin collecting greenhouse gas (GHG) data under a new reporting system. This new program will cover approximately 85 percent of the nations GHG emissions and apply to roughly 10,000 facilities…EPAs new reporting …
News release: “The National Archives and Records Administration and Footnote.com announced the release of the internets largest Interactive Holocaust Collection. For the first time ever, over one million Holocaust-related records including millions of names and 26,000 photos from the National Archives will be available online. The collection can be viewed at: http://www.footnote.com/holocaust…The collection …
News release: “Risks to the global financial system have subsided as a result of unprecedented policy actions and, more recently, a nascent global economic recovery, according to the IMFs latest Global Financial Stability Report (GFSR). But the semiannual report, released on September 30, cautions that the road to financial rehabilitation is unlikely to be straight …
News release: “No U.S. state is meeting national objectives for consumption of fruits and vegetables, according to the first report to provide statebystate data about fruit and vegetable consumption and policies that may help Americans eat more fruits and vegetables. State Indicator Report on Fruits and Vegetables, 2009 was released today by the Centers for …
Crime Victims’ Rights Act: Increasing Victim Awareness and Clarifying Applicability to the District of Columbia Will Improve Implementation of the Act, GAO-09-1024T, September 29, 2009 Debt Management: Treasury Inflation Protected Securities Should Play a Heightened Role in Addressing Debt Management Challenges, GAO-09-932, September 29, 2009 Federal Contracting: Observations on the Government’s Contracting Data Systems, GAO-09-1032T, …
News release and report: “Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac refinanced more than 3.2 million mortgage loans in 2009 through August of this year. In the month of August alone, nearly 360,000 mortgages were refinanced. The numbers were announced today by Edward J. DeMarco, Acting Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), in its monthly …
Current Population Survey (CPS), 2009 Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC), the source of official poverty estimates: “The official poverty rate in 2008 was 13.2 percent, up from 12.5 percent in 2007. This was the first statistically significant annual increase in the poverty rate since 2004, when poverty increased to 12.7 percent from 12.5 percent …
News release: “The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index®, which had improved in August, dipped in September. The Index now stands at 53.1 (1985=100), down from 54.5 in August. The Present Situation Index decreased to 22.7 from 25.4. The Expectations Index declined to 73.3 from 73.8 last month.” Related postings on financial system
News release: “A federal judge on Friday approved a settlement between the Center for Biological Diversity and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration requiring the agency to decide whether ice-dependent ringed, bearded, and spotted seals deserve legal protection under the Endangered Species Act. Under the settlement, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration must make a …
Contract Bench and Jury Trials in State Courts, 2005: “Presents findings on contract cases disposed of by a bench or jury trial in a nationally representative sample of jurisdictions in 2005. Topics in the report include the types of cases that proceed to trial, differences between the types of cases decided by judges or juries, …
Pew Financial Reform Project Briefing Paper# 7 – Quantifying the cost on lending of increased capital requirements, Douglas J. Elliott. “The analysis presented here strongly suggests that the U.S. banking industry could adjust to higher capital requirements on loans through a combination of actions that would not wreak havoc on the system. Not surprisingly, the …
Review of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Formula Allocations, September 24, 2009, Audit Report No.: 2009-FO-0006 “We performed an audit of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) formula-based allocations related to five programs funded in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) to satisfy the Recovery Act mandate that …
