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Teacher Preparation: Multiple Federal Education Offices Support Teacher Preparation for Instructing Students with Disabilities and English Language Learners, but Systematic Departmentwide Coordination Could Enhance This Assistance, GAO-09-573, July 20, 2009
NHS Health and Well-being Review Interim Report, August 2009: “This review highlights that the NHS loses over 10 million working days each year due to sickness absence alone. It also highlights that many NHS workers are working when they feel unwell. It shows for the first time clear links between workforce well-being and key measures …
News release: “Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today encouraged Americans to connect with the land, the food it grows and their local communities by proclaiming August 23-29, National Community Gardening Week. A community garden is an opportunity to educate everyone about from where food comes, whether that is a Farmers Market or a garden, and is …
Report No. AUD-09-019 / August 2009 – Material Loss Review of 1st Centennial Bank, Redlands, California “Audit Results – Cause of Failure and Material Loss – 1st Centennial failed primarily due to bank managements pursuit of asset growth concentrated in high-risk CRE/ADC loans without adequate loan underwriting and credit administration practices. In addition to a …
News release and Tables: “The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, through the Department of Commerce, announced that total June exports of $125.8 billion and imports of $152.8 billion resulted in a goods and services deficit of $27.0 billion, up from $26.0 billion in May, revised. June exports were $2.4 billon …
News release: ” The Federal Trade Commission has issued a final rule requiring certain Web-based businesses to notify consumers when the security of their electronic health information is breached. Congress directed the FTC to issue the rule as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The rule applies to both vendors of …
News release: “Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney, Chair of the Joint Economic Committee (JEC), along with Rep. Elijah Cummings and Rep. Jim Moran released a JEC new report entitled, Comprehensive Health Insurance Reform: An Essential Prescription for Women. The report reveals that during the recession, women are experiencing a double-whammy of lost health insurance as they …
Rebuilding America – A National Policy Framework for Investment in Energy Efficiency Retrofits – Bracken Hendricks and Benjamin Goldstein, Center for American Progress – Reid Detchon and Kurt Shickman, Energy Future Coalition, August 2009. “This report is a detailed examination of how the United States can build a low-carbon economy by harnessing energy efficiency as …
Audit Report, Protection of the Department of Energy’s Unclassified Sensitive Electronic Information – DOE/IG-0818 August 2009: “The Department of Energy and its contractors store and process massive quantities of sensitive information to accomplish national security, energy, science, and environmental missions. Sensitive unclassified data, such as personally identifiable information (PII), official use only, and unclassified controlled …
Federal Reserve Board – The July 2009 Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending Practices: “The July 2009 Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending Practices addressed changes in the supply of, and demand for, loans to businesses and households over the past three months. The survey also included two sets of special …
News release: “Albert Gonzalez, 28, of Miami, Fla., was indicted today for conspiring to hack into computer networks supporting major American retail and financial organizations, and stealing data relating to more than 130 million credit and debit cards, announced Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Lanny A. Breuer, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District …
Individual Account Retirement Plans: An Analysis of the 2007 Survey of Consumer Finances, With Market Adjustments to June 2009 – August 2009 Employee Benefit Research Institute Issue Brief #333 “LATEST SCF DATA: This Issue Brief assesses the current status of Americans’ savings for retirement by examining the incidence of individual account plans among families, as …
