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News release: “If your relative leaves unpaid debts when he or she dies, do you have to pay? According to the Federal Trade Commission, the nations consumer protection agency, surviving relatives usually have no legal obligation to pay the debts of a family member who has died. Generally, that persons estate is responsible for paying …
Facts & Figures Handbook: How Does Your State Compare? (2009 mid-year update) Mark Robyn: “How do taxes in your state compare nationally? This convenient pocket-size booklet compares the 50 states on 37 different measures of taxing and spending, including individual and corporate income tax rates, business tax climates, excise taxes, tax burdens and state spending. …
Analysis of the Subsidy Costs of Direct and Guaranteed Student Loans – July 27, 2009 – Letter to the Honorable Judd Gregg “The Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP) provides federal guarantees for loans made to students by private lenders and is the predominant source of loans for higher education; the Budget Office (CBO) projects …
CBO’s Economic Forecasting Record: 2009 Update, July 2009 “Since publishing its first macroeconomic forecast in 1976, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has compiled a forecasting track record that is comparable in quality with that of the Administration and that of the Blue Chip consensus. In particular, the accuracy of CBOs two-year forecasts between 1982 and …
News release: “States are exploring programs to combat the chronic diseases that account for more than 75 percent of all health care costs, including the states’, according to a new Issue Brief from the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center). State Employee Health Management Initiatives looks at initiatives being implemented by states …
Summary of Latest Federal Individual Income Tax Data, 1980 – 2007. “These charts contain IRS data on the taxes paid by individuals in different income groups and the cutoffs for the income groups. For an analysis of these charts, see Tax Foundation Fiscal Fact No. 183. An Excel chart and PDF are available for download …
Office of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program Quarterly Report to Congress, July 21, 2009: “In this report, the Offi ce of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP) endeavors to (i) explain the various TARP programs and how Treasury has used those programs through June 30, …
Contingency Contract Management: DOD Needs to Develop and Finalize Background Screening and Other Standards for Private Security Contractors, GAO-09-351, July 31, 2009 Home Mortgages: Provisions in a 2007 Mortgage Reform Bill (H.R. 3915) Would Strengthen Borrower Protections, but Views on Their Long-term Impact Differ, GAO-09-741, July 31, 2009 Information Technology: HUD Needs to Strengthen Its …
News release: “comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, released a June 2009 overview of the career services & development category based on data from comScore Media Metrix and comScore Marketer. The study revealed that more than 65 million Americans visited the category in June, representing a 10-percent increase versus year ago, ranking …
News Release: Gross Domestic Product – includes highlights, technical note, and associated tables: “Real gross domestic product — the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States — decreased at an annual rate of 1.0 percent in the second quarter of 2009, (that is, from the first quarter …
Center for Studying Health System Change – Suburban Poverty and the Health Care Safety Net, Research Brief No. 13, July 2009, Laurie E. Felland, Johanna Lauer, Peter J. Cunningham Although suburban poverty has increased in the past decade, the availability of health care services for low-income and uninsured people in the suburbs has not kept …
Biological Research: Observations on DHS’s Analyses Concerning Whether FMD Research Can Be Done as Safely on the Mainland as on Plum Island, GAO-09-747, July 30, 2009 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: CMS Should Develop an Agencywide Policy for Translating Medicare Documents into Languages Other Than English, GAO-09-752R, July 30, 2009 Defense Acquisitions: Opportunities Exist …
