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Aviation Weather: FAA and the National Weather Service Are Considering Plans to Consolidate Weather Service Offices, But Face Significant Challenges, GAO-09-887T, July 16, 2009 VA Health Care: Preliminary Findings on VA’s Provision of Health Care Services to Women Veterans, GAO-09-899T, July 16, 2009 President’s Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief: Partner Selection and Oversight Follow Accepted …
News release: “Median weekly earnings of the nation’s 100.1 million full-time wage and salary workers were $734 in the second quarter of 2009, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. This was 2.1 percent higher than a year earlier. The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) fell …
Fact Sheet: Administration’s Regulatory Reform Agenda Moves Forward: Legislation for the Registration of Hedge Funds Delivered to Capitol Hill “Continuing its push to establish new rules of the road and make the financial system more fair across the board, the Administration today delivered proposed legislation to Capitol Hill to require all advisers to hedge funds …
Clean Water Infrastructure: Design Issues and Funding Options for a Clean Water Trust Fund, GAO-09-893T, July 15, 2009 Coast Guard Retiree Health Care: Coast Guard Contributions to and Payments from the DOD Medicare-Eligible Retiree Health Care Fund (MERHCF), GAO-09-857R, July 15, 2009 Federal Real Property: An Update on High Risk Issues, GAO-09-801T, July 15, 2009 …
S. 1390, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 – July 14, 2009, Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Armed Services on July 2, 2009 “S. 1390 would authorize appropriations totaling $681 billion for fiscal year 2010 for the military functions of the Department of Defense (DoD), for …
Secrecy News: “The new CRS report – “Gang of Four” Congressional Intelligence Notifications, July 14, 2009 – explains the role of the “Gang of Four,” meaning the chairmen and ranking members of the House and Senate Intelligence Committees, who are to be informed of particularly sensitive intelligence activities. (When the Bush Administration first notified Congress …
News release: “The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.9 percent in June before seasonal adjustment, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Over the last 12 months the index has fallen 1.4 percent, as a 25.5 percent decline in the energy index has more than …
CBO Preliminary Analysis of the Insurance Coverage Specifications Provided by the House Tri-Committee Group, July 14, 2009, Letter to the Honorable Charles B. Rangel “The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) have completed a preliminary analysis of the specifications related to health insurance coverage that are reflected …
D-2009-093 Ship Utilization in Support of the Global War on Terror, July 15, 2009 (Project No. D2008-D000AB-0193.000) “We evaluated the effectiveness of policies and procedures used to ensure that activated Government-owned and -chartered vessels were used to the maximum extent prior to procuring commercial transportation to Southwest Asia. We assessed the United States Transportation Command …
CBO: Intergovernmental Mandates in Federal Legislation, July 14, 2009, Economic and Budget Issue Brief “Federal law sometimes requires state, local, or tribal governments to spend money to achieve certain goals. In some cases, a requirement is imposed as a condition for receiving federal aid; in others, requirements can be imposed through the exercise of the …
OCCs Quarterly Report on Bank Trading and Derivatives Activities First Quarter 2009: “Derivatives activity in the U.S. banking system is dominated by a small group of large financial institutions. Five large commercial banks represent 96% of the total industry notional amount and 83% of industry net current credit exposure.”
Testimony Before the House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government-Sponsored Enterprises, SEC Oversight: Current State and Agenda, Tuesday, July 14, 2009, by Chairman Mary L. Schapiro, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. “The last year has been a wrenching time for investors. Trillions of dollars in wealth have been …
