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Fact Sheet: Administrations Regulatory Reform Agenda Moves Forward – Legislation for Strengthening Investor Protection Delivered to Capitol Hill To view the Legislative Language, please visit link: “Continuing its push to establish new rules of the road and make the financial system more fair for consumers and investors, the Administration today delivered proposed legislation to strengthen …
News release: Todays release of a report by several agency inspectors general reinforces the National Security Archives argument in our Freedom of Information Act lawsuit that the Justice Department should declassify and release the legal justifications for the surveillance program authorized by President Bush after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. The new report …
Follow up to previous postings on GM bankruptcy, this release: The New General Motors Company Launches Today – “…The new General Motors launches with a clear and simple vision – to design, build and sell the best vehicles in the world…General Motors Company is primarily owned by the governments of the United States, Canada and …
“The National Archives Office of Records Services, the William J. Clinton Library, and the George Bush Library released records relating to Judge Sonia Sotomayor.”
Two Recent Studies of Regional Differences in the Effects of Policies That Would Price Carbon Dioxide Emissions, July 9, 2009, Letter to the Honorable James M. Inhofe “As you know, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) recently analyzed the effects that the cap-and-trade program for greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions specified by H.R. 2454 (as reported by the …
News release: “Important new information was added today to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Compare Web site that reports how frequently patients return to a hospital after being discharged, a possible indicator of how well the facility did the first time around. On average, 1 in 5 Medicare beneficiaries who are …
OIG-09-80 – Better Oversight Needed of Support Services Contractors in Secure Border Initiative Programs: “U.S. Customs and Border Protection has not established adequate controls and effective oversight of contract workers responsible for providing Secure Border Initiative program support services. Because of the Department of Homeland Securitys aggressive Secure Border Initiative program schedule coupled with shortages …
Monthly Budget Review, July 2009 – Based on the Monthly Treasury Statement for May and the Daily Treasury Statements for June: “The federal budget deficit was $1.1 trillion for the first nine months of fiscal year 2009, CBO estimates, more than $800 billion greater than the deficit recorded through June 2008. Outlays are 21 percent …
One in five large law enforcement agencies operated an aviation unit in 2007 “In 2007, 201 law enforcement aviation units operated nearly 900 aircraft in 46 states and the District of Columbia, according to a report released today by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) in the Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. …
Clean Air Act: Preliminary Observations on the Effectiveness and Costs of Mercury Control Technologies at Coal-Fired Power Plants, GAO-09-860T, July 09, 2009 Energy and Water: Preliminary Observations on the Links between Water and Biofuels and Electricity Production, GAO-09-862T, July 09, 2009 Formula Grants: Census Data Are among Several Factors That Can Affect Funding Allocations, GAO-09-832T, …
From Visual Economics, this graphical image: Where Does the Money Go? – U.S. Consumer Unit Expenditures – average annual expenditures and percentage of total, using data from Bureau of Labor Statistics.
U.S. Obesity Trends 19852008: “Obesity is defined as a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or greater. BMI is calculated from a persons weight and height and provides a reasonable indicator of body fatness and weight categories that may lead to health problems. Obesity is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease, certain types of …
