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News release: “The Bureau of Transportation Statistics of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration released Motorcycle Trends in the United States, a special report on the current and emerging trends involving street-legal motorcycles. The report covers the trends in vehicles, vehicle registrations, owner demographics, training and safety.”
Best Practices for Government Libraries – 2009 – Change: Managing It, Surviving It, and Thriving On It – “The 2009 edition includes 60 articles and other submissions provided by more than 50 contributors from librarians in government agencies, courts, and the military, as well as from professional association leaders, LexisNexis Consultants, and more.” Compiled by …
Approaches to Future Space Cooperation and Competition in a Globalizing World: Summary of a Workshop. “Numerous countries and regions now have very active space programs, and the number is increasing. These maturing capabilities around the world create a plethora of potential partners for cooperative space endeavors, while at the same time heightening competitiveness in the …
Reverse Mortgages: Product Complexity and Consumer Protection Issues Underscore Need for Improved Controls over Counseling for Borrowers, GAO-09-606, June 29, 2009 Reverse Mortgages: Product Complexity and Consumer Protection Issues Underscore Need for Improved Controls over Counseling for Borrowers, GAO-09-812T, June 29, 2009 Clean Water Infrastructure: A Variety of Issues Need to Be Considered When Designing …
News release: “Recommendations for how the HHS Office of the Secretary will spend $400 million in funds for patient-centered research, also known as comparative effectiveness research, were released today by Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER). The report, mandated by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, is designed to help the HHS Secretary …
News release: “The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency today issued the host state loan-to-deposit ratios that the banking agencies will use to determine compliance with section 109 of the Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act of 1994. …
News release: “In its 79th Annual Report, BIS Annual Report 2008/09, 29 June 2009, released today, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) looks at the narrow path ahead leading out of the financial crisis. The Report underlines the need to focus clearly on the medium term and on sustainability when designing both macroeconomic and financial …
News release: “As part of the Obama Administration’s continued investment in economic development in communities around the country through the Recovery Act, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner today announced $90 million in financial assistance awards for 59 Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) in 26 states and Puerto Rico dedicated to helping communities hard hit by the …
The Peak Oil Debate, Laurel Graefe, Economic Review, Vol. 94, No. 2, 2009 “For the past half-century, a debate has raged over when “peak oil” will occurthe point at which output can no longer increase and production begins to level off or gradually decline. Determining how long the oil supply will last has become even …
Brookings: Governance Matters 2009: Learning From Over a Decade of the Worldwide Governance Indicators, Daniel Kaufmann, Aart Kraay and Massimo Mastruzzi, June 29, 2009. “The WGI organize and synthesize data, reflecting on the reports and views of tens of thousands of stakeholders worldwide, including respondents to household and firm surveys and experts from nongovernmental organizations, …
Arctic Climate Change and Security Policy Conference: Final Report and Findings, Kenneth Yalowitz, James Collins, Ross Virginia Report, June 2009 “This final report summarizes the panel discussions from a conference on arctic climate change and security policy sponsored by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Dartmouth College, and the University of the Arctic which was …
WSJ: “U.S. consumers are saving more of their incomes than any time since 1993 — a major shift toward frugality that’s expected to be one of the lasting effects of this deep and lengthy recession.” U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis – Personal Saving Rate, updated Thursday, June 25 2009. LA Times: “Americans’ savings rate jumps, …
