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News release: “Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) today released the 2009 Congressional Pig Book, the latest installment in the groups 19-year exposé of pork-barrel spending. The Pig Book revealed 10,160 earmarks worth $19.6 billion…The Pig Book Summary profiles the most egregious examples, breaks down pork per capita by state, and presents the annual “Oinker” Awards. …
June 2009, Report No. AUD-09-015, FDICs Brokered Deposit Waiver Application Process, Inspector General Audit Report “The objective of this audit was to assess the FDICs Brokered deposits (BD) waiver application process for FDIC-insured financial institutions. The scope of our audit did not include assessing the merits of the FDICs decisions to grant waivers or the …
Executive Order: Establishing a White House Council on Automotive Communities and Workers, June 23, 2009 – “Over the last decade, the United States has experienced a decline in employment in the auto industry and among part suppliers. This decline has accelerated dramatically over the past year, with more than 400,000 jobs being lost in the …
News release: “[On June 23, 2009] The Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, one of 12 Presidential libraries administered by the National Archives and Records Administration, will be opening approximately 154 hours of Nixon White House tape recordings and approximately 30,000 pages of textual materials from the Nixon Presidency.”
News release: “Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac modified nearly 37,000 loans during the first quarter of 2009. It is an increase of 57 percent over the fourth quarter of 2008 and more than double the number of modifications in the first quarter of last year. The data were released by James B. Lockhart, Director of …
Measuring the Effects of the Business Cycle on the Federal Budget, June 2009: “In March 2009, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its most recent baseline projections of federal revenues, outlays, and budget balances for the next 10 years. Those projections are developed in a process by which CBO assumes the continuation of current laws …
News release: “HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius released a new report — Hidden Costs of Health Care: Why Americans are Paying More but Getting Less. The report documents the rising cost of deductibles, co-payments and out-of-pocket expenses that are making it more difficult for families with insurance to receive the health care they need.”
High Speed Passenger Rail: Effectively Using Recovery Act Funds for High Speed Rail Projects, GAO-09-786T, June 23, 2009 Military Personnel: Reserve Component Servicemembers on Average Earn More Income while Activated, GAO-09-688R, June 23, 2009 V-22 Osprey Aircraft: Assessments Needed to Address Operational and Cost Concerns to Define Future Investments, GAO-09-692T, June 23, 2009 International Aviation: …
WSJ: “Defense Secretary Robert Gates created a new military command dedicated to cyber security on Tuesday, reflecting the Obama administration’s plans to centralize and elevate computer security as a major national-security issue. In a memo to senior Pentagon officials, Mr. Gates said he intends to recommend that Lt. Gen. Keith Alexander, director of the National …
News release: “The Impacts of Foreclosures on Families and Communities, a new Urban Institute report, details what is known about how foreclosures adversely affect households and their neighborhoods from children and the elderly to public safety and local property tax revenues. It also looks at policies, programs, and response strategies to prevent or mitigate …
News release: “The CIA informed the American Civil Liberties Union that it would delay by one week its release of a reprocessed version of the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) report on the CIA’s interrogation and detention program [The heavily redacted version of the report released last year is available here.] The CIA turned …
Obama’s Team: The Face Of Diversity, by James A. Barnes | “Excluding Bush holdovers, white men fill just under half of senior posts.”
