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The 2009 Outlook for Hurricane Production Outages in the Gulf of Mexico (06/09/2009): “EIA’s projections for hurricane production outages of crude oil and natural gas in the Gulf of Mexico for the 2009 hurricane season. Short-Term Energy Outlook June 2009 (06/09/2009): “Short-term energy projections for supply, demand, and price for the major fuels through 2010 …
“The Congressional Oversight Panel June 2009 Oversight Report, Stress Testing and Shoring Up Bank Capital, examines the recent stress tests conducted on Americas 19 largest bank holding companies (BHCs)…The Panels report examines how effectively Treasury and the Federal Reserve conducted the stress tests, specifically reviewing the governments economic assumptions, their methods of calculating bank capitalization, …
OPEC Revenues Fact Sheet (06/09/2009): “Based on projections from the EIA June 2009 Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) could earn $530 billion of net oil export revenues in 2009 and $620 billion in 2010. Last year, OPEC earned $968 billion in net oil export revenues, a …
Federal Energy and Fleet Management: Plug-in Vehicles Offer Potential Benefits, but High Costs and Limited Information Could Hinder Integration into the Federal Fleet, GAO-09-493, June 09, 2009 Scientific Integrity: EPA’s Efforts to Enhance the Credibility and Transparency of Its Scientific Processes, GAO-09-773T, June 09, 2009 VA Health Care: Overview of VA’s Capital Asset Management, GAO-09-686T, …
OIG-09-66 – DHS’ Progress in Addressing Technical Security Challenges at Washington Dulles International Airport (Redacted), May 2009 “…more work is needed to address physical and environmental control deficiencies. CBP also needs to implement technical controls to ensure that it is using the most current version of operating systems. Further, CBP [U.S. Customs and Border Protection] …
News release: “U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, U.S. Department of Homeland Secretary Janet Napolitano, and Director of National Drug Control Policy Gil Kerlikowske released President Obama’s strategy to stem the flow of illegal drugs and their illicit proceeds across the Southwest border and reduce associated crime and violence in the region. The National Southwest Border …
News release: “A record 10,552 fair housing discrimination complaints were filed in fiscal year 2008, according to a report just released by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The State Of Fair Housing FY 2008, Annual Report On Fair Housing, which is produced for Congress each year, shows that a large portion of …
Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University report: Enhancing Child Safety & Online Technologies: Final Report of the Internet Safety Technical Taskforce to the Multi-State Working Group on Social Networking of State Attorneys General of the United States in December of 2008. “Many youth in the United States have fully integrated the Internet …
“In cases where the DEA is the lead investigative agency, there are significant geographic variations in the rates at which individuals convicted of criminal offenses get sent to prison. According to Justice Department data obtained and analyzed by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse and just published on TRAC’s DEA website, in the Northern District of …
Maps of Domestic Natural Gas Sources (06/08/2009): “Summary maps of domestic natural gas sources: Lower 48 States conventional gas production onshore and offshore, shale plays, tight gas plays, and coalbed methane fields. Many more oil and gas maps, summary and detailed, also available.”
Aviation and Climate Change: Aircraft Emissions Expected to Grow, but Technological and Operational Improvements and Government Policies Can Help Control Emissions, GAO-09-554, June 08, 2009 Nuclear and Worker Safety: Limited Information Exists on Costs and Reasons for Work Stoppages at DOE’s Hanford Site, GAO-09-451, May 07, 2009 Biomonitoring: EPA Needs to Coordinate Its Research Strategy …
“Our Roadmap to Recovery initiative is an ambitious effort to reflect the commitments of your Cabinet members for a stepped up level of activity in implementing the Recovery Act in the next 100 days. We intend to deliver this increased pace at virtually every agency, and in countless programs. In this report, we have highlighted …
