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News release: “According to the FBI’s Preliminary Annual Uniform Crime Report released June 1, 2009, the nation experienced a 2.5 percent decrease in the number of violent crimes and a 1.6 percent decline in the number of property crimes for 2008 compared with data from 2007. The report is based on information that the FBI …
Follow up to previous postings on GM bankruptcy, New York Times: “General Motors filed for bankruptcy protection on June 1, 2009, a move that is expected to result in a drastic downsizing of the company. Judge Robert E. Gerber is hearing the case in United States Bankruptcy Court in New York.” Fact Sheet: GM Announces …
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Office of Inspector Generals (OIG) Semiannual Report to Congress for the period from October 1, 2008 through March 31, 2009. “This report is required by the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, and covers the work performed by the OIG during the period indicated. The reporting period was a …
News release: “The Federal financial institution regulatory agencies are together issuing for public comment proposed rules requiring mortgage loan originators who are employees of agency-regulated institutions to meet the registration requirements of the Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 (S.A.F.E. Act). The S.A.F.E. Act requires the agencies to jointly develop and …
Defense Management: Observations on DOD’s Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Request for Corrosion Prevention and Control, GAO-09-732R, June 01, 2009 Privacy and Security: Food and Drug Administration Faces Challenges in Establishing Protections for Its Postmarket Risk Analysis System, GAO-09-355, June 01, 2009 Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: Enrollee Cost Sharing for Selected Specialty Prescription Drugs, GAO-09-517R, …
nextgov – Bob Brewin posted the link to this 114 page PDF document, 2009 National Intelligence: A Consumer’s Guide, and stated that this handbook, “distributed to intelligence professionals, which, among other things, highlights some top-secret networks that until now have been, well, top secret.”
“Effective June 1, 2009, all citizens of the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Bermuda must carry a passport or other accepted documentation when entering or leaving the U.S. by air, land, or sea. This requirement known as the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative has been gradually implemented since 2007 to allow sufficient time for …
News release: “The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) learned in late March 2009 that an external hard drive containing copies of Clinton Administration Executive Office of the President (EOP) data was missing from a NARA processing room. The external drive was being used for routine recopying to ensure preservation of the records. Approximately 113 …
New York Times: “The bankruptcy, to be filed in New York, is a moment of reckoning for an industry that was once at the heart of the American economy. It culminates a remarkable four months of confrontation between Washington and Detroit that is expected to result in a drastic downsizing of the company. It also …
News release: “The fifth meeting of the OECDs Forum on Tax Administration was held in Paris on 28-29 May 2009, bringing together more than 100 participants from 34 OECD and non-OECD countries. The discussions focused on the challenges and opportunities currently facing revenue bodies and taxpayers around the world as a result of the first …
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Ranks of Discouraged Workers and Others Marginally Attached to the Labor Force Rise During Recession “When economic conditions deteriorate, greater attention is paid to persons who are without work and seeking jobsthe unemployed. At such times, there is also greater interest in a group of persons who do not meet the …
“The International Labour Office (ILO) issued new labour market projections for 2009, showing a further increase in unemployment, working poor and those in vulnerable employment…In the Global Employment Trends Update, May 2009 the ILO revised upwards its unemployment projections to levels ranging from 210 million to 239 million unemployed worldwide in 2009, corresponding to global …
