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News release: “The Department of Justices Antitrust Division today announced the details of its newly formed initiative aimed at preparing government officials and contractors to recognize and report efforts by parties to unlawfully profit from the stimulus projects that are being awarded as part of The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Consistent with …
March Airline On-Time Performance Higher Than Last Year, Down from February (05/12/09) “The nations largest airlines had a rate of on-time flights this past March that was higher than the same month last year but down from the mark posted in February 2009, according to the Air Travel Consumer Report released by the U.S. Department …
Motor Carrier Safety: Commercial Vehicle Registration Program Has Kept Unsafe Carriers from Operating, but Effectiveness Is Difficult to Measure, GAO-09-495, May 12, 2009 Strategic Petroleum Reserve: Issues Regarding the Inclusion of Refined Petroleum Products as Part of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, GAO-09-695T, May 12, 2009 See also related postings on Petroleum Reserve
Fourth-Quarter 2008 System Airline Financial Data: Network Airlines Report Fifth Consecutive Quarterly Loss Margin (05/11/09) “The seven largest network airlines, as a group, reported an operating loss margin of 6.7 percent in the fourth quarter of 2008, the fifth consecutive quarterly loss margin since the group reported a profit margin in the third quarter of …
Radioisotope Power Systems: An Imperative for Maintaining U.S. Leadership in Space Exploration, 2009 “Spacecraft require electrical energy. This energy must be available in the outer reaches of the solar system where sunlight is very faint.It must be available through lunar nights that last for 14 days, through long periods of dark and cold at the …
White House Council on Economic Advisers, Estimates of Job Creation from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, May 2009: “The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) was designed to save and create jobs, as well as to cushion the economic downturn and make crucial public investments. At the time of passage, the Council …
News release: “As part of the Administration’s effort to develop a budget that invests in our nation’s future, the U.S. Treasury Department today released the General Explanations of the Administration’s Fiscal Year 2010 Revenue Proposals (Greenbook) to provide details of plans to cut taxes for small businesses and middle class families and close unfair corporate …
Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction Quarterly Report to the United States Congress, April 30, 2009 – (Public Law 108-106, as amended, and Public Law 95-452) “This quarter marked the sixth anniversary of the U.S. entry into Iraq. Since the March 20, 2003, invasion, the Congress has appropriated $51 billion in foreign aid for relief …
News release: “The Federal Trade Commission has charged a home mortgage lender and its owner with violating federal law by charging Hispanic consumers higher prices for mortgage loans than non-Hispanic white consumers price disparities that cannot be explained by the applicants credit characteristics or underwriting risk. The FTC seeks to bar future violations and …
Description of Policy Options Expanding Health Care Coverage: Proposals to Provide Affordable Coverage to All Americans, Senate Finance Committee, May 14, 2009 “The U.S. is the only developed country that does not guarantee health coverage for all its citizens, with 46 million uninsured and another 25 million underinsured. Today, the cost of caring for the …
Review of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Disciplinary System, Evaluation and Inspections, Report I-2009-002, May 2009 “The OIG conducted this review to examine the FBIs investigations of allegations of misconduct against FBI employees and to assess whether the FBI imposed consistent, reasonable, and timely discipline for misconduct. In this Executive Digest, we first provide a …
Federal Rulemaking: Improvements Needed to Monitoring and Evaluation of Rules Development as Well as to the Transparency of OMB Regulatory Reviews, GAO-09-205, April 20, 2009 IRS Management: IRS Practices Contribute to Its Resilience, but It Would Benefit from Additional Emergency Planning Efforts, GAO-09-418, April 9, 2009
