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News release: “U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk today transmitted to Congress the 2009 National Trade Estimate Report (NTE). The report, which is required by statute each year, describes significant barriers to U.S. trade and investment faced in the last year as well as the actions being taken by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative …
A Review of CBO’s Activities in 2008 Under the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act, March 2009 “In 2008, the Congress and the President enacted 285 public laws. Nineteen contained at least one intergovernmental mandate as defined in UMRA, and 29 contained one or more private-sector mandates. In all, those new laws contained only 1 intergovernmental and …
News release: “As of June 30, 2008, state and federal correctional authorities had jurisdiction or legal authority over 1,610,584 prisoners. Additionally, 785,556 inmates were held in custody in local jails, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) in the Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, announced today. During the six months ending June 30, …
News release: “..the President announced that his Auto Task Force has completed its evaluation of the viability of General Motors and Chrysler in light of their requests for federal assistance. In addition to releasing the viability assessments, he also released a new policy with the American government guaranteeing warrantees for cars from those companies to …
The Financial and Economic Crisis: A Decent Work Response, 24 March 2009 [Stuart Basefsky] “This report examines policy packages announced in over 40 countries to overcome the global economic crisis. It shows that not enough has been done to reduce the risk of a labour market recession of unprecedented proportions since the Second World War. …
News release: “U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano today announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has proposed an amendment to its Special Community Disaster Loan (CDL) regulations to include loan forgiveness procedures and requirements. The proposed regulation, submitted today to the Federal Register, proposes procedures and requirements for governments who received …
A-01-09-29137 3/27/09 Quick Response Evaluation: Impact of State Employee Furloughs on the Social Security Administration’s Disability Program
News release: “The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today released a list of Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) performance evaluations that became public during the period of February 15, 2009 through March 14, 2009. The list contains only national banks and insured federal branches of foreign banks that have received ratings. The possible …
Bank Secrecy Act: Suspicious Activity Report Use Is Increasing, but FinCEN Needs to Further Develop and Document Its Form Revision Process, GAO-09-226, February 27, 2009 Defense Acquisitions: Assessments of Selected Weapon Programs, GAO-09-326SP, March 30, 2009 Defense Infrastructure: DOD Needs to Periodically Review Support Standards and Costs at Joint Bases and Better Inform Congress of …
Interagency Task Force on Commodity Markets, Interim Report on Crude Oil, Washington D.C., July 2008. “The prices of crude oil and other commodities have become a key concern of consumers, businesses, and policymakers in the United States and abroad. In light of the challenges posed by high commodity prices, several Federal agencies are engaged in …
March 10, 2009 – The United Arab Emirates Nuclear Program and Proposed U.S. Nuclear Cooperation March 10, 2009 – Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative: Legal Authorities and Policy Considerations March 10, 2009 – Medicare Primer March 10, 2009 – Filling U.S. Senate Vacancies: Perspectives and Contemporary Developments March 09, 2009 – Israeli-Arab Negotiations: Background, Conflicts, and …
Competitive Intelligence – A Selective Resource Guide: Sabrina I. Pacifici’s completely revised and updated pathfinder focuses on leveraging selected reliable, focused, free and low cost sites and sources to effectively profile and monitor companies, markets, countries, people, and issues. This guide is a “best of list” of web, database and email alert products, services and …
