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“The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) continues to enhance its online presentation of state laws with interactive US maps. The latest series of state law maps includes those for cellphones, safety belt use, child restraints, minitrucks, and low-speed vehicles. The maps help illustrate the extent to which US states are addressing these highway safety …
Deloitte: Tax responses to the global economic crisis, Published 20 March 2009 (updated); 24 pages. “Countries worldwide are taking steps to counter the effects of the global financial and economic crisis. From a tax and fiscal perspective, the approaches taken thus far range from formal stimulus packages, to ad hoc measures, to temporary provisions, to …
Technological Change, Financial Innovation, and Diffusion in Banking, W. Scott Frame and Lawrence J. White, Working Paper 2009-10, March 2009 “This paper discusses the technological change and financial innovation that commercial banking has experienced during the past twenty-five years. The paper first describes the role of the financial system in economies and how technological change …
The Treasury Secretary came to Washington, DC in the midst of a monumental crisis, and immediately became the subject of intense Congressional, media and public scrutiny. See Ready to Take Center Stage: Geithner prefers to avoid the spotlight, as at this Obama speech, but he’s getting accustomed to the podium, by Michael Hirsh. Related postings …
Washington Post: “The District, Maryland and Virginia continued shedding jobs at a rapid pace in February, according to government data released yesterday, with D.C.’s unemployment rate rising to nearly 10 percent.” Bureau of Labor Statistics news release and associated tables: District of Columbia – 9.9 unemployment rate
GPO has released the agency’s FY 2008 annual report entitled, GPO Sustainable Environmental Stewardship: Good Business. Good Government.
News release: “The National Institute of Justice (NIJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), has released the publication High-Priority Criminal Justice Technology Needs. This publication is a description of the research, development, evaluation, and testing process that NIJ goes through to ensure their research portfolios are aligned with the needs of …
News release: “A recent drinking water needs survey will help EPA determine the distribution formula for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) grants for the fiscal years 2010 through 2013 budgets. The assessment documents anticipated costs for repairs and replacement of transmission and distribution pipes, storage and treatment equipment, and projects that are necessary to …
U.S. Department of Labor: “A Chartbook Of International Labor Comparisons (March 2009) focuses on the labor market situation in selected countries for the most recent year available; some charts also show trends.” “This chartbook focuses on the labor market situation in selected countries for the most recent year available; some charts also show trends. Charts …
U.S. Legal Permanent Residents: 2008 – “This report provides information on the number and characteristics of persons who became legal permanent residents during fiscal year 2008.” Data on Legal Permanent Residents – “Access data on immigrants who became legal permanent residents in fiscal year 2008 by class of admission, country of birth, state of residence, …
White House: A New Strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan White Paper of the Interagency Policy Group’s Report on U.S. Policy toward Afghanistan and Pakistan President Obama’s Afghanistan-Pakistan (AFPAK) Strategy March 27, 2009, FPC Briefing, General James Jones, National Security Advisor, Foreign Press Center, Washington, DC
An Assessment of the Potential Effects of the Reductions in Medicare’s Payment Rates for Physicians Called for Under Current Law, March 27, 2009 Letter to the Honorable John M. Spratt Jr.: “This letter responds to your request for an assessment of the potential effects of the substantial across-the-board reductions in Medicares payment rates for physicians …
