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“Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz today issued the FTCs 2009 Annual Report at the American Bar Associations Section of Antitrust Law Spring Meeting in Washington, DC. The FTC in 2009 describes the agencys competition and consumer protection accomplishments since last March. The online version of the report links readers to all source documents, such …
Commercial Vehicle Security: Risk-Based Approach Needed to Secure the Commercial Vehicle Sector, GAO-09-85, February 27, 2009 Ryan White CARE Act: Implementation of the New Minority AIDS Initiative Provisions, GAO-09-315, March 27, 2009
News release: “Vice President Joe Biden and Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, announced today that the federal government will send out $250 economic recovery payments to people who receive Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits beginning in early May 2009 and continuing throughout the month. No action is required to get …
Defense Management: Key Challenges Should be Addressed When Considering Changes to Missile Defense Agency’s Roles and Missions, GAO-09-466T, March 26, 2009 Defense Acquisitions: Key Considerations for Planning Future Army Combat Systems, GAO-09-410T, March 26, 2009 Commuter Rail: Many Factors Influence Liability and Indemnity Provisions, and Options Exist to Facilitate Negotiations, GAO-09-282, February 24, 2009 Securities …
News release: “Our system is wrapped today in extraordinary complexity, but beneath all that, financial systems serve an essential and basic function. Financial institutions and markets transform the earnings and savings of American workers into the loans that finance a home, a new car or a college education. They exist to allocate savings and investment …
News release: “The crisis of the past 18 months has exposed critical gaps and weaknesses in our financial regulatory system. As risks built up, internal risk management systems, rating agencies and regulators simply did not understand or address critical behaviors until they had already resulted in catastrophic losses. These failures have caused a dramatic loss …
“Americas infrastructure picture certainly looks bleak. In urban areas, roadway congestion tops 40 percent. The number of high hazard damsdams that, should they fail, pose a significant risk to human lifehas increased by more than 3,000 just since 2007. Thirty percent of Americas children attend school in overcrowded classrooms. However, a report released today by …
“Last month, the Government Accountability Office released a report titled, Excluded Parties List System: Suspended and Debarred Businesses and Individuals Improperly Receive Federal Funds, documenting 25 cases in which companies and individuals that had been suspended or debarred from federal contracting continued to receive contracts. Unfortunately, the report did not name the companies and individuals …
News release: “Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Monday called for new legislation granting additional tools to address systemically significant financial institutions that fall outside of the existing resolution regime under the FDIC. A draft bill will be sent to Congress this week…The legislative proposal would fill a significant void in the current financial services regulatory …
EPA Needs to Improve Its Efforts to Reduce Air Emissions at U.S. Ports, [Report PDF – 86pp] [At a Glance PDF] “While EPA has issued air emissions regulations for most port sources, EPAs actions to address air emissions from large oceangoing vessels in U.S. ports have not yet achieved the goals for protecting human health. …
Advance Report on Durable Goods Manufacturers Shipments, Inventories and Orders, February 2009 “New orders for manufactured durable goods in February increased $5.5 billion or 3.4 percent to $165.6 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau announced today. This increase follows six consecutive monthly decreases, including a 7.3 percent January decrease. Excluding transportation, new orders increased 3.9 percent. …
News release: “The nations Asian, Native Hawaiian, and other Pacific Islander population had the lowest rates of violent and property victimizations among all racial and ethnic groups between 2002 and 2006, according to a study released today by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) in the Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. Asians, …
