Category «Government Documents»

DHS Releases New Audit Reports on Immigration Statistics

Estimates of the Unauthorized Immigrant Population Residing in the United States: January 2008 (PDF, 7 pages): “This report provides estimates of the unauthorized immigrant population residing in the United States as of January 2008 for periods of entry and leading countries of birth and states of residence. The Foreign-born Component of the Uninsured Population (PDF, …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Economic Stimulus Provides New Funds For GAO Oversight

USA Today: “For three years, the investigative arm of Congress has seen its staff dwindle in size. Now, the agency is getting a $25 million infusion of cash from the stimulus bill signed by President Obama last month to hire investigators, auditors and others to track hundreds of billions of dollars in federal spending to …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

Final Report of the National Surface Transportation Infrastructure Financing Commission

“On February 26, 2009, the National Surface Transportation Infrastructure Financing Commission released its Final Report, Paying Our Way: A New Framework for Transportation Finance. See also the Executive Summary. The Financing Commission offers a roadmap for sweeping reform of the nation’s transportation infrastructure funding and finance framework. The Commission offers specific recommendations for increasing investment …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

HUD Information Related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

HUD Information Related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) HUD Implementation of the Recovery Act Community Development Block Grant Project-Based Rental Assistance Lead Hazard Reduction/Healthy Homes Homelessness Prevention Fund Tax Credit Assistance Program Public Housing Capital Fund – Formula Funding Allocations by State Transparency and Accountability Guidelines Related postings on …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

State and Federal Resources on the Stimulus Package

DOE Information Related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 EPA Information Related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) National Conference of State Legislatures Summary on Human Services Provisions Recovery.gov: State Recovery Sites and State Certifications and Agency Recovery Sites – “Many state websites [and different agencies and …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legislation

New Rules Would Bar Genetic Discrimination

Workforce Management: “Employers would be prohibited from making hiring, firing and other personnel decisions on the basis of workers’ genetic predisposition to a disease under rules to be proposed this week by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The proposals, which are open for public comment over the next two months, also would bar employers from …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

POGO's Top Five Recommendations for Increasing Revenue and Cutting Costs

“In his recent address to the joint session of Congress, President Obama announced that he has “begun to go line by line through the federal budget in order to eliminate wasteful and ineffective programs.” The President has released his FY 2010 budget proposal, but POGO would like to provide additional recommendations that are not captured …

Subjects: Government Documents

CBO: Options for Deploying Missile Defenses in Europe February 2009

Options for Deploying Missile Defenses in Europe, February 2009 “This Congressional Budget Office (CBO) study — prepared at the request of the Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee’s Strategic Forces Subcommittee — examines the cost and potential defensive capability of the proposed European Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system. It also explores …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

FTC Releases List of Top Consumer Complaints in 2008

“The Federal Trade Commission released the list of top consumer complaints received by the agency in 2008. The list, contained in the publication Consumer Sentinel Network Data Book for January-December 2008, showed that for the ninth year in a row, identity theft was the number one consumer complaint category. Of 1,223,370 complaints received in 2008, …

Subjects: Cybercrime, E-Government, Government Documents, ID Theft

FDIC Quarterly Banking Profile

“The Quarterly Banking Profile (QPB) is a quarterly publication that provides the earliest comprehensive summary of financial results for all FDIC-insured institutions.” Report Date: December 31, 2008, released February 26, 2009 Complete QBP: “Expenses associated with rising loan losses and declining asset values overwhelmed revenues in the fourth quarter of 2008, producing a net loss …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

California Unemployment Rate Tops 10%

Los Angeles Times: Lackluster spending on clothes, cars, legal services and most everything else has left California’s economy listless, just about guaranteeing that the state’s 10.1% unemployment in January will march upward until at least the end of the year, economists predicted. The Golden State lost 79,300 payroll jobs in January, pushing the monthly unemployment …

Subjects: Government Documents