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Follow up to previous postings on missing White House emails, today’s news release: “At a hearing today concerning the risks posed by the presidential transition to the recovery of millions of missing e-mails from the Executive Office of the President (EOP) in the National Security Archive’s lawsuit seeking restoration of those e-mails, the White House …
Financial Regulation: A Framework for Crafting and Assessing Proposals to Modernize the Outdated U.S. Financial Regulatory System, GAO-09-310T, January 14, 2009. “…significant developments have outpaced a fragmented and outdated regulatory structure, and, as a result, significant reforms to the U.S. regulatory system are critically and urgently needed. The current system has significant weaknesses that, if …
News release: “The nation’s largest airlines had a higher rate of on-time flights this past November than in the same month last year, although the rate of delays was higher than in October 2008, according to the Air Travel Consumer Report released today by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). According to information filed with …
H.R. 2, Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009, January 13, 2009. Cost estimate for the bill as transmitted to CBO by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on January 13, 2009. “The legislation would authorize the Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) through fiscal year 2013 and increase federal funding for the program …
2009 Social Security/SSI/Medicare Information, December 29, 2008.
Nextgov: “The FBI released on [January 13, 2009] a detailed study of the advancement of different kinds of biometrics — from fingerprints to ear scans — to lay out how the bureau might pursue the identification of individuals in the future.” State of the Art Biometrics Excellence Roadmap – Technology Assessment: Volume 1 (of 3) …
News release: “The U.S. Treasury Department announced details this week of a $14.77 billion investment in 43 banks made through its Capital Purchase Program. Treasury created the Capital Purchase Program, a part of the Troubled Asset Relief Program, to help to stabilize and strengthen the U.S. financial system. Treasury allocated $250 billion under TARP’s Capital …
OPEC Revenues Fact Sheet (01/13/2009): Based on projections from the EIA January 2009 Short Term Energy Outlook (STEO), members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) could earn $387 billion of net oil export revenues in 2009 and $526 billion in 2010. Last year, OPEC earned $972 billion in net oil export revenues, …
The Role of the 25 Percent Revenue Offset in Estimating the Budgetary Effects of Legislation, January 13, 2009, Economic and Budget Issue Brief. “When excise taxes, customs duties, and other types of indirect taxes are imposed on goods and services, they tend to reduce income for workers or business owners in the taxed industry and …
A Visual Guide to the Financial Crisis: The Bailout by WallStats.com: “What do you do if you dont have the money to pay a debt? If you are like most of us, you borrow. The US Government is no different. In order to pay for the $700 billion bailout, it will have to borrow more …
News release: “The Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO) announced today that it has released its Report to the President for Fiscal Year 2008. The Report profiles data about the Government-wide security classification program during Fiscal Year 2008.”
Stalking Victimization in the United States (NCJ 224527), January 13, 2009, by BJS statisticians Katrina Baum, Shannan Catalano, Michael Rand, and Kristina Rose of the National Institute of Justice. “An estimated 3.4 million persons identified themselves as victims of stalking during a 12-month period in 2005 and 2006, the U.S. Department of Justices Bureau of …
