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Follow up to related postings on “midnight regulations,” this news release and report: “In 2001, the Bush administration began its radical, anti-environmental agenda by rescinding, changing, or issuing rules that degraded Americas environment. From refusing to reduce the arsenic levels in drinking water, to opening wilderness areas to new roads, to rejecting the Kyoto Protocol …
News release: “More than 7.3 million men and women were under correctional supervision in the nations prisons or jails or on probation or parole at yearend 2007, the U.S. Department of Justices Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. About 3.2 percent of the U.S. adult population, or one in every 31 adults, was incarcerated …
Fiscal Policy Institute – “While New York City lagged the national economy entering the downturn, the recession is clearly here in full force, and labor market conditions are likely to deteriorate rapidly in the months ahead. The number of unemployed New York City residents could rise by 120,000 over the next year, escalating the hardships …
Troubled Asset Relief Program: Additional Actions Needed to Better Ensure Integrity, Accountability, and Transparency, GAO-09-266T, December 10, 2008. “Treasury has taken a number of steps to try to stabilize the U.S. financial markets and banking system, including injecting billions of dollars into financial institutions. Although Treasury initially planned to buy mortgages and mortgage-related assets through …
News release: “The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) today outlined the key policies that President-elect Obama and the Congressional leadership must address to expand the use of solar energy and help put over 1 million Americans back to work by 2011. SEIA released Solar Energy: A Blueprint for Job Creation and Economic Security, which recommends …
Via Taxpayers for Common Sense: “The Congressional Oversight Panel for Economic Stabilization has released its first report on the $700 billion Emergency Economic Stabilization Act.” Hensarling Testifies Before House Financial Services Committee – [here] is a copy of the testimony (as prepared for delivery) by Congressman Jeb Hensarling, Chairman of the Republican Study Committee and …
“The Center for American Progress Action Fund, along with New Democracy Project, presents Change for America: A Progressive Blueprint for the 44th President [Download 10 chapters free here], to help guide the presidential transition process and steer the government in a new, more progressive direction.”
The National Academies: “A new report from the National Research Council finds serious weaknesses in the government’s plan for research on the potential health and environmental risks posed by nanomaterials, which are increasingly being used in consumer goods and industry. An effective national plan for identifying and managing potential risks is essential to the successful …
“With two wars and an economy in shambles, its not hard to get the feeling that somethings gone terribly wrong here in Washington…Public opinion pollsters give this president the lowest marks for job performance of any administration since they started polling. How bad is it? The Center for Public Integrity set out to document just …
White House Fact Sheet: Transforming Our Armed Forces To Face The Threats Of Today And Tomorrow – Following the attacks of 9/11, President Bush strengthened and reshaped our approach to national security. To harden our defense, President Bush: Created the Department of Homeland Security; Provided national security professionals with vital new tools like the Patriot …
OIG-09-09 – Independent Auditors’ Report on DHS’ FY 2008 Financial Statements Management Report, November 2008. “While the auditors noted improvement toward correction of internal control weaknesses, the department was unable to represent that its financial statements as of, and for the year ended, September 30, 2008, were presented in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting …
News release: “Another 40 million people have been pushed into hunger this year primarily due to higher food prices, according to preliminary estimates published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) today. This brings the overall number of undernourished people in the world to 963 million, compared to 923 million in 2007 …
