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Seat at the Table Transparency Policy: “As an extension of the unprecedented ethics guidelines already in place for the Obama-Biden Transition Project, we take another significant step towards transparency of our efforts for the American people. Every day, we meet with organizations who present ideas for the Transition and the Administration, both orally and in …
Alternative proposals to provide $34 billion in loans to the automobile industry, December 5, 2008: “CBO estimates that the subsidy rate for bridge loans under standard credit reform accounting (following the requirements of FCRA) would be 50 percent. By comparison, we estimate a subsidy rate of 70 percent for providing such loans under TARP because …
Auto Industry: A Framework for Considering Federal Financial Assistance, GAO-09-247T, December 05, 2008: “From our previous work on federal financial assistance to large firms and municipalities, we have identified three fundamental principles that can serve as a framework for considering future assistance. These principles are (1) identifying and defining the problem, (2) determining the national …
Bureau of Justice Statistics: Capital Punishment, 2007 – Statistical Tables, Tracy L. Snell, BJS Statistician “Presents characteristics of persons under sentence of death on December 31, 2007, and persons executed in 2007. Tables present state-by-state information on the movement of prisoners into and out of death sentence status during 2007, status of capital statutes, and …
The Employment Situation: November 2008 – “Nonfarm payroll employment fell sharply (-533,000) in November, and the unemployment rate rose from 6.5 to 6.7 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. November’s drop in payroll employment followed declines of 403,000 in September and 320,000 in October, as revised. Job …
Senate Manual, 110th Congress – “Contains the rules, orders, laws, and resolutions affecting the business of the U.S. Senate; Jefferson’s Manual, Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, Constitution of the U.S., etc. 104th, 106th, 107th, and 110th Congress. (Note: There are no records of the 105th, 108th, and 109th Senate Manuals, and Congress has made …
Auto Industry: A Framework for Considering Federal Financial Assistance, GAO-09-242T, December 04, 2008: “From our previous work on federal financial assistance to large firms and municipalities, we have identified three fundamental principles that can serve as a framework for considering future assistance. These principles are (1) identifying and defining the problem, (2) determining the national …
OIG-09-10 – FY 2008 Audit of DHS’ Internal Control Over Financial Reporting (PDF, 8 pages) OIG-09-07 – DHS’ Efforts to Improve the Homeland Security Information Network (PDF, 26 pages)
Monthly Budget Review, December 2008. Based on the Monthly Treasury Statement for October and the Daily Treasury Statements for November. “CBO estimates that the Treasury will report a federal budget deficit of $408 billion for the first two months of fiscal year 2009, $253 billion higher than the deficit recorded through November of last year. …
News release: “Total U.S. greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions were 7,282 million metric tons carbon dioxide equivalent (MMTCO 2e) in 2007, an increase of 1.4 percent from the 2006 level according to Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in the United States 2007, a report released today by the Energy Information Administration (EIA). Since 1990, U.S. GHG emissions …
News release: “The Methane to Markets Partnership plays an important role in promoting methane capture and use projects internationally and reducing emissions of methane globally. The U.S. Government Accomplishments in Support of the Methane to Markets Partnership summarizes the contributions of participating U.S. government agencies and highlights the projects and activities since the launch of …
News release: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of the Army are issuing revised guidance to ensure America’s wetlands, streams and other waters are better protected under the Clean Water Act (CWA). The guidance clarifies the geographic scope of jurisdiction under the CWA.” Clean Water Act Definition of “Waters of the United …
