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News release: “…the Bush administration is pushing changes which could dramatically weaken protections against overfishing already depleted ocean stocks, according to public comments filed today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER – a national alliance of local state and federal resource professionals). The thrust of the Bush plan would cede more control to the …
IEA Quarterly Coal Questionnaire (QCQ) – 1st Quarter 2008 (08/06/2008): “Provides detailed quarterly information about U.S. coal production by rank of coal for the 1st Quarter 2008. This information is submitted each quarter to the International Energy Agency (IEA) in Paris, France. All data are estimates and/or preliminary until released in the EIA Annual Coal …
“Fannie Mae reported a wider-than-expected second-quarter loss of $2.3 billion and said it expects more heavy losses from the surge in home-mortgage defaults. Mounting losses at both Fannie and Freddie Mac, the two main providers of money for home mortgages, are limiting their ability to buy and guarantee home loans. That may mean higher interest …
Follow up on previous postings related to Politicized Hiring at the Department of Justice and Firing of U.S. Attorneys, see this Legal Times (subscription req’d) article, The Goodling Report: How Aides Took Control of DOJ Hiring, by Joe Palazzolo, August 04, 2008 “…the [DOJ OIG Report, An Investigation of Allegations of Politicized Hiring by Monica …
“The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)…issued its list of state nonmember banks recently evaluated for compliance with the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). The list covers evaluation ratings that the FDIC assigned to institutions in May 2008. The CRA is a 1977 law intended to encourage insured banks and thrifts to meet local credit needs, including …
News release: “The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today released a revised estimate of the total system life cycle cost for a repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. The 2007 total system life cycle cost estimate includes the cost to research, construct and operate Yucca Mountain during a period of 150 years, from the beginning of …
DOD Business Transformation: Air Force’s Current Approach Increases Risk That Asset Visibility Goals and Transformation Priorities Will Not Be Achieved, GAO-08-866, August 08, 2008. “The Department of Defense (DOD) established a goal to achieve total asset visibility over 30 years ago. This initiative aims to provide timely, accurate information on the location, movement, status, and …
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: “The 2008 Waterfowl Population Status Report is now available. This report incorporates information first presented in the previously released preliminary report Trends in Duck Breeding Populations, 1955-2008. In addition, the Waterfowl Population Status Report includes information received subsequent to the release of the Trend Report, including reports on summer habitat …
Bureau of Economic Analysis: Personal Income for Metropolitan Areas, 2007 – “Personal income growth slowed in 2007 in most of the nation’s metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs), according to estimates released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. On average, MSA personal income grew 6.2% in 2007, down from 6.8% in 2006. Personal income growth …
D-2008-110 The Cost, Oversight, and Impact of Congressional Earmarks Less Than $15 Million, August 8, 2008 (Reissued) Errata Memo.
DOJ: Special Report to Congress on Implementation of Section 1001 of the USA PATRIOT Act, August 2008: “Section 1001 of the USA PATRIOT Act (Patriot Act), Public Law 107-56, directs the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ or Department) to undertake a series of actions related to claims …
Behavioral Economics: Lessons from Retirement Research for Health Care and Beyond, August 7, 2008. A Presentation by CBO Director Peter Orszag to the Retirement Research Consortium. “Research now demonstrates what many people who arent economists always knew: that when it comes to complex choices such as whether to save and when to retire, peoples decisions …
