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USFA Position on Residential Fire Sprinklers: “Every day the U.S. Fire Administration collects news stories from our Nation’s media that deal with the tragic loss of life from fire in American homes. In January and February alone, over 300 people lost their lives in home fires. Commercial buildings such as schools, office buildings, and factories …
News release: “The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) today announced the release of its 2008 National Trade Estimate Report (NTE). The NTE report describes significant barriers to U.S. trade and investment, as well as the actions taken by USTR to address those barriers. In 2007, USTR worked with four key trading partners on …
EPA Can Recover More Federal Superfund Money [Report PDF – 28pp] [At a Glance PDF] “We found that EPA regions have recovered $165 million of $294 million (56 percent) of the total Superfund costs from the sites we reviewed. Potentially responsible parties (PRPs) at these sites have generally paid what they have been billed. However, …
Privacy Technology Implementation Guide (PTIG), August 2007 (PDF, 36 pages): “The Privacy Office developed a new general guide for technology managers and developers to integrate privacy protections into operational IT systems. This new guide, the Privacy Technology Implementation Guide (PTIG) combines elements of privacy protection from disparate privacy compliance requirements, as well as a administrative …
CRS Report – Government Interventions in Financial Markets: Economic and Historic Analysis of Subprime Mortgage Options, March 25, 2008. N. Eric Weiss, Analyst in Financial Economics, Government and Finance Division. “This report summarizes and analyzes four previous government market interventions (Home Owners Loan Corporation in 1933, Continental Illinois in 1984, the savings and loan insurance …
Averting Financial Crisis, Updated March 21, 2008, Mark Jickling, Specialist in Financial Economics, Government and Finance Division. “There is no precise definition of financial crisis, but a common view is that disruptions in financial markets rise to the level of a crisis when the flow of credit to households and businesses is constrained and the …
WSJ – Sweeping Changes in Paulson Plan: “U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson plans Monday to call for sweeping structural changes in the way the government monitors financial markets, capping a broad review aimed at revamping a system of regulatory oversight built piecemeal since the Civil War. If even only some of the changes get made, …
D-2008-072 Controls Over Army Real Property Financial Reporting, March 28, 2008 (Project No. D2006-D000FI-0249.000) D-2008-066 FY 2006 and FY 2007 DoD Purchases Made Through the Department of the Interior, March 19, 2008 (Project No. D2007-DOOOCF-0039.000)
EPA National Library Network News – Update on EPA’s Library Network – March 2008 “EPA submitted a National Library Network Report to Congress (PDF, 8 pages) on March 26 as requested in the Explanatory Statement accompanying the FY 2008 consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R. 2764). In the Report, EPA commits to reestablish physical libraries in EPA …
Follow up to previous postings on the EPA library closures, news today via AP: “The Environmental Protection Agency plans to reopen five closed libraries to the public by this fall, the agency said in a report Thursday. Three of the EPA’s 10 regional libraries and two libraries at the agency’s Washington headquarters were closed because …
Treasurys Summary of Regulatory Proposal: Following is the executive summary of the Blueprint for Financial Regulatory Reform, a report from the Treasury Department on ways to improve oversight of the financial services sector: “The mission of the Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) focuses on promoting economic growth and stability in the United States. Critical to …
Hospital Compare: “This tool provides you with information on how well the hospitals care for all their adult patients with certain conditions or procedures. This information will help you compare the quality of care hospitals provide. Talk to your doctor about this information to help you, your family and your friends make your best hospital …
