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Tax Compliance: Inflation Has Significantly Decreased the Real Value of Some Penalties, GAO-07-1062, August 23, 2007 (PDF, 14 pages) Defense Acquisitions: Navy Faces Challenges Constructing the Aircraft Carrier Gerald R. Ford within Budget, GAO-07-866, August 23, 2007 (PDF, 52 pages) Natural Hazard Mitigation: Various Mitigation Efforts Exist, but Federal Efforts Do Not Provide a Comprehensive …
Social Security Administration OIG Audit: Assessment of F-1 Students’ Use of Social Security Numbers, A-08-07-17085, 09/12/07, 19 pages, PDF. Related, from DHS Leadership Journal today, the “Department of Justice filed a lawsuit on behalf of DHS to overturn [Illinois] Right to Privacy in the Workplace Act will place restrictions on the ability of employers in …
OMB: PART Assessments Improve Transparency and Accountability – “The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) today announced that the Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART) has helped increased transparency and accountability. The most recent PART results and assessment scores can be found at: www.Expectmore.gov. Over the past six years, more than 1000 programs (or 98 percent …
Press release: “…the Office of Management and Budget and the Office of Science Technology and Policy (OSTP) issued an updated memorandum outlining principles for conducting analyses of health, safety, and environmental risk. This memorandum reaffirms risk analysis principles previously released by OMB in 1995 and reinforces them with more recent guidance from the scientific community, …
Federal Reserve Board press release: “The federal bank and thrift agencies issued final rules on Friday expanding the range of small institutions eligible for an extended 18-month on-site examination cycle. The final rules allow well-capitalized and well-managed banks and savings associations with up to $500 million in total assets and a composite CAMELS rating of …
Report: Loggerhead Turtle (Caretta caretta) – Endangered Species Act (ESA) – Threatened: “Loggerheads face threats on both nesting beaches and in the marine environment. The greatest cause of decline and the continuing primary threat to loggerhead turtle populations worldwide is incidental capture in fishing gear, primarily in longlines and gillnets, but also in trawls, traps …
Pew Hispanic Center: “The 5-4 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in June to strike down school desegregation plans in Seattle and Louisville has focused public attention on the degree of racial and ethnic integration in the nation’s 93,845 public schools. A new analysis of public school enrollment data by the Pew Hispanic Center finds …
Testimony on Turbulence in Mortgage Markets: Implications for the Economy and Policy Options, September 19, 2007 (33 pages, PDF) Testimony on Performance Budgeting: Applications to Health Insurance Programs and Tax Policy, September 20, 2007 The Possible Costs to the United States of Maintaining a Long-Term Military Presence in Iraq, September 20, 2007
Undocumented Immigrants in U.S. – Mexico Border Counties: The costs of law enforcement and criminal justice services, September 2007. “From 1999 through 2006, the 24 counties along the U.S.-Mexico border spent a cumulative $1.23 billion on services to process criminal undocumented immigrants through the law enforcement and criminal justice system. In fiscal year 2006 alone, …
Border Security: Fraud Risks Complicate State’s Ability to Manage Diversity Visa Program, GAO-07-1174, September 21, 2007 Information Technology: Further Improvements Needed to identify and Oversee Poorly Planned and Performing Projects, GAO-07-1211T, September 20, 2007 Sale of Magnetic Data Tapes Previously Used by the Government Presents a Low Security Risk, GAO-07-1233R, September 21, 2007
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Financial Market Developments – Will Monetary Policy Become More of a Science? by Frederic S. Mishkin, 2007-44 (46 pages, PDF) Abstract: This paper reviews the progress that the science of monetary policy has made over recent decades. This progress has significantly expanded the degree to which the practice of monetary policy reflects the application of …
