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Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, this new CRS report, Oil Spills in U.S. Coastal Waters: Background, Governance, and Issues for Congress, April 30, 2010 “During the past two decades, while U.S. oil imports and consumption have steadily risen, oil spill incidents and the volume of oil spilled have not followed …
Senate Passes Sweeping Financial Reform Bill, May 2010: “On May 20, 2010, the U.S. Senate passed legislation to restructure the financial services regulatory system by a vote of 59 to 39. As discussed in this briefing paper, the Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 (S 3217, the Senate version of H.R. 4173) would institute …
Follow up to previous postings on Bisphenol A , this News release: “Senator Dianne Feinstein stood with environmental health advocates today on Capitol Hill to release a new report that demonstrates alarming levels of bisphenol A (BPA) in common canned foods. BPA is a synthetic sex hormone and exposure to low doses has been linked …
“The American Library Association (ALA) Washington Office has released the associations 2009 Legislative Scorecards for the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives. The Legislative Scorecards outline votes and support of legislation that is important to and has an impact on the library community. The ALA provides the scorecard as a tool to ALA …
H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, May 2010 – Additional Information on the Potential Discretionary Costs of Implementing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, May 11, 2010 – Additional information about potential effects on discretionary spending, letter to the Honorable Jerry Lewis See …
EPIC: “The Senate unanimously passed the Faster FOIA Act of 2010, introduced by Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and John Cornyn (R-TX), that will establish a 16-member commission to determine methods for reducing delays in processing FOIA requests. Government reports reveal substantial delays in disclosing records subject to the open government law. The legislation seeks to …
Healthy Financial Reporting and Disclosure – A Summary of the Financial Reporting and Disclosure Implications of the Health Care Reform Legislation “Deloitte and Gibson Dunn have collaborated on the report below, which summarizes certain matters related to accounting and disclosures that public entities may need to consider as a result of the passage of the …
The Gavel Blog: “Today, the Office of the Clerk beta launched HouseLive.gov a streaming video feed of the House Floor. The site also hosts searchable and downloadable video archives going back to the start of the 111th Congress (January 6, 2009) and has a highlighted archive for events like the State of the Union …
News release: “Eight federal regulators released an Online Form Builder today that financial institutions can download and use to develop and print customized versions of a model consumer privacy notice. The Online Form Builder, based on the model form regulation published in the Federal Register on December 1, 2009, under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, is available …
Combating Terrorism: Planning and Documentation of U.S. Development Assistance in Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas Need to Be Improved, GAO-10-289, April 15, 2010 Defense Acquisitions: Opportunities and Challenges for Army Ground Force Modernization Efforts, GAO-10-603T, April 15, 2010 Defense Management: Observations on Department of Defense and Military Service Fiscal Year 2011 Requirements for Corrosion Prevention …
H. R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act [906 pages, PDF] “OFFICE.There is established within the Office of the Secretary, an Office on Womens Health (referred to in this section as the Office). The Office shall be headed by a Deputy Assistant Secretary for Womens Health who may report to the Secretary. “(b) DUTIES.The …
