Press release: “The U.S. Department of Labor today released a new online resource that makes it easier for Americans to prepare for a financially secure retirement. A series of interactive worksheets were developed as a companion to a 2006 publication entitled Taking the Mystery Out of Retirement Planning. Using the worksheets, individuals who are 10 to 15 years from retirement can calculate their income and savings as well as their projected expenses in retirement.”
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Daily Archives: February 21, 2008
EPIC Raises Privacy Issues in Response to Reed Elsevier Acquisition of ChoicePoint
Press release: “Reed Elsevier to acquire ChoicePoint for a total cost of $4.1 billion (£2.1 billion/2.8 billion) payable in cash. This comprises an equity value of $3.5 billion and the assumption of $0.6 billion of net debt. Combination of ChoicePoint with the LexisNexis Risk Information and Analytics Group will create a risk management business with… Continue Reading
EPA Releases Selected Toxics Release Inventory Data
02/21/2008 EPA releases 2006 American Samoa Toxics Release Inventory data 02/21/2008 EPA releases 2006 CNMI Toxics Release Inventory data 02/21/2008 EPA releases 2006 Guam Toxics Release Inventory numbers 02/21/2008 EPA releases 2006 Hawaii Toxics Release Inventory data 02/21/2008 EPA releases 2006 California Toxics Release Inventory data 02/21/2008 EPA releases 2006 Nevada Toxics Release Inventory data… Continue Reading
Economic Indicators E- Gov Site Will Remain Online
Follow up to February 17, 2008 posting, Administration Shuts Down economicindicators.gov, this news today: “The U.S. Department of Commerces Economics and Statistics Administration (ESA) has decided to continue the economicindicators.gov website. Featuring the economic releases from ESAs Census Bureau and Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), the site was started by this Administration in 2002 to… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Forest Service, Bank Secrecy Act, Medicare Part D, Embassy Security
Forest Service: Better Planning, Guidance, and Data Are Needed to Improve Management of the Competitive Sourcing Program, GAO-08-195, January 22, 2008 Bank Secrecy Act: Increased Use of Exemption Provisions Could Reduce Currency Transaction Reporting While Maintaining Usefulness to Law Enforcement Efforts, GAO-08-355, February 21, 2008 Medicare Part D: Plan Sponsors’ Processing and CMS Monitoring of… Continue Reading
Instances of Use of United States Armed Forces Abroad, 1798-2007
CRS Report: Instances of Use of United States Armed Forces Abroad, 1798-2007, updated January 14, 2008 “The following list reviews hundreds of instances in which the United States has utilized military forces abroad in situations of military conflict or potential conflict to protect U.S. citizens or promote U.S. interests. The list does not include covert… Continue Reading
CBO: The Deductibility of State and Local Taxes
The Deductibility of State and Local Taxes, (54 pages, PDF) “This Congressional Budget Office (CBO) paper, which was prepared at the request of the Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, examines the arguments for and against the state and local tax deduction; how the benefits from the deduction are distributed among different groups of… Continue Reading
CDC Report – Public Health Preparedness: Mobilizing State by State
Public Health Preparedness: A CDC Report on the Public Health Emergency Preparedness Cooperative Agreement, February 2008 (164 pages, PDF): “CDC’s Coordinating Office for Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response (COTPER) has released its inaugural report on public health emergency preparedness. The report…highlights the progress that has been made in state and local preparedness and response, identifies… Continue Reading
Economic Mobility Project Releases Comprehensive Study of Income Mobility in the U.S.
“A major new look at the trends and issues impacting economic opportunity for Americans was released today by the Economic Mobility Project, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts. Getting Ahead or Losing Ground: Economic Mobility in America, is authored by three Brookings Institution scholars, Julia B. Isaacs, Isabel V. Sawhill and Ron Haskins and… Continue Reading
