News release: “Government support of biofuel production in OECD countries is costly, has a limited impact on reducing greenhouse gases and improving energy security, and has a significant impact on world crop prices, according to a new study of policies to promote greater production and use of biofuel in OECD countries. OECDs Economic Assessment of… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: July 2008
EPA Releases Science Assessment on Health Effects of Nitrogen Oxides
News release: “EPA has released the final Integrated Science Assessment for Oxides of NitrogenHealth Criteria as announced in the July 11, 2008 Federal Register. This is EPAs latest evaluation of the scientific literature on the potential adverse human health effects resulting from exposures to oxides of nitrogen, particularly nitrogen dioxide or NO2. There are significant… Continue Reading
FDIC Statistics at a Glance: Historical Trends As of March 31, 2008
FDIC Statistics at a Glance: Historical Trends As of March 31, 2008, Last Updated 05/29/2008. Continue Reading
Treasury Delivers 112.4 Million Stimulus Payments Totaling $91.8 Billion
“The Treasury Department completed mass disbursements of stimulus payments this week. In total, 112.4 million stimulus payments to Americans households over the past eleven weeks, so far injecting $91 billion into the U.S. economy. Payments will continue to be sent out in small batches through the remainder of the year. To ensure that all Americans… Continue Reading
Press Conference by the President on the Economy
News release: “To help address challenges in the housing and financial markets, we announced temporary steps to help stabilize them and increase confidence in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. These two enterprises play a central role in our housing finance system, so Treasury Paulson has worked with the Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke so that the… Continue Reading
Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress
News release: Chairman Ben S. Bernanke – Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress Before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, U.S. Senate, July 15, 2008 Chairman Dodd, Senator Shelby, and members of the Committee, I am pleased to present the Federal Reserve’s Monetary Policy Report to the Congress. The U.S. economy and… Continue Reading
Confronting Climate Change: A Strategy for U.S. Foreign Policy
Council on Foreign Relations Task Force Report: Confronting Climate Change – A Strategy for U.S. Foreign Policy, June 2008– “Against the backdrop of increasing attention to energy and climate change in the presidential campaigns, recent failure of the Senate to advance the Lieberman-Warner climate bill, and preparations for this summers G8 summit, a CFR-sponsored Independent… Continue Reading
Oversight Committee Releases Proposed Tillman Report
News release: “A proposed Committee report on the investigations into the death of Corporal Patrick Tillman and the capture of Private Jessica Lynch discloses important new details about the incidents, but could not resolve the key issue of what senior officials knew because the investigation was frustrated by a near universal lack of recall. The… Continue Reading
Rand: Iran's Political, Demographic, and Economic Vulnerabilities
Iran’s Political, Demographic, and Economic Vulnerabilities Cover: Iran’s Political, Demographic, and Economic Vulnerabilities by Keith Crane, Rollie Lal, Jeffrey Martini “Iran is one of the United States’ most important foreign policy concerns. It has also been an extraordinarily difficult country with which to engage. Ironically, while the leadership has been hostile to the United States,… Continue Reading
New FTC Online Resource Answers Questions about U.S. Antitrust Laws
“FTC Guide to the Antitrust Laws: This plain-language guide is written for consumers and business people with questions about the antitrust laws. The Guide summarizes the core laws that ban unfair business practices and prevent mergers that harm consumers, and explains how antitrust cases are brought by U.S., state, and international authorities, as well as… Continue Reading
FTC Issues Staff Report on Roundtable Discussion About Phishing Education
News release: “The Federal Trade Commission today released a staff report on a Roundtable Discussion on Phishing Education that it hosted in April. Approximately 60 experts from business, government, the technology sector, the consumer advocacy community, and academia met at the FTC to discuss strategies for outreach to consumers about avoiding phishing. Phishers use deceptive… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Nuclear Security, PBGC, Personnel Clearances, Traffic Safety
Defense Space Activities: DOD Needs to Further Clarify the Operationally Responsive Space Concept and Plan to Integrate and Support Future Satellites, GAO-08-831, July 11, 2008 Emergency Preparedness: States Are Planning for Medical Surge, but Could Benefit from Shared Guidance for Allocating Scarce Medical Resources, GAO-08-668, June 13, 2008 Food Safety: Selected Countries’ Systems Can Offer… Continue Reading
