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Daily Archives: April 22, 2009

New GAO Reports: Aviation Safety, Unsafe Consumer Products, Homeland Defense, Human Capital, Hazardous Materials

  • Aviation Safety: Potential Strategies to Address Air Ambulance Safety Concerns, GAO-09-627T, April 22, 2009
  • Coast Guard: Update on Deepwater Program Management, Cost, and Acquisition Workforce, GAO-09-620T, April 22, 2009
  • Feasibility of Requiring Financial Assurances for the Recall or Destruction of Unsafe Consumer Products, GAO-09-512R, April 22, 2009
  • Homeland Defense: Actions Needed to Address Management of Air Sovereignty Alert Operations to Protect U.S. Airspace, GAO-09-612T, April 22, 2009
  • Human Capital: Sustained Attention to Strategic Human Capital Management Needed, GAO-09-632T, April 22, 2009
  • Defense Management: DOD Needs to Improve Program Management, Policy, and Testing to Enhance Ability to Field Operationally Useful Non-lethal Weapons, GAO-09-344, April 21, 2009
  • Financial Audit: Material Weaknesses in Internal Control Continue to Impact Preparation of the Consolidated Financial Statements of the U.S. Government, GAO-09-387, April 21, 2009
  • Hazardous Materials: Status of EPA’s Efforts to Assess Sites That May Have Received Asbestos-Contaminated Ore from Libby, Montana, GAO-09-6R, March 10, 2009

Federal Agencies Issue Clarifications to Credit Card Rules

News release: “The Federal Reserve Board, the Office of Thrift Supervision, and the National Credit Union Administration today proposed clarifications to aspects of their December 2008 final rules under the Federal Trade Commission Act (FTC Act) prohibiting certain unfair credit card practices. The Federal Reserve Board also proposed clarifications to its December 2008 final rule… Continue Reading

President Obama, Secretary Salazar Announce Framework for Renewable Energy Development on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf

News release: “Today, in an Earth Day speech at a wind turbine tower manufacturing plant, President Barack Obama announced that the Department of the Interior has finalized a long-awaited framework for renewable energy production on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). The framework establishes a program to grant leases, easements, and rights-of-way for orderly, safe,… Continue Reading

AXA Equitable’s Latest Survey: Making Ends Meet Surges as a Growing Worry

Follow up April 21, 2009 posting, Gallup Poll: Americans Increasingly Concerned About Retirement Income, this new survey, Consumer Trends in the Current Market Environment, April 2009: “AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company…released results of a February 2009 consumer study that shows most Americans over the past year have grown increasingly worried about making ends meet. And… Continue Reading

Report: Tax Expenditures for Energy Production and Conservation

Prepared by the Staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation: Tax Expenditures for Energy Production and Conservation, Scheduled for a Public Hearing Before the Senate Committee on Finance, April 23, 2009. “The Senate Committee on Finance has scheduled a public hearing on April 23, 2009, titled Technology Neutrality in Energy Tax: Issues and Options. Since… Continue Reading

FDIC – 2009 Economic Landscape: How the Recession Is Unfolding across Four U.S. Regions

The 2009 Economic Landscape: How the Recession Is Unfolding across Four U.S. Regions “Events in the U.S. and global financial markets are powerful drivers of the recession that began in 2007. However, this economic downturn is unfolding in unique ways across the various regional economies. The following series of articles takes a closer look at… Continue Reading

Slate: An interactive map of vanishing employment across the country

When Did Your County’s Jobs Disappear? An interactive map of vanishing employment across the country, by Chris Wilson “The economic crisis, which has claimed more than 5 million jobs since the recession began, did not strike the entire country at once. A map of employment gains or losses by county tells the story of how… Continue Reading

Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Job Dislocation: Making Smart Financial Choices after a Job Loss

Financial Industry Regulatory Authority – Job Dislocation – Making Smart Financial Choices after a Job Loss: “You may not be able to control if or when your company closes a plant or lays off workers—but you can take steps to manage the financial impact of those events. This brochure contains tips on how to: keep… Continue Reading