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… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: April 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
POGO Updates Contractor Misconduct Database
News release: “The Project On Government Oversight has updated its Federal Contractor Misconduct Database (FCMD) with a new top 100 ranking based on the fiscal year 2007 data of USASpending.gov. The update reveals that the same five contractors remain at the top of the ranking. Lockheed Martin still leads the pack, outpacing everyone else by… Continue Reading
AXA Equitables 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
Budget 2009 Building Britain's Future
Press notice: “The Governments economic objective is to build a strong economy and a fair society, where there is opportunity and security for all. Budget 2009, Buildings Britains Future, presents updated assessments and forecasts of the economy and public finances and reports on how in the face of a steep and synchronised global downturn, the… 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 workersbut you can take steps to manage the financial impact of those events. This brochure contains tips on how to: keep… Continue Reading
New on LLRX.com – FOIA Facts: DOJ AG Issues New Guidelines Establishing a System for Improving Transparency
FOIA Facts: DOJ AG Issues New Guidelines Establishing a System for Improving Transparency: Scott A. Hodes highlights the areas of this new DOJ guidance that are of the most interest to the FOIA community. Continue Reading
Further Action Needed to Reinforce Signs of Market Recovery: IMF
Summary Version, International Monetary Fund, 2009, Global Financial Stability Report: Responding to the Financial Crisis and Measuring Systemic Risks (Washington, April 2009, 440 pages, PDF) “The global financial system remains under severe stress as the crisis broadens to include households, corporations, and the banking sectors in both advanced and emerging market countries. Shrinking economic activity… Continue Reading
