- Clean Water Infrastructure: Design Issues and Funding Options for a Clean Water Trust Fund, GAO-09-893T, July 15, 2009
- Coast Guard Retiree Health Care: Coast Guard Contributions to and Payments from the DOD Medicare-Eligible Retiree Health Care Fund (MERHCF), GAO-09-857R, July 15, 2009
- Federal Real Property: An Update on High Risk Issues, GAO-09-801T, July 15, 2009
- Grants Management: Grants.gov Has Systematic Weaknesses That Require Attention, GAO-09-589, July 15, 2009
- State Department: Key Transformation Practices Could Have Helped in Restructuring Arms Control and Nonproliferation Bureaus, GAO-09-738, July 15, 2009
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Daily Archives: July 15, 2009
CBO Cost Estimate of National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010
S. 1390, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 – July 14, 2009, Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Armed Services on July 2, 2009 “S. 1390 would authorize appropriations totaling $681 billion for fiscal year 2010 for the military functions of the Department of Defense (DoD), for… Continue Reading
CRS Report: "Gang of Four" Congressional Intelligence Notifications
Secrecy News: “The new CRS report – “Gang of Four” Congressional Intelligence Notifications, July 14, 2009 – explains the role of the “Gang of Four,” meaning the chairmen and ranking members of the House and Senate Intelligence Committees, who are to be informed of particularly sensitive intelligence activities. (When the Bush Administration first notified Congress… Continue Reading
BLS Consumer Price Index Summary, June 2009
News release: “The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.9 percent in June before seasonal adjustment, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Over the last 12 months the index has fallen 1.4 percent, as a 25.5 percent decline in the energy index has more than… Continue Reading
CBO Preliminary Analysis of America's Affordable Health Choices Act
CBO Preliminary Analysis of the Insurance Coverage Specifications Provided by the House Tri-Committee Group, July 14, 2009, Letter to the Honorable Charles B. Rangel “The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) have completed a preliminary analysis of the specifications related to health insurance coverage that are reflected… Continue Reading
DOD OIG – Ship Utilization in Support of the Global War on Terror
D-2009-093 Ship Utilization in Support of the Global War on Terror, July 15, 2009 (Project No. D2008-D000AB-0193.000) “We evaluated the effectiveness of policies and procedures used to ensure that activated Government-owned and -chartered vessels were used to the maximum extent prior to procuring commercial transportation to Southwest Asia. We assessed the United States Transportation Command… Continue Reading
Intergovernmental Mandates in Federal Legislation
CBO: Intergovernmental Mandates in Federal Legislation, July 14, 2009, Economic and Budget Issue Brief “Federal law sometimes requires state, local, or tribal governments to spend money to achieve certain goals. In some cases, a requirement is imposed as a condition for receiving federal aid; in others, requirements can be imposed through the exercise of the… Continue Reading
OCC's Quarterly Report on Bank Trading and Derivatives Activities First Quarter 2009
OCCs Quarterly Report on Bank Trading and Derivatives Activities First Quarter 2009: “Derivatives activity in the U.S. banking system is dominated by a small group of large financial institutions. Five large commercial banks represent 96% of the total industry notional amount and 83% of industry net current credit exposure.” Continue Reading
SEC Oversight: Current State and Agenda
Testimony Before the House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government-Sponsored Enterprises, SEC Oversight: Current State and Agenda, Tuesday, July 14, 2009, by Chairman Mary L. Schapiro, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. “The last year has been a wrenching time for investors. Trillions of dollars in wealth have been… Continue Reading
NTSB Issues Urgent Safety Recommendations in Aftermath of DC Metro Fatal Crash
News release: “The National Transportation Safety Board issued an urgent safety recommendation to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) calling for enhanced safety redundancy of its train control system. A recent accident on the Metrorail’s Red Line between the Fort Totten and Takoma stations has shown that WMATA’s train control system is susceptible to… Continue Reading
Council of Economic Advisors – Preparing Workers of Today for Jobs of Tomorrow
“President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers released a report, Preparing the Workers of Today for the Jobs of Tomorrow, that offers an overview of how the U.S. labor market is expected to grow and develop over the next few years. The report discusses the skills and training that will likely be most relevant in growing… Continue Reading
