Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission – Hearings & Testimony – Subprime Lending and Securitization and Government-Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs), April 7, 2010 Related postings on Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission Related postings on financial system Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: April 2010
New Study: Climate Change Threatening Glacier National Park Could Harm Montana's Future Tourism and Economy
News release: “The last decade in Glacier National Park saw exactly double the temperature increase for the planet as a whole. The effects of this warming threaten Glacier National Parks resources, from glaciers and snow-capped mountains to wildlife and forests, as well as the Montana jobs and tourism revenue the park generates, according to a… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Coast Guard, Offshore Oil and Gas Development
Coast Guard: Deployable Operations Group Achieving Organizational Benefits, but Challenges Remain, GAO-10-433R, April 07, 2010 Offshore Oil and Gas Development: Additional Guidance Would Help Strengthen the Minerals Management Service’s Assessment of Environmental Impacts in the North Aleutian Basin, GAO-10-276, March 08, 2010 Continue Reading
Extended Range Forecast of Atlantic Seasonal Hurricane Activity and Landfall Strike Probability for 2010
Extended Range Forecast of Atlantic Seasonal Hurricane Activity and Landfall Strike Probability for 2010, by Philip J. Klotzbach and William M. Gray, Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University “We continue to foresee above-average activity for the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season. We have increased our seasonal forecast from the mid-point of our initial early December… Continue Reading
Administration Announces Releases of Federal Agencies Open Government Plans
“Today, U.S. departments and agencies are releasing their Open Government Plans — another historic milestone in President Obama’s campaign to change Washington. For too many years, Washington has resisted the oversight of the American public, resulting in difficulties in finding information, taxpayer dollars disappearing without a trace, and lobbyists wielding undue influence. For Americans, business… Continue Reading
Comcast Corporation v. FCC – Appeals Court Rules Against Net Neutraility
EFF: “In a ruling that imposes important limits on the FCC’s authority to regulate the Internet, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals today overturned the FCC ruling against Comcast for interfering with the BitTorrent traffic of its subscribers. The court found that the Commission had overstepped the limits of its “ancillary authority” when it disciplined… Continue Reading
American Heart Association – National Start! Walking Day
“You can support the fight against heart disease by participating in National Start! Walking Day on Wednesday, April 7. This is the day that adults nationwide can make the pledge to Start! walking and to become active and heart healthy, especially in the workplace…Walking has the lowest dropout rate of any physical activity. Its the… Continue Reading
GAO Review of the Department of Homeland Securitys Certification of the Secure Flight Program
GAO Review of the Department of Homeland Security’s Certification of the Secure Flight Program–Cost and Schedule Estimates, GAO-10-535R, April 05, 2010 “The matching of airline passenger information against terrorist watchlist records (watchlist matching) is a frontline defense against acts of terrorism that target the nations civil aviation system. In general, passengers identified as matches to… Continue Reading
GAO Reports: TARP and Automaker Pension Funding
Troubled Asset Relief Program: Automaker Pension Funding and Multiple Federal Roles Pose Challenges for the Future, GAO-10-492, April 06, 2010: “Over $81 billion has been committed under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) to improve the domestic auto industrys competitiveness and long-term viability. The bulk of this assistance has gone to General Motors (GM) and… Continue Reading
Pew: U.S. Birth Rate Decline Linked to Recession
U.S. Birth Rate Decline Linked to Recession, by Gretchen Livingston and DVera Cohn, Pew Research Center, April 6, 2010 “Birth rates in the United States began to decline in 2008 after rising to their highest level in two decades, and the decrease appears to be linked to the recession, according to a Pew Research Center… Continue Reading
BLS: Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey
Job Openings and Labor Turnover February 2010: “There were 2.7 million job openings on the last business day of February 2010, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The job openings rate was little changed over the month at 2.1 percent. The hires rate (3.1 percent) and the separations rate (3.1 percent) were… Continue Reading
Pew – A Year or More: The High Cost of Long-Term Unemployment
News release: “The federal government defines long-term unemployment as a jobless period of six months or longer. In March 2010, over 44 percent of unemployed Americans met or exceeded that standardthe highest rate since World War II. In contrast, during the severe recession of the early 1980s, the percentage of workers unemployed for six months… Continue Reading
