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Monthly Archives: May 2010
EPA Sets Thresholds for Greenhouse Gas Permitting Requirements
News release: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a final rule to address greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the largest stationary sources, while shielding millions of small sources of GHGs from Clean Air Act permitting requirements. The phased-in, common-sense approach will address facilities like power plants and oil refineries that are responsible for… Continue Reading
The New START Treaty Sent to the Senate
News release: “Today the President submitted the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) an arms control agreement with Russia that he signed last month in Prague — to the United States Senate. Before the Treaty can be ratified, the Senate must provide its advice and consent by a two-thirds majority…In addition to the… Continue Reading
Just How Much Oil Is Spilling into Gulf of Mexico? Perhaps 10 Times Estimated by Coast Guard
Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill: “The volume of oil pouring into the Gulf of Mexico from the Deepwater Horizon oil rig may be at least 10 times higher than previously estimated, NPR has learned. The U.S. Coast Guard has estimated that oil was gushing from a broken pipe on the… Continue Reading
Bird Washing Machine Removes Oil in 7 Minutes
Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, from Treehugger.com – Bird Washing Machine Removes Oil in 7 Minutes, by Jaymi Heimbuch, San Francisco, California: “It’s no question that animals – particularly birds – are being severely impacted by the Deepwater oil leak. The oil has already reached shorelines, and marine birds are… Continue Reading
DOJ and HHS Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program Annual Report for FY 2009
The Department of Health and Human Services and The Department of Justice Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2009, May 2010 “During Fiscal Year (FY) 2009, the Federal Government won or negotiated approximately $1.63 billion in judgments and settlements, and it attained additional administrative impositions in health care fraud… Continue Reading
Census: Voting and Registration in the Election of November 2008
“Voting and Registration in the Election of November 2008 May 12, 2010 This report examines levels of voting and registration in the most recent presidential election, the characteristics of citizens who reported either registering or voting in the election and the reasons why some registered individuals did not vote. The data are based… Continue Reading
OPM & OMB Announce Unprecedented Hiring Reforms
News release: “Director John Berry of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management and U.S. Chief Performance Officer Jeffrey Zients announced a major overhaul of the Federal hiring process, detailing crucial reforms ordered by President Obama. Speaking at OPM headquarters alongside Department of Labor Secretary Hilda Solis and Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun… Continue Reading
Hearing on "Inquiry into the Deepwater Horizon Gulf Coast Oil Spill"
Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, Hearing on “Inquiry into the Deepwater Horizon Gulf Coast Oil Spill”, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations 12 May 2010, to “examine what caused the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig and the oil spill now spreading across the Gulf, in order to help prevent… Continue Reading
U.S. International Trade In Goods and Services, March 2010
News release: “The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, through the Department of Commerce, announced today that total March exports of $147.9 billion and imports of $188.3 billion resulted in a goods and services deficit of $40.4 billion, up from $39.4 billion in February, revised. March exports were $4.6 billion more… Continue Reading
New CBO Reports: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, May 2010 – Additional Information on the Potential Discretionary Costs of Implementing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, May 11, 2010 – Additional information about potential effects on discretionary spending, letter to the Honorable Jerry Lewis See… Continue Reading
BLS: Extended Mass Layoffs, May 2010
News release: “Employers initiated 1,564 mass layoff events in the first quarter of 2010 that resulted in the separation of 221,150 workers from their jobs for at least 31 days, according to preliminary figures released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Both events and separations decreased by record amounts from the same period a… Continue Reading
