Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, briefing memo for Hearing entitled Drilling Down on Americas Energy Future: Safety, Security and Clean Energy: “The United States dependence on foreign oil has also increased over time. In 1995, the United States imported 45 percent of its oil. By 2008, that number had increased to 57 percent. As a result, the U.S. economy spent roughly $900 billion on petroleum products in 2008. While prices and consumption have decreased in 2009 as a result of the economic downturn, the United States still imported nearly 52 percent of the oil it consumed last year. The United States possesses only 2 percent of the worlds proven oil reserves but consumes roughly 25 percent of the worlds oil.”
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Daily Archives: June 15, 2010
Remarks by the President to the Nation on the BP Oil Spill
Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, this transcript of President Obama’s remarks: “Already, this oil spill is the worst environmental disaster America has ever faced. And unlike an earthquake or a hurricane, its not a single event that does its damage in a matter of minutes or days. The millions of… Continue Reading
WSJ: Librarian Sifts Mexican Press to Tally Drug-Cartel-Related Killings in Juárez
WSJ.com: “Ms. Molloy, a 54-year-old librarian at New Mexico State University here, spends most mornings sifting reports in the Mexican press to create a tally of drug-cartel-related killings in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. She is striving to fill a widening information gap about these homicides in Juárez, some 50 miles southeast of Las Cruces, across the… Continue Reading
TRAC: Immigration Prosecutions Once More on the Rise
Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC): “After several months of moderation, U.S. federal immigration prosecutions have returned to the high levels of last summer. According to the most recent figures released by the Department of Justice, there were 8,287 immigration prosecutions in March 2010, up 30 percent from February and more than in any month since… Continue Reading
Frank Announces House Offer on Investor Protection, Executive Compensation, Fed and Emergency Liquidity Provisions
Follow up to Frank Announces House Offer to Base Text on Private Funds, Credit Rating Agencies, Thrifts and Insurance, this new announcement: “Chairman Frank, on behalf of the House conferees, released the House offer on the titles listed below. The issues will be subject to debate when the House-Senate Conference Committee convenes in room 2128… Continue Reading
Several State Attorneys General Announce Probes of Google Wireless Data Collection
News release: “Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is asking Google whether its street view cars collected personal information transmitted over wireless networks without permission while photographing Connecticut streets and homes. Google has acknowledged that street view cars in some locations have intercepted information from unsecured personal WIFI networks. In Europe, notably Ireland, Google admitted intercepting packets… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Medicare Fraud, Waste, and Abuse, Strategic Framework for U.S. Efforts in Afghanistan, Negative Home Equity
Medicare Fraud, Waste, and Abuse: Challenges and Strategies for Preventing Improper Payments, GAO-10-844T, June 15, 2010 The Strategic Framework for U.S. Efforts in Afghanistan, GAO-10-655R, June 15, 2010 Defense Infrastructure: Observations on the Department of the Navy’s Depot Capital Investment Program, GAO-10-726R, June 14, 2010 GAO Proactive Testing of ARRA Tax Credits for COBRA Premium… Continue Reading
State Department: 2010 Trafficking in Persons Report
News release: “The 10th annual Trafficking in Persons Report, June 2010, outlines the continuing challenges across the globe, including in the United States. The Report, for the first time, includes a ranking of the United States based on the same standards to which we hold other countries. The United States takes its first-ever ranking not… Continue Reading
Report Identifies US$ 2 Trillion Global Infrastructure Deficit
News release: “The World Economic Forums Positive Infrastructure Report finds that world faces a global infrastructure deficit of US$ 2 trillion per year over the next 20 years. The report analyses the four largest infrastructure markets Brazil, China, India and the USA, and studies how to best deploy public funds made available through global… Continue Reading
Sen. Jeff Merkley's policy plan: America Over a Barrel: Solving Our Oil Vulnerability
America Over a Barrel – Solving Our Oil Vulnerability, June 14, 2010: “There is near-universal agreement that breaking the United States off of oil should be one of our nations top priorities. And yet gas prices remain around $3 per gallon, oil continues to gush into the Gulf of Mexico, and we are still dangerously… Continue Reading
