News release: “The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for October 2010. The next release, which will report on data for November 2010, is scheduled for January 18, 2011. Net foreign purchases of long-term securities were $27.6 billion. Net foreign purchases of long-term U.S. securities were $54.7 billion. Of… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: December 2010
New GAO Reports: Nuclear Nonproliferation, Recovery Act, Statewide Transportation Planning, National Security
Nuclear Nonproliferation: Comprehensive U.S. Planning and Better Foreign Cooperation Needed to Secure Vulnerable Nuclear Materials Worldwide, GAO-11-227, December 15, 2010 Recovery Act: Head Start Grantees Expand Services, but More Consistent Communication Could Improve Accountability and Decisions about Spending, GAO-11-166, December 15, 2010 Statewide Transportation Planning: Opportunities Exist to Transition to Performance-Based Planning and Federal Oversight,… Continue Reading
Agencies Expand Scope of Community Reinvestment Act Regulations to Encourage Support for HUD Neighborhood Stabilization Program Activities
News release: “The federal bank and thrift regulatory agencies today announced changes to Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) regulations to support stabilization of communities affected by high foreclosure levels. The final rule is substantially the same as the proposal published for comment on June 24, 2010. It encourages depository institutions to support eligible development activities in… Continue Reading
General Motors Repays Taxpayers $2.1 Billion, Completing Repurchase of Treasury Preferred Stock
News release: “Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced that General Motors (GM) has completed the repurchase of all GM preferred stock issued under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), repaying taxpayers $2.1 billion. Coming on the heels of a successful initial public offering that netted $13.5 billion for taxpayers, this preferred share repurchase… Continue Reading
SIGIR October 2010: Quarterly Report To Congress
October 2010: Quarterly Report To Congress, Management of U.S. Reconstruction Transition “Under the terms of the current U.S.-Iraq Security Agreement, all U.S. military forces are scheduled to depart Iraq by December 31, 2011. This quarter, continued withdrawal of U.S. troops proceeded apace, with the last U.S. combat brigade rolling out in August, signaling the end… Continue Reading
Making Policing More Affordable Managing Costs and Measuring Value in Policing
News release: “The Department of Justice’s National Institute of Justice (NIJ) announced the release of the third paper to come out of the Executive Session on Policing and Public Safety, a roundtable managed by Harvard Kennedy School’s Program in Criminal Justice and Policy and Management, funded by NIJ. Making Policing More Affordable: Managing Costs and… Continue Reading
U.S. Census Bureau Releases First Set of 5-Year American Community Survey Estimates – Maryland Remains Richest State
New York Times: “The counties with the three highest median household incomes are all in the Virginia suburbs of Washington. Falls Church led the pack with $113,313 per household, an increase of 17 percent since 2000. The county with the lowest median household income was Owsley, Ky., at $18,869.” Baltimore Sun: “Maryland’s median household income… Continue Reading
CBO: Federal Debt and Interest Costs
Federal Debt and Interest Costs, December 14, 2010 “Recently, the federal government has been recording the largest budget deficits, as a share of gross domestic product (GDP), since the end of World War II. As a result of those deficits, the amount of federal debt held by the public has soared–surpassing $9 trillion at the… Continue Reading
Leaders Pay Tribute to U.S. Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke
News release: “Defense Department leaders today joined the president, vice president, secretary of state and others in mourning the death of U.S. Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke. Holbrooke was serving as special representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan when he died last night from a tear in his aorta. He fell ill during a Dec. 10 meeting… Continue Reading
Pew Internet Presentation: Dancing with megaphones – the New Rules, Realities and Hard Data Behind Consumer
Presentation by Pete Blackshaw: CMO, NM Incite, a Nielsen-McKinsey Company and Lee Rainie: Director, Pew Internet Project “The media ecology has changed so profoundly that the people formerly known as consumers are a new breed. They allocate their attention differently. They approach the product research differently. They move into a buying frame of mind differently.… Continue Reading
Business Roundable: Roadmap for Growth
“The United States is at a critical juncture. The deep recession and weak economic recovery have left one in 10 American workers without a job, and our federal budget is driving our countrys debt to unprecedented levels. Business Roundtable believes that the nations business community, the White House and Congress must work together to encourage… Continue Reading
EPA Removes Saccharin from Hazardous Substances Listing
News release: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has removed saccharin, a common artificial sweetener, and its salts from the agencys list of hazardous substances. Saccharin is no longer considered a potential hazard to human health. Saccharin is a white crystalline powder that is found in diet soft drinks, chewing gum and juice. Saccharin was… Continue Reading
