Selected CBO Publications Related to Health Care Legislation, 20092010, December 22, 2010. “In March 2010, the Congress passed and the President signed into law legislation that makes major changes to the U.S. health care and health insurance systems. That legislation came in two parts: the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: December 2010
New Start arms control treaty with Russia
NYT: Arms Treaty With Russia Headed for Ratification: “An arms control treaty paring back American and Russian nuclear arsenals won a decisive vote in the Senate on Tuesday, clearing it for final approval and handing President Obama an important foreign policy victory. The Senate voted 67 to 28 to end debate on the treaty, known… Continue Reading
Oral Argument Set in EPIC Lawsuit to Suspend Airport Body Scanners
“The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has scheduled oral argument in EPIC’s case, No. 10-1157, against the Department of Homeland Security. The court set a March 10, 2011 date for the parties to present oral argument before the Court. EPIC filed suit against the Department of Homeland Security to… Continue Reading
New Study Released on Congressional Staff Pay and Congressional Competence
Via a posting to GOVDOC-L by Daniel Schuman, Director | Advisory Committee on Transparency, Policy Counsel | The Sunlight Foundation: “I’ve just released a significant report on the link between congressional staff pay and congressional competence. What makes it relevant to this list is that the research wouldn’t have been possible without a government document… Continue Reading
WaPo: CIA launches task force to assess impact of U.S. cables' exposure by WikiLeaks
Washington Post: “The CIA has launched a task force to assess the impact of the exposure of thousands of U.S. diplomatic cables and military files by WikiLeaks…To some agency veterans, WikiLeaks has vindicated the CIA’s long-standing aversion to sharing secrets with other government agencies, a posture that came under sharp criticism after it was identified… Continue Reading
2010 Financial Report of the United States Government
“The Citizens Guide to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 Financial Report of the U.S. Government presents the Nations financial position and condition of the U.S. Government and discusses key financial topics, including continuing economic recovery efforts and fiscal sustainability. Despite the severe economic downturn and recession that began at the end of 2007, the instability… Continue Reading
Great Recession Hit Hard at America's Working Poor: Nearly 1 in 3 Working Families in United States are Low-Income
Great Recession Hit Hard at America’s Working Poor – Nearly 1 in 3 Working Families in United States are Low-Income: The Working Poor Families Project, PolIcy Brief, Winter 2010-2011, Brandon Roberts, Deborah Povich and Mark Mather “The Great Recession hit hard at America’s working poor, increasing the number of low-income working families by 246,000 in… Continue Reading
Brookings – MetroMonitor: Tracking Economic Recession and Recovery in Americas 100 Largest Metropolitan Areas
MetroMonitor: Tracking Economic Recession and Recovery in Americas 100 Largest Metropolitan Areas Cities, Regions and States – Howard Wial, Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program, Richard Shearer, Research Assistant, Metropolitan Policy Program – The Brookings Institution “In the nations 100 largest metropolitan areas, the economic recovery had two faces as of the third quarter of 2010 (ending… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: K-12 Education, Federal Lands, Medicaid Outpatient Prescription Drugs, Neighborhood Stabilization Program, Public Health Information Technology
K-12 Education: Many Challenges Arise in Educating Students Who Change Schools Frequently, GAO-11-40, November 18, 2010 Federal Lands: Adopting a Formal, Risk-Based Approach Could Help Land Management Agencies Better Manage Their Law Enforcement Resources, GAO-11-144, December 17, 2010 Medicaid Outpatient Prescription Drugs: Estimated Changes to Federal Upper Limits Using the Formula under the Patient Protection… Continue Reading
FTC Announces Increase in Maximum Charge for Extra Copies of Credit Reports
News release: “The Federal Trade Commission announced that the limit on how much consumer reporting companies are allowed to charge consumers for an extra copy of their credit report will increase from $10.50 to $11.00, effective January 1, 2011. The FTC is required to review the maximum credit report charge each year under the Fair… Continue Reading
FTC Staff Submits Comments to Federal Reserve on Making Fair Lending Law Stronger
News release: “The Federal Trade Commission staff has submitted comments to the Federal Reserve Board recommending ways the Board could strengthen the rules under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, which requires some mortgage lenders to collect and report loan data that the government uses to analyze whether they are complying with fair lending laws. In… Continue Reading
Brookings Report – Plan A-Minus for Afghanistan
Plan A-Minus for Afghanistan. Michael OHanlon and Bruce Riedel.Center for Strategic and International Studies, The Washington Quarterly, 34:1 pp. 123-132, Winter 2011. DOI: 10.1080/0163660X.2011.538308 “Rather than conceding at least one-third of the country to extremists and reducing NATO forces quickly, the United States should tie its force drawdown to the growth and maturation of Afghan… Continue Reading
