- Bureau of the Public Debt: Areas for Improvement in Information Systems Controls, GAO-11-528R, April 27, 2011
- Multiple U.S. Agencies Provided Billions of Dollars to Train and Equip Foreign Police Forces, GAO-11-402R, April 27, 2011: “During fiscal year 2009, seven federal agencies and 24 components within them funded or implemented police-assistance activities to support their counternarcotics, counterterrorism, and anticrime missions. Five of these agencies provided an estimated $3.5 billion for police assistance to 107 countries in fiscal year 2009. This amount compares to about $180 million in inflation adjusted dollars provided for these efforts in 1990, when we last compiled a similar inventory.”
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Daily Archives: April 27, 2011
Annual Energy Outlook 2011 Full Annual Energy Outlook with Projections to 2035
“The projections in the Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Annual Energy Outlook 2011 (AEO2011) focus on the factors that shape the U.S. energy system over the long term. Under the assumption that current laws and regulations remain unchanged throughout the projections, the AEO2011 Reference case provides the basis for examination and discussion of energy production, consumption,… Continue Reading
Clean Water: Foundation of Healthy Communities and a Healthy Environment
Clean Water: Foundation of Healthy Communities and a Healthy Environment – April 27, 2011 “Recognizing the importance of clean water for healthy people, a healthy economy, and a healthy environment, the Obama Administration is working hard on a broad array of programs and initiatives to protect and enhance the Nations waters. The purpose of this… Continue Reading
Strength in Numbers: How Does Data-Driven Decisionmaking Affect Firm Performance?
Brynjolfsson, Erik, Hitt, Lorin M. and Kim, Heekyung Hellen, Strength in Numbers: How Does Data-Driven Decisionmaking Affect Firm Performance? (April 22, 2011). “We examine whether performance is higher in firms that emphasize decisionmaking based on data and business analytics (which we term a data-driven decisionmaking approach or DDD). Using detailed survey data on the business… Continue Reading
Federal Reserve Board and FOMC release table summarizing economic projections
“The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday released the attached table summarizing the economic projections made by Federal Reserve Board members and Federal Reserve Bank presidents for the April 26-27 meeting of the Committee. The table will be incorporated into a summary of economic projections released on May 18 with… Continue Reading
Interior Releases Report Highlighting Impacts of Climate Change to Western Water Resources
News release: “Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today released a report that assesses climate change risks and how these risks could impact water operations, hydropower, flood control, and fish and wildlife in the western United States. The report to Congress, prepared by Interiors Bureau of Reclamation, represents the first consistent and coordinated assessment of… Continue Reading
USDA: International Evidence on Food Consumption Patterns
International Evidence on Food Consumption Patterns: An Update Using 2005 International Comparison Program Data, By Andrew Muhammad, James L. Seale, Jr., Birgit Meade, and Anita Regmi – Technical Bulletin No. (TB-1929) 59 pp, March 2011 “In a 2003 report, International Evidence on Food Consumption Patterns, ERS economists estimated income and price elasticities of demand for… Continue Reading
Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund 2: Report on Apportionments, Expenditures, and Status at End of Fiscal Year 2010
Special Inspector General for IRAQ Reconstruction, Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund 2: Report on Apportionments, Expenditures, and Status at End of Fiscal Year 2010 – April 22, 2011. “P.L. 108-106 and its amendments provided $18.45 billion for security, relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction in Iraq. During FYs 2004 and 2005, OMB apportioned $17.86 billion of the… Continue Reading
Report: Areas of Ecological and Biological Significance or Vulnerability in the Arctic Marine Environment
IUCN/NRDC Workshop to Identify Areas of Ecological and Biological Significance or Vulnerability in the Arctic Marine Environment – Workshop Report Prepared by Lisa Speer and Thomas L. Laughlin, April 7, 2011 “Human activity is expanding in the Arctic marine environment, in part due to warming ocean temperatures and the dramatic loss of summer sea ice.… Continue Reading
