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CBO Monthly Budget Review, May 2011

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CBO Monthly Budget Review – May 6, 2011

  • “The federal government incurred a budget deficit of $871 billion in the first seven months of fiscal year 2011, CBO estimates. That year-to-date total is roughly $70 billion more than the deficit incurred in the same period in 2010. Both outlays and revenues are about 9 percent higher they were last year at this time. With the completion of the spring tax-filing season, receipts of individual income taxes have been significantly greater than CBO anticipated.”

    • Applications Made to Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court During 2010

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    FISA Annual Reports to Congress 2010 [via FAS] “During calendar year 2010, the Government made 1,579 applications to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (hereinafter “FISC”) for authority to conduct electronic surveillance andlor physical searches for foreign intelligence purposes. The 1,579 applications include applications made solely for electronic surveillance, applications made solely for physical search, and… Continue Reading

    Access to Government Information – FY 2012 Appropriation Issues

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    American Library Association (ALA): “President Obama’s FY2012 Budget Request to Congress, proposed the elimination of the Statistical Compendia Branch in the U.S. Census Bureau. This branch compiles and releases all kinds of reports such as the Statistical Abstract and the “County and City Data Book” that include tremendous amounts of data used extensively by the… Continue Reading

    Census Bureau Releases 2010 Census Demographic for DC and 12 States

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    News release: “The U.S. Census Bureau [May 4, 2011] released the Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 for the District of Columbia, Florida, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee and West Virginia. The demographic profiles provide 2010 Census data on age and sex distributions, race,… Continue Reading