Social Security Statements: Observations on SSA’s Plans for the Social Security Statement, GAO-11-787T, July 8, 2011 Nextgen Air Transportation System: Mechanisms for Collaboration and Technology Transfer Could Be Enhanced to More Fully Leverage Partner Agency and Industry Resources, GAO-11-604, June 30, 2011 Challenges to the Transportation, Sale, and Use of Intermediate Ethanol Blends, GAO-11-513, June… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: July 2011
CBO – Long-Term Implications of the 2012 Future Years Defense Program
Long-Term Implications of the 2012 Future Years Defense Program: Testimony before the Committee on the Budget, U.S. House of Representatives, July 7, 2011 “In most years, the Department of Defense (DoD) provides a five- or six-year plan, called the Future Years Defense Program (FYDP), associated with the budget that it submits to the Congress. Because… Continue Reading
Monthly Budget Review July 2011
Monthly Budget Review – July 8, 2011 “CBO estimates that the Treasury Department will report a deficit of $973 billion for the first nine months of fiscal year 2011, $31 billion less than the $1,004 billion deficit incurred through June 2010. Outlays are about 4 percent higher and revenues are about 8.5 percent higher than… Continue Reading
EPA Releases New Report on Sewage Pollution in New York and New Jersey
News release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has prepared an important report, Keeping Raw Sewage and Contaminated Stormwater Out of the Publics Water, to answer commonly asked questions about combined sewer overflows. To see an illustration of how serious a problem this is in Brooklyn, go to here.” Continue Reading
Finalized additional Clean Air Act protections – slash hundreds of thousands of tons of smokestack emissions
News release: “…the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today finalized additional Clean Air Act protections that will slash hundreds of thousands of tons of smokestack emissions that travel long distances through the air leading to soot and smog, threatening the health of hundreds of millions of Americans living downwind. The Cross-State Air Pollution Rule will… Continue Reading
FTC Enhances Longstanding Regulatory Review Program to Increase Public Participation and Reduce Burden on Business
News release: “The Federal Trade Commission today told Congress it is taking steps to enhance the agencys longstanding program to review rules and guides, which will promote greater efficiency, transparency, and public participation. The FTC announced several initiatives to ensure its regulations are up-to-date, effective, and not overly burdensome, including: updating its schedule of rule… Continue Reading
Fannie Mae's National Monthly Housing Survey
“Fannie Maes consumer attitudinal survey polls the adult general population of the U.S. to assess their opinions about home ownership, renting a home, and household finances. On average, Americans expect home prices to decline by 0.5% over the next 12 months, down from an expected increase of 0.7% in May 2011 and 0.9% in June… Continue Reading
Federal Reserve releases report on college credit card agreements
News release: “The Federal Reserve Board released a report that contains 2010 payment and account information about more than 1,000 agreements between institutions of higher education or affiliated organizations and credit card issuers. The Board also updated an online database that provides the complete text of each agreement and the payment and accounts information submitted… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Air Force Working Capital Fund, Defense Acquisitions, Navy Training, Person-To-Person Lending
Air Force Working Capital Fund: Budgeting and Management of Carryover Work and Funding Could Be Improved, GAO-11-539, July 7, 2011 DOD Can Improve Its Management of Configuration Steering Boards GAO-11-640, July 7, 2011 Navy’s Report to Congress on the Impact of Training and Crew Size on Surface Force Material Readiness, GAO-11-746R, July 7, 2011 Person-To-Person… Continue Reading
UK Prime Minister sets ambitious open data agenda
“The Prime Minister has today committed to publishing key data on the National Health Service, schools, criminal courts and transport. This represents the most ambitious open data agenda of any government anywhere in the world. The new data [see data.go.uk] will reveal clinical achievements and prescribing data by individual GP practices, the performance of hospital… Continue Reading
BLS – Employment Situation Summary June 2011
Employment Situation Summary, June 2011: “Nonfarm payroll employment was essentially unchanged in June (+18,000), and the unemployment rate was little changed at 9.2 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment in most major private-sector industries changed little over the month. Government employment continued to trend down. The number of unemployed persons (14.1… Continue Reading
Agencies make public the host state loan-to-deposit ratios
News release: “The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the agencies) are making public the host state loan-to-deposit ratios that the agencies will use to determine compliance with section 109 of the Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act… Continue Reading
