NYT: “With Election Day just over a year away, a deep sense of economic anxiety and doubt about the future hangs over the nation, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll, with Americans distrust of government at its highest level ever.”
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Daily Archives: October 25, 2011
CBO Testimony on Discretionary Spending, October 2011
Discretionary Spending, October 26, 2011 – Testimony before the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, U.S. Congress “Discretionary outlaysthe part of federal spending that lawmakers generally control through annual appropriation actstotaled about $1.35 trillion in 2011, or close to 40 percent of federal outlays. Slightly more than half of that spending was for defense. The… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Neurocognitive Assessment Tools, Health Care Price Transparency, Federal Government's Long-Term Fiscal Outlook
Preventing Sexual Harassment: DOD Needs Greater Leadership Commitment and an Oversight Framework, GAO-11-809, Sep 21, 2011 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Actions Needed to Reduce Evolving but Uncertain Federal Financial Risks, GAO-12-86, Oct 24, 2011 Department of Defense: Use of Neurocognitive Assessment Tools in Post-Deployment Identification of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, GAO-12-27R, Oct 24, 2011 Health… Continue Reading
EIA Analysis of Impacts of a Clean Energy Standard as requested by Chairman Hall
“This report, Analysis of Impacts of a Clean Energy Standard – October 2011 – responds to a request from Chairman Ralph M. Hall for an analysis of the impacts of a Clean Energy Standard (CES). The request, as outlined in the letter included in Appendix A, sets out specific assumptions and scenarios for the study.… Continue Reading
ForeSee Study Highlights Social Media Best Practices for the Federal Government
News release: “Customer experience analytics firm ForeSee today released its report on the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) Quarterly E-Government Satisfaction Index, including an analysis of the state of social media in the federal government. ForeSees audit of social media activity in the federal government identified clear themes and best practices, showing that the public… Continue Reading
EIA launches new electricity-focused web page
“EIA launched a new web-based report called the Electricity Monthly Update, replacing the Monthly Flash Estimates for Electric Power Data. This new product introduces a feature story, interactive graphics, a new presentation flow, and new electricity industry data sources. The report is organized into four sections: End Use Resource Use Regional Wholesale Markets Coal Stocks Continue Reading
Trends in the Distribution of Household Income Between 1979 and 2007
Trends in the Distribution of Household Income Between 1979 and 2007, October 2011: “After-tax income for the highest-income households grew more than it did for any other group. (After-tax income is income after federal taxes have been deducted and government transferswhich are payments to people through such programs as Social Security and Unemployment Insurancehave been… Continue Reading
AWEA U.S. Wind Industry Annual Market Report Year Ending 2010
News release: “The third quarter of 2011 saw over 1,200 megawatts (MW) of wind power capacity installed, bringing installations through the first three quarters of the year to 3,360 MW. The U.S. wind industry now totals 43,461 MW of cumulative wind capacity through the end of September 2011. The U.S. wind industry has added over… Continue Reading
Income Inequality in the United States Highlighted in New Reports
U.S. Neighborhood Income Inequality in the 20052009 Period, American Community Survey Reports, October 2011 – “Income inequality is one measure of societal conditions. Some have argued that large (and recently increasing) income inequality is potentially harmful to social stabilityletting the rich get richer while the poor get poorer is thought to be bad for the… Continue Reading
