Via EITI: “Iraq has disclosed detailed information about the US$ 41 billion in revenue it received from oil and gas exports in 2009. Iraqs disclosure of the figures follows the countrys commitment to the EITI standard, the global standard for transparency of resource revenues. The revenues are published in Iraqs first EITI Report, which detailed production figures and revenues from the sales of oil abroad in 2009.”
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Daily Archives: January 13, 2012
FTC Seeks Public Comment on Agency's Rules of Practice
Proposed Changes Would Expedite Investigatory Processes, Keep Pace with Technology: “The Federal Trade Commission today issued proposed changes to two parts of the procedures that govern the way the agency operates. The proposed changes would streamline the FTC’s investigatory procedures, make updates to keep pace with electronic discovery, and detail the agency’s procedures for evaluating… Continue Reading
EPIC – FOIA Documents Reveal Homeland Security is Monitoring Political Dissent
“As the result of EPIC v. DHS, a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, EPIC has obtained nearly thee hundred pages of documents detailing a Department of Homeland Security’s surveillance program. The documents include contracts and statements of work with General Dynamics for 24/7 media and social network monitoring and periodic reports to DHS. The documents… Continue Reading
EPIC: FTC Adds Google+ to Antitrust Investigation
EPIC: “Bloomberg News has reported that the Federal Trade Commission has expanded its antitrust investigation of Google to include Google’s social networking service, Google+. The report comes after Google announced that it would include personal data gathered from Google+ in the results of users’ searches, a move that led EPIC to urge the FTC to… Continue Reading
Federal Reserve Beige Book, January 11, 2012
Full Report – Beige Book, January 11, 2012 and Links to the Districts: “Contact reports from the twelve Federal Reserve Districts suggest that national economic activity expanded at a modest to moderate pace during the reporting period of late November through the end of December. Seven Districts characterized growth as modest; of the remaining five,… Continue Reading
BLS: Consumer Spending in 2010
News release: “On the basis of data from the Consumer Expenditure Survey (CE), consumers spent less in 2010, compared with 2009, on almost all major components of the household budget. Average annual expenditures per consumer unit (CU)[1] fell 2.0 percent, and average annual income before taxes dropped 0.6 percent, the second consecutive yearly decline for… Continue Reading
