Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act – Observations on Implementation, GAO-12-275R, January 27, 2012 “According to information provided by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and our survey of the Inspectors General (IG), five civilian agencies, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Department of Energy, the Corporation… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: January 2012
BEA – Gross Domestic Product, 4th quarter and Annual 2011
News release: “Real gross domestic product – the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States – increased at an annual rate of 2.8 percent in the fourth quarter of 2011 (that is, from the third quarter to the fourth quarter), according to the “advance” estimate released by… Continue Reading
New Biking Directions Legend on Google
New Biking Directions Legend: “If youre looking for new ways to get around for fun or to work, or might be trying to live a greener lifestyle in 2012, why not try biking? In March 2010 we introduced biking directions and since then Google Maps has been sharing biking directions with cyclists across the U.S… Continue Reading
Public Alerts now on Google Maps
Google Lat Long blog:”[January 25, 2012] mark[ed] the launch of a new Google Crisis Response project: Google Public Alerts, a platform designed to bring you relevant emergency alerts when and where youre searching for them. If a major weather event is headed for your area, you might go online to search for the information you… Continue Reading
CRS – International Trade: Rules of Origin
International Trade: Rules of Origin. Vivian C. Jones, Specialist in International Trade and Finance; Michael F. Martin, Analyst in Asian Trade and Finance, January 5, 2012 “Determining the country of origin of a product is important for properly assessing tariffs, enforcing trade remedies (such as antidumping and countervailing duties) or quantitative restrictions (tariff quotas), and… Continue Reading
2011 Small Business Profiles for the States and Territories
2011 Small Business Profiles for the States and Territories “The economic condition of small businesses in the United States is captured in the latest edition of the Small Business Profiles for the States and Territories. This annual publication from the Office of Advocacy provides information on the demographics of business ownership, employment, industry composition, and… Continue Reading
TRAC Report – DHS Referred Most Federal Criminal Prosecutions in October 2011
TRAC: “The latest available data from the Justice Department show that during October 2011 the Department of Homeland Security’s efforts to enforce immigration and customs laws accounted for 59% of all federal criminal prosecutions. The government reported 8,038 new prosecutions for these DHS matters as compared with a total of 13,628 from all sources. According… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: GAO Mission and Operations, Medicare Advantage, FHFA Financial Audit
GAO Mission and Operations – Summary of GAO’s Performance and Accountability Report Fiscal Year 2011, GAO-12-5SP, January 26, 2012 Medicare Advantage – CMS Should Improve the Accuracy of Risk Score Adjustments for Diagnostic Coding Practices, GAO-12-51, January 12, 2012 Financial Audit – Federal Housing Finance Agency’s Fiscal Years 2011 and 2010 Financial Statements [Reissued on… Continue Reading
UK Financial Regulator Paper: Large Exposures Regime Groups of Connected Clients and Connected Counterparties
Large Exposures Regime Groups of Connected Clients and Connected Counterparties, Financial Services Authority, January 26, 2012 “To propose new guidance on the treatment of LE to structured finance vehicles. This guidance builds on the Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) guidelines on the implementation of the revised LE regime published in December 2009. We aim… Continue Reading
Health and Access to Care Among Employed and Unemployed Adults: United States, 20092010
Health and Access to Care Among Employed and Unemployed Adults: United States, 20092010, Key data: “In 20092010, 48.1% of unemployed adults aged 1864 years had health insurance compared with 81.4% of employed adults; among the insured, a higher proportion of the unemployed had public insurance. Unemployed adults had poorer mental and physical health than employed… Continue Reading
Border Security: Immigration Enforcement Between Ports of Entry
CRS – Border Security: Immigration Enforcement Between Ports of Entry, Marc R. Rosenblum, Specialist in Immigration Policy. January 6, 2012 ‘Border enforcement is a core element of the Department of Homeland Securitys (DHSs) effort to control illegal migration, with the U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) within the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) as the… Continue Reading
CRS – Proposed Keystone XL Pipeline: Legal Issues
Proposed Keystone XL Pipeline: Legal Issues, January 23, 2012 “In 2008, TransCanada Corp. applied for a presidential permit from the State Department to construct and operate an oil pipeline across the U.S.-Canada border in a project known as Keystone XL. The Keystone XL pipeline would transport oil produced from oil sands in Alberta, Canada, to… Continue Reading
