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Federal Reserve: Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization – G.17

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Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization – G.17

  • “Industrial production was unchanged in February after having risen 0.4 percent in January. Previously, industrial production was reported to have been unchanged in January. Manufacturing output moved up 0.3 percent in February. Within manufacturing, the index for motor vehicles and parts fell 1.1 percent after jumping 8.6 percent in January, but the index for manufacturing excluding motor vehicles and parts increased 0.4 percent in February. Production at mines fell 1.2 percent, while the output of utilities was unchanged. At 96.2 percent of its 2007 average, total industrial production for February was 4.0 percent above its year-earlier level. Capacity utilization for total industry edged down to 78.7 percent, a rate 1.2 percentage points above its level from a year earlier but 1.6 percentage points below its long-run (1972–2011) average.”

    • New GAO Reports: Defense Contracting, Federal Contracting, Nuclear Nonproliferation

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    Defense Contracting – Competition for Services and Recent Initiatives to Increase Competitive Procurements, GAO-12-384, Mar 15, 2012 Federal Contracting – Effort to Consolidate Governmentwide Acquisition Data Systems Should Be Reassessed, GAO-12-429, Mar 15, 2012 Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Request – U.S. Government Accountability Office, GAO-12-456T, Mar 15, 2012 Nuclear Nonproliferation, Further Actions Needed by U.S.… Continue Reading

    The U.S. Income Distribution and Mobility: Trends and International Comparisons

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    CRS – The U.S. Income Distribution and Mobility: Trends and International Comparisons, Linda Levine, Specialist in Labor Economics, March 7, 2012 “Approaching three years into the recovery from the 2007-2009 recession, the unemployment rate remains over 8%. The persistent difficulty of many of the workers who lost jobs to find reemployment has meant reduced incomes… Continue Reading

    FDsys replaces GPO Access as official system of record for online government information

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    “As of today, March 16, 2012, the transition from GPO Access to GPO’s Federal Digital System (FDsys) is complete. FDsys now is GPO’s only Web site for online official and authentic Government information from all three branches of the Federal Government. After ushering GPO into the online world 16 years ago, GPO Access has been… Continue Reading

    New Guide Explains the Medicaid Appeals Process

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    “A new guide from the Kaiser Family Foundation’s Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured provides a comprehensive look at the appeals process for the Medicaid program, which differs significantly from those available through the Medicare program and private health insurance. The Medicaid appeals process provides redress for individual applicants and beneficiaries seeking eligibility for the… Continue Reading

    Report – From Wounded Warrior to Civilian Employee

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    Department of the Navy – Chief Information Officer – From Wounded Warrior to Civilian Employee – A Workplace Reference Guide for Managers and Supervisors: “This guide provides information on how to successfully support veterans who have transitioned to the civilian workplace. Several commands were instrumental in developing and editing content for the guide, which was… Continue Reading

    HUD OIG Audit Reports on five largest national mortgage servicers

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    “As part of the Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) nationwide effort to review the foreclosure practices of the five largest Federal Housing Administration (FHA) mortgage servicers (Bank of America, Wells Fargo Bank, CitiMortgage, JP Morgan Chase, and Ally Financial, Incorporated) we reviewed [Bank of America, Wells Fargo Bank, CitiMortgage, JP Morgan Chase, and Ally Financial,… Continue Reading

    Empire State Manufacturing Survey indicates manufacturing activity expanded at a moderate pace

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    “The March Empire State Manufacturing Survey indicates that manufacturing activity in New York State expanded at a moderate pace. The general business conditions index was little changed at 20.2, its fourth consecutive positive reading. The new orders and shipments indexes were both positive but slightly lower, indicating continued growth in orders and shipments, though at… Continue Reading