“Two years ago, the average adjusted gross income (AGI) in Teton County, Wyoming was the highest in the nation at $142,048. But newly released data from the IRS show that in filing year 2010, the average AGI in Teton county had dropped a precipitous 43 percent, down to $80,827. Using the free Tax Returns application on the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) website, you can examine the kinds of income flowing to taxpayers in every state and the more than 3,000 counties in the United States. Data cover tax filing years 1991 through 2010.”
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Daily Archives: March 26, 2012
FTC Issues Final Commission Report on Protecting Consumer Privacy
News release: “The Federal Trade Commission, the nation’s chief privacy policy and enforcement agency, issued a final report setting forth best practices for businesses to protect the privacy of American consumers and give them greater control over the collection and use of their personal data. In the report, Protecting Consumer Privacy in an Era of… Continue Reading
Growth in Urban Population Outpaces Rest of Nation, Census Bureau Reports
News release: “The nation’s urban population increased by 12.1 percent from 2000 to 2010, outpacing the nation’s overall growth rate of 9.7 percent for the same period, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The Census Bureau released the new list of urban areas today based on 2010 Census results. Urban areas defined as densely… Continue Reading
Agencies Propose Revisions to Leveraged Finance Guidance
News release: “The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the agencies) are seeking comment on proposed revisions to the interagency leveraged finance guidance issued in 2001. Transactions that are covered by this guidance are characterized by a borrower with a… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports – DOD Supply Chain, Federal Statistical System, Force Structure, KC-46 Tanker Aircraft, TSA
DOD Supply Chain – Suspect Counterfeit Electronic Parts Can Be Found on Internet Purchasing Platforms – GAO-12-375, Feb 21, 2012 Federal Statistical System – Agencies Can Make Greater Use of Existing Data, but Continued Progress Is Needed on Access and Quality Issues, GAO-12-54, Feb 24, 2012 Force Structure – Assessment of Army Report on Fiscal… Continue Reading
DHS Privacy Office Delivers First Quarter Fiscal Year 2012 Report to Congress
Department of Homeland Security Privacy Office, First Quarter Fiscal Year 2012 Report to Congress “The PIA [Privacy Impact Assessments] process is one of the key mechanisms used to assure that the Departments use of technologies sustains, and does not erode, privacy protections relating to the use, collection, and disclosure of PII. As of November 30,… Continue Reading
Study by NOAA and Partners Shows Some Gulf Dolphins Severely Ill
Follow-up to previous postings on the Gulf Oil Spill, this new study: “Bottlenose dolphins in Barataria Bay, Louisiana, are showing signs of severe ill health, according to NOAA marine mammal biologists and their local, state, federal and other research partners. Barataria Bay, located in the northern Gulf of Mexico, received heavy and prolonged exposure to… Continue Reading
Annual Report on the Federal Work Force, Part II Work Force Statistics Fiscal Year 2010
EEOC – Annual Report on the Federal Work Force Part II Work Force Statistics Fiscal Year 2010 “In FY 2010, there were over 2.8 million women and men employed by the federal government across the country and around the world. 56.0% were men and 44% were women; after a slow but steady increase, the participation… Continue Reading
Revenues and Spending Under CBO's Extended Baseline Scenario and Two Alternatives Specified by Chairman Ryan
Revenues and Spending Under CBO’s Extended Baseline Scenario and Two Alternatives Specified by Chairman Ryan, March 23, 2012 “Allowing changes that are scheduled under current law to take effect including the expiration of tax cuts that originally went into effect in 2001 and 2003 is one of many possible approaches for preventing deficits from… Continue Reading
CDT – Decentralizing the Analysis of Health Data
Decentralizing the Analysis of Health Data, March 22, 2012 “As the digitization of health records makes it easier and more cost effective to share and analyze health data, policymakers and businesses are increasingly looking to use health data for secondary purposes uses beyond that for which the health data were originally collected. For example,… Continue Reading
