Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse: “During January 2013, there were 493 new federal criminal prosecutions in the weapons category, according to the latest available data from the Justice Department. This represents a drop of 4 percent from the previous month and a decrease of about 12 percent from what it was a year ago. For more details, including district rankings, see the report here. With only four months of data in FY 2013, it is too soon to tell whether this downturn is temporary or represents a change from the upward trend seen for FY 2012. For more information on trends in weapons prosecutions since 1986, see TRAC’s previous report here.”
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Daily Archives: March 5, 2013
The 2013 Cybersecurity Executive Order: Overview and Considerations for Congress
CRS – The 2013 Cybersecurity Executive Order: Overview and Considerations for Congress, March 1, 2013 “The federal role in cybersecurity has been a topic of discussion and debate for over a decade. Despite significant legislative efforts in the 112th Congress, no major legislation on this topic has been enacted since the Federal Information Security Management… Continue Reading
Inflation and the Real Minimum Wage: A Fact Sheet
CRS – Inflation and the Real Minimum Wage: A Fact Sheet. Craig K. Elwell, Specialist in Macroeconomic Policy; Linda Levine, Specialist in Labor Economics. February 26, 2013 “The minimum wage is not indexed to the price level. It has been legislatively increased from time to time to make up for the loss in its real… Continue Reading
GAO Report – Multiemployer Plans and PBGC Face Urgent Challenges
Private Pensions – Multiemployer Plans and PBGC Face Urgent Challenges, GAO-13-428T, March 5, 2013 “The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation’s (PBGC) financial assistance to multiemployer plans continues to increase, and plan insolvencies threaten PBGC’s multiemployer insurance fund. As a result of current and anticipated financial assistance, the present value of PBGC’s liability for plans that are… Continue Reading
CRS – Public Access to Data from Federally Funded Research
Public Access to Data from Federally Funded Research: Provisions in OMB Circular A-110. Eric A. Fischer, Senior Specialist in Science and Technology. March 1, 2013 “The results of scientific studies are often used in making government policy decisions. While the studies are often published, traditional federal research funding policies did not require the data on… Continue Reading
CRS – Federal Financial Reporting: An Overview
Federal Financial Reporting: An Overview, Meredith A. Levine, Analyst in Government Organization and Management. February 27, 2013 “Federal financial reportingdefined here as the process of recording retrospective executive department-level financial and performance informationcan provide both a snapshot of the governments financial health at a given moment in time, as well as an accounting of its… Continue Reading
Census – Megacommuters: 600,000 in U.S. Travel 90 Minutes and 50 Miles to Work
“About 8.1 percent of U.S. workers have commutes of 60 minutes or longer, 4.3 percent work from home, and nearly 600,000 full-time workers had “megacommutes” of at least 90 minutes and 50 miles. [See the report – Mega Commuting in the U.S.] The average one-way daily commute for workers across the country is 25.5 minutes,… Continue Reading
Report – Ensuring the Health Care Needs of Women: A Checklist for Health Exchanges
Ensuring the Health Care Needs of Women: A Checklist for Health Exchanges, February 2013 “To inform the development of the state health insurance Exchanges under the Affordable Care Act, this checklist identifies key coverage, affordability and access issues that are important for women. Based on lessons learned from womens health research and the Massachusetts experience,… Continue Reading
SIGR – Projects Financed with Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Funds
Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) Audit, Government Agencies Cannot Fully Identify Projects Financed with Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Funds (SIGIR 13-006), March 6, 2013 “Following the 2003 intervention in Iraq and the fall of Saddam Husseins regime, the United States initiated a major relief and reconstruction program to stabilize the… Continue Reading
European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) what you need to know
“The European Union regulation on derivatives, central counterparties (CCPs) and trade repositories introduces new requirements to improve transparency and reduce the risks associated with the derivatives market. EMIR also establishes common organisational, conduct of business and prudential standards for CCPs and trade repositories. EMIR imposes requirements on all types and sizes of entities that enter… Continue Reading
