10 Ways the IRS Can Help You
Taxpayer Assistance Centers allow taxpayers to access good old-fashioned face-to-face assistance from the Internal Revenue Service. No Recorded menus. No hold Music.Here are 10 reasons visiting an IRS TAC may be a great way for you to get assistance.Face-to-Face Assistance No appointment is…
Federal Register Notice: Public Telecommunications Facilities Program: New Closing Date
NTIA will re-open the solicitation for Public Telecommunications Facilities Program (PTFP) applications until Thursday, April 22, 2010, to accommodate the increase in digital power levels of radio stations allowed by the FCC's January 29, 2010 Order. (Acrobat PDF 54 Kb)
Press Release: Secretary Locke Announces Recovery Act Investments in New York and California
Secretary Gary Locke today announced two American Recovery and Reinvestment Act investments in New York, New York and Los Angeles, California. The grants, totaling more than $29 million, will fund computer training and provide more than 30,000 computers to middle school students and their families.
Wheat Data
This data product contains statistics on wheat - including the five classes of wheat: hard red winter, hard red spring, soft red winter, white, and durum - and rye. Includes data published in the monthly Wheat Outlook and previously annual Wheat Yearbook. Data are monthly, quarterly, and/or annual…
Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook
Timely livestock, dairy, and poultry information, focusing on current and forecast production, price, and trade statistics for each of the sectors.
The Food Assistance Landscape, FY 2009 Annual Report
This report examines trends in USDAÂ’s food and nutrition assistance programs through fiscal 2009. It also discusses a recent ERS report that examines the prevalence, severity, and characteristics of food insecurity in households with children.
Feed Grains Database
Interactive database that contains statistics on four feed grains (corn, grain sorghum, barley, and oats), foreign coarse grains (feed grains plus rye, millet, and mixed grains), hay, and related items. Tables previously published annually in the Feed Yearbook are available and updated continuously…
Cross-Price Elasticities of Demand Across 114 Countries
This report presents a simple methodology for calculating cross-price elasticities across countries, using the Frisch own-price elasticity. Cross-price elasticities are calculated for 9 major consumption categories from the 1996 International Comparison Program data across 114 countries. The…
2010 United States Mint Presidential $1 Coin and First Spouse Medal Set™ - Millard Fillmore Available March 26
WASHINGTON - The United States Mint will begin accepting orders for the 2010 United States Mint Presidential $1 Coin and First Spouse Medal Set - Millard Fillmore on March 26, 2010, at noon Eastern Time (ET).Â
8 Facts About the Health Coverage Tax Credit
The Health Coverage Tax Credit pays 80 percent of health insurance premiums for eligible taxpayers and their qualified family members. However, many people who could be receiving this valuable credit don’t know about it, and are missing out on big savings that can help them and their families keep…
Oil Crops Yearbook Data tables
Oilseed, oilmeal, and fats and oils supply and use statistics. Includes oilseed acreage, yield, and production estimates and farm and wholesale price series.
Federal Register Notice: PEACESAT Notice of Availability of Funds
NTIA announces the solicitation of applications for a grant for the Pan-Pacific Education and Communications Experiments by Satellite (PEACESAT) Program. Applications must be received on or before May 3, 2010. (Acrobat PDF 56 Kb)
Meat Price Spreads
This data set provides monthly average price values, and the differences among those values, at the farm, wholesale, and retail stages of the production and marketing chain for selected cuts of beef, pork, and broilers. In addition, retail prices are provided for beef and pork cuts, turkey, whole…
U.S. International Transactions, 4th Quarter 2009 and Year 2009
The U.S. current-account deficit--the combined balances on trade in goods andservices, income, and net unilateral current transfers--increased to $115.6 billion(preliminary) in the fourth quarter of 2009 from $102.3 billion (revised) in the thirdquarter. The increase was more than accounted for by…
Travel and Tourism Satellite Accounts, 4th Quarter and Annual 2009
Real spending on travel and tourism decreased at an annual rate of 2.3 percent in 2009:4, following an increase of 6.6 percent (revised) in 2009:3. By comparison, real gross domestic product (GDP) increased 5.9 percent (second estimate) in 2009:4 after increasing 2.2 percent in 2009:3. Travel and…
FHA Hires Compliance Manager to Oversee Inventory of 'HUD Homes'
Contract designed to reduce risk and increasing return on resale of property
The Economy Gets Stronger
Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in January suggests that economic activity has continued to strengthen and that the labor market is stabilizing. Household spending is expanding at a moderate rate but remains constrained by high unemployment, modest income growth,…
China: Macro Risks
BEIJING, CHINA – Despite the global recession, China’s economy grew 8.7 percent in 2009, and the growth momentum continued in the first months of 2010, according to the World Bank’s latest China Quarterly Update released today.The Update, a regular assessment of China’s economy, finds that…
The Spider Web: Paradox Of Super-strength
Research finds weakest chemical bonds produce materials stronger than steelSince its development in China thousands of years ago, silk from silkworms, spiders and other insects has been used for high-end, luxury fabrics as well as for parachutes and medical sutures. Now, National Science…
Toronto Pictures
Los Angeles, California — Toronto Pictures, Inc (PINK: TTOPF) announced the appointment of Ms. Vivian Afriyie as Chief Financial Officer.Vivian has over twelve years of experience in the forensic, financial accounting and corporate finance. Prior to joining Toronto Pictures, Vivian was the…
Federal banking agencies issue policy statement on funding and liquidity risk management
Federal banking agencies issue policy statement on funding and liquidity risk management
HUD Launches Website to Gather Public Comment on First-Ever LGBT Housing Discrimination Study
Online 'suggestion box' seeks to inform HUD on design of historic research
IRS Assistance For Unemployed Taxpayers
WASHINGTON, DC — The Internal Revenue Service today announced several additional steps it is taking this tax season to help people having difficulties meeting their tax obligations because of unemployment or other financial problems.The steps –– an expansion of efforts that began more than a…
Trade Restrictions on Bluefin Tuna and Polar Bears
DOHA, Qatar – Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Tom Strickland today said the United States will support trade restrictions on bluefin tuna, polar bears, and imperiled corals and sharks among other proposals at the meeting of the Convention on International Trade…
Solar Installations
The photovoltaic (PV) market now has an eye-popping, interactive bevy of maps and charts that can let anyone know where PV panels are being installed, how big they are, how much they cost and how fast the industry is booming.Interested in where PV is installed in the U.S. and how it has grown over…