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Child Care: Multiple Factors Could Have Contributed to the Recent Decline in the Number of Children Whose Families Receive Subsidies, May 5, 2010

Wed, 05/05/2010 - 00:00 — admin

As Congress considers reauthorization of the laws which provide funding for the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF), there is interest in understanding what accounts for recent trends in child care subsidy receipt among eligible families and what research says about subsidies' effects on parents' ability to obtain and maintain employment. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) administers CCDF, but states have flexibility in its implementation.

Health Coverage Tax Credit: Participation and Administrative Costs, April 30, 2010

Fri, 04/30/2010 - 00:00 — admin

This report is in response to section 1899L of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The statute required the Comptroller General to examine issues related to participation in and administrative costs associated with the Health Coverage Tax Credit program administered by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in the Department of the Treasury, and to provide the results to Congress by March 1, 2010.

Oversight and Accountability in a Time of Fiscal Stress, April 23, 2010

Fri, 04/23/2010 - 00:00 — admin

This is a Comptroller General Presentation delivered to Association of Government Accountants in Dallas, Texas on April 23, 2010. Major topics of this presentation include: long-term fiscal challenges; American Recovery and Reinvestment Act implementation; Emergency Economic Stabilization Act experience; and examples of the need for transformation.

Revised Tax-Cut Figure Pushes Stimulus Spending Higher

Tue, 04/20/2010 - 12:37 — admin

by Sebastian Jones, ProPublica - April 20, 2010 10:38 am EDT
Stimulus spending has reached roughly $378 billion, according to the latest numbers from Recovery.gov, released on April 9. That number includes $215 billion in spending and an estimated $163 billion in tax cuts.

Leadership Challenges Given Today's Fiscal Realities, April 19, 2010

Mon, 04/19/2010 - 00:00 — admin

This is a Comptroller General Presentation delivered to Association of Government Accountants in Dallas, Texas on April 23, 2010. Major topics of this presentation include: long-term fiscal challenges, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act implementation, Emergency Economic Stabilization Act experience, and examples of the need for transformation.

CBO Report: Estimated Impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act on Employment and Economic Output

Thu, 04/15/2010 - 13:07 — Sam Rosen-Amy

Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), also known as the economic stimulus package, certain recipients of funds appropriated in ARRA (most grant and loan recipients, contractors, and subcontractors) are required to report the number of jobs they created or retained with ARRA funding after the end of each calendar quarter. The law also requires CBO to comment on those reported numbers. Today CBO released a reportto satisfy that requirement.

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