Your Federal Tax Payer Receipt - Understand How and Where your Tax Dollars were spent from 2010 Taxes

From the White House a useful analysis tool that helps demonstrate 2010 spending of Tax Revenues in overview:



We are using it here more for understanding purposes (HTML was not completely scalable here) but if you would like to use the tool yourself, please follow link to http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/taxes/tax-receipt

Senate Bill S.978 Streamlining of Copyright Infringement Musical Works - Proposed Penalties

The US Senate is reviewing Bill S.978 which we present here in original and updated form, the goal of which is to Regulate the Streaming of Copyrighted Music Works on the Internet by Introducing Criminal Penalties. We present the documents, you decide on your position and obtain the opportunity to greater converse with Our Senate and express your views (Pro or Con) on this important matter.

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Bill S.978 as Reported in Senate:

Bills 112s978rs


Bill S.978 as Introduced to the Senate:
Bills 112s978is


Regulation Nation is an experimental blog considering wide ranging Regulations that define our lives in varying ways. Ultimately your opinion is the one that counts and the goal is to better connect with Decision Making in Our Democracy to help support a better future on the Financial, Economic, Operational and Quality of Life Levels. We hope that you enjoy what we share in knowledge and we welcome your constructive feed back.

TFOG 10-21-11 Sample of Non Financial Rules impacting Food and Groceries, Suspension and Proposal

TFOG 10-21-11 Non Financial Rules impacting Food Services, Grocers and Agriculture Business

Rule - Energy Department re: Walk In Coolers

Suspended Rule - Cherries

Proposed Rule - Pistachios

ITA - Antidumping OJ

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Energy Dept - Conservation Rules for Walk in Coolers

Suspension Order of Regulations on Cherries

Agriculture Proposed Rules - Pistachios

ITA Antidumping OJ

10-20-11 TFOG A Sample of Environmental Rules, Comment Period, Proposed Rules EPA, DOC / NOAA

TFOG 10-20-11 Environmental Sample of Rules, Proposed Rules and Open for Comment (5):

Final Rule DOC / NOAA - Endangered and Threatened Species

Final Rule EPA - Fuel Additives OleFins (aka Alkenes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alkene)

Proposed Rule DOC / NOAA - West Coast Fisheries

Proposed Rule EPA - Oil & Gas

Open for Comment DOC / NOAA - Offshore Fisheries

Environmental Rules are mechanisms for protecting the Environment and are presented here as a sample of the Rule Making process that Follows Legislation. Generally speaking Congress Enacts broad ranging Legislation that is then approved by the Executive Branch and then followed up with Rule Making at the Executive Branch Departments and Agencies. Departments have Executive Branch Cabinet Representation and Agencies are roll ups to Departments for Executive Branch Representation.

Special Note: This Sample of Environmental Rules is example of a context of Rule Making it is not a proxy of any opinions thereof. Having grown in Close proximity to the Seashore, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Marine Biology and more...if anything Our scope may be biased towards environmental protection within reasonable parameters. The Charles River and Boston Harbor circa 1970-80s provided a potent tactile refrence base for the need to excercise responsible stewardship of the Environment. I additionally have the honor of being connected to a Family member who assisted on the Gulf Clean Up.

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Dept of Commerce. NOAA Final Rule

EPA Fules Additives OleFins

EPA Proposed Rule Oil & Gas

NOAA Proposed Rule Fisheries Off West Coast States;Highly Migratory Species Fisheries;Swordfish Retention L...

EPA Proposed Rule

DOC NOAA Open for Comments

Measuring the Numerical Flow of Legislation, Proposals, Net Rules, Notifications and Executive Orders

Today from Our Federal Government we note the following Updates:

Executive Orders                0 

Proposed Rules                 16

Rules                                15
Suspended Rules               (4)

Net Rules                          11

Notifications                      135

Total Activity                     162    Proposed Rules, Net Rules & Notifications.              

Clarification of Position

This Blog is an experimental review to improve understanding of Business Related events in Government (Federal, State or Local) that may or may not be of a financial nature. While there may be some consideration of aggregate volume of Legislation or Notifications the detailed consideration will be limited to Agriculture, Business (incl. Tax + Compliance), Science or Commerce - areas where business is most likely to be impacted.

Understanding the Legislative Process in the Senate

A key part of Regulations is the pathway from Bill to Law to Proposed Rule to Final Rule, it's about the way that we become Regulated. There is no better way to understand this process then to check in with Our Legislators, where Laws are made at the Federal, State and Local Levels.

Let's start the process by visiting the US Senate at:

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/common/briefing/Enactment_law.htm

Strengthening the Standards on Bottled Water - New Regulation on Water from the Department of Health and Human Services

New Regulation from the Department of Health and Human Services covering  Bottled Water and establishing an allowable level for the chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP).

More on DEHP:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bis(2-ethylhexyl)_phthalate


10-19-11 Rule on Bottled Water

Regulation Nation

We live in a time of growing regulations this blog will be the collecting ground of Interesting rules we find beyond the standard scope of interests as a test.