That extra insurance could come in handy considering that the government's green eyeshades plan to inspect small firms more intensely this year.
And considering that the Federal government seems both unwilling and unable to do anything about sea level rise, spending those billions is pretty much already a foregone conclusion.
The country's labor minister said Tuesday that the government was considering raising the average real retirement age to 63 from 61 by 2015, according to TradeTheNews.com.
"The junior Isa account that the government is considering as a replacement for the Child Trust Fund will not help children who do not have a parent to save for their future, " Mr Peace said.
He said that considering the challenges of an ageing population, these are changes that the government - across the UK - can't afford to ignore.
In 2008 the Ugandan government announced that it was considering a ban on the use of polythene plastic bags.
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The home secretary also said that the government was considering ways to tighten medical background checks on applicants for gun licences.
Such is the concern about Tower Hamlets's performance on recycling that the government is considering intervening to improve things.
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This week, China has been rife with rumours that the government is considering changes to the yuan's exchange rate.
The situation is so serious that the State of Michigan government is considering intervening by appointing an emergency manager to take charge of the city's finances.
Ahead of next month's Budget, there have been reports that the government is considering how it can get more contracts for British firms to build roads, railways, schools and hospitals in countries that are major recipients of its aid.
Mr Hoban, who said 1.1 billion cheques were issued in 2010, added that the government was considering whether it might need to intervene to protect vulnerable people and businesses if cheques were withdrawn before suitable alternatives were in place.
More worrying, from the scientists' point of view, is that new areas of bioscience may become classified, that the government is considering reviewing work prior to publication (with an option on refusing permission to publish) and that it might insist that the methods sections of some research papers are removed.
The U.S. government is considering numerous legislative steps that could further strain consumers and hurt the domestic businesses their policies are supposed to be promoting.
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In an effort to perk up the market, analysts in Kuala Lumpur tell me that the government may be considering several moves.
The government is also considering activating a clause in the Lisbon Treaty that allows the UK to opt out of areas of EU justice and policing next year.
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Spain's banking sector may have proven relatively resilient so far, with Banco Santander even making acquisitions in the current environment, but the Spanish press claimed on Monday that the government was now considering buying bank and savings-bank debt to offer support.
In the Lords, peers were informed that the government "vehemently" disagreed with the ruling and was "considering all legal options".
Mr Trimble said he had been assured by the prime minister that the government accepted that the situation was serious and that it was considering what it should say and do.
The government is considering an alternative route for a major trade highway that would run to the south of the park.
She added that the Welsh government was also considering whether they could help with the costs of paying firms to take the dead animals away.
The official story is that IBRC was put into liquidation because a Reuters story reported the government was considering liquidating the bank and this rendered the bank unstable.
During the two-day meeting, which included a dinner at Gordon Ramsay's Maze restaurant, the head of Samsung's new enterprise unit, BC Cho, said it was "a little bit embarrassing" that the company's smartphones weren't being used by government agencies, considering how many consumer phones the company was shipping, according to meeting notes reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.
The evidence that the U.S. government is seriously considering transferring him to Egypt is circumstantial.
Making that question yet more vexed, the Israeli government is considering a non-binding referendum on America's proposal for a small, staged withdrawal from the West Bank.
The Welsh government said it was not considering compulsory vaccination at present and that they were seeing a "much improved uptake in vaccination rates now".
According to details of the tax incentives outlined in government paperwork, Toyota is considering an expansion that would produce an additional 50, 000 vehicles per year.
However, considering the smaller size of civilian bureaucracy, DOS and other government agencies claim that they do not have enough personnel to fulfill this request.
And rightfully so, considering that federal investigators had only discovered the kickback scheme conspiracy by happenstance while investigating a local government employee named Nathaniel Ham for largely unrelated crimes at a local credit union where he served as a member of the board of directors.
The Shiodome site is expected to generate 7%, which is not bad, considering that ten-year government bonds are yielding a scant 2.2%.
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