Day archives: September 11th, 2008

Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Issues Report on Major Banks Helping Non-U.S. Clients Dodge U.S. Dividend Taxes

News release: “At a Thursday hearing entitled, Dividend Tax Abuse: How Offshore Entities Dodge Taxes on U.S. Stock Dividends, the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations will examine how some financial institutions have designed, marketed, and implemented transactions to enable foreign taxpayers, including offshore hedge funds, to dodge millions of dollars of taxes on U.S. stock …

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Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

Comments on Financial Regulation in a System Context, Beyond Leveraged Losses…

Federal Reserve Board Vice Chairman Donald L. Kohn – Comments on “Financial Regulation in a System Context,” “Beyond Leveraged Losses: The Balance Sheet Effects of the Home Price Downturn,” and “The Central Role of House Prices in the Financial Crisis: How Will the Market Clear?” At the Brookings Panel on Economic Activity, Washington, D.C. September …

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Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

SSA OIG: Dually Entitled Beneficiaries who are Subject to Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision

Dually Entitled Beneficiaries who are Subject to Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision, A-09-07-27010, September 10, 2008. “The Social Security Act includes two provisions that reduce Social Security monthly benefits paid to individuals who receive a pension based on Federal, State, or local government employment that was not covered by Social Security. The …

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Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Staff Report on Commodity Swap Dealers & Index Traders with Commission Recommendations

Commodity Futures Trading Commission Staff Report on Commodity Swap Dealers & Index Traders with Commission Recommendations, September 2008 “Major changes in the composition of futures market participants have developed over the last 20 years. Specifically, there has been an influx of new traders into the market – commodity index traders (including pension and endowment funds) …

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Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Federal Financial Institution Regulators Announce Availability of 2007 Data on Mortgage Lending

News release: “The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) today announced the availability of 2007 data on mortgage lending transactions throughout the nation at 8,610 financial institutions covered by the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA). Covered institutions include, but are not limited to, banks, savings associations, credit unions, and independent mortgage companies. The HMDA data …

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Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

New GAO Reports: NASA Workforce, Upcoming Transition, >Veterans Health Administration, PBGC, Next Gen Air Transport System

NASA Workforce: Briefing on National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Use of Term Appointments, GAO-08-920R, September 10, 2008 The Upcoming Transition: GAO’s Efforts to Assist the 111th Congress and the Next Administration, GAO-08-1153T, September 10, 2008 Veterans Health Administration: Improvements Needed in Design of Controls over Miscellaneous Obligations, GAO-08-976, September 11, 2008 Health Resources and Services …

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Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents
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