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International Climate Change Programs: Lessons Learned from the European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme and the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism, GAO-09-151, November 18, 2008: “According to available information and experts, the ETS phase I established a functioning market for carbon dioxide allowances, but its effects on emissions, the European economy, and technology investment are less …
Troubled Asset Relief Program: Additional Actions Needed to Better Ensure Integrity, Accountability, and Transparency, GAO-09-161, December 02, 2008: “Treasury has taken a number of steps to stabilize U.S. financial markets and the banking system, including injecting billions of dollars in financial institutions. Through the capital purchase program (CPP)a preferred stock and warrant purchase programTreasury provided …
“In unveiling its bank-share purchase program, the Treasury Department required nine of the nation’s largest financial-services companies to sell a total of $125 billion in preferred stock to the government, and said an additional $125 billion in stock could be bought from other firms on a voluntary basis…see a list of participating companies. Click the …
“The 2008 Prune Book describes the toughest management and policymaking jobs in Washington and the skills needed to tackle them. It is the eighth such guide in the series published by the nonpartisan Council for Excellence in Government, which recently marked its 25th anniversary of bringing leaders of business and government together in a common …
Determination of the December 2007 Peak in Economic Activity: “The Business Cycle Dating Committee of the National Bureau of Economic Research met by conference call on Friday, November 28. The committee maintains a chronology of the beginning and ending dates (months and quarters) of U.S. recessions. The committee determined that a peak in economic activity …
Flood Insurance: FEMA’s Rate-Setting Process Warrants Attention, GAO-09-12, October 31, 2008 “Questions about the financial status of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) have increased since the 2005 hurricanes, which left the program with an unprecedented $17.4 billion deficit–a debt that resulted in GAO placing NFIP on its high-risk list in March 2006. Among the …
“This is the transcript of President-Elect Barack Obamas National Security Team announcement as provided by CQ Transcriptions.” NationalJournal.com Updated List of Administration Appointees New York Times Searchable Guide to Obama Transition and Appointment Teams
“Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr. delivered an update today on the economy and the markets at the Fortune 500 Forum in Washington”: “As I have said for some time, the housing correction is at the root of our economic and market difficulties. The most important thing we can do to mitigate foreclosures and progress through …
News release: “Leaders of the National Governors Association (NGA) and the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) joined together today to call on congressional leaders and the Administration to take early action to stabilize the nation’s economy. Twenty states already have cut $7.6 billion from their fiscal year (FY) 2009 budgets, and 30 states have …
“The Unified Agenda (also known as the Semiannual Regulatory Agenda), published twice a year (usually in April and October) in the Federal Register (FR), summarizes the rules and proposed rules that each Federal agency expects to issue during the next year. It is published by the Office of the Federal Register National Archives and Records …
FCC Office of The Inspector General Semiannual Report to Congress, April 1, 2008 – September 30, 2008.
Chairman Ben S. Bernanke At the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce, Austin, Texas, December 1, 2008 “As you know, this extraordinary period of financial turbulence is now well into its second year. Triggered by the contraction of the U.S. housing market that began in 2006 and the associated rise in delinquencies on subprime mortgages, the …
