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New York Times: Deal Reached in Congress on $789 Billion Stimulus Plan – “The package of spending increases and tax relief, intended to spur an economic recovery and create jobs by putting money back in the pockets of consumers and companies, ended up smaller than either the House or Senate had proposed.” Will the $800 …
Six Questions and a Strategy for Campus-wide Information Competence. At Cornell University Library (CUL) a committee was established in 2005 to address the issue of information literacy at the university. The committee did extensive research on this topic and developed an approach for seeking solutions. Stuart Basefsky presents three exhibits to accomplish this objective.
February 11, 2009 – The Need for Increased Fraud Enforcement in the Wake of the Economic Downturn, John S. Pistole, Deputy Director, FBI, Before the Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing “Fraud Trends: The current financial crisis has produced one unexpected consequence: it has exposed prevalent fraud schemes that have been thriving in the global financial system. …
Defense Management: Actions Needed to Overcome Long-standing Challenges with Weapon Systems Acquisition and Service Contract Management, GAO-09-362T, February 11, 2009: “Several underlying systemic problems at the strategic level and at the program level continue to contribute to poor weapon systems acquisition. The total acquisition cost of DODs 2007 portfolio of major programs has grown by …
“This page places the current economic downturn into historical (post-WWII) perspective. It compares output and employment changes during the present recession with the same data for the 10 previous recessions that have occurred since 1946.” [Note: be sure to click links titled: Larger Image and View Data (xls)] See also Minneapolis Fed Forecasts Economic Downturn …
House Financial Services Committee hearing entitled TARP Accountability: Use of Federal Assistance by the First TARP Recipients, February 11, 2009. The committee called on eight CEOs representing companies who received TARP money to testify. Witness List & Prepared Testimony: Lloyd C. Blankfein, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, Goldman Sachs & Co. James Dimon, Chief Executive …
News release: “The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settlements with KBR, Inc. and Halliburton Co. to resolve SEC charges that KBR subsidiary Kellogg Brown & Root LLC bribed Nigerian government officials over a 10-year period, in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), in order to obtain construction contracts. The SEC also charged …
The Treasury Committee questions the heads of Lloyds, Barclays, RBS, Abbey and HSBC as part of its ongoing banking crisis inquiry Video and Audio: Lloyds, Barclays, RBS, Abbey and HSBC chiefs questioned Treasury Committee – see banking crisis page News: Former RBS and HBOS chiefs give evidence BBC: “The former bosses of the two biggest …
askSam: “Search the full text transcripts of more than 200 speeches by United States President and former Senator, Barack Obama. Search keywords and phrases, search by speech title, speech date, or speech location in more than 200 Obama speeches.”
