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News release: “While states will benefit greatly from the federal stimulus program receiving over $150 billion over three years state budget gaps still loom at the end of that period, according to a new report issued today by the Rockefeller Institute of Government. The report, written by Institute Senior Fellow Donald J. Boyd, …
Federal Reserve Bank of New York: Dynamic Maps of Bank Card and Mortgage Delinquencies in the United States. Credit Card Delinquency Rate 60+ days. Mortgage Rate Delinquency Rate 90+days. The source of the data is from credit reporting agency, TransUnion, LLC and its Trend Data database. For additional data see: Credit Conditions in the United …
Via Michael Ravnitzky: “Bloomberg News asked the Federal Reserve Board to disclose the securities that the central bank is accepting from banks on behalf of taxpayers as collateral for $1.5 trillion in loans to the banks, according to a November 2008 Bloomberg news report by Mark Pittman. Bloomberg News [subsequently] sued the Federal Reserve to …
“The National Security Agency (NSA) has recently declassified and posted lengthy, formerly Top Secret oral history interviews with four of its most prominent personnel: Arthur J. Levenson, Dr. Solomon Kullback, Oliver R. Kirby, and Benson K. Buffham.” [The Memory Hole] Note: “the NSA The National Security Agency/Central Security Service launched its newly redesigned public web …
“The National Marine Sanctuaries Media Library is an online vault where a comprehensive collection of select video clips and high-resolution still images from America’s underwater treasures are securely stored and available for searchable access and download.” Users may enter key word searches, select options for Web, print or video formats, as well as specific catagories …
White House: “Two important takeaways from the President’s Weekly Address [Saturday February 21, 2009]. the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will start having an impact as soon as a few weeks from now, in the form of the quickest and broadest tax cut in history: “Because of what we did, 95% of all working families …
“The Institute of Museum and Library Services is the primary source of federal support for the nation’s 122,000 libraries and 17,500 museums. The Institute’s mission is to create strong libraries and museums that connect people to information and ideas.” “Each state creates a 5-year plan for its programs to strengthen the efficiency, reach, and effectiveness …
