Day archives: October 5th, 2009

Brennan Center for Justice: Foreclosures: A Crisis in Legal Representation

Foreclosures: A Crisis in Legal Representation, By Melanca Clark with Maggie Barron – 10/05/09 “The nation’s massive foreclosure crisis is also, at its heart, a legal crisis. Many homeowners are losing their homes because they lack the ability to navigate the landscape of our lending laws. The Legal Services Corporation (“LSC”), the major federal source …

Subjects: Legal Research

SIGTARP: Emergency Capital Injections Provided to Support the Viability of Banks

Emergency Capital Injections Provided to Support the Viability of Bank of America, Other Major Banks, and the U.S. Financial System, October 5, 2009 Committee on Oversight and Reforms – Republican: “A report released today by the Office of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP) confirmed findings of an Oversight and …

Subjects: Government Documents

White House, National Archives and Government Printing Office Achieve Open Government Milestone

FDLP Listserv: “The White House, U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) and the National Archives’ Office of the Federal Register (OFR) achieved a breakthrough in making Government information available and usable by the public. GPO converted the text of the Federal Register (2000-2009) into XML (extensible markup language) and placed it online in numerous Federal Government …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

Federal Reserve announces changes to procedures for evaluating asset-backed securities pledged to the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility

News release: “The Federal Reserve Board on Monday announced two changes to the procedures for evaluating asset-backed securities (ABS) pledged to the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF). The TALF, which was authorized by the Board on November 24, 2008, helps market participants meet the credit needs of households and businesses by lending to investors …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Census – America's Families and Living Arrangements: 2007

America’s Families and Living Arrangements: 2007 – Population Characteristics, September 2009 – “This report presents basic trends in household and family composition and living arrangements. Previous U.S. Census Bureau reports in this series were based only on the Annual Social and Economic supplement to the Current Population Survey (CPS ASEC). With the full implementation of …

Subjects: Government Documents

FTC Publishes Final Guides Governing Endorsements, Testimonials

News release: “The Federal Trade Commission today announced that it has approved final revisions to the guidance it gives to advertisers on how to keep their endorsement and testimonial ads in line with the FTC Act. The notice incorporates several changes to the FTC’s Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising, which …

Subjects: Blogs, E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

GAO Reports: Air Force's Response on Fee-For-Service Aerial Refueling, Retirement Savings, Biofuels

Briefing on Air Force’s Response on Fee-For-Service Aerial Refueling, GAO-10-124R, October 05, 2009 Retirement Savings: Better Information and Sponsor Guidance Could Improve Oversight and Reduce Fees for Participants, GAO-09-641, September 04, 2009 Biofuels: Potential Effects and Challenges of Required Increases in Production and Use, GAO-09-446, August 25, 2009

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Report: Is Taxpayer Money Subsidizing the “Too Big to Fail” Banks?

News release: “After the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008, Congress passed TARP, the Troubled Asset Relief Program, to prevent another “catastrophic” bank failure. Nearly a year later, the government has essentially formalized the idea that major banks are “too big to fail” (TBTF). A new report from the Center for Economic and Policy Research …

Subjects: Government Documents

Women in the Labor Force: A Databook (2009 Edition)

Women in the Labor Force: A Databook (2009 Edition), U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, September 2009 “The past several decades have been marked by notable changes in women’s labor force activities. Women’s labor force participation is significantly higher today than it was in the 1970s, particularly among women with children, and …

Subjects: Government Documents