Day archives: July 7th, 2011

Federal Reserve releases report on college credit card agreements

News release: “The Federal Reserve Board released a report that contains 2010 payment and account information about more than 1,000 agreements between institutions of higher education or affiliated organizations and credit card issuers. The Board also updated an online database that provides the complete text of each agreement and the payment and accounts information submitted …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

New GAO Reports: Air Force Working Capital Fund, Defense Acquisitions, Navy Training, Person-To-Person Lending

Air Force Working Capital Fund: Budgeting and Management of Carryover Work and Funding Could Be Improved, GAO-11-539, July 7, 2011 DOD Can Improve Its Management of Configuration Steering Boards GAO-11-640, July 7, 2011 Navy’s Report to Congress on the Impact of Training and Crew Size on Surface Force Material Readiness, GAO-11-746R, July 7, 2011 Person-To-Person …

Subjects: Government Documents

UK Prime Minister sets ambitious open data agenda

“The Prime Minister has today committed to publishing key data on the National Health Service, schools, criminal courts and transport. This represents the most ambitious open data agenda of any government anywhere in the world. The new data [see data.go.uk] will reveal clinical achievements and prescribing data by individual GP practices, the performance of hospital …

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

BLS – Employment Situation Summary June 2011

Employment Situation Summary, June 2011: “Nonfarm payroll employment was essentially unchanged in June (+18,000), and the unemployment rate was little changed at 9.2 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment in most major private-sector industries changed little over the month. Government employment continued to trend down. The number of unemployed persons (14.1 …

Subjects: Government Documents

Agencies make public the host state loan-to-deposit ratios

News release: “The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the agencies) are making public the host state loan-to-deposit ratios that the agencies will use to determine compliance with section 109 of the Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act …

Subjects: Government Documents

Report: The Role of the Federal Housing Administration in a Recovering U. S. Housing Market

The Role of the Federal Housing Administration in a Recovering U. S. Housing Market, 2nd Edition (June, 2011) “The FHA Assessment Report is a series of reports produced by the George Washington University Center for Real Estate and Urban Analysis designed to analyze and interpret the role of and reforms to the Federal Housing Administration …

Subjects: Government Documents

Basel Committee on Banking Supervision – Resolution policies and frameworks – progress so far

Resolution policies and frameworks – progress so far, July 2011 “The report reflects the progress being made in the area of cross-border bank resolution since the Basel Committee published a set of ten recommendations in March 2010. The report also responds to the Financial Stability Board November 2010 recommendations on systemically important financial institutions for …

Subjects: Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

Economist Intelligence Unit: Will the Arab risings yield democracy, dictatorship or disorder?

Spring Tide – Will the Arab Risings yield democracy, dictatorship or disorder?, A report from the Economist Intelligence Unit. June 2011 “We set out below our short-term economic forecasts for Arab countries. There are also implications for economic policy. Policies of economic liberalisation are being criticised as a cover for corruption and as a cause …

Subjects: Government Documents