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American Bankers Association And State Bankers Associations Regulatory Feedback Initiative, Banker Reports on Recent Bank Examination Experiences For the Calendar Year 2011, Summary Report. January 25, 2012 “Bankers regulatory examination experiences in 2011 can best be described as “mixed,” according to a report released yesterday on the ABA-state bankers associations Regulatory Feedback Initiative.” Since June …
News release: “The world faces the urgent challenge of creating 600 million productive jobs over the next decade in order to generate sustainable growth and maintain social cohesion, according to the annual report on global employment by the International Labour Organization (ILO). After three years of continuous crisis conditions in global labour markets and against …
Arlington National Cemetery – Actions Taken and Steps Remaining to Address Contracting and Management Challenges, GAO-12-374T, January 25, 2012 Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Risk Assessments – DHS Should Establish More Specific Guidance for Their Use, GAO-12-272, January 25, 2012 Defense Health – Coordinating Authority Needed for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury Activities, GAO-12-154, …
News release: “The majority of law firms in the United States and Canada expect to increase their reliance on electronic forms of lawyer development in the next 24 months, although associates in those firms say they prefer mentoring and on-the-job training to hone their skills. Details regarding this important disconnect, along with other key findings …
News release: The European Commission has today [January 24, 2012] a comprehensive reform of the EU’s 1995 data protection rules to strengthen online privacy rights and boost Europe’s digital economy. Technological progress and globalisation have profoundly changed the way our data is collected, accessed and used. In addition, the 27 EU Member States have implemented …
“The 2012 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map is the standard by which gardeners and growers can determine which plants are most likely to thrive at a location. The map is based on the average annual minimum winter temperature, divided into 10-degree F zones. For the first time, the map is available as an interactive GIS-based …
Blueprint for an America Built to Last, January 25, 2012, President Obama. Key points: A Nation Where Everyone Gets a Fair Shot, Does Their Fair Share, and Plays by the Same Set of Rules A Blueprint to Create New Jobs Here in America, Discourage Outsourcing, and Encourage Insourcing A Blueprint To Give Hard-Working, Responsible Americans …
ACLU: “Yesterday evening, Google announced a new privacy policy effective March 1. The new policy is consistent across the vast majority of Google products…the new privacy policy makes clear that Google will, for the first time, combine the personal data you share with any one of its products or sites across almost all of its …
Public Priorities: Deficit Rising, Terrorism Slipping – January 23, 2012: “The new poll finds that the federal budget deficit stands out as the fastest growing policy priority for Americans, largely because of growing Republican concerns about the issue. In the national survey, conducted Jan. 11-16 among 1,502 adults, 69% rate reducing the budget deficit as …
Congressional Record President’s State of the Union Address, January 24, 2012 (PDF) “Each time I look at that flag, Im reminded that our destiny is stitched together like those 50 stars and those 13 stripes. No one built this country on their own. This Nation is great because we built it together. This Nation is …
Presidential Signing Statements: Constitutional and Institutional Implications – Todd Garvey, Legislative Attorney. January 4, 2012 “Presidential signing statements are official pronouncements issued by the President contemporaneously to the signing of a bill into law that, in addition to commenting on the law generally, have been used to forward the Presidents interpretation of the statutory language; …
Serious Economic Crime – A boardroom guide to prevention and compliance, January 2012 [312 pages, UK government] “It is significant that, for this first edition of Serious Economic Crime [Combating major fraud and corruption], published by White Page in association with the Serious Fraud Office, lawyers from the private sector more usually known for …
