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Washington Post: “Armed with millions of e-mail addresses and a political operation that harnessed the Internet like no campaign before it, Barack Obama will enter the White House with the opportunity to create the first truly “wired” presidency. Obama aides and allies are preparing a major expansion of the White House communications operation, enabling them …
Bank of England – Inflation Report, November 2008: “The Inflation Report is produced quarterly by Bank staff under the guidance of the members of the Monetary Policy Committee. It serves two purposes. First, its preparation provides a comprehensive and forward-looking framework for discussion among MPC members as an aid to our decision making. Second, its …
Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys – Resource Management of United States Attorneys’ Offices (USAOs), Audit Report 09-03, November 2008 “This Office of the Inspector General (OIG) audit examined the allocation of personnel resources among USAOs. The audit also reviewed the criminal and civil areas to which USAO attorneys were allocated and utilized, as well as …
News release: “HOPE NOW, the private sector alliance of mortgage servicers, non-profits, counselors, and investors that has already helped almost 2.5 million homeowners avoid foreclosure, today announced that, working with the U.S. Treasury, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and a number of major mortgage loan servicers, it has helped develop a …
News release: “The Internet will be the catalyst for advancement of programs promoting social justice over the next decade, according to new research from Harvard Professor Elaine C. Kamarck, PhD. The research paper, titled Transforming the Fight Against Poverty: The Internet & Anti-Poverty Strategies, addresses how the Internet has enhanced productivity in government run anti-poverty …
Follow up to previous postings on calls for a government bail- out of the auto industry, today Speaker Pelosi stated: “I have asked Chairman Barney Frank of the House Financial Services Committee to work with House and Senate leaders, and with the Bush Administration, to craft legislation to provide emergency and limited financial assistance to …
Official Google Blog: “…we have launched Google Flu Trends, where you can find up-to-date influenza-related activity estimates for each of the 50 states in the U.S…It turns out that traditional flu surveillance systems take 1-2 weeks to collect and release surveillance data, but Google search queries can be automatically counted very quickly. By making our …
“Since 1997, the White House Transition Project has combined the efforts of scholars, universities, and policy institutions to smooth out the American presidential transition. WHTP bridges the gaps between the partisan forces engaged in settling elections and the decision processes essential to governing by providing non-partisan information about the challenges of the American presidential transition …
“The Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies (JCCIC) plans and executes all Inaugural activities at the United States Capitol, including the Inaugural swearing-in ceremony of the President and Vice President of the United States and the traditional Inaugural luncheon that follows.”
News release: “The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced the conforming loan limit will remain $417,000 for 2009 for most areas in the U.S. but specified higher limits in certain cities and counties. The conforming loan limit is the maximum size of loans that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac can purchase in 2009. According to …
Background Paper prepared by the World Bank Group, G20 Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy, Washington, D.C. – November 15, 2008 – World Bank: Global Financial Crisis – Responding Today, Securing Tomorrow “Growth in developing-countries had been expected to reach 6.4 percent in 2009, but has been marked down to 4.5 percent. The …
News release: “Vehicle owners across the nation can be instantly informed of a safety recall under a new automated alert system announced today by U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters. The recall alerts can be received via e-mail or RSS-feeds on personal computers, cell phones or PDA devices-automatically and free-of-charge. According to the National Highway …
