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Massachusetts Issues Comprehensive ID Theft Prevention Regulations & Executive Order

News release: “In keeping with the Patrick Administration’s commitment to protecting consumers, the Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation (OCABR) last Friday issued a comprehensive set of final regulations establishing standards for how businesses protect and store consumers’ personal information. Additionally, Governor Patrick has signed an executive order requiring all state agencies to immediately …

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Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, ID Theft, Privacy

Treasury Releases Budget Results for Fiscal Year 2008

Joint Statement of Henry M. Paulson, Jr., Secretary of the Treasury, and Jim Nussle, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, on Budget Results for Fiscal Year 2008 “The Administration today released the September 2008 Monthly Treasury Statement of Receipts and Outlays of the United States Government. The statement shows the actual budget totals …

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Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Commercial Buildings Newly Release of the 2003 End-Use Consumption Data Tables

Commercial Buildings Newly Release of the 2003 End-Use Consumption Data Tables (10/14/2008): “End-use consumption data tables for the 2003 Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS) are now available. The tables (in PDF, Excel, and HTML formats) show major end-use consumption for electricity, natural gas, fuel oil, district heat, and major fuels for all commercial buildings …

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Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Bipartisan Committee Report Criticizes President’s Assertion of Executive Privilege

“A bipartisan report circulated today by House Committee on Oversight Chairman Henry A. Waxman and Ranking Member Tom Davis finds that President Bush made a “legally unprecedented and an inappropriate use of executive privilege” when he directed Attorney General Mukasey to withhold Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald’s interview of Vice President Cheney from the Committee. A …

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

New GAO Reports: Risk-Based Capital, SSA Info Tech, Nonprofit Hospitals

Risk-Based Capital: New Basel II Rules Reduced Certain Competitive Concerns, but Bank Regulators Should Address Remaining Uncertainties, GAO-08-953, September 12, 2008 Information Technology: SSA Has Taken Key Steps for Managing Its Investments, but Needs to Strengthen Oversight and Fully Define Policies and Procedures, GAO-08-1020, September 12, 2008 Nonprofit Hospitals: Variation in Standards and Guidance Limits …

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Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Federal Regulators Take Actions to Stabilize Financial Markets

News release: “The President’s Working Group on Financial Markets made a statement Tuesday on a series of comprehensive actions to strengthen public confidence in our financial institutions and restore functioning of our credit markets.” Statement by Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr. on Actions to Protect the U.S. Economy Joint Statement by Treasury, Federal Reserve and …

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Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

Updated Version of SEC Enforcement Manual

Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Enforcement, Enforcement Manual, Office of Chief Counsel, October 6, 2008: “The Enforcement Manual (“Manual”) is an electronic document designed to be a reference for the staff in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) Division of Enforcement (“Division” or “Enforcement”) in the investigation of potential violations of the federal …

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Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

2008 Litigation Trends Survey

Fulbright & Jaworski LLP 2008 Litigation Trends Survey, 253 pages, PDF, prepared by Greenwood Surveys, July 2008. [Note: there were 358 participants in this study: 251 in the U.S. and 100 in the UK] “Following two straight years of reporting declines in the number of new lawsuits and regulatory proceedings – including a drop in …

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Subjects: Marketing

FDIC Simplifies Coverage Rules for Mortgage Servicing Accounts

News release: “The FDIC Board of Directors today adopted an interim final rule, effective immediately, to simplify the deposit insurance rules for accounts held at FDIC-insured institutions by mortgage servicers…Under the interim rule [effective October 10, 2008], coverage will be provided to the lenders/investors, as a collective group, based on the cumulative amount of the …

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Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

SEC’s Oversight of Bear Stearns and Related Entities: Broker-Dealer Risk Assessment Program

Securities and Exchange Commission, Office of Inspector General – SEC’s Oversight of Bear Stearns and Related Entities: Broker-Dealer Risk Assessment Program, September 25, 2008, Report No. 446-B SEC’s Division of Trading and Markets (TM)…”is not fulfilling its obligations in accordance with the underlying purpose of the Broker-Dealer Risk Assessment program in several respects. First, TM …

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Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents
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