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News release: “The Bush Administration today unveiled additional mortgage assistance for homeowners at risk of foreclosure. The HOPE for Homeowners program will refinance mortgages for borrowers who are having difficulty making their payments, but can afford a new loan insured by HUD’s Federal Housing Administration (FHA).”
“Joint Statement of Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey and FBI Director Robert S. Mueller on the Issuance of the Attorney General Guidelines for Domestic FBI Operations: “Since the 9/11 attacks, the FBI and the Department of Justice more broadly have set priorities for and reorganized their activities to prevent future terrorist acts against the American …
From NextGov: “Members of the House will be permitted to use third-party Web sites like YouTube to communicate with constituents as long as the content is for official purposes, and not personal, commercial or campaign communication, according to rules adopted Thursday by the House Administration Committee.”
Systemic Banking Crises: A New Database, September 2008, by Luc Laeven and Fabian Valencia “This paper presents a new database on the timing of systemic banking crises and policy responses to resolve them. The database covers the universe of systemic banking crises for the period 1970-2007, with detailed data on crisis containment and resolution policies …
Follow up to September 29, 2008 posting, DOJ: An Investigation into the Removal of Nine U.S. Attorneys in 2006, today’s House Judiciary Committee Hearing on: the Continuing Investigation into the U.S. Attorneys Controversy and Related Matters Statement of Glenn A. Fine, Inspector General, U.S. Department of Justice concerning The Investigation into the Removal of Nine …
News release: “State Treasurer Bill Lockyer issued the following statement following federal adoption of an economic recovery plan: To meet its cash-flow borrowing needs, the State plans to offer up to $7 billion of Revenue Anticipation Notes (RANs) in a public offering during the week of October 13. The sale will be managed by Banc …
News release: “Nonfarm payroll employment declined by 159,000 in September, and the unemployment rate held at 6.1 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Employment continued to fall in construction, manufacturing, and retail trade, while mining and health care continued to add jobs.”
Follow up to previous posting, Senate Passes Bailout Bill – Moves Back to House on Friday, the House vote today was 263 to 171 The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, H.R. 1424, passed in the House, Friday, October 3, 2008 – Roll Call Vote 681; 451 pages, PDF Section-by-Section of Emergency Economic Stabilization Act …
Global Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events: Understanding the Contributions to Infectious Disease Emergence: Workshop Summary, 2008. “Long before the germ theory of disease was described, late in the nineteenth century, humans knew that climatic conditions influence the appearance and spread of epidemic diseases. Ancient notions about the effects of weather and climate on disease …
“The Kaiser Family Foundation released, Medicare Now And In The Future, the second in a series of 2008 election briefs on key health policy issues. This brief provides an overview of Medicare, the nations federal health insurance program that covers nearly 45 million people, explaining who the program covers, what services are provided, how elderly …
Trends in Unauthorized Immigration: Undocumented Inflow Now Trails Legal Inflow by Jeffrey Passel, Senior Demographer, Pew Hispanic Center and D’Vera Cohn, Senior Writer, Pew Research Center, October 2, 2008 “There were 11.9 million unauthorized immigrants living in the United States in March 2008, according to new Pew Hispanic Center estimates. The size of the unauthorized …
News release includes links to letters requesting testimony from officials in government and private sector: “In light of the dramatic events that have occurred in global financial markets, the Oversight Committee will hold five hearings in October to examine the regulatory mistakes and financial excesses that led to the market breakdowns on Wall Street. In …
