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Department of the Interior OIG Report: MSHA [Mine Safety and Health Administration] Could Not Show It Made the Right Decision in Approving the Roof Control Plan at Crandall Canyon Mine, March 31, 2008. “What OIG Found: MSHA was negligent in carrying out its responsibilities to protect the safety of miners. Specifically, MSHA could not show …
Follow up to March 30 posting, Treasury Secretary Proposes Overhaul of Financial Market Regulatory Process, the following from Treasury: “Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr. today released the Treasury’s Blueprint for a Modernized Financial Regulatory Structure. “We should and can have a structure that is designed for the world we live in, one that is more …
OCC Working Paper 2008-1: Management Turnover, Regulatory Oversight, and Performance: Evidence from Banks, by Ajay A. Palvia – “Finds that turnover in bank management resulting from regulatory supervision is positively related to a bank’s future performance.”
USFA Position on Residential Fire Sprinklers: “Every day the U.S. Fire Administration collects news stories from our Nation’s media that deal with the tragic loss of life from fire in American homes. In January and February alone, over 300 people lost their lives in home fires. Commercial buildings such as schools, office buildings, and factories …
Google Advanced Search: “We recently updated our advanced search page to make it easier than ever to refine and expand your query with our dynamic query builder. You can use all the same features as before, but we’ll now show you a real-time view of what it looks like if you create a complex query …
News release: “The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) today announced the release of its 2008 National Trade Estimate Report (NTE). The NTE report describes significant barriers to U.S. trade and investment, as well as the actions taken by USTR to address those barriers. In 2007, USTR worked with four key trading partners on …
EPA Can Recover More Federal Superfund Money [Report PDF – 28pp] [At a Glance PDF] “We found that EPA regions have recovered $165 million of $294 million (56 percent) of the total Superfund costs from the sites we reviewed. Potentially responsible parties (PRPs) at these sites have generally paid what they have been billed. However, …
News release: “Many Americans assume that China’s internet users are unhappy about their government’s control of the internet, but a new survey finds most Chinese say they approve of internet regulation, especially by the government.” Most Chinese Say They Approve of Government Internet Control, by Deborah Fallows, Senior Research Fellow, Pew Internet & American Life …
Privacy Technology Implementation Guide (PTIG), August 2007 (PDF, 36 pages): “The Privacy Office developed a new general guide for technology managers and developers to integrate privacy protections into operational IT systems. This new guide, the Privacy Technology Implementation Guide (PTIG) combines elements of privacy protection from disparate privacy compliance requirements, as well as a administrative …
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) news release: “Against the background of an unprecedented number of cybersquatting cases in 2007, the evolving nature of the domain name registration system (DNS) is causing growing concern for trademark owners around the world. Last year, a record 2,156 complaints alleging cybersquatting – or the abusive registration of trademarks on …
CRS Report – Government Interventions in Financial Markets: Economic and Historic Analysis of Subprime Mortgage Options, March 25, 2008. N. Eric Weiss, Analyst in Financial Economics, Government and Finance Division. “This report summarizes and analyzes four previous government market interventions (Home Owners Loan Corporation in 1933, Continental Illinois in 1984, the savings and loan insurance …
Averting Financial Crisis, Updated March 21, 2008, Mark Jickling, Specialist in Financial Economics, Government and Finance Division. “There is no precise definition of financial crisis, but a common view is that disruptions in financial markets rise to the level of a crisis when the flow of credit to households and businesses is constrained and the …
