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Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affair: Big Three Restructural Plans Presented To Congress, December 2, 2008 Ford Motor Company’s Report and Restructural Plan Presented to Congress Ford Motor Company’s Restructural Plan Appendix Powerpoint General Motors Corporation’s Letter about Restructural Plan General Motors Corporation’s Report and Restructural Plan Presented to Congress Chrysler Corporation’s Letter …
“GPO’s Authentication initiative focuses on the primary objective of assuring users that the information made available by GPO is official and authentic and that trust relationships exist between all participants in electronic transactions. In furthering GPO’s mission to provide permanent public access to authentic U.S. Government publications, GPO is working to afford users further assurance …
News release: A congressionally appointed commission is calling on the President-elect and the next Congress to immediately initiate several concrete actions, unilaterally and with the international community, to address the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction that pose the greatest peril: nuclear and biological weapons. The Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction …
The New Team – “As he prepares to take office, President-elect Barack Obama is relying on a small team of advisers who will lead his transition operation and help choose the members of a new Obama administration. Below is a series of profiles of potential members of the administration.” See also, Confirmation of Political Appointees: …
House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, Final Staff Report for the 110th Congress Staff, October 21, 2008: “The scientific debate on the cause of climate change is over. A clear scientific consensus now holds that global warming is happening, that manmade greenhouse gas emissions are largely responsible, and that failure to dramatically …
The Government Domain: Tracking the Transition – Peggy Garvin’s thorough and concise guide to free online presidential transition trackers allows you to stay current with all the latest news, rumors and commentary about the incoming administration, via reliable websites, blogs and RSS feeds.
CongressLine: Presidential Patronage – Paul Jenks’ commentary addresses the background of the scramble for thousands of presidentially appointed offices within the government that accompanies a new administration. The selection process has evolved over the past couple of hundred years and every position outside of the new presidents personal staff requires Senate approval.
Report on Challenges and Recommendations for United States Overhead Architecture authored by the Subcommittee on Technical and Tactical Intelligence, Report 110914 “The Subcommittee produced this report to document the issues and challenges facing the development, acquisition, and execution of a space architecture to serve the demands of the U.S. Intelligence Community and DOD. This report …
News release: “China relies on heavy-handed government control over its economy to maintain an export advantage over other countries. The result: China has amassed nearly $2 trillion in foreign exchange and has increasingly used its hoard to manipulate currency trading and diplomatic relations with other nations. These are among the concusions in the sixth Annual …
The U.S. Financial Crisis: The Global Dimension with Implications for U.S. Policy, November 18, 2008 Reporting Requirements in the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, updated November 13, 2008 The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act and Current Financial Turmoil: Issues and Analysis, October 31, 2008 Emergency Economic Stabilization Act: Preliminary Analysis of Oversight Provisions, October 31, …
News release: “Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senate Appropriation Committee Chairman Robert C. Byrd today unveiled a $100.3 billion economic recovery package that will create hundreds of thousands of jobs, support a struggling auto industry and help families hurting in this flagging economy.” Reid Byrd Economic Recovery Package Explanatory Statement: “In response to higher …
Interim Assistant Secretary Neel Kashkari, November 19, 2008: “…The EESA is not an economic stimulus plan, nor is it an economic growth plan. It was designed to stabilize the financial system. Today, the LIBOR-OIS spread has fallen 238 basis points from its peak to 100 basis points. We believe the combined actions of Treasury, the …
