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Extraordinary Financial Assistance Provided to Citigroup, Inc., SIGTARP – Office of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, January 13, 2011 In November 2008, worried that Citigroup would fail absent a strong statement of support from the U.S. Government, and that such failure could cause catastrophic damage to the economy, federal officials …
News release: “The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, through the Department of Commerce, announced today that total November exports of $159.6 billion and imports of $198.0 billion resulted in a goods and services deficit of $38.3 billion, down from $38.4 billion in October, revised. November exports were $1.2 billion more …
Department of Agriculture, 7 CFR Parts 210 and 220 – Nutrition Standards in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs; Proposed Rule “This rule proposes to revise the meal patterns and nutrition requirements for the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program to align them with the 2005 “Dietary Guidelines for Americans,” …
News release: “Lenders often consider a consumer’s credit history or credit score when deciding whether, and at what cost, to extend credit. A new online Federal Reserve publication helps consumers better understand new notices they may receive from lenders when credit reports or credit scores affect a decision to grant credit. The publication, What You …
Farina, Cynthia R., Newhart, Mary , Cardie, Claire and Cosley, Dan, Rulemaking 2.0 (November 3, 2010). University of Miami Law Review, Vol. 65, No. 2, 2011; Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 010-010. “In response to President Obamas Memorandum on Transparency and Open Government, federal agencies are on the verge of a new generation in …
News release: “Global surface temperatures in 2010 tied 2005 as the warmest on record, according to an analysis released Wednesday by researchers at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York. The two years differed by less than 0.018 degrees Fahrenheit. The difference is smaller than the uncertainty in comparing the temperatures of …
News release: “The Federal Trade Commission has issued a fourth interim report to Congress describing progress the agency has made on a national study examining the accuracy of credit reports. Congress directed the FTC to conduct a study of credit report accuracy and provide interim reports every two years, starting in 2004 and continuing through …
Full Report – Beige Book, January 12, 2011 – Summary of Commentary on Current Economic Conditions by Federal Reserve District, and link to reports by Districts: “Reports from the twelve Federal Reserve Districts suggest that economic activity continued to expand moderately from November through December. Conditions were said to be improving in the Boston, New …
Classification of the End-of-Term Archive: Extending Collection Development Practices to Web Archives – Findings of the Web Archive Survey of Federal Depository Libraries, December 2010, Revised: January 2011, Kathleen Murray “The Classification of the End-of-Term Archive (EOT Archive) project builds on a previous project1 conducted collaboratively by the Library of Congress, the US Government Printing …
Electricity Grid Modernization: Progress Being Made on Cybersecurity Guidelines, but Key Challenges Remain to be Addressed, GAO-11-117, January 12, 2011: “The electric industry is increasingly incorporating information technology (IT) systems into its operations as part of nationwide effortscommonly referred to as smart gridto improve reliability and efficiency. There is concern that if these efforts are …
DHS Privacy Office 2010 Data Mining Report to Congress, December 2010 “This is the DHS Privacy Offices fifth comprehensive report to Congress on DHS activities that involve data mining, and the third report pursuant to the Data Mining Reporting Act. The Homeland Security Act expressly authorizes the Department to use data mining, among other analytical …
“On January 10, 2011, the EastWest Institute released a report detailing the results of the First Worldwide Cybersecurity Summit: Protecting the Digital Economy, and outlining the cybersecurity initiatives next steps as it prepares for the Second Worldwide Cybersecurity Summit in London on June 1-2. At the summit, held from May 3 to 5, 2010 in …
