Category «E-Government»

StopFraud.gov – Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force

StopFraud.gov – Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force “What is the Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force?: President Obama established the Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force in November 2009 to hold accountable those who helped bring about the last financial crisis, and to prevent another crisis from happening.The task force is improving efforts across the government and …

Subjects: E-Government

New GAO Reports: Drawdown of U.S. Forces and Equipment from Iraq, Poorly Performing Nursing Homes, Combat Skills Training

Operation Iraqi Freedom: Actions Needed to Facilitate the Efficient Drawdown of U.S. Forces and Equipment from Iraq, GAO-10-376, April 19, 2010 Poorly Performing Nursing Homes: Special Focus Facilities Are Often Improving, but CMS’s Program Could Be Strengthened, GAO-10-197, March 19, 2010 Military Training: Actions Needed to Further Improve the Consistency of Combat Skills Training Provided …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Joint Economic Committee Releases Monthly Economic Snapshots of States

News release: “Today the Joint Economic Committee (JEC) released its monthly state-by-state report Understanding the Economy: State-by-State Snapshots, featuring key economic indicators for each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The report has been updated to include state data released April 16 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and is the …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

Testimony by Chairman Bernanke on lessons from the failure of Lehman Brothers

Chairman Ben S. Bernanke – Lessons from the failure of Lehman Brothers Before the Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., April 20, 2010: “The Federal Reserve fully understood that the failure of Lehman would shake the financial system and the economy. However, the only tool available to the Federal Reserve to …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

BEA: Summary Estimates for Multinational Companies: Employment, Sales, and Capital Expenditures for 2008

Summary Estimates for Multinational Companies: Employment, Sales, and Capital Expenditures for 2008 – “The following are advance summary estimates of the employment, capital spending, and sales activity of U.S. multinational companies (comprising both their U.S. and foreign operations) and the corresponding activity of foreign multinational companies in the United States. U.S. multinational companies: U.S. and …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

FTC: Consider Ways Alternative Energy Sources Could be Used More Efficiently in Nation's Power Generation System

News release: “The Federal Trade Commission has submitted comments to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on how alternative sources of energy – such as wind farms, solar cells, and solar thermal installations – can best be integrated into the nation’s electric power grid. The FTC recommends that FERC study ways to make electricity markets better …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Federal Regulators Release Model Consumer Privacy Notice Online Form Builder

News release: “Eight federal regulators released an Online Form Builder today that financial institutions can download and use to develop and print customized versions of a model consumer privacy notice. The Online Form Builder, based on the model form regulation published in the Federal Register on December 1, 2009, under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, is available …

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

Preliminary FoodNet Data on the Incidence of Infection with Pathogens Transmitted Commonly Through Food – 10 States, 2009

Preliminary FoodNet Data on the Incidence of Infection with Pathogens Transmitted Commonly Through Food – 10 States, 2009. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), April 16, 2010 / 59(14);418-422 “The Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet) of CDC’s Emerging Infections Program conducts active, population-based surveillance in 10 U.S. states for all laboratory-confirmed infections with select …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

BLS: Regional and State Employment and Unemployment Summary

News release: “Regional and state unemployment rates were little changed in March. Twenty-four states recorded over-the-month unemployment rate increases, 17 states and the District of Columbia registered rate decreases, and 9 states had no rate change, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Forty-four states and the District of Columbia recorded jobless rate increases …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

FDIC OIG Evaluation of Federal Regulatory Oversight of Washington Mutual Bank

Offices of Inspector General, Department of the Treasury, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Evaluation of Federal Regulatory Oversight of Washington Mutual Bank, Report No. EVAL-10-002, Released April 16, 2010 “This report presents the results of our review of the failure of Washington Mutual Bank (WaMu), Seattle, Washington; the Office of Thrift Supervision’s (OTS) supervision of the …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents