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“The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) is pleased to announce that the List of CFR Sections Affected, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, and Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents collections have been authenticated with digital signatures and are currently available on the Federal Digital System (FDsys). GPO is also in the process of digitally signing the …
DOJ OIG – The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Weapons of Mass Destruction Coordinator Program, Audit Report 09-36, September 2009 “In part to improve its information-sharing capabilities within the greater U.S. Intelligence Community, the FBI is in the process of implementing a new organizational framework and intelligence process to catalyze the production of timely and actionable …
Defense Acquisitions: Army Aviation Modernization Has Benefited from Increased Funding but Several Challenges Need to Be Addressed, GAO-09-978R, September 28, 2009 Defense Acquisitions: Department of Defense Needs a Unified Strategy for Balancing Investments in Tactical Wheeled Vehicles, GAO-09-968R, September 28, 2009 Democracy Assistance: U.S. Agencies Take Steps to Coordinate International Programs but Lack Information on …
OCCs Quarterly Report on Bank Trading and Derivatives Activities: Second Quarter 2009 “A total of 1,110 insured U.S. commercial banks reported derivatives activities at the end of the second quarter, an increase of 47 banks from the prior quarter. Nonetheless, most derivatives activity in the U.S. banking system continues to be dominated by a small …
News release: “Credit quality declined sharply for loan commitments of $20 million or more held by multiple federally supervised institutions, according to the 32nd annual review of Shared National Credits (SNC). The credit risk of these large loan commitments was shared among U.S. bank organizations, foreign bank organizations (FBO), and nonbanks such as securitization pools, …
News release: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced a series of steps that building owners and school administrators should take to reduce exposure to PCBs that may be found in caulk in many buildings constructed or renovated between 1950 and 1978. The agency is also conducting new research to better understand the risks posed …
Statement of Glenn A. Fine, Inspector General, U.S. Department of Justice before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary concerning Reauthorizing the USA Patriot Act, September 23, 2009 “Our reports recognized the significant challenges the FBI faced and the major organizational changes it was undergoing during our review period. Nevertheless, we concluded that the FBI engaged …
“Each week CDC analyzes information about influenza disease activity in the United States and publishes findings of key flu indicators in a report called FluView. During the week of September 13-19, 2009, a review of the key indictors found that influenza activity continued to increase in the United States compared to the prior weeks.” Related …
The Commission on the measurement of economic performance and social progress has been created at the beginning of 2008 on French government’s initiative. Increasing concerns have been raised since a long time about the adequacy of current measures of economic performance, in particular those based on GDP figures. Moreover, there are broader concerns about the …
EPIC: “…the Department of Justice announced a new policy that limits the governments use of the state secrets privilege. The state secrets privilege is a rule of evidence intended to prevent genuine matters of national security from being disclosed in open court. However, recently it has been misused by both the Bush and Obama administrations …
Review of the Securities and Exchange Commissions Compliance with the Freedom of Information Act, Securities and Exchange Commission Office of Inspector General, September 25, 2009. “The OIG found that the manner that the Commissions Chief FOIA Officer functioned was not in compliance with the requirements of Executive Order 13392 or the OPEN Government Act. Prior …
News release: “In Pittsburgh, the worlds major economies agreed to continue our effort to spur global demand to put our people back to work. We committed ourselves to economic growth that is balanced and sustained so that we avoid the booms and busts of the past. We reached an historic agreement to reform the global …
