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The 2009 Economic Landscape: How the Recession Is Unfolding across Four U.S. Regions “Events in the U.S. and global financial markets are powerful drivers of the recession that began in 2007. However, this economic downturn is unfolding in unique ways across the various regional economies. The following series of articles takes a closer look at …
Press notice: “The Governments economic objective is to build a strong economy and a fair society, where there is opportunity and security for all. Budget 2009, Buildings Britains Future, presents updated assessments and forecasts of the economy and public finances and reports on how in the face of a steep and synchronised global downturn, the …
When Did Your County’s Jobs Disappear? An interactive map of vanishing employment across the country, by Chris Wilson “The economic crisis, which has claimed more than 5 million jobs since the recession began, did not strike the entire country at once. A map of employment gains or losses by county tells the story of how …
FOIA Facts: DOJ AG Issues New Guidelines Establishing a System for Improving Transparency: Scott A. Hodes highlights the areas of this new DOJ guidance that are of the most interest to the FOIA community.
Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2008, 4/09. “Presents data on crime and safety at school from the perspectives of students, teachers, principals, and the general population. A joint effort by the Bureau of Justice Statistics and the National Center for Education Statistics, this annual report examines crime occurring in school as well as on …
Secretary Geithner Opening Statement Before the Congressional Oversight Panel, April 21, 2009: “Today I will outline the steps taken by the Obama Administration to restore the flow of credit to get our economy back on track and Americans back to work.” Secretary Geithner Written Testimony Congressional Oversight Panel, April 21, 2009: “The challenges that our …
Afghanistan: Key Issues for Congressional Oversight, GAO-09-473SP, April 21, 2009: “Security in Afghanistan has worsened significantly in the last 3 years, impeding both U.S. and international partners’ efforts to stabilize and rebuild the country. The security situation, including the overall increase in insurgent attacks from 2005 to 2008, is the result of a variety of …
“This Consumer Advisory, issued by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), describes common scams, suggests ways to protect yourself, provides information on U.S. government loan programs and counseling resources, and lists 10 warning signs of a mortgage modification scam.” Related postings on financial system
Unclassified and Redacted – Inquiry Into the Treatment Of Detainees In U.S. Custody, November 20, 2008 (Released, April 22, 2009) (263 pages, PDF) “The abuse of detainees in U.S. custody cannot simply be attributed to the actions of “a few bad apples” acting on their own. The fact is that senior officials in the United …
The Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, April 21, 2009 – Quarterly Report to Congress: “The Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) now includes 12 separate, but often interrelated, programs involving Government and private funds of up to almost $3 trillion roughly the equivalent of last years entire Federal budget. From programs …
News release: “State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith announced today that additional transportation assistance for unemployed workers will be made available in 20 non-rural counties in New York State. Each Workforce Investment Board in these counties will receive $6,250 that may be used to help pay transportation expenses for unemployed workers to access services at …
News release: “President Obama [held] the first cabinet meeting of his Administration this morning. As part of his commitment to go line by line through the budget to cut spending and reform government he… challenge[d] his cabinet to cut a collective 100 million dollars in the next 90 days. Agencies will be required to report …
