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“This year will bring change in Iraq that will fundamentally affect every aspect of the reconstruction program. This change began on January 1 when the Security Agreement and the Strategic Framework Agreement became effective, redefining the bilateral relationship between Iraq and the United States. The turn-of-the-year transfer of the International Zone to Government of Iraq …
Congressional Budget Office: H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, February 9, 2009. Cost estimate for an amendment in the nature of a substitute by Senator Reid for Senators Nelson and Collins, February 7, 2009. Purpose: In the nature of a substitute. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 111th Cong., 1st …
Social Security Administration: Service Delivery Plan Needed to Address Baby Boom Retirement Challenges, GAO-09-24, January 09, 2008 Aviation Security: TSA’s Cost and Performance Study of Private-Sector Airport Screening, GAO-09-27R, January 09, 2009
News release: “The Federal Reserve Board on Friday released additional terms and conditions–including loan rates and collateral haircuts–of the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF). The additions were determined after further analysis and consultation with issuers, investors, and dealers in asset-backed securities (ABS). The new terms and conditions also include a revised definition of eligible …
Quarterly Indicators: The Economy and Small Business, 4th Quarter 2008, Released February 2009 “Provides recent monthly and quarterly data from a wide variety of sources relevant to small businesses. Economic activity of small firms is examined at the national level.”
American Securitization Forum Speech, Las Vegas, Nevada, February 9, 2009, James B. Lockhart III, Director, Federal Housing Finance Agency “The biggest challenge we face is the stabilization of the housing market. Declining prices will demand continued concentrated action by the public sector, including the new Obama Administration and its Treasury Department, the Federal Reserve, the …
News release: “The United States Securities and Exchange Commission announced that on February 9, 2009, it submitted to the Honorable Judge Louis L. Stanton, a federal judge in the Southern District of New York, the consent of Bernard L. Madoff to a proposed partial judgment imposing a permanent injunction and continuing relief previously imposed in …
Income of the Population 55 or Older, 2006 (released February 2009) “This report provides a broad income picture of a cross section of the population aged 55 or older, with special emphasis on income of the population aged 65 or older. The tabulations focus on the major sources and amounts of income in 2006, both …
WSJ: “Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is expected to announce that the government will become a partner with the private sector to purchase banks’ troubled assets, according to people familiar with the matter. The plan for a so-called aggregator bank, a variation on a theme that Obama administration officials have wrestled with for weeks, is among …
FOIA Facts: President Obamas FOIA Memorandum and When Change Will Actually Occur – Scott A. Hodes notes the Obama administration’s immediate focus on FOIA, but reminds us that changing the ship of government requires numerous steps and constant vigilance to ensure change remains consistent and constant.
War About Terror – Civil Liberties and National Security After 9/11: A Council on Foreign Relations Working Paper, by Daniel B. Prieto, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Counterterrorism and National Security, February 2009 “President Barack Obama, in one of his first moves in office, reversed some of the most controversial detention and interrogation policies of the …
“In response to a letter from GAP and 9 other public interest organizations, the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP) sent a letter to GAP demonstrating his commitment to protect whistleblowers who disclose evidence of waste, fraud and abuse of bailout funds. In the letter, Special IG Neil Barofsky states: “One …
