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US Court: “New poverty guidelines for 2009, needed by persons seeking fee waivers when filing for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code, have been posted. Guidelines and Other Bankruptcy Resources.”
Capital Purchase Program: Application Documents Completed Transactions: Contract Terms Targeted Investment Program: Contract Terms Systemically Significantly Failing Institutions: Contract Terms Automotive Industry Financing Program: Contract Terms Related postings on financial system
News release: “A larger percentage of foreign-born than native-born residents had a masters degree or higher in 2007, according to a new report from the U.S. Census Bureau. Nationally, 11 percent of foreign-born people from another country now living in the United States and 10 percent of U.S.-born residents had an advanced degree. …
The Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction issued the following new audits: 09-009 Full Impact of Department of Defense Program to Restart State-owned Enterprises Difficult to Estimate, January 30, 2009: “Task Force efforts have served to help restart state-owned factories and provide employment in a difficult security environment. However, the full measure of their impact …
“The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, adopted by the House this week, includes strong privacy provisions (“Subtitle D – Privacy“) for the proposed medical health network. Among the key provisions: a ban on the sale of health information, audit trails, encryption, rights of access, improved enforcement mechanisms, and support for advocacy groups to …
Supplemental appropriations for job creation and preservation infrastructure investment, energy efficiency/science, assistance to the unemployed, and State/local fiscal stabilization: H.R. 1 – American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (680 pages, PDF) Related postings on financial system More documents via U.S. News.com Stimulus Watch
After Midnight – The Bush legacy of deregulation and what Obama can do, Reece Rushing, Rick Melberth, and Matt Madia, January 2009. “The Bush administration rushed out a host of problematic regulations in its final months. Many of these midnight regulations actually represent deregulatory actions that weaken or eliminate safeguards protecting health, safety, the environment, …
National Gang Threat Assessment 2009 “This intelligence assessment is a collaborative effort between the National Gang Intelligence Center (NGIC) and the NDIC to examine the threat posed to the United States by criminal gangs; it supports U.S. Department of Justice strategic objectives 2.2 (to reduce the threat, incidence, and prevalence of violent crime) and 2.4 …
Military Base Realignments and Closures: DOD Faces Challenges in Implementing Recommendations on Time and Is Not Consistently Updating Savings Estimates, GAO-09-217, January 30, 2009 Information Security: Further Actions Needed to Address Risks to Bank Secrecy Act Data, GAO-09-195, January 30, 2009 Meal Counting and Claiming by Food Service Management Companies in the School Meal Programs, …
News release: “The U.S. Department of Justice announced the availability of an on-line computer system to help protect states and consumers from automobile fraud and to provide law enforcement with new tools to investigate fraud, theft, and other crimes involving vehicles. The National Motor Vehicle Title Information System, or NMVTIS, will be available for consumers …
The Congressional Oversight Panel (COP) – “COP released its special report on regulatory reform today. The report discusses how regulation would have averted the crisis that we are in today, and how the implementation of smart regulation will help the United States can prevent another financial crisis and determine our economic success in the years …
Addressing the Ongoing Crisis in the Housing and Financial Markets, January 28, 2009, Testimony before the Committee on the Budget, United States Senate. “…the ongoing crisis in the U.S. financial system has significantly depressed economic activity during the past year and a half, and it poses a serious threat to the nations ability to quickly …
