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“The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a hearing titled, Hedge Funds and the Financial Market, on November 13, 2008. The hearing examined systemic risks to the financial markets posed by hedge funds and proposals for regulatory and tax reforms.” Opening Statement of Rep. Henry A. Waxman: “The five witnesses we will hear …
Federal Land Management: Use of Stewardship Contracting Is Increasing, but Agencies Could Benefit from Better Data and Contracting Strategies, GAO-09-23, November 13, 2008 Public Health and Border Security: HHS and DHS Should Further Strengthen Their Ability to Respond to TB Incidents, GAO-09-58, October 14, 2008
“TSCATS is an online database of unpublished, non-confidential studies covering chemical testing results and adverse effects of chemicals on health and ecological systems. TSCATS were developed to make ongoing and completed chemical testing studies available to the public. The collection currently exceeds 25,000 titles of studies that are submitted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency …
News release: “The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has issued an Interagency Statement on Meeting the Needs of Creditworthy Borrowers to all FDIC supervised institutions. The statement encourages financial institutions to support the lending needs of creditworthy borrowers, strengthen capital, engage in loss-mitigation strategies and foreclosure-prevention strategies with mortgage borrowers, and assess the incentive implications of …
News release: “The Department of the Treasury and the Federal Reserve Board today announced the release of a joint final rule to implement the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006. The Act prohibits gambling businesses from knowingly accepting payments in connection with unlawful Internet gambling, including payments made through credit cards, electronic funds transfers, …
News release: Current State of Global Financial System – “The actions taken by Treasury, the Federal Reserve and the FDIC in October have clearly helped stabilize our financial system. Before we acted, we were at a tipping point. Credit markets were largely frozen, denying financial institutions, businesses and consumers access to vital funding and credit. …
Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus: “It is the duty of the next President and the next Congress to reform Americas health care system. In 2009, Congress must take up and act on meaningful health reform legislation that achieves universal coverage while also addressing the underlying problems in our health system. The urgency of this task …
Financial Audit: IRS’s Fiscal Years 2008 and 2007 Financial Statements, GAO-09-119, November 10, 2008
“The United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions (Plum Book) (210 pages) has been made available in its entirety, as a single PDF file. GPO has refined the 2008 Plum Book by adding bookmarks to it and optimizing it for the web. In addition, the entire report is also available in TEXT format.”
News release: “The Obama administration can act quickly after taking office in January to reverse the secrecy trend of the last eight years and restore openness in the executive branch, according to a set of new proposals posted online today by the National Security Archive. More than 60 organizations joined the recommendations, which call on …
Washington Post: “Armed with millions of e-mail addresses and a political operation that harnessed the Internet like no campaign before it, Barack Obama will enter the White House with the opportunity to create the first truly “wired” presidency. Obama aides and allies are preparing a major expansion of the White House communications operation, enabling them …
Bank of England – Inflation Report, November 2008: “The Inflation Report is produced quarterly by Bank staff under the guidance of the members of the Monetary Policy Committee. It serves two purposes. First, its preparation provides a comprehensive and forward-looking framework for discussion among MPC members as an aid to our decision making. Second, its …
