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World Bank: Global Financial Crisis and Implications for Developing Countries, G-20 Finance Ministers Meeting São Paulo, Brazil “The current financial crisis has evolved differently from other major crises that have hit the developing world in recent decades. Not only is it occurring in a world of unprecedented financial globalization, where the financial sector plays a …
“Following each presidential election, GAO serves as a resource to assist with the transition to a new Congress and administration. On this Web site, Serving the Congress and the Nation, using its institutional knowledge and broad-based, nonpartisan work on matters across the government spectrum, GAO provides insight into, and recommendations for addressing, the nations major …
“Washington-Baltimore area consumers paid more for utility (piped) gas (19.4 percent) and electricity (9.2 percent) than the U.S. city average, while the price of gasoline (-0.8 percent) was slightly below the average price for the nation in July 2008 as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. …
Technical Security Evaluation of DHS Activities at Los Angeles International Airport, October 2008, (58 pages, PDF, Redacted): “This report addresses the strengths and weaknesses of the implementation of technical and information security policies and procedures at DHS components located at Los Angeles International Airport, California. It is based on interviews with employees and officials of …
Report on Federal Escape Offenses in Fiscal Years 2006 and 2007: “In response to a suggestion in a decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, United States v. Chambers, 473 F.3d 724 (7th Cir. 2007), cert. granted, __ U.S. __ , 128 S. Ct. 2046 (2008), the United States Sentencing …
News release: “The U.S. Department of the Treasury today announced that it is revoking the “U-turn” license for Iran, further restricting Iran’s access to the U.S. financial system. Treasury’s move today follows a series of U.S. government actions to expose Iranian banks’ involvement in the Iranian regime’s support to terrorist groups and nuclear and missile …
Pew Hispanic Survey: “Hispanics voted for Sens. Barack Obama and Joe Biden over Sen. John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin by a margin of more than two-to-one in the 2008 presidential election, 66% versus 32%, according to an analysis by the Pew Hispanic Center of exit polls from Edison Media Research as published by CNN. …
Treasury Financing Schedule for the Fourth Quarter of 2008
News release: “The survey measured the value of U.S. holdings of foreign securities at year-end 2007 of approximately $7,212 billion, with $5,248 billion held in foreign equities, $1,607 billion in foreign long-term debt securities (original term-to-maturity in excess of one year), and $357 billion in foreign short-term debt securities. The previous survey measured U.S. holdings …
Plan Colombia: Drug Reduction Goals Were Not Fully Met, but Security Has Improved; U.S. Agencies Need More Detailed Plans for Reducing Assistance, GAO-09-71, October 6, 2008 “Plan Colombias goal of reducing the cultivation, processing, and distribution of illegal narcotics by 50 percent in 6 years was not fully achieved. From 2000 to 2006, opium poppy …
Presidential Election 2008: On this page find links to documents on the following topics – Barack Obama, President-elect Inauguration 2008 Presidential Election Information See also transition related news: Obama Wins Election – Will Become 44th President of the United States ABA Journal: Obama Announces Transition Team; Lawyers Proliferate Washington Post: Obama Team Shifts to Transition …
“Senator Charles E. Schumer, Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee (JEC), and Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, JEC Vice Chair, released a new JEC report entitled Stemming the Current Economic Downturn Will Require More Stimulus. The current economic downturn follows the weakest recovery on record. Families face rising unemployment, high prices, dwindling assets, historically high debt, …
