Category «Government Documents»

DOJ Reaches $335 Million Settlement to Resolve Allegations of Lending Discrimination by Countrywide

News release, December 21, 2011: “The Department of Justice today filed its largest residential fair lending settlement in history to resolve allegations that Countrywide Financial Corporation and its subsidiaries engaged in a widespread pattern or practice of discrimination against qualified African-American and Hispanic borrowers in their mortgage lending from 2004 through 2008. The settlement provides …

Subjects: Courts, Government Documents, Legal Research

IMF – Germany: Technical Note on Stress Testing

Germany: Technical Note on Stress Testing, December 2011. IMF Country Report No. 11/371 “This note summarizes the stress tests undertaken for the German banking system as part of the Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP) Update. Solvency tests for the German banking system assessed medium-term vulnerabilities under two adverse macroeconomic scenarios. The tests considered a variety …

Subjects: Government Documents

Food Safety Epidemiology Capacity in State Health Departments – United States, 2010

Food Safety Epidemiology Capacity in State Health Departments United States, 2010. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), December 23, 2011 / 60(50);1701-1704 “In 2002, the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) conducted its first national food safety epidemiology capacity assessment (1), which provided the basis for development of minimum performance standards to guide …

Subjects: Government Documents

IMF – Germany: Technical Note on Banking Sector Structure

Germany: Technical Note on Banking Sector Structure, December 2011. IMF Country Report No. 11/370 “The prospects of the German Three Pillars system of private, public sector, and cooperative banks is a matter of ongoing debate. The need for a thorough reform of the Landesbanken (LB) is now widely accepted, although finding political consensus on a …

Subjects: Government Documents

Money – Infographic

Money – Via the The Baseline Scenario

Subjects: Government Documents

FCC Launches Beta version of MyFCC

“Welcome to the Beta version of MyFCC, a new tool that lets you create a customized FCC online experience, with quick access to the tools and information that you need…Personalization options built into MyFCC make it possible to easily create, save and manage a customized page, or dashboard. Choose from a menu of widgets featuring …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Knowledge Management

EFF – the major trends influencing digital rights in 2011

News release: “As the year draws to a close, EFF is looking back at the major trends influencing digital rights in 2011 and discussing where we are in the fight for a free expression, innovation, fair use, and privacy. The government has been using its secrecy system in absurd ways for decades, but 2011 was …

Subjects: Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research

FAA approves pilot use of iPads in all phases of flight

In following this initial FAA statement, The Apple iPad and Other Suitable Tablet Computing Devices as Electronic Flight Bags (EFB), May 13, 2011 – ZDNet reported, FAA approves iPads in the cockpit; American Airlines to start December 16, 2011. As reported by Jason D. O’Grady: “On Friday, American Airlines is the first airline in the …

Subjects: Government Documents

Assessment of U.S. Government and Coalition Efforts to Develop the Logistics Sustainment Capability of the Afghan National Army

Assessment of U.S. Government and Coalition Efforts to Develop the Logistics Sustainment Capability of the Afghan National Army, Report No. DODIG-2012-028 December 9, 2011 “…there are significant vulnerabilities and weaknesses in the logistical system, which are identified in the report observations. Among them remains the challenge of establishing a more effective system of oversight with …

Subjects: Government Documents

Review of Matters Related to Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Retired Military Analyst Outreach Activities

Follow up to DOD OIG Report: Examination of Allegations Involving DoD Office of Public Affairs Outreach Program [2009], this new report – Review of Matters Related to the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Retired Military Analyst Outreach Activities (Redacted), DODIG-2012-025, November 21, 2011 “We found that the OASD (PA) conducted the …

Subjects: Government Documents

From Keeping Up with the Joneses to Keeping Above Water: The Status of the US Consumer

From Keeping Up with the Joneses to Keeping Above Water: The Status of the US Consumer – A Publication of the BlackRock Investment Institute, September 2011 “There are several metrics that can be used to attempt to gauge the level of consumer leverage, each with its own idiosyncrasies, but to establish a benchmark, in this …

Subjects: Government Documents

New Study Sheds Light on the Liquidity of Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities

News release: “A new study released today by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York provides new evidence on the liquidity of Treasury inflation-protected securities (TIPS) and how it differs from that of nominal Treasury securities. The study, The Microstructure of the TIPS Market, is the latest article in the New York Feds Economic Policy …

Subjects: Government Documents

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