Cybersecurity Human Capital: Initiatives Need Better Planning and Coordination, GAO-12-8, Nov 29, 2011 Financial Audit: Federal Housing Finance Agency’s Fiscal Years 2011 and 2010 Financial Statements [Reissued on November 29, 2011], GAO-12-161, Nov 15, 2011 Next Generation Air Transportation: Collaborative Efforts with European Union Generally Mirror Effective Practices, but Near-Term Challenges Could Delay Implementation, GAO-12-48, …

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Housing Snapshot: Geographical Differences in Price Changes and Negative Equity, Ted Gayer, Co-Director, Economic Studies – The Brookings Institution “Today saw the release of two housing-related data reports, both of which indicate the persistent weakness in the housing market. S&P/Case-Shiller released its monthly home price indices, which showed that September prices (which are a three-month …

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News release: “CoreLogic today released negative equity data showing that 10.7 million, or 22.1 percent, of all residential properties with a mortgage were in negative equity at the end of the third quarter of 2011. This is down slightly from 10.9 million properties, or 22.5 percent, in the second quarter. An additional 2.4 million borrowers …

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Compendium of Federal Single Family Mortgage Programs and Related Activities, November 2011. The Federal Housing Inspectors General “This Compendium is intended to serve as a guide to federal housing programs and activities. It focuses primarily on single family mortgage programs and related activities, and contains content collected by the four Offices of Inspector General regarding …

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“More than usual, world economic prospects depend on events, the nature and timing of which are highly uncertain. The projections presented in this Economic Outlook portray a scenario that rests on the assumptions that monetary policy remains very supportive (and, in some places, becomes more so), that sovereign debt and banking sector problems in the …

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Transition in Afghanistan: Looking Beyond 2014, November 21, 2011 “Transition—the full assumption of Afghan responsibility for security by end-2014, the drawdown of most international military forces and the likely reduction in overall assistance—will have a profound impact on Afghanistan’s economic and political landscape, extending well beyond 2014. This study assesses the medium to longer term …

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Housing Busts and Household Mobility: An Update, by Fernando Ferreira, Joseph Gyourko, and Joseph Tracy, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, “This paper provides updated estimates of the impact of three financial frictions—negative equity, mortgage lock-in, and property tax lock-in—on household mobility. We add the 2009 wave of the American Housing Survey (AHS) to our …

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ECS State Policies for Open Enrollment Database: “This database contains information about the state policies for open enrollment in each state. To one degree or another, open-enrollment policies allow a student to transfer to the public school of his or her choice. There are two basic types of open-enrollment policies in place in the states …

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Cross-Cutting Themes in Advanced Economies with Emerging Market Banking Links, International Monetary Fund, November 14, 2011 “The most recent decade has seen a growing presence of banks headquartered in advanced economies (AEs) expanding into emerging markets (EMs). These expansions have brought some benefits to both home and host countries, but the global financial crisis has …

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