Category «Government Documents»

Final report: assessment of macroeconomic impact of the transition to stronger capital and liquidity requirements

“The Financial Stability Board (FSB) and Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) concluded their assessment of the macroeconomic impact of the transition to the new bank capital and liquidity standards. The assessment, produced by the joint FSB-BCBS Macroeconomic Assessment Group (MAG) in close collaboration with the International Monetary Fund, is summarised in the MAG’s final …

Subjects: Government Documents

SEC Report on Nationally Recognized Statistical Ratings Organizations

Report on Nationally Recognized Statistical Ratings Organizations, January 2011 The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Commission) is providing this report under Section 6 of the Credit Rating Agency Reform Act of 2006 (Rating Agency Act). Section 6 of the Rating Agency Act requires the Commission to submit an annual report to the Committee on Banking, …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Study: Flaws in Banking Governance

Flaws in Banking Governance, by Jean-Michel Sahut Geneva School of Business Administration – University of Applied Sciences; Sandrine Boulerne, CERMAT; IAE Tours; ESCEM. International Journal of Business, Vol. 15, No. 3, 2010 “The subprime crisis showed that governance mechanisms are still far from perfect in most organisations, and also highlighted the many flaws in bank …

Subjects: Government Documents

Euro area unemployment rate at 10.1%

News release: “The euro area1 (EA16) seasonally-adjusted2 unemployment rate3 was 10.1% in November 2010, unchanged compared with October4. It was 9.9% in November 2009. The EU271 unemployment rate was 9.6% in November 2010, unchanged compared with October4. It was 9.4% in November 2009. Eurostat estimates that 23.248 million men and women in the EU27, of …

Subjects: Government Documents

FHA Issues Guidance for Reverse Mortgage Borrowers and Lenders Dealing With Outstanding Property Tax and Insurance Debts

News release: “The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) today released guidance to homeowners and lenders that use the reverse mortgage or Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) program and are dealing with outstanding property taxes and unpaid hazard insurance premiums. FHAs guidance is intended to assist elderly borrowers who have neglected to pay these expenses and may …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Library of Congress taps LII for Expertise in Legislative Information

News release: “The US Library of Congress chose the Legal Information Institute at Cornell University (LII) to help develop new methods to preserve, analyze, organize, and present Congressional legislative information and materials digitally. The project is headed by LII Director Thomas R. Bruce. Dave Shetland, Sara Frug, and Wayne Weibel will make up the rest …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

Senate Report – Justice Undone: The Release of the Lockerbie Bomber

Justice Undone: The Release of the Lockerbie Bomber, December 2010 “This report was recently released by the United States Senate, and investigates the release of Abselbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi, the Libyan national that was convicted of planting a bomb on Pan Am Flight 103. On December 21, 1988, this flight exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland killing …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents

Federal Reserve Bank of New York: The Shape of the Recovery

The Shape of the Recovery, Joseph S. Tracy, Executive Vice President, Remarks at the Connecticut Business and Industry Association/MetroHartford Alliance Economic Summit and Outlook, 2011, Hartford, Connecticut “The combination of declining house prices and increasing delays in the foreclosure process will put upward pressure on default rates as well as losses on defaulted mortgages. CoreLogic …

Subjects: Government Documents

Previously banned assault weapon used in Giffords shooting, and government's five count complaint filed

Salon: “The high-capacity magazine of the semiautomatic pistol used in the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and more than a dozen other people on Saturday would have been illegal to manufacture and difficult to purchase under the Clinton-era assault weapons ban, which expired in 2004. According to police and media reports, the alleged shooter, Jared …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents, Legal Research

Federal Interagency Group Issues Peer-Reviewed 'Oil Budget' Technical Documentation

News release: “The Federal Interagency Solutions Group, established at the request of the U.S. Coast Guard and authorized under a directive from the National Incident Commander (NIC), released a peer-reviewed report that details the scientific calculations of the Deepwater Horizon BP Oil Spill Oil Budget Calculator response tool announced last August. The report, developed in …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

EIA: Saudi Arabia Country Analysis Brief – world's largest crude oil production capacity

Saudi Arabia Country Analysis Brief Jan 4, 2011: “Saudi Arabia has approximately one-fifth of the world’s proven oil reserves, and is the largest oil producer and exporter of total petroleum liquids in the world. The country maintains the world’s largest crude oil production capacity, estimated by EIA at over 12 million bbl/d at end-2010. …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

EIA: Distribution and Production of Oil and Gas Wells by State

Distribution and Production of Oil and Gas Wells by State Jan 7, 2011: “Distribution tables of oil and gas wells by production rate for all wells, including marginal wells, are now available for most states for the years 1995 to 2009.”

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

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