Category «Government Documents»

Preliminary Staff Report: Government Sponsored Enterprises and the Financial Crisis – Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission

Preliminary Staff Report: Government Sponsored Enterprises and the Financial Crisis Financial – Crisis Inquiry Commission (FCIC) | April 7, 2010: “This preliminary staff report provides information on the Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA or Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC or Freddie Mac), the companies’ attributes as government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), and …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

Preliminary Staff Report: The Role of the Federal Reserve in Banking Supervision and Regulation – Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission

Preliminary Staff Report: The Role of the Federal Reserve in Banking Supervision and Regulation, Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (FCIC) | April 7, 2010: “The purpose of this preliminary staff report is to provide a brief overview of the role of the Federal Reserve in banking supervision and regulation. The first section describes the structure of …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

Preliminary Staff Report: Securitization and the Mortgage Crisis – Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission

Preliminary Staff Report: Securitization and the Mortgage Crisis, Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (FCIC) | April 7, 2010 “The purpose of this preliminary staff report is to provide an overview of mortgage securitization and its possible role in the sharp increase in mortgage defaults that precipitated the financial crisis. Section I describes the growth and basic …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

BLS: Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment Summary

News release: “Unemployment rates were higher in February than a year earlier in 347 of the 372 metropolitan areas, lower in 21 areas, and unchanged in 4 areas, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Twenty-nine areas recorded jobless rates of at least 15.0 percent, while 2 areas registered rates below 5.0 percent. The …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Hearings & Testimony – Subprime Lending and Securitization and Government-Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs)

Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission – Hearings & Testimony – Subprime Lending and Securitization and Government-Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs), April 7, 2010 Related postings on Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission Related postings on financial system

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

New Study: Climate Change Threatening Glacier National Park Could Harm Montana's Future Tourism and Economy

News release: “The last decade in Glacier National Park saw exactly double the temperature increase for the planet as a whole. The effects of this warming threaten Glacier National Parks resources, from glaciers and snow-capped mountains to wildlife and forests, as well as the Montana jobs and tourism revenue the park generates, according to a …

Subjects: Government Documents

New GAO Reports: Coast Guard, Offshore Oil and Gas Development

Coast Guard: Deployable Operations Group Achieving Organizational Benefits, but Challenges Remain, GAO-10-433R, April 07, 2010 Offshore Oil and Gas Development: Additional Guidance Would Help Strengthen the Minerals Management Service’s Assessment of Environmental Impacts in the North Aleutian Basin, GAO-10-276, March 08, 2010

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Extended Range Forecast of Atlantic Seasonal Hurricane Activity and Landfall Strike Probability for 2010

Extended Range Forecast of Atlantic Seasonal Hurricane Activity and Landfall Strike Probability for 2010, by Philip J. Klotzbach and William M. Gray, Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University “We continue to foresee above-average activity for the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season. We have increased our seasonal forecast from the mid-point of our initial early December …

Subjects: Government Documents

Comcast Corporation v. FCC – Appeals Court Rules Against Net Neutraility

EFF: “In a ruling that imposes important limits on the FCC’s authority to regulate the Internet, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals today overturned the FCC ruling against Comcast for interfering with the BitTorrent traffic of its subscribers. The court found that the Commission had overstepped the limits of its “ancillary authority” when it disciplined …

Subjects: Courts, E-Commerce, Government Documents, Internet

GAO Review of the Department of Homeland Securitys Certification of the Secure Flight Program

GAO Review of the Department of Homeland Security’s Certification of the Secure Flight Program–Cost and Schedule Estimates, GAO-10-535R, April 05, 2010 “The matching of airline passenger information against terrorist watchlist records (watchlist matching) is a frontline defense against acts of terrorism that target the nations civil aviation system. In general, passengers identified as matches to …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

GAO Reports: TARP and Automaker Pension Funding

Troubled Asset Relief Program: Automaker Pension Funding and Multiple Federal Roles Pose Challenges for the Future, GAO-10-492, April 06, 2010: “Over $81 billion has been committed under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) to improve the domestic auto industrys competitiveness and long-term viability. The bulk of this assistance has gone to General Motors (GM) and …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Pew: U.S. Birth Rate Decline Linked to Recession

U.S. Birth Rate Decline Linked to Recession, by Gretchen Livingston and DVera Cohn, Pew Research Center, April 6, 2010 “Birth rates in the United States began to decline in 2008 after rising to their highest level in two decades, and the decrease appears to be linked to the recession, according to a Pew Research Center …

Subjects: Government Documents

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