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Intelligence Community Legal Reference Book, Office of the Director of National Intelligence (Published Summer 2009 – 949 pages, PDF, declassified), released Summer 2009. Robert S. Litt, General Counsel: “The Intelligence Community draws much of its authority and guidance from the body of law contained in this collection. We hope this proves to be a useful …
Emergency Capital Injections Provided to Support the Viability of Bank of America, Other Major Banks, and the U.S. Financial System, October 5, 2009 Committee on Oversight and Reforms – Republican: “A report released today by the Office of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP) confirmed findings of an Oversight and …
FDLP Listserv: “The White House, U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) and the National Archives’ Office of the Federal Register (OFR) achieved a breakthrough in making Government information available and usable by the public. GPO converted the text of the Federal Register (2000-2009) into XML (extensible markup language) and placed it online in numerous Federal Government …
News release: “The Federal Reserve Board on Monday announced two changes to the procedures for evaluating asset-backed securities (ABS) pledged to the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF). The TALF, which was authorized by the Board on November 24, 2008, helps market participants meet the credit needs of households and businesses by lending to investors …
Americas Families and Living Arrangements: 2007 – Population Characteristics, September 2009 – “This report presents basic trends in household and family composition and living arrangements. Previous U.S. Census Bureau reports in this series were based only on the Annual Social and Economic supplement to the Current Population Survey (CPS ASEC). With the full implementation of …
William C. Dudley, President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of New York – Remarks at the Fordham Corporate Law Center Lecture, New York “My assessment of where things stand today is mixed. On the positive side, the financial markets are performing better and the economy is now recovering. In fact, the improvement in …
News release: “The Federal Trade Commission today announced that it has approved final revisions to the guidance it gives to advertisers on how to keep their endorsement and testimonial ads in line with the FTC Act. The notice incorporates several changes to the FTCs Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising, which …
Briefing on Air Force’s Response on Fee-For-Service Aerial Refueling, GAO-10-124R, October 05, 2009 Retirement Savings: Better Information and Sponsor Guidance Could Improve Oversight and Reduce Fees for Participants, GAO-09-641, September 04, 2009 Biofuels: Potential Effects and Challenges of Required Increases in Production and Use, GAO-09-446, August 25, 2009
News release: “After the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008, Congress passed TARP, the Troubled Asset Relief Program, to prevent another catastrophic bank failure. Nearly a year later, the government has essentially formalized the idea that major banks are too big to fail (TBTF). A new report from the Center for Economic and Policy Research …
Women in the Labor Force: A Databook (2009 Edition), U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, September 2009 “The past several decades have been marked by notable changes in womens labor force activities. Womens labor force participation is significantly higher today than it was in the 1970s, particularly among women with children, and …
Crime Against People with Disabilities, 2007, 10/1/09: “First national study on crime against persons with disabilities Young and middle-age persons with disabilities experienced higher rates of violence than persons of similar ages without disabilities.” The report, Crime Against People with Disabilities, 2007 (NCJ 227814), was written by BJS statisticians Michael Rand and Erika Harrell.
World Bank – Gender Equality as Smart Economics Newsletter, October 2009 “The World Bank Group will launch an Adolescent Girls Initiative on October 10 with the participation of President Robert B. Zoellick, Nobel Laureate Michael Spence and Nike CEO Mark Parker. Other invitees include Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. This public-private partnership aims to economically …
