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News release: “Developing countries face a financing shortfall of $270-700 billion this year, as private sector creditors shun emerging markets, and only one quarter of the most vulnerable countries have the resources to prevent a rise in poverty, the World Bank said. In a paper for next Saturdays meeting of the Group of 20 finance …
Doing Business in China – 2009 Country Commercial Guide for U.S. Companies, U.S. Department of State. “…China is still a developing country, albeit one with vast potential. Spread over a population of 1.3 billion, Chinas colossal economy does not represent a large amount of disposable income for each person. Annual per capita income in China …
NPR: “The debate over whether the U.S. government will end up nationalizing the banks is usually presented as an either/or proposition either the government takes over the banks to keep them from becoming insolvent or it leaves the banks in private hands…Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, who made the government’s position plain. “It’s not the …
“[March 6, 2009] President Obama and Attorney General Holder announced the allocation of $2 billion in funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to control crime and improve the criminal justice system.” Track funds going to your state and local government using this map provided by the Department of Justice – Recovery Act: Justice …
Via CBSNews.com: “Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths for men and women in this country, killing nearly 50,000 people annually.” How Does Your State Rank?: Check out the report card on efforts to pass laws requiring insurers to cover colon cancer screening.”
Transcript – Obama Radio Address, Saturday, March 7, 2009: “My administration inherited a $1.3 trillion budget deficit, the largest in history. And we’ve inherited a budgeting process as irresponsible as it is unsustainable. For years, as Wall Street used accounting tricks to conceal costs and avoid responsibility, Washington did, too…For the first time in many …
Eric Nalder, Seattle Post-Intelligencer: “Numerous convicts — including embezzlers, robbers, meth dealers and rapists — sold mortgage loans to unsuspecting homeowners in Washington in recent years while state lawmakers and members of Congress debated and tabled requirements for licensing and background checks, records show…Criminals who were barred from the mortgage business in other states continued …
ARRA 101: “Completing the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was a long and arduous process for the Obama Administration and the new Congress. Now that President Obama has signed the bill into law, our nation can begin the journey of restoring our economic stability through the programs and initiatives this law will make possible. Throughout …
Information Technology: Census Bureau Needs to Strengthen Testing of 2010 Decennial Systems, GAO-09-413T, March 05, 2009 2010 Census: Fundamental Building Blocks of a Successful Enumeration Face Challenges, GAO-09-430T, March 05, 2009 Influenza Pandemic: Sustaining Focus on the Nation’s Planning and Preparedness Efforts, GAO-09-334, February 26, 2009
Employment Situation Summary: “Nonfarm payroll employment continued to fall sharply in February (-651,000), and the unemployment rate rose from 7.6 to 8.1 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Payroll employment has declined by 2.6 million in the past 4 months. In February, job losses were large and …
Who Regulates Whom? An Overview of U.S. Financial Supervision, February 24, 2009 “Federal financial regulation in the United States has evolved through a series of piecemeal responses to developments and crises in the markets. This report provides an overview of current U.S. financial regulation: which agencies are responsible for which institutions and markets, and what …
WSJ: “The government’s coordinator for cybersecurity programs has quit, criticizing what he described as the National Security Agency’s grip on cybersecurity. Rod Beckstrom, a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur, said in his resignation letter that the NSA’s central role in cybersecurity is “a bad strategy” because it is important to have a civilian agency taking a …
