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Chairman Ben S. Bernanke At the National Press Club Luncheon, National Press Club, Washington, D.C., February 18, 2009: “Traditionally the most conservative of institutions, central banks around the world have responded to this unprecedented crisis with force and innovation. In the United States, the Federal Reserve has done, and will continue to do, everything possible …
News release: “The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released the following statement from Secretary Tim Geithner upon receipt of restructuring reports from Chrysler LLC and General Motors Corporation. The reports were required under the terms of the loans made available to these companies in December to assist the domestic auto industry in becoming financially …
News release: “The U.S. Department of the Treasury released today its first monthly bank lending survey designed to provide new, more frequent and more accessible information on banks’ lending activities to help taxpayers easily assess the lending and other activities of banks receiving government investments. Despite the negative effects of the economic downturn and unprecedented …
News release: “With 421 television stations still planning to terminate analog broadcasts on Tuesday, the Federal Communications Commission, broadcasters and others are working overtime to prepare consumers for the digital transition and to try to ensure that consumers who arent ready for the switch will continue to have access to vital television news and …
Embassy Construction: Additional Actions Are Needed to Address Contractor Participation, GAO-09-48, January 16, 2009: “To provide safe and secure workplaces for overseas posts, the Department of State (State) has built 64 new embassy compounds (NEC) and other facilities since 1999, has 31 ongoing projects, and plans to build at least 90 more. In 2007, State …
“Recovery.gov is a website that lets you, the taxpayer, figure out where the money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is going. There are going to be a few different ways to search for information. The money is being distributed by Federal agencies, and soon you’ll be able to see where it’s going — …
News release: “he Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Robert Allen Stanford and three of his companies for orchestrating a fraudulent, multi-billion dollar investment scheme centering on an $8 billion CD program. Stanford’s companies include Antiguan-based Stanford International Bank (SIB), Houston-based broker-dealer and investment adviser Stanford Group Company (SGC), and investment adviser Stanford Capital Management. …
United Nations Assistance Mission to Afghanistan, Human Rights Unit: Afghanistan – Annual Report on Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict, 2008. January 2009. “The Human Rights Unit of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) recorded a total of 2118 civilian casualties between 01 January and 31 December 2008. This figure represents an increase of …
News release: “According to a new study commissioned by HNTB Corporation, Americans overwhelmingly believe the nation’s infrastructure is crumbling and are willing to spend more of their tax dollars to fix it. They also recognize improving infrastructure creates jobs and improves quality of life. In the nationwide survey conducted earlier this month, more than four …
News release: “C-SPAN today release[d] the results of its second Historians Survey of Presidential Leadership, in which a cross-section of 65 presidential historians ranked the 42 former occupants of the White House on ten attributes of leadership. As in C-SPAN’s first such survey, released in 2000, Abraham Lincoln received top billing among the historians, just …
DHS OIG-09-25 – FEMA: In or Out?, February 2009: “In an effort to help focus and inform the current debate, we present in this white paper some of the important elements that should be considered when deciding FEMAs placement in the federal government.” Related postings on FEMA
Carlyle group presentation on the world financial crisis, 15 Oct 2008 [via Wikileaks – 80 pages, PDF] Related postings on financial system
