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News release: “The U.S. Treasury Department today announced investments of approximately $386 million in 23 banks across the nation as part of its Capital Purchase Program (CPP), a means to directly infuse capital into healthy, viable banks with the goal of increasing the flow of financing available to small businesses and consumers. With additional capital, …
“House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-MA) sent a letter today to the TARP Special Inspector General praising him for his work in providing greater transparency for the TARP Program. Franks letter…is in response to a letter from Inspector General Barofsky, where the IG stated, Specifically, we [Treasury Special Inspector General] will be sending …
Audit Report – Management Controls over the Department’s Excess Weapons Inventories and Selected Sensitive Equipment used by Protective Forces, January 2009. “The Department of Energy (Department) was not always properly managing its excess weapons inventories and and selected high risk/sensitive equipment used by protective forces. Specifically, our testing revealed large inventories of weapons that were …
January 22, 2009 – Proposed Funding for Education in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 January 16, 2009 – Health Insurance Continuation Coverage Under COBRA January 16, 2009 – Economic Stimulus: Issues and Policies January 15, 2009 – Closing the Guantanamo Detention Center – Legal Issues: “This report provides an overview of major …
Mapping the Zone: Improving Flood Map Accuracy, Committee on FEMA Flood Maps; Board on Earth Sciences and Resources/Mapping Science Committee; National Research Council, January 2009. “Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Flood Insurance Rate Maps portray the height and extent to which flooding is expected to occur, and they form the basis for setting flood insurance …
“This report examines changes in the IT R&D ecosystem over the past decade and makes recommendations to strengthen the effectiveness and impact of federally funded information technology research; for the U.S. to remain the strongest generator of and magnet for technical talent; to reduce friction that harms the effectiveness of the U.S. IT R&D ecosystem; …
CRS Report – Economic Stimulus: Issues and Policies, January 23, 2009 “Recent policies have sought to contain damages spilling over from housing and financial markets to the broader economy, including monetary policy, which is the responsibility of the Federal Reserve, and fiscal policy, including a tax cut in February 2008 of $150 billion and two …
Follow up to postings on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, this CBO report released today: H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009,Cost estimate for the bill as introduced in the House of Representatives on January 26, 2009 “H.R. 1 would specify appropriations for a wide range of federal programs and …
“Starting on January 5, 2009, DOL archived all DOL agency Web sites as they existed at that time. Please remember that this is archived material and that any guidance contained within the pages may have been superceded. The content available is no longer being updated and as a result you may encounter hyperlinks which no …
VA Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment: Better Incentives, Workforce Planning, and Performance Reporting Could Improve Program, GAO-09-34, January 26, 2009 Developing Countries: The United States Has Not Fully Funded Its Share of Debt Relief, and the Impact of Debt Relief on Countries’ Poverty-Reducing Spending Is Unknown, GAO-09-162, January 26, 2009 Update of State and Local Government …
Office of Personnel Management (OPM): Federal Civilian Workforce Statistics – The Fact Book 2006 – “THE FACT BOOK is produced annually by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) as a convenient reference suitable for a variety of audiences. It contains descriptive statistical information, using tables and charts, about many aspects of the Executive Branch …
News release: “NOAAs Fisheries Service has issued regulations and a letter of authorization to the U.S. Navy that includes measures to protect marine mammals while conducting Atlantic fleet active sonar training off the Atlantic coast and in the Gulf of Mexico. The regulations require the Navy to implement measures designed to protect and minimize effects …
