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Governor O’Malley Launches Website Aimed at Government Transparency and Accountability: “Welcome to the Maryland Funding Accountability web site. This is a public web site which allows citizens of Maryland and visitors to search and view summary information on payments made to vendors that received $25,000 or more for the respective fiscal year. Information is currently …
Financial Regulation: A Framework for Crafting and Assessing Proposals to Modernize the Outdated U.S. Financial Regulatory System, GAO-09-216, January 08, 2009 “To help policymakers better understand existing problems with the financial regulatory system and craft and evaluate reform proposals, this report (1) describes the origins of the current financial regulatory system, (2) describes various market …
Follow up to previous postings on perchlorate contamination of drinking water, today “EPA issued an interim health advisory to assist state and local officials in addressing local contamination of perchlorate in drinking water. The interim health advisory level of 15 micrograms per liter (µg/L), or parts per billion (ppb), is based on the reference dose …
Remarks, Interim Assistant Secretary for Financial Stability: “Today, I will brief you about five areas. First, I will give an update on execution of the programs Treasury has implemented under the TARP. Second, I will review the progress we’ve made in building the Office of Financial Stability. Third, I will provide an update on our …
The 2009 American Presidential Inauguration A Guide for Foreign Media from the Washington Foreign Press Center, Updated 01/08/2009 “The 2009 inauguration of the 44th President of the United States is a historic moment for our country, and we are honored that so many journalists from around the world are interested in covering this special and …
Nuclear Challenges and Policy Options for the Next U.S. Administration – Jean du Preez, Editor. James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Occasional Paper No. 14, December 2008. “…the Obama administration should send a clear and unambiguous message to the international community, especially its Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) partners, that the United States respects its …
News release: “Online advertised job vacancies declined 507,000 to 3,861,000 in December, according to The Conference Boards Help-Wanted Online Data Series (HWOL) released today. The December loss brought the monthly total of online advertised vacancies below 4 million for the first time since July 2006, two and one-half years ago. In 2008, there were on …
Pro Publica Map: “Each marker represents the headquarters of a financial institution that expects or has already received money from the Treasury Department under the TARP (Troubled Asset Relief Program). The size of each marker represents the amount of bailout money given to each institution. Click on the markers to see the institutions name and …
Information Technology: Demand for the Social Security Administration’s Electronic Data Exchanges Is Growing and Presents Future Challenges, GAO-09-126, December 04, 2008: “Through more than 3,000 data exchanges with federal and state agencies, SSA both receives incoming data to support its own programs and provides outgoing data to support programs of other federal and state agencies. …
News release: “National Taxpayer Advocate Nina E. Olson today released her annual report, urging Congress to greatly simplify the tax code and recommending measures to reduce the burden on taxpayers who are struggling to pay their tax bills. The report takes note of the serious financial difficulties facing many Americans in light of the ongoing …
The Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2009 to 2019, January 2009 “The sharp downturn in housing markets across the country, which undermined the solvency of major financial institutions and severely disrupted the functioning of financial markets, has led the United States into a recession that will probably be the longest and the deepest since …
News release: “Reports of data breaches increased dramatically in 2008. The Identity Theft Resource Center’s 2008 breach report reached 656 reported breaches at the end of 2008, reflecting an increase of 47% over last years total of 446. In terms of sub-divisions by type of entity, the rankings have not changed between 2007 and 2008 …
