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Highlights of Accomplishments and Results, The Administration of President George W. Bush, 2001-2009: “Over the past eight years, President Bush has set clear guiding principles, and applied those principles to confront great challenges at home and abroad. The following are highlights of the accomplishments from the Administration of President George W. Bush and Vice President …
Rand: Unfolding the Future of the Long War Motivations, Prospects, and Implications for the U.S. Army, January 2009: “This document explores how the long war might unfold in the coming years. It looks out to about the year 2020 and reports on the major trends, uncertainties, participants, and ways the long war might unfold through …
Announcement: The Treasury Market Practices Group (TMPG) on Monday announced additional details regarding the progress on new market practices aimed at addressing settlement fails in the U.S. Treasury Market. Following discussions with market participants, the TMPG has refined its November 12, 2008 recommendations to remediate widespread Treasury settlement fails.1 Since November, short-term interest rates have …
“The Treasury Department today released the report, United States Department of the Treasury Section 105(a) Troubled Asset Relief Program Report to Congress for the Period December 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008, required by section 105(a) of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act. The first in the series of reports was delivered on December 5, 2008.” …
Follow up to Bush Administration to Designate Three New Marine National Monuments in the Pacific Ocean, today’s White House multiple document postings on the environment, include: Fact Sheet: Marine National Monuments Statement by the President on the Occasion of the Designation of the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument, Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, and …
Long-Term Implications of the Fiscal Year 2009 Future Years Defense Program, January 2009 “In CBOs projection of DoDs current plans, defense resources average about $549 billion annually (in 2009 dollars) from 2014 to 2026, or about 6 percent more than the $517 billion in total obligational authority (TOA) requested by the Administration and the $515 …
OIG-09-12 – DHS’ Role in State and Local Fusion Centers Is Evolving, December 2008 (PDF, 62 pages) “Improving intelligence gathering and information sharing at all levels of government has been a major concern and priority since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. To promote greater information sharing and collaboration among federal, state, and local …
New York Times Transcript of President Elect Obama’s comments: “One of the measures of irresponsibility that we’ve seen is the enormous federal debt that has accumulated, a number that has doubled in recent years. As we just discussed, my budget team filled me in on – Peter Orszag now forecasts that, at the current course …
“Each year, more than 1 million women and nearly 400,000 men in the United States are victims of stalking. Stalking Awareness Month (January 2009) provides an opportunity to learn about this serious and often violent crime. For more information, visit the Office for Violence Against Women Web site.”
Pew Environment Group: “President Bush today designated 3 new marine national monuments in the Pacific Ocean totaling more than 195,000 square miles, an area greater than Oregon and Washington combined. Together with Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, which was established in 2006 in the northwestern Hawaiian Islands, President Bush will have designated monuments protecting 335,561 square …
Immigration Benefits: Actions Needed to Address Vulnerabilities in Process for Granting Permanent Residency, GAO-09-55, December 05, 2008. “Summary data provided by FDNS showed that of the approximately 917,000 applications for lawful permanent residency USCIS received from January 1, 2006, through May 31, 2007, 516 were referred to FDNS for national security reasons. According to FDNS …
News release: “The U.S. Treasury Department announced details this week of a $15 billion investment in 7 banks made through its Capital Purchase Program. Treasury created the Capital Purchase Program, a part of the Troubled Asset Relief Program, to help to stabilize and strengthen the U.S. financial system. Treasury allocated $250 billion under TARP’s Capital …
