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“President-elect has selected Shaun Donovan to be his Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Mr. Donovan, a former Commissioner of Housing Preservation and Development in New York City, will come to Washington with the innovative ideas and new perspective needed to help the thousands of hard-working American families whose livelihoods have been threatened during this …
News release: “The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Bernard L. Madoff and his investment firm, Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, with securities fraud for a multi-billion dollar Ponzi scheme that he perpetrated on advisory clients of his firm. The SEC is seeking emergency relief for investors, including an asset freeze and the appointment …
News release: “General Motors announced today a significant reduction of planned production for the first quarter of 2009 due to the ongoing and severe drop in industry sales, which were down 36 percent in November overall and 41 percent for GM (2007 vs. 2008). The impact of these and recently announced actions to adjust production …
ABC News, Bush Reviews Auto Finances Before Deciding on Writing Check: “Detroit’s Big Three automakers have staked their last, best hopes for an industry-saving lifeline on President George W. Bush, and the White House has signaled they can expect a decision as soon as Monday.” Statement by White House Press Secretary Dana Perino, December 12, …
New York Times: “An unpublished 513-page federal history of the American-led reconstruction of Iraq depicts an effort crippled before the invasion by Pentagon planners who were hostile to the idea of rebuilding a foreign country, and then molded into a $100 billion failure by bureaucratic turf wars, spiraling violence and ignorance of the basic elements …
News release: “The Commission has appointed Mitchell S. Pettit as the interim monitor under the terms of the recently approved consent order concerning ChoicePoint, Inc.s acquisition by Reed Elsevier, NV. The Commission also approved the interim monitor agreement in this matter. The Commissions decision and consent order authorizes the FTC to appoint an interim monitor …
“The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing a final rule to provide an administrative reporting exemption for releases to the air from animal waste at farms of any hazardous substance at or above the reportable quantity for those hazardous substances. EPA is saying that these reports are unnecessary because there is no reasonable expectation …
“As policymakers in Washington consider health reform, the care and coverage of the nations children is certain to be part of the debate. During the campaign President-elect Barack Obama said that he would require that all children have health coverage. Moreover, Congress is expected to take up reauthorization of the popular State Childrens Health Insurance …
SEC press release FBI press release ECF U.S. District Court, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Foley Square), CIVIL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 1:08-cv-10791-LLS. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Madoff et al, Assigned to: Judge Louis L. Stanton. Cause: 15:77 Securities Fraud
Auto Industry Financing and Restructuring Act – H.R. 7321 passed authorizing financial assistance to eligible automobile manufacturers, and for other purposes. New York Times: “The Senate on Thursday night abandoned efforts to fashion a government rescue of the American automobile industry, as Senate Republicans refused to support a bill endorsed by the White House and …
European Space Policy Institute papers available online: “Papers presented at the workshop The Fair and Responsible Use of Space: an International Perspective, held November 20-21 in Vienna, Austria, co-sponsored by the Secure World Foundation are now available online.”
Talking Points as Prepared for Delivery, Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne’s Announcement of Final Regulations Re: Section 7 of the ESA, 12/11/08 Final Rule: Interagency Cooperation under ESA, December 11, 2008 New York Times – “The Interior Department on Thursday announced a rule that has largely freed federal agencies from their obligation to consult …
