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News release: “The U.S. Treasury Department today released the term sheet and answers to frequently asked questions for certain privately-held financial institutions applying for the Capital Purchase Program. Term Sheet- Privately Held Institutions FAQ – Privately Held Institutions Related postings on financial system
News release: “James B. Lockhart, Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), regulator of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the 12 Federal Home Loan Banks, today released the FHFA 2008 Performance and Accountability Report (PAR) detailing progress for FHFA, the Federal Housing Finance Board (FHFB) and the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) …
News release: “The Commission has issued the report, 2008 Report on Ethanol Market Concentration. This is the Commissions fourth annual report on the state of ethanol production in the United States, as required by the Energy Policy Act of 2005. The report concludes that the U.S. fuel ethanol market, measured on the basis of production …
Household Food Security in the United States, 2007, By Mark Nord, Margaret Andrews, and Steven Carlson, Economic Research Report No. (ERR-66) 65 pp, November 2008 “Eighty-nine percent of American households were food secure throughout the entire year in 2007, meaning that they had access at all times to enough food for an active, healthy life …
Force Structure: The Army Needs a Results-Oriented Plan to Equip and Staff Modular Forces and a Thorough Assessment of Their Capabilities, GAO-09-131, November 14, 2008 U.S. Government Accountability Office: Performance and Accountability Report Fiscal Year 2008, GAO-09-1SP, November 14, 2008 Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Additional Actions Needed to Improve Management and Integration of DOD Efforts to …
Press release: “The nations mayors reiterated their call for a MainStreet Stimulus package in the lameduck Congress by releasing the first in a series of reports that inventories each citys ready-to-go infrastructure projects projects that could be started and completed in calendar year 2009 — if emergency federal funding were made available. Information on …
White House Fact Sheet: Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy, November 15, 2008 – “President Bush and world leaders gathered for the first in a series of meetings to discuss efforts to strengthen economic growth, deal with the financial crisis, and to lay the foundation for reform to help to ensure that a …
Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) in the United States 2007 Facts and Figures: “This fact sheet is the latest publication describing the national waste stream based on data collected from 1960 through 2007. It contains information on the benefits of recycling, as well as data on waste generation, recycling, and disposal. It’s also accompanied by data …
DOJ OIG: Top Management and Performance Challenges in the Department of Justice – 2008, released November 14, 2008 “1. Counterterrorism: The Departments top priority remains its ongoing efforts to detect and deter terrorism. Seven years after the September 11 terrorist attacks, the Department of Justice (Department) in general and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) …
FR Doc. 2008-26577, Filed 11/14/2008; Publication Date: 11/17/2008: “This document provides the text of final regulations implementing the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA), the law that provides eligible employees who work for covered employers the right to take job-protected, unpaid leave for absences due to the birth of the employees son or …
Reuters – FDIC, U.S. Treasury clash on anti-foreclosure plan: “A top U.S. banking regulator unveiled a plan on Friday to prevent about 1.5 million foreclosures, breaking ranks with the Bush administration by demanding bailout funds be diverted from banks to consumers. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp said the plan would modify millions of delinquent mortgages …
Attorney General Must Work Without Partisanship, Op-Ed, October 28, 2008, By Sen. Patrick Leahy & Sen. Arlen Specter: “In much the same way that our financial system is suffering a crisis of confidence, our Justice Department the flagship of our system of justice also faces a difficult road to rebuild trust after a …
