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Sovereign Wealth and Sovereign Power – The Strategic Consequences of American Indebtedness, Brad W. Setser, Fellow for Geoeconomics, Council on Foreign Relations Press, September 2008 “The problems associated with U.S. indebtedness cannot be addressed overnight. But the report proposes ways for the United States to guard against the effects of a disruption in foreign financing, …
DOJ Fact Sheet: Justice Department Counter-Terrorism Efforts Since 9/11, September 11, 2008 “Since the attacks of September 11, 2001, the highest priority of the Justice Department has been to protect America against acts of terrorism. Despite repeated and sustained efforts by terrorists, there has not been another terrorist attack on American soil in the past …
OIG-08-89 – Letter Report: DHS Compliance with Prepackaged News Prohibition (PDF, 10 pages) OIG-08-88 – Hurricane Katrina Temporary Housing Technical Assistance Contracts (PDF, 29 pages)
Securing Pakistan’s Tribal Belt, by Daniel Markey, Senior Fellow for India, Pakistan, and South Asia, Council on Foreign Relations Press, July/August 2008 “What is at stake is considerable by any measure. Pakistan is the worlds second-most-populous Muslim-majority country, with nearly 170 million people. It shares borders with Afghanistan, where U.S. and allied forces are struggling …
News release: “At a Thursday hearing entitled, Dividend Tax Abuse: How Offshore Entities Dodge Taxes on U.S. Stock Dividends, the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations will examine how some financial institutions have designed, marketed, and implemented transactions to enable foreign taxpayers, including offshore hedge funds, to dodge millions of dollars of taxes on U.S. stock …
Federal Reserve Board Vice Chairman Donald L. Kohn – Comments on Financial Regulation in a System Context, Beyond Leveraged Losses: The Balance Sheet Effects of the Home Price Downturn, and The Central Role of House Prices in the Financial Crisis: How Will the Market Clear? At the Brookings Panel on Economic Activity, Washington, D.C. September …
Dually Entitled Beneficiaries who are Subject to Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision, A-09-07-27010, September 10, 2008. “The Social Security Act includes two provisions that reduce Social Security monthly benefits paid to individuals who receive a pension based on Federal, State, or local government employment that was not covered by Social Security. The …
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Staff Report on Commodity Swap Dealers & Index Traders with Commission Recommendations, September 2008 “Major changes in the composition of futures market participants have developed over the last 20 years. Specifically, there has been an influx of new traders into the market commodity index traders (including pension and endowment funds) …
News release: “The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) today announced the availability of 2007 data on mortgage lending transactions throughout the nation at 8,610 financial institutions covered by the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA). Covered institutions include, but are not limited to, banks, savings associations, credit unions, and independent mortgage companies. The HMDA data …
NASA Workforce: Briefing on National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Use of Term Appointments, GAO-08-920R, September 10, 2008 The Upcoming Transition: GAO’s Efforts to Assist the 111th Congress and the Next Administration, GAO-08-1153T, September 10, 2008 Veterans Health Administration: Improvements Needed in Design of Controls over Miscellaneous Obligations, GAO-08-976, September 11, 2008 Health Resources and Services …
According to AP, this new government database “allows consumers to look up the number of alleged deaths, injuries and cases of property damage involving passenger vehicles.” Safecar.gov is the nation’s premier source of vehicle safety information from the government, serving the public interest.”
News release: “The first beam in the Large Hadron Collider at CERN [the European Organization for Nuclear Research, is the world’s leading laboratory for particle physics] was successfully steered around the full 27 kilometres of the worlds most powerful particle accelerator at 10h28 this morning. This historic event marks a key moment in the transition …
