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International Monetary Fund Working Paper No. 08/180, by Johannes Wiegand: “High oil prices have once again led to large external surpluses of oil exporting countries, similar to the 1970s and 1980s. This paper analyzes the extent to which (i) oil exporters use bank deposits to invest these surpluses, and (ii) banks are lending on these …
Department of Homeland Security: Essential Technology Task Force, June 25 2008 (PDF, 24 pages) “The Department is suffering from systemic weaknesses in its ability to accept and manage change in technologies essential to its missions. Many of these ongoing weaknesses have been identified in GAO reports, Congressional oversight hearings, and media reports. A contributing factor …
OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA): “According to the latest official figures released [July 16, 2008] by the NEA, nuclear power plants provided 21.6% of the electricity generated in OECD countries, as compared to 22.9% in 2006. This was despite record production at nuclear power plants in Finland, Hungary and the United States, which did not …
Follow up to July 16, 2008 posting, SEC Enhances Investor Protections Against Naked Short Selling, this WSJ article: SEC Short-Sale Rule Gets Negative Reviews – Banks Not on List Fear They’re Now Even Bigger Targets – “The Securities and Exchange Commission’s new rule designed to limit certain negative stock bets is set to start Monday. …
“The Federal Judicial Center has published an updated monograph on a key civil rights law, Section 1983 of the U.S. Code’s Title 42. The law authorizes lawsuits against state and municipal officials, municipal entities, and even some private parties. Monograph.”
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Technical Paper on Climate Change and Water, June 2008 (214 pages, PDF) “The Technical Paper addresses the issue of freshwater. Sealevel rise is dealt with only insofar as it can lead to impacts on freshwater in coastal areas and beyond. Climate, freshwater, biophysical and socio-economic systems are interconnected in complex …
News release, July 11, 2008 [thanks to Jennifer Eckel]: “American Federation of Government Employees National Council of EPA Local #238 President Charles Orzehoskie today announced that AFGE Council 238 has reached agreement with EPA to reopen its libraries… Orzehoskie went on to note that this agreement must still go through. “Agency Head Review” pursuant to …
OIG-08-72 – Information Technology Management Letter for the FY 2007 Transportation Security Administration Balance Sheet Audit (Redacted) New 07/18/2008 OIG-08-50 – Information Technology Management Letter for the FY 2007 Customs Border and Protection Financial Statement Audit (Redacted) New 07/18/2008
DHS Office of Immigration Statistics: Data on Naturalizations – “Access data on persons who became American citizens in fiscal year 2007 by country of birth, state of residence, and other characteristics.” See also Naturalizations in the United States: 2007
07/18/2008 OFHEO Working Paper 08-2 Enterprise Credit Default Swaps and Market Discipline: Preliminary Analysis: “Financial regulators are interested in harnessing market information and market discipline to improve the supervision and performance of financial institutions. Recent growth in the market for credit default swaps (CDS), derivative instruments that allow for the trading of credit risk, presents …
News release: “The WTO, on 18 July 2008, issued the reports of the panel that had examined, respectively, complaints by the European Communities, the United States and Canada regarding China Measures Affecting Imports Of Automobile Parts (DS339, DS340 and DS342).” Related news release: “U.S. Trade Representative Susan C. Schwab announced today that the first …
Additions to Capacity on the U.S. Natural Gas Pipeline Network: 2007 (07/17/2008): “This report examines new natural gas pipeline capacity added to the U.S. natural gas pipeline system during 2007 and the areas of the country where those additions were concentrated. In addition, it discusses and analyzes proposed natural gas pipeline projects that may be …
