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2007 Securities Litigation Study, April 2008 (77 pages, PDF): “By far, the most significant happening in 2007 was the unfolding of what has become known as the subprime crisis. Early in the year, amid a falling housing market, increasing interest rates, and a surge in foreclosures, subprime lenders began declaring bankruptcy, announcing significant losses, and/or …
European Digital Rights: “The European Ministers of Justice and Internal Affairs have agreed to make publishing bomb-making instructions on the Internet a crime…Justice and interior ministers from the EU member states backed a proposal from Commissioner Frattini to harmonise the normative acts that will make the “public provocation to commit a terrorist offence, recruitment, and …
News release: “Average air fares in the fourth quarter of 2007 were up 4.0 percent from the fourth quarter of 2006, reaching the highest fourth-quarter level since 2001 but remaining 2.7 percent below the high set in 2000 for any October-to-December period, the U.S. Department of Transportations Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported…the average domestic …
News release: “The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)…announced steps to strengthen the reporting system designed to classify airspace errors, in response to a report by the U.S. Department of Transportations Inspector General (IG) that revealed the intentional misclassification of operational errors at the Dallas-Fort Worth Terminal Approach Control (TRACON)…Specifically, the IG found that management at the …
“Every year the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) receives thousands of complaints about television shows. Sometimes insightful, sometimes hilarious, sometimes horrifying, they provide a fascinating glimpse into the psyches of our fellow TV-watching Americans. This web site, TV Show Complaints.org, helps you obtain copies of these complaints! It’s as simple as sending an email to the …
OIG-08-37 – Technical Security Evaluation of U.S. Customs and Border Protection Activities at the Chet Holifield Federal Building (Redacted) (PDF, 32 pages) New 04/25/2008 OIG-08-36 – Management Letter for the FY 2007 DHS Financial Statement Audit (PDF, 49 pages) New 04/25/2008 OIG-08-33 – Management Advisory Report – FEMA Emergency Housing Units Property Management (PDF, 4 …
Space Acquisitions: DOD Is Making Progress to Rapidly Deliver Low Cost Space Capabilities, but Challenges Remain, GAO-08-516, April 25, 2008 Traffic Safety: Improved Reporting and Performance Measures Would Enhance Evaluation of High-Visibility Campaigns, GAO-08-477, April 25, 2008 Highways and Environment: Transportation Agencies Are Acting to Involve Others in Planning and Environmental Decisions, GAO-08-512R, April 25, …
News release: “The United States Sentencing Commission announced today the formation of a standing advisory group to provide the Commission insight and advice on the operation of the federal sentencing guidelines from the perspective of victims of federal crime. The initial Victims Advisory Group (VAG) will be composed of six members representing the spectrum of …
Director of National Intelligence (DNI): Background Briefing with Senior U.S. Officials on Syria’s Covert Nuclear Reactor and North Korea’s Involvement, April 24, 2008
“…the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released estimates of personal income at the county level for 2006 based on newly available source data. Personal income is a comprehensive measure of the income of all persons from all sources. In addition to wages and salaries it includes employerprovided health insurance, dividends and interest income, social security …
Defense Infrastructure: Continued Management Attention Is Needed to Support Installation Facilities and Operations, GAO-08-502, April 24, 2008 Export Controls: State and Commerce Have Not Taken Basic Steps to Better Ensure U.S. Interests Are Protected, GAO-08-710T, April 24, 2008 International Boundary and Water Commission: Two Alternatives for Improving Wastewater Treatment at the United States-Mexico Border, GAO-08-595R, …
News release: “In its recent Report on Broadcast Localism and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, the Commission concluded that the record in the localism proceeding (MB Docket No. 04-233) revealed a substantial need for greater public understanding of broadcaster obligations, and of the procedures by which the Commission enforces those obligations. The Commission expressed its desire …
