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News release: “The Federal Trade Commission…told the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation that legislation authorizing the Commission to seek civil penalties in spyware cases could add a potent remedy to those otherwise available to the Commission. In testimony to the Committee, Eileen Harrington, Deputy Director of the FTCs Bureau of Consumer Protection, said …
Peru Country Analysis Brief (06/12/2008): “For the latest information on energy in Peru, please see our updated Country Analysis Brief. OPEC Revenues Fact Sheet (06/11/2008): “For the latest EIA estimate of net oil export revenues by members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), please see our updated OPEC Revenues Fact Sheet. EIA …
SCOTUSblog: “The opinion by Justice Kennedy in Boumediene v. Bush (06-1195) and Al-Odah v. United States (06-1196) is available here. Justice Souter issued a concurring opinion joined by Justices Ginsburg and Breyer. The Chief Justice wrote a dissent joined by Justices Scalia, Thomas and Alito. Justice Scalia filed a dissent, joined by the Chief Justice …
Inquiry Concerning the Deployment of Advanced Telecommunications Capability to All Americans in a Reasonable and Timely Fashion, and Possible Steps to Accelerate Such Deployment Pursuant to Section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, released June 12, 2008. “This is the Commissions Fifth Report examining the availability of advanced telecommunications capability to all Americans, as …
News release: “The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency released today its 14th annual Survey of Credit Underwriting Practices and reported that commercial and retail underwriting standards tightened after four consecutive years of eased underwriting standards. The 2008 survey included examiner observations and assessments of credit underwriting standards at the largest national banks. The …
A Preliminary Analysis of the 2008 Presidential Candidates’ Tax Plans, The Tax Policy Center, June 11, 2008. “Tax and fiscal policy will loom large in the next president’s domestic policy agenda. Nearly all of the tax cuts enacted since 2001 expire at the end of 2010 and the individual alternative minimum tax (AMT) threatens to …
News release: OIG Reports More Than $2 Billion in Recoveries From Fighting Fraud, Waste, and Abuse for First-Half FY 2008 the full Semiannual Report
Report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict in Somalia, May 2008. “Covering the period from 16 March 2007 to 15 March 2008, [the] report stresses that the level of grave violations against children in Somalia has been increasing over the past year, particularly with regard to the recruitment and use of children in …
The Beige Book, June 11, 2008: “Reports from the Federal Reserve Districts suggest that economic activity remained generally weak in late April and May. Three Districts described economic activity as softer, weaker, or lower, with an additional four Districts reporting slower, sluggish, or modest economic growth. The remaining five Districts of Philadelphia, Cleveland, Atlanta, St. …
News release: “The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted to formally propose a comprehensive series of credit rating agency reforms to bring increased transparency to the ratings process and curb practices that contributed to recent turmoil in the credit markets. The first part of the Commission’s rule proposal would: Prohibit a credit rating agency from …
The Crime Victims Rights Act of 2004 and the Federal Courts, Jefri Wood Federal Judicial Center, June 2, 2008. “A newly published paper available on the Federal Judicial Center’s web site provides an overview of key provisions of the Crime Victims’ Rights Act.”
National Intelligence Estimate – Iran: Nuclear Intentions and Capabilities, November 2007 – released June 11, 2008: “This National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) assesses the status of Irans nuclear program, and the programs outlook over the next 10 years. This time frame is more appropriate for estimating capabilities than intentions and foreign reactions, which are more difficult …