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Financial Stability Forum Issues Report on Enhancing Market and Institutional Resilience

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News release: “The Financial Stability Forum (FSF) has presented to the G7 Finance Ministers and central bank Governors a report making recommendations for enhancing the resilience of markets and financial institutions. The recommended actions are in five areas:

  • Strengthened prudential oversight of capital, liquidity and risk management
  • Enhancing transparency and valuation
  • Changes in the role and uses of credit ratings
  • Strengthening the authorities’ responsiveness to risks
  • Robust arrangements for dealing with stress in the financial system

Recent CRS Reports: Virtual Reality Technology and U.S. Military, Offsets in a Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Oil Industry Profit Review

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Avatars, Virtual Reality Technology, and the U.S. Military: Emerging Policy Issues, April 9, 2008: “This report describes virtual reality technology, which uses three-dimensional user-generated content, and its use by the U.S. military and intelligence community for training and other purposes. Both the military and private sector use this new technology, but terrorist groups may also… Continue Reading

Pew Internet Presentation: Libraries Solve Problems

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“This presentation [April 7, 2008] is an overview of recent data from the Pew Internet & American Life Project about internet use and Web 2.0 activities. It also focuses on the Project’s findings about the role of libraries when Americans are trying to solve problems…This presentation covers the highlights from the report issued late last… Continue Reading

Special Report of the Secretary-General on UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea

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News release: “Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has outlined four options for the future of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE), including the possibility of axing the mission, because of restrictions imposed by Eritrea on its side of the disputed border. In a special report on UNMEE, released April 11, 2008, Mr. Ban warns… Continue Reading

International Petroleum Monthly – March 2008

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International Petroleum Monthly – March 2008 (04/11/2008): “This report contains world petroleum production data through January 2008; and OECD country petroleum demand, imports, and stocks data through December 2007, the Fourth Quarter of 2007, and the Year 2007. Also included are international oil balance data for 2003-2007 and annual petroleum data series for 1970-2007. (Note:… Continue Reading

New GAO Reports: FOIA Agency Backlogs, Immigration Law to Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

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Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands: Pending Legislation Would Apply U.S. Immigration Law to the CNMI with a Transition Period, GAO-08-466, March 28, 2008 Freedom of Information Act: Agencies Are Making Progress in Reducing Backlog, but Additional Guidance Is Needed, GAO-08-344, March 14, 2008: “Based on data reported by major agencies in annual FOIA reports… Continue Reading

Federal Financial Interventions and Subsidies in Energy Markets 2007

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“Total Federal energy-specific subsidies and support to all forms of energy are estimated to have reached $16.6 billion for fiscal year (FY) 2007, according to Federal Financial Interventions and Subsidies in Energy Markets 2007, released April 9, 2008 by the Energy Information Administration (EIA). This amount is more than double the level, in real terms… Continue Reading

FCC Adopts Rules for Delivery of Commercial Mobile Alerts to the Public During Emergencies

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News release: “The Federal Communications Commission (FCC)… adopted a First Report and Order (Order) that will support the ability of the nation’s wireless carriers to transmit timely and accurate alerts, warnings and critical information to the cell phones and other mobile devices of consumers during disasters or other emergencies. In compliance with the Warning, Alert… Continue Reading