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Daily Archives: November 5, 2008
Treasury Financing Schedule for the Fourth Quarter of 2008
Treasury Financing Schedule for the Fourth Quarter of 2008 Continue Reading
Report on U.S. Portfolio Holdings of Foreign Securities at End-Year 2007
News release: “The survey measured the value of U.S. holdings of foreign securities at year-end 2007 of approximately $7,212 billion, with $5,248 billion held in foreign equities, $1,607 billion in foreign long-term debt securities (original term-to-maturity in excess of one year), and $357 billion in foreign short-term debt securities. The previous survey measured U.S. holdings… Continue Reading
New GAO Report: Drug Reduction Goals in Columbia
Plan Colombia: Drug Reduction Goals Were Not Fully Met, but Security Has Improved; U.S. Agencies Need More Detailed Plans for Reducing Assistance, GAO-09-71, October 6, 2008 “Plan Colombias goal of reducing the cultivation, processing, and distribution of illegal narcotics by 50 percent in 6 years was not fully achieved. From 2000 to 2006, opium poppy… Continue Reading
District Court Rules in Favor of Media Group in CIA FOIA Decision
News release: “In a striking rebuke to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Judge Gladys Kessler of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia yesterday rejected the CIA’s view that it – and not journalists – has the right to determine which Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests are newsworthy. Reconsidering its earlier… Continue Reading
USA.gov – Presidential Election 2008 and the Transition Team
Presidential Election 2008: On this page find links to documents on the following topics – Barack Obama, President-elect Inauguration 2008 Presidential Election Information See also transition related news: Obama Wins Election – Will Become 44th President of the United States ABA Journal: Obama Announces Transition Team; Lawyers Proliferate Washington Post: Obama Team Shifts to Transition… Continue Reading
Stemming the Current Economic Downturn Will Require More Stimulus
“Senator Charles E. Schumer, Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee (JEC), and Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, JEC Vice Chair, released a new JEC report entitled Stemming the Current Economic Downturn Will Require More Stimulus. The current economic downturn follows the weakest recovery on record. Families face rising unemployment, high prices, dwindling assets, historically high debt,… Continue Reading
Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO)
ISOO Notices: “On September 30, 2008, the Director of the Information Security Oversight Office advised Federal agencies that ISOO would begin to issue ISOO Notices covering aspects of the classification, safeguarding, and declassification programs administered under Executive Order 12958, as amended and its implementing directive, 32 C.F.R. 2001. These ISOO Notices will seek to improve… Continue Reading
2008 International Mobility & Trade Corridor Project Passenger Intercept Survey
“The 2008 International Mobility & Trade Corridor Project (IMTC) Passenger Intercept Survey was conducted to assess characteristics of cross-border travel in the Cascade Gateway and provide that information to regional and federal public and private agencies. Information includes who crosses the border, for what purposes, origins and destinations, trip frequency, and other details of cross-border… Continue Reading
Treasury Announces Marketable Borrowing Estimates
News release: “Treasury announced its current estimates of marketable borrowing today for the October December 2008 and January March 2009 quarters: Over the October December 2008 quarter, the Treasury expects to borrow $550 billion of marketable debt, assuming an end-of-December cash balance of $300 billion, which includes $260 billion for the Supplementary… Continue Reading
