News release: “To promote transparency in merger enforcement, the Federal Trade Commission today released its most recent staff update of horizontal merger investigations, describing transactions that took place between fiscal years 1996 and 2007. The update expands the coverage of mergers by adding two more years to the agencys database. The new data contain tabulated concentration levels associated with the FTCs investigations in 1,154 markets over the 12-year period and reflect results from 210 merger investigations. The data tabulations use the two market share concentration statistics described in the agencys Horizontal Merger Guidelines the post-merger Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) and the change in the HHI along with the number of significant competitors. The number of significant competitors is defined relative to the competitive effects theory that was the most plausible basis for the investigation. Data on HHIs are available for 1,150 markets and data on significant competitors are presented for 925 markets.”
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Daily Archives: December 2, 2008
Auto Industry Restructural Plans Presented To Congress
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affair: Big Three Restructural Plans Presented To Congress, December 2, 2008 Ford Motor Company’s Report and Restructural Plan Presented to Congress Ford Motor Company’s Restructural Plan Appendix Powerpoint General Motors Corporation’s Letter about Restructural Plan General Motors Corporation’s Report and Restructural Plan Presented to Congress Chrysler Corporation’s Letter… Continue Reading
Beta Release – Authenticated Congressional Bills: Main Page
“GPO’s Authentication initiative focuses on the primary objective of assuring users that the information made available by GPO is official and authentic and that trust relationships exist between all participants in electronic transactions. In furthering GPO’s mission to provide permanent public access to authentic U.S. Government publications, GPO is working to afford users further assurance… Continue Reading
DOJ OIG Semiannual Report to Congress
DOJ Office of the Inspector General Semiannual Report to Congress, April 1, 2008-September 30, 2008: “This past 6-month period was one of the most productive and challenging periods for the OIG, as we completed reviews on a variety of important issues affecting the Department of Justice (Department). Of special significance, during this semiannual period we… Continue Reading
WMD Panel Releases Report to Congress: World at Risk Nuclear and Biological Weapons Pose Greatest Peril
News release: A congressionally appointed commission is calling on the President-elect and the next Congress to immediately initiate several concrete actions, unilaterally and with the international community, to address the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction that pose the greatest peril: nuclear and biological weapons. The Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction… Continue Reading
HHS and DOJ Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program Annual Report For FY 2007
The Department of Health and Human Services And The Department of Justice Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program Annual Report For FY 2007, November 2008 “The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) established a national Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program (HCFAC or the Program), under the joint direction of… Continue Reading
New GAO Report: International Climate Change Programs
International Climate Change Programs: Lessons Learned from the European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme and the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism, GAO-09-151, November 18, 2008: “According to available information and experts, the ETS phase I established a functioning market for carbon dioxide allowances, but its effects on emissions, the European economy, and technology investment are less… Continue Reading
New GAO Report: Troubled Asset Relief Program
Troubled Asset Relief Program: Additional Actions Needed to Better Ensure Integrity, Accountability, and Transparency, GAO-09-161, December 02, 2008: “Treasury has taken a number of steps to stabilize U.S. financial markets and the banking system, including injecting billions of dollars in financial institutions. Through the capital purchase program (CPP)a preferred stock and warrant purchase programTreasury provided… Continue Reading
WSJ: Participants in Government Investment Plan
“In unveiling its bank-share purchase program, the Treasury Department required nine of the nation’s largest financial-services companies to sell a total of $125 billion in preferred stock to the government, and said an additional $125 billion in stock could be bought from other firms on a voluntary basis…see a list of participating companies. Click the… Continue Reading
Presidential Appointments: Top "Prune" Jobs
“The 2008 Prune Book describes the toughest management and policymaking jobs in Washington and the skills needed to tackle them. It is the eighth such guide in the series published by the nonpartisan Council for Excellence in Government, which recently marked its 25th anniversary of bringing leaders of business and government together in a common… Continue Reading
