News release: “Senior financial supervisors from five countries today issued a report that assesses a range of risk management practices among a sample of major global financial services organizations. This report Observations on Risk Management Practices during the Recent Market Turbulence summarizes a joint review that supervisors initiated this past autumn. The seven supervisory agencies participating in this project are the French Banking Commission, the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority, the Swiss Federal Banking Commission, the U.K. Financial Services Authority, and, in the United States, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Federal Reserve.”
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Daily Archives: March 9, 2009
Removing Barriers to Responsible Scientific Research Involving Human Stem Cells
Executive Order Removing Barriers to Responsible Scientific Research Involving Human Stem Cells, March 9, 2009. “By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Policy. Research involving human embryonic stem cells and human non-embryonic stem cells… Continue Reading
Memo for Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies on Presidential Signing Statements
Follow up to related postings on presidential signing statements, today’s memo from the White House: “In recent years, there has been considerable public discussion and criticism of the use of signing statements to raise constitutional objections to statutory provisions. There is no doubt that the practice of issuing such statements can be abused. Constitutional signing… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Afghanistan Security, Highway Infrastructure, Highway Trust Fund
Afghanistan Security: U.S. Programs to Further Reform Ministry of Interior and National Police Challenged by Lack of Military Personnel and Afghan Cooperation, GAO-09-280, March 9, 2009 Highway Infrastructure: Federal Efforts to Strengthen Security Should Be Better Coordinated and Targeted on the Nation’s Most Critical Highway Infrastructure, GAO-09-57, January 30, 2009 Highway Trust Fund: Improved Solvency… Continue Reading
Public Transportation Ridership Statistics 2008
APTA Ridership Report: Fourth Quarter 2008 Mode Totals Agency Totals Bus Agencies Largest Commuter Rail Agencies Heavy Rail Agencies Light Rail Agencies Trolleybus Agencies Continue Reading
Recent CRS Reports: Capital Gains Taxation, Medicare Advantage
March 04, 2009 – The Economic Effects of Capital Gains Taxation March 03, 2009 – Medicare Advantage Continue Reading
2009 Identity Theft Resource Center Breach Report
Identity Theft Resource Center, 2009 Breach List, 3/3/2009 – Breaches: 89 Exposed: 1,140,146. Continue Reading
School Enrollment in the United States: 2007
News release: “Hispanic students comprised 12 percent of full-time college students (both undergraduate and graduate students) in 2007, up from 10 percent in 2006, according to U.S. Census Bureau tables released today. Hispanics comprise 15 percent of the nations total population. School Enrollment in the United States: 2007 contains eight detailed tables based on statistics… Continue Reading
