News release: “Vice President Joe Biden announced today that the Department of Health and Human Services will award $100 million in Recovery Act funding to provide meals to tens of thousands of low-income older Americans in need. The funding is expected to provide nearly 14 million meals nationwide…The [American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009]… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: March 2009
New GAO Reports: DOD Weapon System Acquisitions, Assistance Provided to AIG, TSA's Progress
Defense Acquisitions: DOD Must Prioritize Its Weapon System Acquisitions and Balance Them with Available Resources, GAO-09-501T, March 18, 2009 Federal Financial Assistance: Preliminary Observations on Assistance Provided to AIG, GAO-09-490T, March 18, 2009 Aviation Security: Preliminary Observations on TSA’s Progress and Challenges in Meeting the Statutory Mandate for Screeining Air Cargo on Passenger Aircraft. GAO-09-422T,… Continue Reading
New Survey: Three Out of Five Employers Maintain 401(k) Match Despite Economic Crisis
News release: “Seven in ten eligible employees participated in 401(k) plans in 2008: A new survey of employers released by WorldatWork and the American Benefits Council, Trends in 401(k) Plans, presented today at a National Press Club Newsmakers press conference in Washington, DC, finds that the financial crisis has not significantly discouraged 401(k) contributions or… Continue Reading
April 17 Public Hearing in Washington, DC to Focus on Intellectual Property
News release: “The Federal Trade Commission announced the fourth in a series of public hearings exploring the evolving market for intellectual property. These hearings, to be held April 17, 2009, in Washington, DC, will explore how corporations, inventors, and patent intermediaries value and monetize patents, strategies for buying and selling patents, and the role of… Continue Reading
Federal Open Market Committee Statement
News release: “Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in January indicates that the economy continues to contract. Job losses, declining equity and housing wealth, and tight credit conditions have weighed on consumer sentiment and spending. Weaker sales prospects and difficulties in obtaining credit have led businesses to cut back on inventories and… Continue Reading
Eleventh Periodic Mortgage Fraud Case Report To: Mortgage Bankers Association
MARI®Mortgage Asset Research Institute Eleventh Periodic Mortgage Fraud Case Report To: Mortgage Bankers Association, by Denise James, Jennifer Butts Michelle Donahue, March 2009 “The year proved to be a swift introduction to how the industry must and will soon change in order to correct the financial turmoil that so quickly flipped the entire American economy… Continue Reading
National Marine Sanctuaries Media Library Online
“The National Marine Sanctuaries Media Library is an online vault where a comprehensive collection of select video clips and high-resolution still images from America’s underwater treasures are securely stored and available for searchable access and download.” Key work search by: categories, subcategories, sanctuaries, images for web, images for print, and video Continue Reading
First Data from the 2007 Economic Census Released
News release: “The U.S. Census Bureau [March 17, 2009] released preliminary data from the 2007 Economic Census. This advance report is the first in a series of industry and geographic area data, including information for more than 1,000 communities not available from previous censuses. The economic census is conducted every five years and is the… Continue Reading
Judiciary Updates Code of Conduct; Seeks New Judgeships
News release: “The Judicial Conference of the United States today adopted a revised Code of Conduct for United States Judges that will take effect July 1, 2009, the first substantial Code revision since 1992. At its biannual meeting, the Conference also voted to ask Congress to create 63 new federal judgeships 12 in the… Continue Reading
DOJ: High-Priority Criminal Justice Technology Needs
High-Priority Criminal Justice Technology Needs, NCJ 225375, 2009, by National Institute of Justice Continue Reading
Investigative Reporting Workshop's BankTracker
“The unprecedented bet that many banks made on mortgages, real estate development and other real estate related lending during the middle part of this decade has produced a payoff no one imagined just a few years ago — a huge increase in loan defaults, a soaring number of foreclosures and a plunge in bank profits.… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Federal Agency Coordination and Bank Secrecy, Post Katrina Emergency Management, Global War on Terrorism, Tax Compliance
Bank Secrecy Act: Federal Agencies Should Take Action to Further Improve Coordination and Information-Sharing Efforts, GAO-09-227, February 12, 2009 Emergency Management: Actions to Implement Select Provisions of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act, GAO-09-433T, March 17, 2009 Global War on Terrorism: DOD Needs to More Accurately Capture and Report the Costs of Operation Iraqi Freedom… Continue Reading
