News release: “Today, Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller, IV (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, introduced The Federal Surface Transportation Policy and Planning Act of 2009. This important legislation establishes a comprehensive and unifying mission for the nations… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: May 2009
Treasury and HUD Fact Sheet: Foreclosure Alternatives and Home Price Decline Protection Incentives
News release: “With the Making Home Affordable (MHA) program delivering much-needed relief to homeowners and to our economy just over two months after the release of program guidelines, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan today provided an update on the program’s impact on stemming the housing crisis and… Continue Reading
FTC Files Suit to Stop Illegal Robocalls Pushing Vehicle Warranty Extensions
News release: “The Federal Trade Commission is asking a federal court to shut down a telemarketing campaign that has been bombarding U.S. consumers with hundreds of millions of allegedly deceptive robocalls in an effort to sell them vehicle service contracts under the guise that they are extensions of original vehicle warranties. In two related complaints… Continue Reading
FDIC OIG Audit: Material Loss Review of Freedom Bank, Bradenton, Florida
Audit Report: Material Loss Review of Freedom Bank, Bradenton, Florida, Posted May 12, 2009: “FB failed primarily due to bank managements aggressive pursuit of asset growth concentrated in high-risk CRE loans with inadequate loan underwriting and a lack of other loan portfolio and risk management controls. In addition, FB had a lending incentive compensation program… Continue Reading
Joint Economic Committee Report: Credit Card Bill of Rights Will Aid Economic Recovery
News release: “Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney, Chair of the Joint Economic Committee (JEC), and Senator Charles E. Schumer, Vice Chairman of the JEC, released a report showing unfair credit card practices are sending American families further into debt and undermining the economic recovery. The report, Vicious Cycle: How Unfair Credit Card Company Practices Are Squeezing… Continue Reading
CDC: Pool Chemical Injuries Send Thousands to ER Each Year
News release: “Pool chemical injuries account for as many as 5,200 emergency room visits each year. A new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that these injuries are preventable, and during 2007 almost half of those injuries occurred at a residence. According to the study, published in CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality… Continue Reading
Kaiser Foundation Chartpack and Fact Sheet Highlight Medicare's Fiscal Challenges
Follow up to Social Security Board of Trustees: Economic Downturn Leads to Worsening of Long-Range Financing Outlook, this news: “the Kaiser Family Foundation has issued a new chartpack and factsheet with updated information on Medicare spending and financing, including new projections and historical data about the program’s hospital trust fund, which is projected to be… Continue Reading
Statistics on Terrorism Arrests and Outcomes Great Britain
Home Office Statistical Bulletin: Statistics on Terrorism Arrests and Outcomes, Great Britain 13 May 2009 – 11 September 2001 to 31 March 2008. “For the period between the start of the data collection on 11 September 2001 to 31 March 2008: There were 1,471 terrorism arrests. This excludes 38 arrests made between the introduction of… Continue Reading
Unified Agenda, May 2009 Edition
Unified Agenda, May 2009 Edition: “The Unified Agenda summarizes the rules and proposed rules that each Federal agency expects to issue during the next six months.” Continue Reading
OECD African Economic Outlook 2009
“The 2009 African Economic Outlook focuses on Innovations in Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs). It also presents a comprehensive analysis of the economic, social and political developments on the continent.” Continue Reading
Secretary Clinton Launches the Virtual Student Foreign Service Initiative
“Virtual Student Foreign Service (VSFS) Internships, announced by Secretary Clinton at the 2009 New York University commencement speech, are part of a growing effort by the State Department to harness technology and a commitment to global service among young people to facilitate new forms of diplomatic engagement. The VSFS Internships will be developed over the… Continue Reading
CBO: Alternatives for Modernizing U.S. Fighter Forces, May 2009
CBO Study: Alternatives for Modernizing U.S. Fighter Forces, May 2009 “This Congressional Budget Office (CBO) study looks at the composition of todays fighter fleets and at how the Department of Defenses (DoDs) plans for modernizing fighter forcesas set forth in the Bush Administrations 2009 Future Years Defense Program (FYDP) and other DoD documentswould affect inventories… Continue Reading
