FTC Leads Operation Loan Lies to Stop Fraud and Help Distressed Homeowners: “Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz, joined by California Attorney General Jerry Brown, today announced Operation Loan Lies, a coordinated national law enforcement effort to crack down on mortgage modification scams. The operation involves 189 actions by 25 federal and state agencies against defendants who deceptively marketed foreclosure rescue and mortgage modification services. The FTC actions, which affect consumers throughout the nation, are being announced in southern California, where the scams originated.”
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Daily Archives: July 16, 2009
New GAO Reports: Aviation Weather, VA Health Care, Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief, Tax Compliance
Aviation Weather: FAA and the National Weather Service Are Considering Plans to Consolidate Weather Service Offices, But Face Significant Challenges, GAO-09-887T, July 16, 2009 VA Health Care: Preliminary Findings on VA’s Provision of Health Care Services to Women Veterans, GAO-09-899T, July 16, 2009 President’s Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief: Partner Selection and Oversight Follow Accepted… Continue Reading
BLS: Usual Weekly Earnings of Wage and Salary Workers
News release: “Median weekly earnings of the nation’s 100.1 million full-time wage and salary workers were $734 in the second quarter of 2009, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. This was 2.1 percent higher than a year earlier. The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) fell… Continue Reading
U.S. States E-Governance Report 2008 – An Assessment of State Websites
U.S. States E-Governance Report (2008) An Assessment of State Websites, Marc Holzer, Aroon Manoharan, Robert Shick, Genie Stowers “The U.S. States E-Governance Survey assessed the practice of digital governance in states across the United States by evaluating their websites and ranking them on a national scale. Simply stated, digital governance includes both digital government (delivery… Continue Reading
Legislation for Registration of Hedge Funds Delivered to Capitol Hill
Fact Sheet: Administration’s Regulatory Reform Agenda Moves Forward: Legislation for the Registration of Hedge Funds Delivered to Capitol Hill “Continuing its push to establish new rules of the road and make the financial system more fair across the board, the Administration today delivered proposed legislation to Capitol Hill to require all advisers to hedge funds… Continue Reading
