Office of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset [SIGTARP] Relief Program Advancing Economic Stability Through Transparency, Coordinated Oversight and Robust Enforcement – Quarterly Report to Congress – October 21, 2009 “More than a year has now passed since the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA) authorized creation of the Troubled Asset Relief… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: October 2009
New GAO Reports: 2010 Census, Dept. of Agriculture Internal Controls, Credit Cards
2010 Census: Efforts to Build an Accurate Address List Are Making Progress, but Face Software and Other Challenges, GAO-10-140T, October 21, 2009 U.S. Department of Agriculture: Internal Control Would Improve Accountability for Certain Centrally Provided (Greenbook) Programs, GAO-10-82, October 20, 2009 Credit Cards: Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Could Better Reflect the Evolving Debt Collection… Continue Reading
Regional and State Employment and Unemployment (Monthly)
News release: ‘Regional and state unemployment rates were generally little changed in September. Twenty-three states and the District of Columbia recorded over-the-month unemployment rate increases, 19 states registered rate decreases, and 8 states had no rate change, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the year, jobless rates increased in all 50 states… Continue Reading
Pew Report: Twitter and Status Updating, Fall 2009
Twitter and Status Updating, Fall 2009, by Susannah Fox, Kathryn Zickuhr, Aaron Smith – Oct 21, 2009 “Some 19% of internet users now say they use Twitter or another service to share updates about themselves, or to see updates about others. This represents a significant increase over previous surveys in December 2008 and April 2009,… Continue Reading
Current Economic Conditions – Federal Reserve District Beige Book, October 21, 2009
Current Economic Conditions by Federal Reserve District, October 21, 2009 – Full Report and Districts “Reports from the 12 Federal Reserve Districts indicated either stabilization or modest improvements in many sectors since the last report, albeit often from depressed levels. Leading the more positive sector reports among Districts were residential real estate and manufacturing, both… Continue Reading
Eighth Annual ACC/Serengeti Managing Outside Counsel Survey
News release: “Over the past eight years, more in-house counsel have required specific terms of retention that govern what they expect from their outside counsel, according to the results of the 2008 ACC/Serengeti Managing Outside Counsel Survey, a collaboration between the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) and Serengeti Law, released at ACCs Annual Meeting, October… Continue Reading
Nielsen: Energy Trends Highlights on consumer energy usage
Energy Trends – Highlights on consumer energy usage, October 2009 “The survey shows that green pricing program participation is greatest among higher educated households who earn an income of $50K or more. Due to the fact that installation is not necessary, we find that there is no distinctive difference between homeowners and renters as a… Continue Reading
Tax Foundation: Updated State and Local Option Sales Tax
Updated State and Local Option Sales Tax, by Kail Padgitt, Fiscal Fact No. 196 “Sales taxes are paradoxically transparent and non-transparent. A taxpayer can easily see how high the tax is by looking at the receipt for any purchase. It’s hard to imagine a more transparent tax. However, due to the wide variety of local… Continue Reading
UN: Reform of the Committee on World Food Security
UN: Reform of the Committee on World Food Security – Final Version “The rise in food prices in 2007-08, followed by the financial and economic crisis in 2009, has highlighted the unacceptable levels of structural poverty and hunger around the world. The food and financial crisis threatens global food security and nutrition and the achievement… Continue Reading
Recent CRS Reports: Income and Poverty Among Older Americans in 2008, Afghanistan, Air Force C-17, Cybersecurity
October 02, 2009 – Income and Poverty Among Older Americans in 2008 October 01, 2009 – Afghanistan: Politics, Elections, and Government Performance October 01, 2009 – Air Force C-17 Aircraft Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress September 30, 2009 – Guinea’s 2008 Military Coup and Relations with the United States September 30, 2009 – Cybersecurity:… Continue Reading
Reforms U.S. Oil Shale Program Offers New RD&D Leases
News release: “Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today took steps to help the country develop technologies that could potentially unlock the nations oil shale reserves while protecting taxpayers, water resources, the environment, and local communities. Pledging to reform the nations oil shale program, Salazar announced that the Department of the Interior is offering additional… Continue Reading
Bureau of Transportation Statistics: 2009 Passenger Airline Employment Down 5.5 Percent from August 2008
News release: “U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 5.5 percent fewer workers in August 2009 than in August 2008, the 14th consecutive decrease in full-time equivalent employee (FTE) levels for the scheduled passenger carriers from the same month of the previous year, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today. FTE calculations… Continue Reading
