The Nuclear Vault: Resources from the National Security Archive’s Nuclear Weapons Documentation Project How Much is Enough? Part II “Prague Treaty Cuts Are Modest, Real” Old Cold War Proposals Went Even Lower, Thomas Blanton and William Burr, editors, April 8, 2010: “he new START Treaty signed today in Prague represents “real” but “modest” cuts in… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: April 2010
New GAO Reports: All-Terrain Vehicles, American Samoa and Northern Mariana Islands, Nuclear Weapons
All-Terrain Vehicles: How They Are Used, Crashes, and Sales of Adult-Sized Vehicles for Children’s Use, GAO-10-418, April 08, 2010 American Samoa and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands: Wages, Employment, Employer Actions, Earnings, and Worker Views Since Minimum Wage Increases Began, GAO-10-333, April 08, 2010 Nuclear Weapons: Actions Needed to Address Scientific and Technical Challenges… Continue Reading
International war crimes prosecutor Nancy Paterson dies
New York Times: “Nancy Paterson, an international war crimes prosecutor who played a leading role in building the case linking the former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic to massacres, mass rape and ethnic cleansing in the Balkans in the 1990s, died on March 27 at her home in Bethesda, Md. She was 56.” Continue Reading
Open Government Plans Offer New Channels to Communicate With Citizens
It’s official: Twitter isn’t Government Paperwork, by Heather West, April 7, 2010 – “As part of the 120 day deadlines in the Open Government Directive, OMB just released several sets of guidance for agencies in how they use new tools like social media or wikis. Currently, there’s a burdensome process for agencies who want to… Continue Reading
BIS: The future of public debt: prospects and implications
The future of public debt: prospects and implications, by Stephen Cecchetti, Madhusudan Mohanty and Fabrizio Zampolli, Working Papers No 300, March 2010 “Since the start of the financial crisis, industrial country public debt levels have increased dramatically. And they are set to continue rising for the foreseeable future. A number of countries face the prospect… Continue Reading
Speech by Fed Chairman Bernanke on past, present, and future economic challenges
Chairman Ben S. Bernanke At the Dallas Regional Chamber, Dallas, Texas, April 7, 2010, Economic Challenges: Past, Present, and Future “The financial crisis that began in the summer of 2007 was an extraordinarily complex event with multiple causes. Its immediate trigger was a downturn in the national housing market that followed a long period of… Continue Reading
Preliminary Staff Report: The Community Reinvestment Act and the Mortgage Crisis – Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission
Preliminary Staff Report: The Community Reinvestment Act and the Mortgage Crisis – Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (FCIC)| April 7, 2010: “The purpose of this preliminary staff report is to provide background on the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). Section I provides background on the CRA. Section II discusses the evidence on CRAs contribution to an increase… Continue Reading
Preliminary Staff Report: The Mortgage Crisis – Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission
Preliminary Staff Report: The Mortgage Crisis – Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (FCIC)| April 7, 2010: “The purpose of this preliminary staff report is to describe the recent mortgage crisis, which entailed a dramatic drop in home prices beginning in 2006 and a sharp rise in mortgage defaults beginning in 2007. Section I describes the origination… Continue Reading
Preliminary Staff Report: Government Sponsored Enterprises and the Financial Crisis – Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission
Preliminary Staff Report: Government Sponsored Enterprises and the Financial Crisis Financial – Crisis Inquiry Commission (FCIC) | April 7, 2010: “This preliminary staff report provides information on the Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA or Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC or Freddie Mac), the companies’ attributes as government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), and… Continue Reading
Preliminary Staff Report: The Role of the Federal Reserve in Banking Supervision and Regulation – Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission
Preliminary Staff Report: The Role of the Federal Reserve in Banking Supervision and Regulation, Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (FCIC) | April 7, 2010: “The purpose of this preliminary staff report is to provide a brief overview of the role of the Federal Reserve in banking supervision and regulation. The first section describes the structure of… Continue Reading
Preliminary Staff Report: Securitization and the Mortgage Crisis – Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission
Preliminary Staff Report: Securitization and the Mortgage Crisis, Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (FCIC) | April 7, 2010 “The purpose of this preliminary staff report is to provide an overview of mortgage securitization and its possible role in the sharp increase in mortgage defaults that precipitated the financial crisis. Section I describes the growth and basic… Continue Reading
BLS: Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment Summary
News release: “Unemployment rates were higher in February than a year earlier in 347 of the 372 metropolitan areas, lower in 21 areas, and unchanged in 4 areas, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Twenty-nine areas recorded jobless rates of at least 15.0 percent, while 2 areas registered rates below 5.0 percent. The… Continue Reading
