News release: “Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Acting Director Edward J. DeMarco today released a 2012 Conservatorship Scorecard, which provides the implementation roadmap for the new FHFA Strategic Plan announced in February 2012. The scorecard includes specific objectives and timetables for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) in support of the Strategic Plan. FHFA… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: March 2012
New report finds modest gains in America's college attainment rates
News release: “As college completion rates continue to climb in other parts of the world, a new report released today by Lumina Foundation shows that we must do significantly more to build on the modest gains in higher education attainment seen here at home. Experts gathered at the Rayburn House Office Building to announce the… Continue Reading
The Eurozone Crisis: Overview and Issues for Congress
CRS – The Eurozone Crisis: Overview and Issues for Congress, February 29, 2012 “What started as a debt crisis in Greece in late 2009 has evolved into a broader economic crisis in the Eurozone that threatens economic stability in Europe and beyond. Some analysts view the Eurozone crisis as the biggest potential threat to the… Continue Reading
Congressional Oversight of Agency Public Communications: Implications of Agency New Media Use
CRS – Congressional Oversight of Agency Public Communications: Implications of Agency New Media Use. Kevin R. Kosar, Analyst in American National Government, March 14, 2012 “This report intends to assist Congress in its oversight of executive branch agencies public communications. Here, public communications refers to agency communications that are directed to the public. Many, and… Continue Reading
The Mind is a Metaphor – by Brad Pasanek
“The Mind is a Metaphor, is an evolving work of reference, an ever more interactive, more solidly constructed collection of mental metaphorics. This collection of eighteenth-century metaphors of mind serves as the basis for a scholarly study of the metaphors and root-images appealed to by the novelists, poets, dramatists, essayists, philosophers, belle-lettrists, preachers, and pamphleteers… Continue Reading
BizJournals On Numbers – private-sector employment levels from January 2012 against the same month in 2008
“On Numbers analyzed the latest data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, matching private-sector employment levels from January 2012 against the same month in 2008. The comparison is especially relevant because the recession officially began in December 2007, just one month before the start of the study period. Texas and North Dakota are rarities.… Continue Reading
TRAC: Top County's Income Drops 43 Percent in Two Years
“Two years ago, the average adjusted gross income (AGI) in Teton County, Wyoming was the highest in the nation at $142,048. But newly released data from the IRS show that in filing year 2010, the average AGI in Teton county had dropped a precipitous 43 percent, down to $80,827. Using the free Tax Returns application… Continue Reading
FTC Issues Final Commission Report on Protecting Consumer Privacy
News release: “The Federal Trade Commission, the nation’s chief privacy policy and enforcement agency, issued a final report setting forth best practices for businesses to protect the privacy of American consumers and give them greater control over the collection and use of their personal data. In the report, Protecting Consumer Privacy in an Era of… Continue Reading
Growth in Urban Population Outpaces Rest of Nation, Census Bureau Reports
News release: “The nation’s urban population increased by 12.1 percent from 2000 to 2010, outpacing the nation’s overall growth rate of 9.7 percent for the same period, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The Census Bureau released the new list of urban areas today based on 2010 Census results. Urban areas defined as densely… Continue Reading
Agencies Propose Revisions to Leveraged Finance Guidance
News release: “The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the agencies) are seeking comment on proposed revisions to the interagency leveraged finance guidance issued in 2001. Transactions that are covered by this guidance are characterized by a borrower with a… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports – DOD Supply Chain, Federal Statistical System, Force Structure, KC-46 Tanker Aircraft, TSA
DOD Supply Chain – Suspect Counterfeit Electronic Parts Can Be Found on Internet Purchasing Platforms – GAO-12-375, Feb 21, 2012 Federal Statistical System – Agencies Can Make Greater Use of Existing Data, but Continued Progress Is Needed on Access and Quality Issues, GAO-12-54, Feb 24, 2012 Force Structure – Assessment of Army Report on Fiscal… Continue Reading
DHS Privacy Office Delivers First Quarter Fiscal Year 2012 Report to Congress
Department of Homeland Security Privacy Office, First Quarter Fiscal Year 2012 Report to Congress “The PIA [Privacy Impact Assessments] process is one of the key mechanisms used to assure that the Departments use of technologies sustains, and does not erode, privacy protections relating to the use, collection, and disclosure of PII. As of November 30,… Continue Reading
