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Dodd-Frank Progress Report, June 2012 /DavisPolk

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DavisPolk Regulatory Tracker, State of Play to Date, June 2012:

  • “As of June 1, 2012, a total of 221 Dodd-Frank rulemaking requirement deadlines have passed. This is 55.5% of the 398 total rulemaking requirements, and 78.9% of the 280 rulemaking requirements with specified deadlines.
  • Of these 221 passed deadlines, 148 (67.0%) have been missed and 73 (33.0%) have been met with finalized rules. Regulators have not yet released proposals for 21 of the 148 missed rules.
  • Of the 398 total rulemaking requirements, 110 (27.6%) have been met with finalized rules and rules have been proposed that would meet 144 (36.2%) more. Rules have not yet been proposed to meet 144 (36.2%) rulemaking requirements.”
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New on LLRX.com – Academic and Scholar Search Engines and Sources – An Annotated Link Compilation

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via LLRX.com – Academic and Scholar Search Engines and Sources – An Annotated Link Compilation – This new guide by research guru Marcus P. Zillman focuses on the latest and most significant academic and scholar search engines and sources. With the addition of new and pertinent information released online from every sector continually, it is… Continue Reading

GSA IG – Audit of the Infrastructure as a Service Blanket Purchase Agreements

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Audit of the Infrastructure as a Service Blanket Purchase Agreements, Report Number A110172/Q/A/P12008, June 4, 2012: “We identified the following during our audit: Finding 1 – The lack of a strategy to determine the number of Blanket Purchase Agreements to award reduced the effectiveness of the Blanket Purchase Agreements. Finding 2 – A Blanket Purchase… Continue Reading

New GAO Reports – Phosphate Mining, DOD Business Systems Modernization, Disaster Assistance Workforce

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Phosphate Mining: Oversight Has Strengthened, but Financial Assurances and Coordination Still Need Improvement. GAO-12-505, May 4, 2012 DOD Business Systems Modernization – Governance Mechanisms for Implementing Management Controls Need to Be Improved, GAO-12-685, June 1, 2012 Disaster Assistance Workforce – FEMA Could Enhance Human Capital Management and Training, GAO-12-685, June 1, 2012 Continue Reading

Agencies Sign Memorandum of Understanding on Supervisory Coordination

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News release: “Five federal supervisory agencies today released a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that clarifies how the agencies will coordinate their supervisory activities, consistent with the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the Dodd-Frank Act). Section 1025 of the Dodd-Frank Act requires that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the prudential regulators–the… Continue Reading

International Journal of Central Banking, June 2012 issue

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International Journal of Central Banking June 2012 issue – full-text of articles as follows: Estimated Impact of the Federal Reserve’s Mortgage-Backed Securities Purchase Program, by Johannes Stroebel and John B. Taylor Discretionary Fiscal Policies over the Cycle: New Evidence Based on the ESCB Disaggregated Approach, by Luca Agnello and Jacopo Cimadomo Traditional versus New Keynesian… Continue Reading

Welcome to NYOpenGovernment.com

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New York State Office of the Attorney General – “A Public Integrity Initiative – NYOpenGovernment.com is an effort by the Attorney General’s office to promote your right to know and to monitor governmental decision-making. NYOpenGovernment.com is the only statewide resource that allows you to easily access statewide government information, which until now has been scattered… Continue Reading

JEC Releases May State-by-State Economic Snapshots

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[May 21, 2012] “the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC) released the May 2012 edition of its state-by-state snapshots which detail each individual state’s economic progress for the previous month. The report shows that more than three-in-five states added private sector jobs in April and 130,000 private-sector jobs were added last month. The report entitled… Continue Reading

Pew – When Labels Don’t Fit: Hispanics and Their Views of Identity

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When Labels Don’t Fit: Hispanics and Their Views of Identity by Paul Taylor, Mark Hugo Lopez, Jessica Hamar Martínez and Gabriel Velasco “Nearly four decades after the United States government mandated the use of the terms “Hispanic” or “Latino” to categorize Americans who trace their roots to Spanish-speaking countries, a new nationwide survey of Hispanic… Continue Reading