“This report presents observations from inspections of portions of 23 audits at ten firms conducted as part of the interim inspection program. The audits and firms selected are not necessarily representative of all broker and dealer audits and their auditors. The approach used in the selection of audits of brokers and dealers considered a number… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: August 2012
New GAO Reports – Enhanced Polar System Program, Entrepreneurial Assistance
National Defense – Department of Defense’s Waiver of Competitive Prototyping Requirement for Enhanced Polar System Program, GAO-12-983R, Aug 23, 2012 Entrepreneurial Assistance – Opportunities Exist to Improve Programs’ Collaboration, Data-Tracking, and Performance Management, GAO-12-819, Aug 23, 2012 Continue Reading
The Effectiveness of Unconventional Monetary Policy at the Zero Lower Bound
The Effectiveness of Unconventional Monetary Policy at the Zero Lower Bound, by Leonardo Gambacorta, Boris Hofmann and Gert Peersman, Working Papers No 384, August 2012 “This paper assesses the macroeconomic effects of unconventional monetary policies by estimating a panel VAR with monthly data from eight advanced economies over a sample spanning the period since the… Continue Reading
FCC Approves Verizon Wireless-SpectrumCo Transaction
News release: “The Federal Communications Commission has concluded its review of the Verizon Wireless-SpectrumCo deal and approved four significant spectrum transfer applications involving Verizon Wireless, subject to a number of binding commitments and conditions. The applications include, among other things, the assignment of AWS-1 licenses held by Cox and SpectrumCo (a joint venture among subsidiaries… Continue Reading
CBO Releases Latest Quarterly Report on ARRAs Effect on Output and Employment
“As required by law, CBO prepares regular reports on its estimate of the number of jobs created by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), which was enacted in response to significant weakness in the economy. In its latest report issued this afternoon, CBO provides estimates of ARRAs impact on employment and economic… Continue Reading
State and Local Governments Employ 16.4 Million Full-Time Equivalent Employees in 2011
“In March 2011, there were 16.4 million full-time equivalent employees working in state and local governments in the U.S., down 1.4 percent from 2010. According to estimates released today by the U.S. Census Bureau, the majority of these employees (8.9 million) worked in education, followed by those working in hospitals (964,381), police protection (923,951) and… Continue Reading
Guide to Reporting at the 2012 Republican and Democratic National Conventions
Citizen Media Law Project: “This page hosts our Guide to Reporting at the 2012 Republican and Democratic National Conventions, and related resources. Future updates regarding the 2012 conventions will appear on this page. More than ten thousand journalists are expected to attend the Republican and Democratic National Conventions in Tampa and Charlotte in the late… Continue Reading
Youve Got to Walk Before You Can Run: First Steps for Managing Born-Digital Content Received on Physical Media
“This report is geared to those tasked with gaining preliminary control over the digital media in an archives’ collections, including those who dont know where to begin in managing born-digital materials. Written by Senior Program Officer Ricky Erway, Youve Got to Walk Before You Can Run: First Steps for Managing Born-Digital Content Received on Physical… Continue Reading
Diabetes Report Card 2012: National and State Profile of Diabetes and Its Complications
“This Diabetes Report Card 2012 is required under the Catalyst to Better Diabetes Care Act of 2009, which is part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Section 10407 of Public Law 111-148, hereafter called the Affordable Care Act). The act states that the report card should be published by the Centers for Disease… Continue Reading
Non-Resiliency of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States During the 20072009 Financial Crisis
Contessi, Silvio and De Pace, Pierangelo, Non-Resiliency of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States During the 20072009 Financial Crisis (August 2012). Pacific Economic Review, Vol. 17, Issue 3, pp. 368-390, 2012. Available at SSRN “We study the contraction of foreign direct investment (FDI) flows in the United States during the recent financial crisis and… Continue Reading
Save your Google search settings to Google Account
Via Google+: “You asked, we listenedhaving the ability to save search settings in a way that provides a more consistent search experience was one of the top requests we heard from our users. Now you can save your search settings, such as your language preference or having Google Instant on or off, to your Google… Continue Reading
St. Louis Fed's economic database announces 50,000 economic time series in its database
FRED, the St. Louis Fed’s economic database, has just surpassed a new milestone, with 50,000 economic time series in its database. More than 6,000 series from Eurostat’s harmonized indices of consumer prices were added this month. The Eurostat data offers users the ability to compare inflation rates for different European countries. In addition, FRED recently… Continue Reading
