June 16, 2011 – Governor Daniel K. Tarullo – Capital and liquidity standards – Before the Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. June 15, 2011 – Michael R. Foley, Senior Associate Director, Division of Banking Supervision and Regulation, Banking supervision – Before the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection, Committee… Continue Reading
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Stateline Legislative Review 2011
Legislative Review 2011 by John Gramlich, Stateline Staff Writer: “Holding a lock on the governorship and both houses of the legislature in 20 states, GOP conservatives advanced an agenda that may change the face of state government for decades. They honored pledges not to raise taxes by enacting huge spending cuts to balance budgets in… Continue Reading
NY AG Sues Feds For Failure to Study Fracking
News release: [On May 31, 2011] New York “Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced he was filing a lawsuit against the federal government for its failure to commit to a full environmental review of proposed regulations that would allow natural gas drilling including the potentially harmful fracking technique in the Delaware River Basin.… Continue Reading
SEC Guide – Implementing the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
Implementing the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: “This law creates a new, more effective regulatory structure, fills a host of regulatory gaps, brings greater public transparency and market accountability to the financial system and gives investors important protections and greater input into corporate governance.” SEC Chairman Mary L. Schapiro Continue Reading
Federal Telework Progress Report: Making the Grade?
News release: “Telework Exchange, a public-private partnership focused on demonstrating the tangible value of telework, today announced the results of the Federal Telework Progress Report: Making the Grade?, which gauges Federal telework progress against the Telework Enhancement Act of 2010 requirements, and notably the provisions within 180 days to build the foundation for a sustainable… Continue Reading
EPIC: House Passes Budget for TSA, Cuts Funding for Body Scanners
Follow up to previous postings on government implementation of whole body scanning technology at airports, via EPIC: “The House has approved the 2012 budget for the Transportation Security Administration, cutting $270 million from the amount originally requested by the Agency. The cuts include $76 million that had been designated for the purchase of 275 airport… Continue Reading
Fed Governor: Regulating Systemically Important Financial Firms
Regulating Systemically Important Financial Firms, Governor Daniel K. Tarullo At the Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics, Washington, D.C., June 3, 2011: “As the one-year anniversary of the Dodd-Frank Act approaches, there will be much discussion about the progress that has been made in reforming financial regulation. Today I would like to get a… Continue Reading
Davis Polk – Dodd-Frank Rulemaking Progress Report Progress as of June 1, 2011
Dodd-Frank Rulemaking Progress Report – Progress as of June 1, 2011: “This Davis Polk Dodd-Frank Rulemaking Progress Report is the third in a series of reports that use empirical data to help market participants and policymakers assess the progress of the rulemaking and other work that has been done by regulators under the Dodd-Frank Act.… Continue Reading
LLSDC – Truth in Lending Act and Amendments Legislative History
Truth in Lending Act and Amendments Legislative History: Links on Westlaw (WL – GAO Histories) and the Library of Congress (LC – THOMAS CRS Histories) with Public Law links on GPO’s FDsys from 1995, Compiled and Maintained by Rick McKinney, Assistant Law Librarian, Federal Reserve Board Law Library, June 3, 2011 Continue Reading
Reauthorization of PATRIOT Act on Deadline
RollCall: “After two days of wrangling and last-minute deal-making in the Senate, Congress cleared a reauthorization of the USA PATRIOT Act on Thursday, and the Obama administration announced that the president signed the bill into law before provisions of the anti-terrorism act expired at midnight. A standoff over amendments in the Senate ate into the… Continue Reading
Analysis of a Permanent Prohibition on Implementing the Major Health Care Legislation Enacted in March 2010
CBO: Analysis of a Permanent Prohibition on Implementing the Major Health Care Legislation Enacted in March 2010 – May 26, 2011 “This letter discusses many of the potential effects of a permanent ban on the use of appropriated funds to implement the health care laws and, where possible, provides information on whether those effects would… Continue Reading
SEC Proposes Rules to Increase Transparency and Improve Integrity of Credit Ratings
Fact Sheet: “The Securities and Exchange Commission [May 18, 2011] voted unanimously to propose new rules and amendments intended to increase transparency and improve the integrity of credit ratings. The proposed rules would implement certain provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and enhance the SECs existing rules governing credit ratings… Continue Reading
