Archive for September, 2008
The Bailout
I’ve been avoiding this, but how can you offer a blog on “goverment information of possible interest to business and industry” without mentioning it? The Wall Street bailout? News is breaking fast – here are some recent headlines:
From CQPolitics.com, 9/29/2008 , Bailout’s Next Phase: Wait and See
From CQPolitics.com, 9/29/2008, Slowing Down the Bailout
From The New Mexico [...]
NAS Calls for (almost) Immediate Appointment of Presidential Science Advisor
“The concerns of the nation regarding jobs and economic growth,
health care, national security, energy, and the environment demand
informed action. And each of these concerns, from national security,
economic development, health care, and the environment, to
education, energy, and natural resources, is touched in essential ways
by the nation’s science and technology enterprise.”
The National [...]
Auto Industry Loan to Hitch Ride on Year-End Funding Bill?
Funding for low-interest government loans for automakers will likely be attached to a year-end stopgap spending measure, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid , D-Nev., said Wednesday.
The domestic auto industry is lobbying congressional leaders to jumpstart a $25 billion loan program authorized in last year’s energy law before the end of the month by appropriating the [...]
DOE Turns On Rooftop Solar System
Last week the U.S. Department of Energy turned on the solar electric photovoltaic (PV) system installed on the roof of the DOE’s Forrestal Building in Washington D.C. The 205-kilowatt system is supposed to generate approximately 200 megawatt hours of electricity per year, provide up to eight percent of the Forrestal complex’s energy during peak hours [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )“Unprecedented” Government Takeover of Fannie and Freddie
The Bush administration, via Treasurey Secretary Paulson, announced today that it was placing the very ailing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac into conservatorship, and would likely be providing up to $200 billion in new capital to the companies, using powers granted by congress not that long ago. In fact, not that long ago, both congress [...]
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