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   U.S. expected to open more tax cases of UBS clients
Source: International Herald Tribune
Source Date: Saturday, August 15, 2009
Focus: Gender, Private Sector
Summary: U.S. expected to open more tax cases of UBS clients; U.S. builds case against UBS clients; 150 w While it was not clear where the government had gotten the 150 names, U.S. investigators received 285 names from UBS in February as part of a settlement, and has received names from other sources as well. In February, UBS agreed to pay $780 million to settle charges that it had helped American clients ... Read More
445 Views | Rated 0.0 | Created On : Aug 18, 2009
   Web-savvy politicos: Obama's vision for e-government will take work
Source: IDG News Service
Source Date: Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Focus: Gender, Private Sector
Summary: Challenges seen for effort to adapt campaign's use of the Web for government applications
2031 Views | Rated 0.0 | Created On : Dec 23, 2008
   An electoral triumph built on a Web revolution
Source: International Herald Tribune
Source Date: Monday, November 10, 2008
Focus: Gender, Private Sector
Summary: "Thomas Jefferson used newspapers to win the presidency, FDR used radio to change the way he governed, JFK was the first president to understand television, and Howard Dean saw the value of the Web for raising money," said Ranjit Mathoda, a lawyer and money manager who blogs at Mathoda.com. "But Senator [Barack Obama] understood that you could use the Web to lower the cost of buildi ... Read More
1668 Views | Rated 0.0 | Created On : Nov 11, 2008
   US public finance market hit hard by capital freeze
Source: Financial Times
Source Date: Friday, September 26, 2008
Focus: Gender, Private Sector
Summary: "It's the nature of what the borrowing is for - building a hospital and making sure Johnny and Susie have a school that is open - that makes a freeze in the muni-market significant," said Thomas Doe, CEO of Municipal Market Advisors (MMA). "If you can't get access to the capital markets, you may have to raise taxes to generate the revenue for those projects." "It's dif ... Read More
1725 Views | Rated 0.0 | Created On : Oct 01, 2008
   Immersive GIS to Engage Citizens Like Never Before
Source: Geospatial
Source Date: Friday, August 01, 2008
Focus: Gender, Private Sector
Summary: California state government is gearing up for a renaissance of geospatial information systems--one in which citizens can see and touch the data relevant to critical questions such as where are they going to live and where are their kids going to go to school, while business owners will be able to interact with the data that will guide them in determining whether or not to locate their business in ... Read More
1779 Views | Rated 0.0 | Created On : Aug 05, 2008
   US Boots System for Data Sharing on Cyber Threats
Source: Financial Times
Source Date: Wednesday, April 09, 2008
Focus: Gender, Private Sector
Summary: "The federal government does not own the internet - thank God - and it does not own the nation's cyber networks," Mr [Michael Chertoff] said. "We can't be serious about national security or national cyber security without engaging private industry." "We have no interest (in) or intention of duplicating a system where the government tries to sit over the internet and pr ... Read More
2525 Views | Rated 0.0 | Created On : Apr 10, 2008
   Paulson Plan: More Form than Content
Source: Financial Times
Source Date: Wednesday, April 02, 2008
Focus: Gender, Private Sector
Summary: In the long term, the report envisages a structure based on what it calls an objective-based approach. This means dividing the regulatory workload by broad tasks, rather by types of institutions. The Treasury urges instead a three-part division of responsibilities. There would be a "market stability regulator" - the Fed - whose job would be to gather information and monitor risks across ... Read More
1809 Views | Rated 0.0 | Created On : Jun 17, 2008
   US Probes Alleged Tax Abuses via Royal Bank
Source: Financial Times
Source Date: Saturday, February 23, 2008
Focus: Gender, Private Sector
Summary: "The subcommittee has been investigating the use of offshore jurisdictions and institutions to perpetrate tax abuse," he said. "The case involving LGT bank is proof that the problem has not gone away, and the subcommittee will continue to explore all different angles to this problem." The IRS declined to comment and the Department of Justice said it was "unaware" o ... Read More
2110 Views | Rated 0.0 | Created On : Apr 08, 2008
   An Industry Outsider Takes Helm at ESA
Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com
Source Date: Sunday, October 07, 2007
Focus: Gender, Private Sector
Summary: Mike Gallagher takes the helm of the Entertainment Software Association — the trade group that represents video games — at a time of rapid growth and unprecedented prosperity in the industry. But Gallagher had virtually no name recognition inside the industry. He’s a former assistant secretary of commerce in the Bush administration – an attorney who’s worked in telecommunications, both in the priv ... Read More
853 Views | Rated 0.0 | Created On : Jan 20, 2008
   City Auditor Reviewing P3 Projects
Source: ottowabusinessjournal.com
Source Date: Thursday, May 11, 2006
Focus: Gender, Private Sector
Summary: The City of Ottawa's chief auditor is conducting a review of the municipality's public-private partnership projects beginning this year and continuing into 2007. Municipal Auditor-General Alain Lalonde provided a verbal report on his ongoing review to a city committee last week. He faced a barrage of questions from members of the city's Health, Recreation and Social Services Committee. Sev ... Read More
929 Views | Rated 0.0 | Created On : Jan 20, 2008
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