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Credit Rating Agencies: Alternative Compensation Models for Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "As of January 2012, GAO identified seven alternative models for compensating NRSROs (see table below). These models generally were designed to address the conflict of interest in the issuer-pays model, better align the NRSROs’ interest with users of ratings, or improve incentives NRSROs have to produce reliable and high-quality ratings. However, the amount of detail currently available for each model va… more
Date: January 18, 2012
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Real Estate Appraisals: Appraisal Subcommittee Needs to Improve Monitoring Procedures

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Appraisal Subcommittee (ASC) has been performing its monitoring role under Title XI, but several weaknesses have potentially limited its effectiveness. For example, Title XI did not originally provide ASC rulemaking and enforcement tools that could be useful in promoting state compliance. In addition, ASC has not reported or clearly defined the criteria it uses to assess states’ overall compliance l… more
Date: January 18, 2012
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Medicare: Use of Preventive Services Could Be Better Aligned with Clinical Recommendations

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Use of some preventive services--cardiovascular disease screening and cervical cancer screening--by FFS beneficiaries generally aligned with clinical recommendations, but use of other cancer screenings for certain age groups, osteoporosis screening, and immunizations did not. In particular, among women aged 65 to 74, for whom breast cancer screening is recommended biannually by the Task Force, only two … more
Date: January 18, 2012
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Dodd-Frank Act: Hybrid Capital Instruments and Small Institution Access to Capital

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Tier 1 hybrid capital instruments, particularly trust preferred securities, have been heavily used by bank holding companies because of their financial advantages, but they are not as effective in absorbing losses as traditional forms of Tier 1 capital, such as common equity. As of December 31, 2010, almost two-thirds of all top-level bank holding companies that were subject to capital requirements incl… more
Date: January 18, 2012
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Elementary and Secondary Education Act Reauthorization: Data Options for the English Language Acquisition State Grants Formula (Title III-A)

Description: Congressional Research Service (CRS) report entailing information about data options for the English Language Acquisition State Grants Formula (Title III-A) in regards to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Topics include, additional LEP data considerations, census data, a description of allocations etc..
Date: January 18, 2012
Creator: Dortch, Cassandria
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