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The expectation that emerging market (EM) economies will continue to expand at a faster rate than those in developed markets provides business incentive for banks to become active in the EM. Several...

The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) became effective on April 25, 1971. The FCRA is designed to regulate the consumer reporting industry; to place disclosure obligations on users of consumer...

Foreign banking organizations (FBOs) have long conducted banking operations in the United States through branches, agencies, and subsidiaries. With the passage of the International Banking Act (IBA)...

A national bank generally establishes a futures commission merchant (FCM) operating subsidiary for one of two reasons. First, a FCM operating subsidiary provides a bank that engages in futures and...

The environment is changing rapidly. Increases in world population, accompanied by industrialization and other human activities, are altering the atmosphere, ocean, land, ice cover, ecosystems, and...

The Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) authorizes the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to collect user fees for reviewing and processing applications for the approval of certain human drug and...

The Computer Forensics Tool Testing (CFTT) program is a joint project of the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), the department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the National Institute of Standards...

i Preface During the past year, members of the Information Technology (IT) Government Coordinating Council (GCC) and the IT Sector Coordinating Council (SCC) collaborated to develop the 2010 IT...

The Gulf of Mexico coastal environment (Gulf Coast) stretches over approximately 600,000 square miles across five U.S. states: Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida. It is home to more...

The Computer Forensics Tool Testing (CFTT) program is a joint project of the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), the research and development organization of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ),...

The Computer Forensics Tool Testing (CFTT) program is a joint project of the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), the research and development organization of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ),...

The Computer Forensics Tool Testing (CFTT) program is a joint project of the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), the research and development organization of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ),...

The use of Nationally recognized credit reporting agencies is an inexpensive tool that can assist Federal agencies to improve their credit management and debt collection programs. While only one of...

Subtle jurisdictional differences influence how women experience civil protective orders. A recent study looked at the impact of civil protective orders for domestic violence victims in five Kentucky...

The Computer Forensics Tool Testing (CFTT) program is a joint project of the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), the research and development organization of the U.S. Department of Justice, and the...

The Computer Forensics Tool Testing (CFTT) program is a joint project of the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), the research and development organization of the U.S. Department of Justice, and the...

The National Flood Insurance Program, the insurance fund that insures borrowers against the risk of loss from flooding, is administered under three statues: the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968/...

Floor plan, or wholesale, lending is a form of retail goods inventory financing in which each loan advance is made against a specific piece of collateral. As each piece of collateral is sold by the...

This section is intended to provide minimum background and procedural guidelines to examiners responsible for evaluating a bank's foreign currency activities. Within individual banks, foreign...

Section 359 - Reporting of Suspicious Activities by Underground Banking Systems (d) REPORT - Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall report...

The unauthorized absence of a child from the home is a family crisis that requires immediate and collaborative attention. Over the past two decades AMBER Alert Program has grown into a nationally...

This document presents alternatives to across-the-board, alas-and-burn budget cutting. It provides police departments with practical tools for strategic fiscal management in difficult times.Author:...

The Computer Forensics Tool Testing program is a joint project of the National Institute of Justice, the department of Homeland Security, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology Office...

The Computer Forensics Tool Testing (CFTT) program is a joint project of the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the National Institute of Standards...

The National Medicolegal Review Panel (NMRP) represents a multidisciplinary group of content area experts, each representing members of his or her respective organization. Each organization has a...

The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) has welcomed the report by the National Research Council (NRC) of the National Academy of Sciences entitled, Strengthening the National Institute of Justice,...

This booklet provides background information and optional expanded examination procedures for the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act and Regulation C. Examiners will select which of these procedures are...

This section is designed to assist the examiner in developing an overview of the financial condition and results of operations of a bank through the use of analytical review techniques. It also...

This "Insider Activities" booklet is one of several booklets in the Comptroller's Handbook that will be published under the theme of corporate governance. This booklet provides guidance on how banks...

A bank's installment loan portfolio is usually comprised of a large number of small loans, each scheduled to be amortized over a specific period. Most installment loans are made directly for consumer...