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This section discusses money market investments and securities purchased bythe bank for its own account. Securities purchased primarily for resale tocustomers, i.e., trading account securities, are...

On May 5, 2005, Forest Oil contracted Tetra Technologies to conduct a turnkey abandonment of 11 wells on HI A466 Platform B. The original procedure to abandon this well was submitted to MMS Lake...

This booklet explains the philosophy and methods of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) for supervising the largest and most complex national banks. These banks include large banks as...

Lease OCS-G 5694 covers approximately 5,000 acres and is located in Main Pass Block 98, Gulf of Mexico, off the Louisiana Coast. The Lease was originally purchased and operated by Corpus Christi...

Over the past several years the banking industry, financial institutions, and the financial services industry have made significant strides in money laundering detection and prevention. However, they...

On a drilling rig, a floor crew rigged a block and tackle assembly to the top of one of the V-door guide posts and used the air hoist to attempt to rotate a 48-inch drive pipe string. The string...

The Deepwater Gulf of Mexico 2009 report is a condensed and updated edition of the biennial deepwater report published by the Minerals Management Service. The 2009 report provides an up-to-date...

Since the first Bank On program was launched in San Francisco in 2006, this model of financial access has been refined, replicated, and identified as a leading strategy for state and local officials...

For the purposes of this Convention, the term "resident of a Contracting State" means any person who, under the laws of that State, is liable to tax therein by reason of his domicile, residence,...

The Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria, desiring to conclude a Convention for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal...

The Monthly Treasury Statement of Receipts and Outlays of the United States Government is prepared by the Bureau of the Fiscal Service, Department of the Treasury, and after approval by the Fiscal...

Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCOs) operating on both sides of the United States and Canada border are exploiting the international boundary to move proceeds from illegal drugs sold in the...

The attack on our homeland of September 11, 2001, was an assault on the ideals that make our nation great. We were reminded that the values we hold dear must not be taken for granted. From these...

Establishing a strategic framework for protecting the Nation's critical communications infrastructure is crucial to ensuring national security. The National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP)...

Consistent with Presidential Policy Directive 18: Maritime Security (PPD-18) and the National Strategy for Maritime Security (NSMS), the National Maritime Domain Awareness Plan (NMDAP) merges and...

Defending U.S. territory and the people of the United States is the highest priority of the Department of Defense, and providing appropriate defense support of civil authorities is one of the...

We are writing to transmit the Banking and Finance Sector-Specific Plan (SSP), which was prepared and approved in 2010. The U.S. Department of the Treasury, as the Sector-Specific Agency for the...

The Defense Industrial Base (DIB) is an unmatched element of national power that differentiates the United States from all potential opponents. In 2009, the Secretary of Homeland Security published...

The 2010 Water Sector-Specific Plan addresses risk-based critical infrastructure protection strategies for drinking water and wastewater utilities, regulatory primacy agencies, and an array of...

While child sexual abuse-the act of forcing a child to engage in sexual activity with a perpetrator-is generally criminal in nature, perpetrators of such abuse typically exhibit other inappropriate,...

The Council of Inspectors General on Financial Oversight (CIGFO) was established by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) to facilitate sharing of information...

Research on Federal lease accounting was initiated for several reasons. At the October 2002 meeting of the FASAB Board, the Office of Inspector General, Department of Justice, presented issues on...

The Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board ("FASAB" or "the board") was established in October, 1990, by three federal officials responsible for federal financial reporting-the Secretary of the...

Human trafficking, also known as trafficking in persons or modern day slavery, is an affront to the most basic of human freedoms. To combat this unspeakable crime and protect its victims, we build on...

The end of the cold war left the United States with a surplus of weapons-grade plutonium. Much of this material is found in a key nuclear weapon component known as a pit. In 1997, DOE announced a...

Alaska's location makes the United States an Arctic nation. Alaska has extensive maritime access, with over 6,000 miles of coastline, bordered by the Beaufort, Chukchi, and Bering Seas; the Arctic...

Broadband allows users to access information via the Internet through one of several high-speed transmission technologies. Broadband capacity, typically referred to as "speed," is described in...

Product support refers to the support functions required to field and maintain the readiness and operational capability of major weapon systems, subsystems, and components, including all functions...

Since fiscal year 2005, DHS has been required by federal law to issue annual reports identifying estimated expenditures and proposed appropriations for, among other things, major acquisition programs...

Air service in the United States is highly concentrated, with 88 percent of all passenger boardings at the 62 large- or medium-hub airports. Small airports refer to small-hub, nonhub, and...