Month December 2008

GAO: TARP lacks adequate internal controls

If the TARP were a private company, it would have a Sarbanes-Oxley problem. The Government Accountablity Office has just published its take on the TARP. Among the many conclusions reached is that the TARP lacks adequate internal controls, one of…

Schwarzenegger declares fiscal emergency

With time and money running out for California, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a fiscal emergency Monday and called legislators into a new special session that won’t end until they agree on a way to trim the state’s $11.2 billion budget…