Author: Thomas J. McCool
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: corporations, community, banks, governing, revisions, taxation, implications, proposed, banking
Number of Pages: 74
Published: 2000-09
ISBN-10: 0756704030
ISBN-13: 9780756704032

Studies certain rules that affect decisions by banks to elect S-corp. status for Fed. tax purposes. Banks were permitted to elect S-corp. status for the first time beginning in 1997. Banking industry rep's. have cited a number of obstacles that banks face when converting to S-Corp. status. Possible revisions to the tax rules were proposed to address these obstacles and would generally expand the banking &, in some cases, other industries' eligibility to elect S-corp. status. The objectives of this report were to (1) analyze possible revisions to the rules governing S-corp.; and (2) determine t

Author: Everett A. Blackman
Publisher: Amer Federation of Astrologers Inc
Keywords: predictions, profiles, president
Number of Pages: 92
Published: 1972-06
ISBN-10: 0866900608
ISBN-13: 9780866900607

Includes profiles & predictions of who the American public will elect based on their moods & the unseen forces known only to a few astrologers & cycles of Saturn & Jupiter. Includes an astrological glossary & presidential facts.

Author: Barack Obama
Publisher: Arc Manor LLC
Keywords: barack, obama, october, november, elect, president, change, key, speeches, celebrating
Number of Pages: 117
Published: 2008-11
ISBN-10: 1604504196
ISBN-13: 9781604504194

**INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING KEY SPEECHES BY BARACK OBAMA ** Speech Against Going to War With Iraq, October 2, 2002 ** Keynote Address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, July 27, 2004 ** Announcement That He Will Run for the Office of the President of The United States, Springfield, IL, February 10, 2007 ** Iowa Caucus Victory Speech, Des Moines, IA, January 3, 2008 ** New Hampshire Primary Speech After Loss, Nashua, NH, January 8, 2008 ** South Carolina Victory Speech, Columbia, SC, January 26, 2008 ** Speech at the Jefferson-Jackson Dinner, Richmond, VA, February 9, 2008 ** 'A More Perf

Author: Steven J. Sebastian
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: system, costs, annuities, survivors, pensions, judicial, federal
Number of Pages: 21
Published: 2009-03
ISBN-10: 1437910122
ISBN-13: 9781437910124

The Judicial Survivors¿ Annuities System (JSAS) was created in 1956 to provide financial security for the families of deceased fed. judges. It provides benefits to eligible spouses and dependent children of judges who elect coverage within 6 months of taking office, 6 months after getting married, 6 months after being elevated to a higher court, or during an open season authorized by statute. Active and senior judges currently contribute 2.2% of their salaries to JSAS, and retired judges contribute 3.5% of their retirement salaries to JSAS. This report reviews JSAS costs to determine whether

Author: Barry Leonard
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: house, oversight, government, representatives, committee, reform, report, office, political, affairs, activities
Number of Pages: 27
Published: 2009-05
ISBN-10: 1437910637
ISBN-13: 9781437910636

This report examines the operations of the White House Office of Political Affairs during the Bush Admin. It finds that the White House used the Political Affairs office to orchestrate an aggressive strategy to use taxpayer-funded trips to help elect Republican candidates for public office. From Jan. 1, 2006, until the mid-term elections on Nov. 7, 2006, cabinet secretaries and other senior officials traveled to over 300 events recommended by the Political Affairs office. All of these events were held with Republican candidates, and in most cases, the travel costs were paid for with fed. funds

Author: L. Elaine Halchin
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: incoming, administrations, outgoing, involving, transitions, issues, presidential
Number of Pages: 38
Published: 2011-04
ISBN-10: 1437938531
ISBN-13: 9781437938531

Contents: (1) Intro.; (2) Agency Rulemaking: żMidnight Rulemakingż; (3) Executive Clemency; (4) Executive Orders; (5) Government Records; (6) 2008-2009 Pres. Transition: National Security Options: Considerations Unique to Each Phase of the Pres. Transition Period: Phases 1 and 2: Campaigning by Pres. Candidates to the Day of Election; Phase 3: Election Day; Phase 4: Selection of a Pres.-Elect to Inauguration Day; Phase 5: Presidential Inauguration to the Establishment of a New National Security Team and Policies; (7) Personnel -- Political to Career Conversions; (8) Political Appointments in

Authors: Frank Carlucci, Robert E. Hunter, Zalmay Khalilza
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: foreign, policy, national, security, elect, president, charge, bipartisan, report, taking
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2001
ISBN-10: 0833029568
ISBN-13: 9780833029560

A report prepared by Transition 2001, a bipartisan panel of about 60 American leaders in the areas of foreign and defense policy, outlining the most important national security challenges for the new administration, suggesting priorities, and recommending specific courses of action that the new president could take in the early days of his administration. Such decisive early action will be critical for setting U.S. foreign and national security policy on the right path for the balance of his term and beyond. This summary is based on more than 25 discussion papers on key issues and areas, prepa