January 5, 2009 testimony of SEC Inspector General H. David Kotz before the House Financial Services Committee regarding the Madoff matter.
Resources: Government Reports
March 2009 report by the Governmental Accountability Office regarding ways to enhance communication and the utilization of resources in the Division of Enforcement.
In this report, Treasury presents a series of “short-term” and “intermediate-term” recommendations to reform the U.S. regulatory structure. The short-term recommendations focus on taking immediate action to improve regulatory coordination and oversight in the wake of recent events in the credit and mortgage markets. The intermediate recommendations focus on eliminating some of the duplication of the U.S. regulatory system, and trying to modernize the regulatory structure applicable to certain sectors in the financial services industry (banking, insurance, securities, and futures) within the current framework.
September 30, 2008 Report of Investigation of SEC Inspector General H. David Kotz on claims of Gary Aguirre of improper preferential treatment and retaliatory termination.
The results of the 2008 Federal Human Capital Survey for the Securities and Exchange Commission, broken down by regional office across the country.
The results of the 2008 Federal Human Capital Survey for the Securities and Exchange Commission, broken down by office and division at Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
August 2007 minority report of the Senate Committees on Finance and the Judiciary regarding the firing of SEC attorney Gary Aguirre and the SEC's investigation of Pequot Capital Management.
November 2007 report of the Government Accountability Office regarding opportunities to improve the SEC's regulation of self-regulatory organizations.
June 2007 Government Accountability Office report on performance management practices at ten financial regulatory agencies, including the Securities and Exchange Commission.
August 2007 Government Accountability Office report on SEC enforcement probes, making recommendations on additional improvements needed to address limitations in Enforcement Division practices.
October 2005 Governmental Accountability Office report on preliminary observations on the administration's draft "Working for America Act."
September 2005 Government Accountability Office report on designing and managing market-based and performance-oriented pay systems in the federal government.
January 2004 Government Accountability Office report on implementing pay for performance at selected personnel demonstration projects in the federal government.
May 2003 Governmental Accountability Office document dealing with questions related to pay for performance systems.
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