According to the Eleventh Periodic Mortgage Fraud Case Report to the Mortgage Bankers Association, Mortgage Asset Research Institute, LLC 2009, ... Read More
ARIZONA HIGHWAY PROJECTS LAGGING
According to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) set ... Read More
ECONOMIC STIMULUS SPENDING – A RECIPE FOR MORE BID PROTESTS?
On February 17, 2009, President Obama signed into law the much anticipated stimulus package known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of ... Read More
HOME VALUATION CODE OF CONDUCT
Effective May 1, 2009, Freddie Mac no longer purchases home mortgages from sellers that do not follow the Home Valuation Code of ... Read More
FRAUD CLAIMS ACT USED TO COMBAT FRAUD IN STIMULUS PROJECTS
It is expected that the Federal False Claims Act (FCA) will be used to combat false and fraudulent activity in stimulus projects. The current FCA, 31 ... Read More
STIMULUS PROJECTS – POTENTIAL FOR ABUSE AND MISTAKES
Federal, state and local governments understandably want to quickly implement stimulus projects to put people back to work, jump start the economy and ... Read More
