Oversight of the Troubled Asset Relief Program | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-01-23

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oversight_of_the_Troubled_Asset_Relief_Program


00:00:35 1 Financial Stability Oversight Board (FSOB)
00:02:00 2 Congressional Oversight Panel (COP)
00:06:07 3 Government Accountability Office (GAO)
00:07:31 4 Special Inspector General for TARP (SIGTARP)
00:12:30 5 TARP oversight reports
00:12:40 5.1 COP reports
00:19:11 5.2 SIGTARP reports
00:35:45 5.3 GAO reports
00:38:05 5.4 Treasury Department and Financial Stability Oversight Board (FSOB)
00:40:00 5.5 CBO reports
00:40:42 6 Additional resources on TARP oversight
00:41:21 7 Claims that oversight has not been effective
00:41:33 7.1 Government officials overseeing bailout don't know how it's being spent
00:42:39 7.2 Banks won't say how they are spending bailout money
00:43:57 7.3 Federal government paid $254 billion for assets that were worth only $176 billion
00:44:39 7.4 Bailout recipients spent $114 million on lobbying and campaign contributions in 2008
00:45:36 7.5 Bank of America throws $10 million Super Bowl party
00:46:41 8 Oversight efforts
00:46:51 8.1 XBRL proposed as tool to aid in TARP oversight



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The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act created the Troubled Asset Relief Program to administer up to $700 billion. Several oversight mechanisms are established by the bill, including the Congressional Oversight Panel, the Special Inspector General for TARP (SIGTARP), the Financial Stability Oversight Board, and additional requirements for the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).