NEW YORK (Standard&Poor's) Jan. 30, 2003--Standard&Poor's Corporate Governance Group said today that it assigned a corporate governance score (CGS) of 9.0--the first publicly disclosed score assigned to a U.S. company--to Washington, D.C.-based Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae). Fannie Mae is the country's largest provider of housing finance and the second largest company by assets. With a score of CGS-9.0, Standard&Poor's has judged Fannie Mae's governance practices to be at a very strong level on a global basis of comparison. Standard&Poor's corporate governance scores reflect its assessment of a company's corporate governance practices and policies and the extent to which these serve the interests of the company's financial stakeholders, with an emphasis
