For what it is worth, I hve attached the response that I got from the House Committee on Financial Services at 2129 Rayburn House Office Building.
"Treasury pointed me to the institution’s primary regulator, which serves as the initial decision-maker regarding applications for TARP funding. Since ETrade’s bank is a federally-chartered thrift, that regulator is the Office of Thrift Supervision. I contacted OTS who would said only that the application is currently “pending,” and since no final determination has been made, they can provide no further information on the application at this time."
House Committee on Financial Services 2129 Rayburn House Office Building