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Follow up to previous postings on toxicological impact of Bisphenol A (BPA) exposure, this new report by the FDA Science Board subcommittee that “…provides advice primarily to the Commissioner of the USFDA and other appropriate officials on specific complex and technical issues as well as emerging issues within the scientific community. The focus of this …
How Can Leaders Channel the Creative Potential of Individualistic Groups?: According to Prof. Jack Goncalo, one of the challenges that leaders face is how to foster creative potential. His research supports the position that how leaders maintain momentum and make sure their organizations are dynamic and creative is determined by where they fall on the …
News release: “The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service today issued Revenue Procedure 2008-64 (Rev. Proc. 2008-64), which provides that certain gains and losses from indirect ownership of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac preferred stock can be treated as ordinary income and loss.” Related postings on financial system
Leadership & The Role Of Information: Making The Creatively Informed Questioner – Stuart Basefsky supports the concept that the quintessential leader is an informed leader. However, effectively communicating and leveraging the power of information, in leadership roles, is subject to a range of interpretations that he discusses in this forward thinking series.
E-Discovery Update: Pushing Back Against Hardcopy ESI Productions – Conrad J. Jacoby addresses how critical technology issues related to document authenticity and document-associated metadata have left fewer lawyers willing to accept e-mail messages and other electronic documents in print format. He argues that litigants choosing to produce electronically stored information in hardcopy format should be …
CongressLine: Congress and Money – Paul Jenks examines how the appropriations process this year has provided a multitude of interesting examples of the wide variety of tools available to Congress and the federal government for appropriating money, beyond just the ordinary appropriations bills in Congress.
As print media decline, so does the amount of available information, by David Carr, IHT: “It has been an especially rotten few days for people who type on deadline. Just Tuesday, The Christian Science Monitor announced that, after a century, it would cease publishing a weekday paper. Time Inc., the Olympian home of Time magazine, …
CRS Report – Status of a Senator Who Has Been Indicted for or Convicted of a Felony, October 22, 2008 “There are no federal statutes or Rules of the Senate that directly affect the status of a Senator who has been indicted for a crime that constitutes a felony. No rights or privileges are forfeited …
Fact Sheet: Major U.S. Export Enforcement Prosecutions During the Past Two Years – “…a snapshot of some of the major export and embargo-related criminal prosecutions handled by the Justice Department over the past two years, beginning in October 2006. These cases resulted from investigations by the Department of Homeland Securitys U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement …
“Hospital Compare: In this tool you will find information on how well hospitals care for patients with certain medical conditions or surgical procedures, and results from a survey of patients about the quality of care they received during a recent hospital stay. This information will help you compare the quality of care hospitals provide. Talk …
Individual Retirement Accounts and 401(k) Plans: Early Withdrawals and Required Distributions, Updated October 27, 2008 “In the interest of encouraging workers to save for retirement, Congress has authorized several kinds of retirement savings plans that qualify for reduced or deferred income taxes. These plans provide a financial incentive for people to save, either by allowing …
The Changing Prospects for Building Home Equity: An Updated Analysis of Rents and the Price of Housing in 100 Metropolitan Areas, October 2008, Hye Jin Rho, Danilo Pelletiere, and Dean Baker “This report updates CEPR’s May 2008 report titled Ownership, Rental Costs and the Prospects of Building Home Equity: An Analysis of 100 Metropolitan Areas, …
