Monthly archives: February, 2010

Recession's Impact on Construction Industry

TIME: The Great Recession: Will Construction Workers Survive? By Kevin O’Leary: “The middle and working-classes have been hammered by the Great Recession and no industry has taken it more on the chin than construction. Nationally, unemployment fell to 9.7% in January, but in construction it jumped to 24.7% from 18.7% in October. In many regions, …

Subjects: Government Documents

Transportation Research Board: Railroad-DOT Institutional Mitigation Strategies

“TRB’s second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) has released a project brief that summarizes SHRP 2 Renewal project R16, which explored strategies, arrangements, techniques, and processes designed to help facilitate beneficial relationships between railroads and public agencies. The final report of the project includes eight model agreements that can be modified to meet the …

Subjects: Government Documents

New GAO Reports: Highway ResearchTARP, Biomonitoring

Highway Research: The Second Strategic Highway Research Program Addresses the Four Required Areas, but Some Anticipated Research Was Not Funded, GAO-10-248, February 05, 2010 Troubled Asset Relief Program: Treasury Needs to Strengthen Its Decision-Making Process on the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility, GAO-10-25, February 05, 2010: “Treasury should (1) give increased attention to reviewing risks …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

NOAA Administrator Takes Action on IG Report on Fisheries Enforcement

News release: “NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco instructed the agency’s head attorney and its top fisheries manager to take immediate and long-term actions to improve the agency’s enforcement and legal operations and enhance its relationship with the fishing community. In a memo issued today, Dr. Lubchenco directed NOAA General Counsel Lois Schiffer, and NOAA Acting Assistant …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

Regulators issue statement on lending to creditworthy small businesses

News release: “The federal financial regulatory agencies and the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (the regulators) issued a statement today on prudent lending to creditworthy small business borrowers.1 The regulators recognize that small businesses play an important role in the economy and know that some are experiencing difficulty in obtaining or renewing credit. The statement …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

U.S.-Canada joint statement on government procurement

News release: “The United States and Canada have reached a tentative agreement on government procurement. The agreement is subject to completion of our respective domestic approval processes. This agreement has two major elements. First, it includes permanent and reciprocal commitments under the World Trade Organization (WTO) Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) with respect to provincial, territorial …

Subjects: Government Documents

The Devil Wears Prada? Effects of Exposure to Luxury Goods on Cognition and Decision Making

The Devil Wears Prada? Effects of Exposure to Luxury Goods on Cognition and Decision Making, Roy Y.J. Chua, Xi Zou. Working Paper 10-034 – Harvard Business School “Although the concept of luxury has been widely discussed in social theories and marketing research, relatively little research has directly examined the psychological consequences of exposure to luxury …

Subjects: Knowledge Management