Day archives: August 20th, 2010

Investigation Update: Multistate Outbreak of Human Salmonella Enteritidis Infections Associated with Shell Eggs

News release: “CDC is collaborating with public health officials in multiple states, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service to investigate a nationwide increase of Salmonella Enteritidis (SE) infections with an indistinguishable pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) pattern JEGX01.0004. This is the most common PFGE …

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Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Informal Authority in the Workplace

Asian Development Bank – Informal Authority in the Workplace By Olivier Serrat [via Stuart Basefsky] “The Insufficient Returns from Formal Authority in Organizations: Formal authority—the power to influence or command thought, opinion, or behavior—is the defining characteristic of societal and organizational hierarchy.1 Ideally, after Ronald Heifetz, it is expected to serve five functions that most …

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Subjects: Knowledge Management

Policy Options for State Pensions Systems and Their Impact on Plan Liabilities

News release: “In recent months, discussion surrounding the financial soundness of state pension plans has been hotly contested. In fact, recent research by the Kellogg School suggests that pension programs in as many as 31 states are headed for run outs and financial disaster by 2030. A new paper co-authored by Associate Professor of Finance …

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Subjects: Government Documents

The First Command Financial Behaviors Index

“The First Command Financial Behaviors Index assesses trends among the American public’s financial behaviors, intentions and attitudes through a monthly survey of approximately 1,000 U.S. consumers, ages 25–70, with annual household incomes of at least $50,000…The First Command Financial Behaviors Index rose from 2009’s year-end mark of 90 to a first quarter closing at 94, …

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Subjects: Knowledge Management
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