Day archives: July 4th, 2011

New on LLRX.com – Pretrial Detention, Bail and Due Process

Via LLRX.com: Pretrial Detention, Bail and Due Process – Ken Strutin’s guide comprises recent publications and other notable resources concerning the relationship between the administration of bail and the requirements of due process. Pretrial detention of suspects directly impacts the presumption of innocence. The cornerstone of the justice system is that no one will be …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Courts, Legal Research

World Bank Launches its 25th Russian Economic Report

Securing Stability and Growth: Russian Economic Report #25: “The world economy has entered a “post-crisis” phase of moderate growth driven in large part by developing countries, says the World Bank’s Russian Economic Report No. 25 launched [June 9, 2011] in Moscow. The report analyzes country’s recent economic developments, prospects and challenges. It also provides short …

Subjects: Government Documents

CBO – Medicare's Payments to Physicians: The Budgetary Impact of Alternative Policies

Medicare’s Payments to Physicians: The Budgetary Impact of Alternative Policies, June 4, 2011 “The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projects that, under current law, payment rates for physician services will be reduced by 29.4 percent in 2012. That large reduction called for under current law follows several years of legislative action to either maintain or increase …

Subjects: Government Documents, Legislation

250 billion barrels of untapped shale reserves in Israel’s Shfela basin

UK Globe and Mail: “The London-based World Energy Council says Israel’s Shfela Basin, a half-hour drive south of Jerusalem, holds 250 billion barrels of recoverable shale oil, possibly making the energy-vulnerable country (as expressed by The Wall Street Journal) “the world’s newest energy giant.” With reserves of 260 billion barrels, Saudi Arabia would remain the …

Subjects: Government Documents

Financial Literacy: What Works? How Could It be More Effective?

Financial Literacy : What Works? How Could It be More Effective? William G. Gale and Ruth Levine, Financial Security Project at Boston College, 2011. “This paper highlights the extent and effects of financial illiteracy among American households, reviews previous efforts to promote financial literacy, and discusses new directions for such initiatives. None of the four …

Subjects: Government Documents

Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Safeguarding Unclassified DoD Information

Federal Register Volume 76, Number 125 (Wednesday, June 29, 2011)] “The purpose of this proposed DFARS rule is to implement adequate security measures to safeguard unclassified DoD information within contractor information systems from unauthorized access and disclosure, and to prescribe reporting to DoD with regard to certain cyberintrusion events that affect DoD information resident on …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Government Documents, ID Theft, Internet

Commentary – Info Overload, Data Fog and Pressures of Increasing Workloads

The Economist: “…information overload can make people feel anxious and powerless: scientists have discovered that multitaskers produce more stress hormones. Second, overload can reduce creativity. Teresa Amabile of Harvard Business School has spent more than a decade studying the work habits of 238 people, collecting a total of 12,000 diary entries between them. She finds …

Subjects: Knowledge Management

Eight Federal Agencies Have FOIA Requests a Decade Old, According to Knight Open Government Survey

“Forty-five years after President Johnson signed the U.S. Freedom of Information Act into law in 1966, federal agency backlogs of FOIA requests are growing, with the oldest requests at eight agencies dating back over a decade and the single oldest request now 20 years old, according to the Knight Open Government Survey by the National …

Subjects: Freedom of Information, Government Documents