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News release: “With the U.S. economy still unsteady, most U.S. companies are finding it relatively easy to attract or retain workers, with one major exception-critical-skill employees. A new survey from global professional services company Towers Watson and WorldatWork, an international association of human resource professionals, shows that for the second consecutive year, the number of …
United States Courts Opinions – BETA United States Courts Opinions (USCOURTS) collection is a pilot project between the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) and the Administrative Office of the United States Courts (AOUSC) to provide public access to opinions from selected United States appellate, district, and bankruptcy courts. The content of this collection dates back …
News release: “or the first time in history, the semi-annual survey conducted by CTIA-The Wireless Association® shows the number of wireless subscriber connections (327.6 million) has surpassed the population (315.5 million) in the United States and its territories (Puerto Rico, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands), which means the wireless penetration rate in the U.S. …
Cereal Crimes: How Natural Claims Deceive Consumers and Undermine the Organic Label A Look Down the Cereal and Granola Aisle, The Cornucopia Institute, October 2011. “This report explores the growing trend toward labeling conventional foods as natural, focusing on breakfast cereal and granola, which are considered staples in many American households. Since breakfast cereals …
State Department OIG – DynCorp Operations and Maintenance Support at Camp Falcon in Kabul, Afghanistan. Report Number MERO/I-11-12, August 2011 “The Middle East Regional Office (MERO) of OIG initiated this evaluation under the authority of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, because of concerns about the Department of States (Department) oversight of contractor …
Use of Dashboards in Government, by Sukumar Ganapati, Florida International University, IBM Center for the Business of Government “Stephen Few defines a dashboard as a visual display of the most important information needed to achieve one or more objectives; consolidated and arranged on a single screen so the information can be monitored at a glance. …
Macroeconomic Assessment Group established by the Financial Stability Board and the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision – Report: Assessment of the macroeconomic impact of higher loss absorbency for global systemically important banks, 10 October 2011 “Weaknesses at large financial institutions have often played a central role in the triggering and propagation of systemic financial crises. …
Food Safety: FDA Needs to Reassess Its Approach to Reducing an Illness Caused by Eating Raw Oysters, GAO-11-607, Sep 8, 2011 Data Mining: DHS Needs to Improve Executive Oversight of Systems Supporting Counterterrorism, GAO-11-742, Sep 7, 2011 National Cord Blood Inventory: Practices for Increasing Availability for Transplants and Related Challenges, GAO-12-23, Oct 7, 2011 On-the-Job …
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI): “Growing demand for biofuels, extreme weather and climate change, and increased financial activity through commodity futures markets are the main causes of high and volatile food prices, according to the 2011 Global Hunger Index report, The Challenge of Hunger: Taming Price Spikes and Excessive Food Price Volatility. These challenges …
Publisher Names in Bibliographic Data: An Experimental Authority File and a Prototype Application – This is a pre-print version of a paper published in Library Resources and Technical Services, 55,4. “The cataloging community has long acknowledged the value of investing in authority control; as bibliographic systems become more global, the need for authority control becomes …
Tracking the Trackers: Where Everybody Knows Your Username by Jonathan Mayer, posted on October 11, 2011 Click the local Home Depot ad and your email address gets handed to a dozen companies monitoring you. Your web browsing, past, present, and future, is now associated with your identity. Swap photos with friends on Photobucket and clue …
News release: “The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday requested public comment on a proposed regulation implementing the so-called “Volcker Rule” requirements of section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Section 619 generally contains two prohibitions. First, it prohibits insured depository institutions, bank holding companies, and their subsidiaries or affiliates (banking …
