Day archives: November 16th, 2011

New GAO Reports: DOD's Efforts to Rebuild Capacity, Climate Change Adaptation, Haiti Reconstruction, Suspension and Debarment, Nuclear Fuel Cycle Options, Disadvantaged Business Enterprise

Acquisition Workforce – DOD’s Efforts to Rebuild Capacity Have Shown Some Progress, GAO-12-232T, November 16, 2011 Climate Change Adaptation – Federal Efforts to Provide Information Could Help Government Decision Making, GAO-12-238T, November 16, 2011 Haiti Reconstruction, Factors Contributing to Delays in USAID Infrastructure Construction, GAO-12-68, November 16, 2011 Suspension and Debarment, Some Agency Programs Need …

Subjects: Government Documents

EEOC Intake, Relief Obtained and Charges Resolved Hit Record Highs in 2011

News release: “The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) finished fiscal year 2011 with a ten percent decrease in its pending charge inventorythe first such reduction since 2002, achieved the highest ever monetary amounts through administrative enforcement, and received a record number of charges of discrimination, the agency reported in its annual Performance and Accountability …

Subjects: Government Documents, Legal Research

BIS – Interpretive issues with respect to Revisions to the Basel II market risk framework

“In this document, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (“the Committee”) provides responses to interpretive issues regarding the Revisions to the Basel II market risk framework (“the Revisions”) and the Guidelines for computing capital for incremental risk in the trading book (“the IRC Guidelines”). Updated versions of this document will be published on the Committee’s …

Subjects: Government Documents

Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization – G.17

Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization – G.17, November 16, 2011: “Industrial production expanded 0.7 percent in October after having declined 0.1 percent in September. Previously, industrial production was reported to have gained 0.2 percent in September; most of this revision resulted from lower estimated output for mining. Factory output increased 0.5 percent in October after …

Subjects: Government Documents

Sunlight Foundation Update: Digitizing Legislative Documents

A Year Later, Little Progress on Digitizing Legislative Documents, Daniel Schuman: “A year ago today, Congress’ Joint Committee on Printing directed that three sets of vital legislative and legal documents be published online “as quickly as possible.” We’ve reviewed how well that order was implemented, and the results are not encouraging. Of the three documents, …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

Fostering Student Engagement Campuswide – Annual Results 2011

How Much Time College Students Spend Studying Varies By Major and Corresponds to Faculty Expectations, Survey Finds: “Findings released today show that on average, full-time college students study 15 hours a week. However, study time differed by academic majors, with seniors in engineering averaging about 19 hours per week, while their peers in the social …

Subjects: Knowledge Management

BIS – OTC derivatives market activity in the first half of 2011

OTC derivatives market activity in the first half of 2011, 16 November 2011: “Key developments in the first half of 2011: “After an increase of only 3% in the second half of 2010, total notional amounts outstanding of over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives rose by 18% in the first half of 2011, reaching $708 trillion by the …

Subjects: Government Documents

2011 Best Places to Work in the Federal Government Rankings

“The Best Places to Work to Work in the Federal Government® rankings are the most comprehensive and authoritative rating and analysis of employee satisfaction and commitment in the federal government. The 2011 rankings are the sixth edition of this ongoing series, following the 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2010 versions…The Best Places to Work rankings …

Subjects: Government Documents

Municipal Solid Waste Generation, Recycling, and Disposal in the United States: Facts and Figures for 2010

Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) in the United States: Facts and Figures “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has collected and reported data on the generation and disposal of waste in the United States for more than 30 years. We use this information to measure the success of waste reduction and recycling programs across the country. …

Subjects: Government Documents

Strength through Global Leadership and Engagement: U.S. Higher Education in the 21st Century

Strength through Global Leadership and Engagement: U.S. Higher Education in the 21st Century November 2011 “U.S. institutions have set the benchmark for excellence. American universities populate the top of various ratings of higher education no matter what methodology is used. As just one example, American institutions represented 53 of the top 100 universities in the …

Subjects: Knowledge Management

OCLC Research Library Partnership Rapid Capture Webinar Recording Now Available

“This webinar featured innovative ways to increase access to special collectons. The report, Rapid Capture: Faster Throughput in Digitization of Special Collections, focused on the actual moment of digitization of non-book materials and on innovative ways to speed things up. But speeding things up in one part of the process often uncovers bottlenecks in other …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management, Libraries

Legislative history of the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act

Legislative History of the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act Public Law 109-435, James I. Campbell Jr., September 2007. Includes a summary of the evolution of the bill over 10 years, the public law, congressional debates, most recent committee reports (and related bills), and presidential signing statement. 1077 pages.

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents, Legislation

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