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To log or not to log? – Risks and benefits of emerging life-logging applications, November 11, 2011 via European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) – “European Union (EU) agency which acts as a centre of expertise for the EU Member States and European institutions. It gives advice and recommendations on good practice, and acts …
The National Association of Women Lawyers® and The NAWL Foundation Report of Sixth Annual Survey on Retention and Promotion of Women in Law Firms, October 11 “This sixth year of the Survey presents a sobering picture of the prospects for women in Biglaw. Not only do women represent a decreasing percentage of lawyers in big …
“The Veterans Job Bank powered by NRD.gov provides Veterans with a central source for identifying Veteran-committed employment opportunities and assists Americas employers in identifying qualified Veterans. A key part of the White Houses ongoing commitment to improve access to employment opportunities for transitioning Service Members and Veterans, it facilitates access to hundreds of thousands of …
An Analysis of Faculty Instructional and Grant-based Productivity at The University of Texas at Austin – Marc A. Musick, Associate Dean for Student Affairs,, College of Liberal Arts, Professor of Sociology, November 2011: “As a university of the first class, UT Austin boasts rankings that put it among the best public research universities in the …
What’s the Fallout for Dogs Near Fukushima? by Jenny Marder “The dogs and cats spotted in Katsurao were were among thousands of pets abandoned after residents were forced to quickly evacuate areas around the Fukushima plant, after the tsunami damaged the facility, causing equipment failures and a release of radioactive materials…Upon visiting the area after …
News release: “The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that the agency filed a record 735 enforcement actions in the fiscal year that ended September 30. This record number includes many cases involving highly complex products, transactions, and market practices, including those related to the financial crisis as well as insider trading by market professionals…In …
A Gold Rush of Subsidies in the Search for Clean Energy: “Renewable energy has received exceptional help from the government, mostly as part of the 2009 stimulus bill. That is ending, but some say it has been unnecessary.” Graphic Graphic: Stacking Clean Energy Subsidies Document – Solar and Wind Power Generation Projects With Department of …
“FHFA Acting Director Edward J. DeMarco responded to a letter from numerous U.S. Senators [Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs – with a hearing scheduled for November 15, 2011] regarding executive compensation at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Attached is the text of the letter…Losses at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) have …
Atlantic Wire – Adam Clark Estes: “When a federal judge ruled that Twitter must reveal the private data of three WikiLeaks associates on Thursday, privacy advocates died a little inside. The two organizations that had defended the three users, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Electronic Frontier Foundations (EFF), immediately filed mournful blog posts …
Office of Finance Announces Preliminary Unaudited Third Quarter 2011 Combined Operating Highlights for the Federal Home Loan Banks “These highlights are prepared from the unaudited financial information of each Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLBank) and are subject to change. This announcement contains unaudited individual and combined FHLBank balance sheet and income statement highlights as of …
Follow up to related postings on Marcellus Shale and fracking, news that “the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board Subcommittee (SEAB) on Shale Gas Production released its second and final ninety-day report reviewing the progress that has been made in implementing the twenty recommendations in its initial report of August 18, 2011. The Subcommittee was tasked …
News release: “According to the 2011 National Gang Threat Assessment released by the National Gang Intelligence Center (NGIC), approximately 1.4 million gang members belonging to more than 33,000 gangs were criminally active in the U.S. as of April, 2011. The assessment was developed through analysis of available federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement and …
