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Improving American’s Financial Security: “..one of the most important components of Wall Street reform is putting in place a Director of the new CFPB. It is only with a Director that the CFPB can exercise its full authorities and make good on the consumer protection goals of Wall Street Reform. Without a Director, the CFPB …
Emerging East Asia – A Regional Economic Update, December 2011. Asian Development Bank. “Outlook and Risks: Since mid-2011, the external environment for emerging East Asia has worsened; no resolution of the eurozone sovereign debt crisis is in sight and the US recovery remains fragile. Aggregate GDP in emerging East Asia is expected to grow 7.2% …
A mandate to preserve – Assessing the inaugural Newspaper Archive Summit, by Victoria McCargar “Historically, when a newspaper ceased publication, the photographs, clippings and bound volumes were handed off to the local historical society or public library. They sat there, and many continue to sit there, until the organization decided what to do with them. …
Divided We Stand – Why Inequality Keeps Rising, OECD, December 5, 2011. “In the three decades to the recent economic downturn, wage gaps widened and household income inequality increased in a large majority of OECD countries. This occurred even when countries were going through a period of sustained economic and employment growth. This report analyses …
Matt Leichter: “Two weeks ago, I used U.S. News and Official Guide data to show that in 2010, 44,245 ABA law school graduates took on $3.6 billion in student loans, a sum that increased from $3.1 billion in 2008. The increases occur because Congress allows law students to fully finance their legal educations (and living …
William Pannapacker is an associate professor of English at Hope College, in Holland, Mich: “Contrary to many futuristic projectionseven from bibliophiles who, as a group, enjoy melancholy reveriesthe recent technological revolution has only deepened the affection that many scholars have for books and libraries, and highlighted the need for the preservation, study, and cherishing of …
Closing the gap: “Organisations ranging from the United Nations to the OECD and the World Bank are paying more attention to women. Some European countries have already introduced quotas to get more of them on company boards and others may follow. Every self-respecting firm, bank, consultancy and headhunter is launching initiatives, conducting studies and running …
CBO – Spending Patterns for Prescription Drugs Under Medicare Part D, December 2011: “The centerpiece of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (Medicare Modernization Act) was the creation of Medicare Part D, a subsidized pharmaceutical benefit that went into effect in 2006. That additional coveragewhich provides outpatient prescription drug insurance to …
News release: “Among fathers with a wife in the workforce, 32 percent were a regular source of care for their children under age 15, up from 26 percent in 2002, the U.S. Census Bureau reported today. Among these fathers with preschool-age children, one in five fathers was the primary caregiver, meaning their child spent more …
CRS – Governmental Tracking of Cell Phones and Vehicles: The Confluence of Privacy, Technology, and Law. Richard M. Thompson, Law Clerk, December 1, 2011 “Legislation has been introduced in the 112th Congress that proposes to update, clarify, or, in some instances, strengthen the privacy interests protected under the law and give law enforcement a clearer …
“The OECD broadband portal provides access to a range of broadband-related statistics gathered by the OECD. Policy makers must examine a range of indicators which reflect the status of individual broadband markets in the OECD. The OECD has indentified five main categories which are important for assessing broadband markets.” Penetration | Usage | Coverage | …
CRS – Congressional Lawmaking: A Perspective On Secrecy and Transparency – Walter J. Oleszek, Senior Specialist in American National Government, November 30, 2011 “Openness is fundamental to representative government. Yet the congressional process is replete with activities and actions that are private and not observable by the public. How to distinguish reasonable legislative secrecy from …
