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Security of power grids: a European perspective, Corrado Leita, Marc Dacier, Symantec Research Labs. April 2012 “Industrial control systems (ICS) are rapidly becoming a new major target of cyber-criminals. This was pointed out in multiple occasions by security experts and was confirmed by a recent survey carried out by Symantec. In this survey, 53% of …
Progress report on Basel III implementation (update published in April 2012) “This updated Progress report on Basel III implementation provides a high-level view of Basel Committee members’ progress in adopting Basel II, Basel 2.5 and Basel III, as of end March 2012. It focuses on the status of domestic rule-making processes to ensure that the …
Identification and Quantification of the Proceeds of Bribery, A joint OECD-StAR analysis, Revised edition, February 2012 “This study focuses on the identification and quantification of the proceeds of active bribery. It was undertaken as a joint effort between the OECD Working Group on Bribery in International Business Transactions (Working Group) and the World Bank-UNODC Stolen …
“Consumer Federation of America (CFA), Kids In Danger (KID) and Consumers Union (CU) mark the one year anniversary of the posting of consumer reports on the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commissions (CPSC) consumer database, SaferProducts.gov, that allows people to share and access safety information about the products they own and consider buying. To mark the …
CRS: Afghanistan: Politics, Elections, and Government Performance, Kenneth Katzman, Specialist in Middle Eastern Affairs, March 30, 2012 “There is concern among many observers that U.S. efforts to help build Afghan governance, democracy, civil society, and rule of law could founder as the United States and its partners seek to wind down, wholly or in large …
When Labels Dont Fit: Hispanics and Their Views of Identity – by Paul Taylor, Mark Hugo Lopez, Jessica Hamar Martínez and Gabriel Velasco, April 4, 2012 “Nearly four decades after the United States government mandated the use of the terms Hispanic or Latino to categorize Americans who trace their roots to Spanish-speaking countries, a new …
“EPIC has filed an amicus brief in the Ninth Circuit urging the court to affirm legal protections for users of home Wi-Fi networks. In Joffe v. Google, the plaintiffs sued Google for the interception and capture of private communications transferred over residential Wi-Fi networks. Google argued that it should be exempt from liability under the …
Medicare Secondary Payer – Additional Steps Are Needed to, Improve Program Effectiveness for Non-Group Health Plans, GAO-12-333, Mar 9, 2012 The Federal Government’s Long-Term Fiscal Outlook – Spring 2012 Update, GAO-12-521SP, Apr 2, 2012
News release: “The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) reported that the National Average Contract Mortgage Rate for the Purchase of Previously Occupied Homes by Combined Lenders, used as an index in some ARM contracts, was 4.08 percent based on loans closed in February. Beginning this month, FHFA is calculating interest rates using un-weighted survey data. …
Effects of Radiation from Fukushima Dai-ichi on the U.S. Marine Environment, April 12, 2012 “The massive Tohoku earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011, caused extensive damage in northeastern Japan, including damage to the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power installation, which resulted in the release of radiation. Some have called this incident the biggest manmade release …
Effects of Radiation from Fukushima Dai-ichi on the U.S. Marine Environment, April 12, 2012 “The massive Tohoku earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011, caused extensive damage in northeastern Japan, including damage to the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power installation, which resulted in the release of radiation. Some have called this incident the biggest manmade release …
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