Day archives: September 16th, 2012

NATO sponsored manual on the international law applicable to cyber warfare

News release: “From NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Center of Excellence: The Tallinn Manual on the International Law Applicable to Cyber Warfare, written at the invitation of the Centre by an independent ‘International Group of Experts’, is the result of a three-year effort to examine how extant international law norms apply to this ‘new’ form of …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Legal Research

Poll – Leading Education by Advancing Digital Commission finds support for greater use of technology in education

“Answering a challenge from the Federal Communications Commission and the Department of Education, the Leading Education by Advancing Digital (LEAD) Commission was established to determine how technology can help transform education in America. The Commission will do this through analyzing the ways in which technology is currently being implemented, determining which barriers are inhibiting greater …

Subjects: Government Documents

World Bank – Rethinking the Role of the State in Finance

News release: “The Global Financial Development Report: Rethinking the Role of the State in Finance, examines how financial systems around the world fared during the global financial crisis. Coinciding with the anniversary of the 2008 collapse of Lehman Brothers, the report draws on several new global surveys and compiles unique country-level data covering more than …

Subjects: Government Documents

Paper – A Global Law Perspective of the WTO

Delimatsis, Panagiotis, A Global Law Perspective of the WTO (July 27, 2012). Tilburg Law Review, Forthcoming. Available at SSRN “This note attempts to map the relevance of the emerging global law advocacy for the WTO. In this regard, it understands global law as an attempt to describe a growing decrease of the regulatory State and …

Subjects: Legal Research

Pensions and Retirement State Legislation Database

Pensions and Retirement State Legislation Database – “Current legislation on pensions and retirement is available in a searchable database. You can search 2012 pensions and retirement bills by topic, primary author, state, bill number, status or keyword. The database is updated every two weeks.” [Via Pew and the National Conference of State Legislatures]

Subjects: Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

The Gender Wage Gap: 2011

The Gender Wage Gap: 2011. by Ariane Hegewisch, Angela Edwards (September 2012). Institute for Women’s Policy Research “The ratio of women’s and men’s median annual earnings was 77.0 for full-time/year-round workers in 2011, essentially unchanged from 77.4 in 2010. (This means the gender wage gap for full-time/year-round workers is now 23 percent.) During the last …

Subjects: Knowledge Management

White House Infographic: The Plan to Help Homeowners Refinance

“Congress is currently considering a plan that would help millions of responsible homeowners save hundreds of dollars each month by refinancing their mortgages. The plan to expand access to refinancing is simple: make it easier for millions of responsible homeowners with mortgages backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to take advantage of historically low …

Subjects: Government Documents

2011 Census for England and Wales

2011 Census for England and Wales: “The estimated population of England and Wales is 56,075,900. Census statistics provide a detailed snapshot of the population and its characteristics, and underpin funding allocation to provide public services. The first release of 2011 Census data provides household estimates, and population estimates by age and sex, for England and …

Subjects: Government Documents