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Natural Gas in the U.S. Economy: Opportunities for Growth. Robert Pirog, Specialist in Energy Economics; Michael Ratner, Specialist in Energy Policy. November 6, 2012 “Due to the growth in natural gas production, primarily from shale gas, the United States is benefitting from some of the lowest prices for natural gas in the world and faces …
Federal Reserve Liquidity Facilities Gross $22 Billion for U.S. Taxpayers, Michael Fleming “During the 2007-09 crisis, the Federal Reserve took many measures to mitigate disruptions in financial markets, including the introduction or expansion of liquidity facilities. Many studies have found that the Feds lending via the facilities helped stabilize financial markets. In addition, because the …
USA.gov: “President Barack Obama won the 2012 Presidential election. According to major news outlets, he captured 303 electoral college votes, and won important battleground states like Ohio and Virginia. Find a map of election results or results by state. Obama will begin his second-term in office when he is sworn in at a public ceremony …
“According to the Justice Committee, the European Union Data Protection proposals “need to go back to the drawing board”. Justice Committee – Third Report – The Committee’s opinion on the European Union Data Protection framework proposals Inquiry: The Committee’s opinion on the EU Data Protection framework proposals Justice Committee publications EU proposals to update data …
Grading the Governments Data Publication Practices by Jim Harper, November 5, 2012 “Four key data practices support government transparency: authoritative sourcing, availability, machine discoverability, and machine readability.”
“Begun in 1990, The Campus Computing Project™ is the largest continuing study of the role of information technology in American higher education. Our projects the annual Campus Computing Survey, the national surveys of presidents, provosts, and other senior campus officials conducted in collaboration with Inside Higher Ed, and other research activities draw on …
Experiential Learning: Context and Connections for Legal Research A Case Study, Cindy Guyer, USC Gould School of Law. November 1, 2012. Via SSRN. “The ABA requires that all law students receive substantial instruction in legal research. This article discusses a unique legal research program that meets this requirement by focusing on experiential learning. Two …
U.S. Asset Poverty and the Great Recession, Caroline Ratcliffe, Sisi Zhang. Released online: November 06, 2012 “How has family economic security, as measured by the net worth asset-poverty rate, changed since the onset of the Great Recession? Data from the 2007 and 2010 Survey of Consumer Finances show that one out of every five U.S. …
“All WSJ.com content is free to read and share until 5 p.m. ET Wednesday.” In addition, the New York Times is also fully accessible to readers. Additional free sites to track election, via Online 2012 Election Results and Trackers.
Social Media and Voting by Lee Rainie, November 6, 2012 On Election Day 2012, the Pew Internet & American Life Project finds social media to be a significant part of the process by which voters are talking about their ballot selections, especially younger voters: 22% of registered voters have let others know how they voted …
Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse: “The latest available data from the federal courts show that during September 2012 the government reported 723 new consumer credit civil filings, according to the case-by-case information analyzed by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC). This number is down 8.8 percent over the previous month, when the number of civil filings …
Remarks by Wayne Byres, Secretary General of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, prepared for the Financial Stability Institute’s 6th Biennial Conference on Risk Management and Supervision, Basel, 6 November 2012: “My main message to you this afternoon is that implementing Basel III is essential, but it must be accompanied by other measures and reforms …
