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“From 2002 to 2012, the highest rate of increases in education attainment levels were doctorate and master’s degrees, according to new statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau. The population with a doctorate grew by about 1 million, or 45 percent, while those who held a master’s climbed by 5 million, or 43 percent. Meanwhile, the …
“Following the Supreme Court ruling upholding the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and as 2014 approaches, many states are moving into high gear to prepare for implementation of the major provisions of the law, including a new streamlined Medicaid enrollment system and, at states’ option, the expansion of Medicaid. Nearly all states are pressing forward with …
Acquisition Workforce – DOT Lacks Data, Oversight, and Strategic Focus Needed to Address Significant Workforce Challenges, GAO-13-117, Jan 23, 2013 Protecting Defense Technologies – DOD Assessment Needed to Determine Requirement for Critical Technologies List, GAO-13-157, Jan 23, 2013 Financial Regulatory Reform – Regulators Have Faced Challenges Finalizing Key Reforms and Unaddressed Areas Pose Potential Risks, …
World Economic Outlook Update – Gradual Upturn in Global Growth During 2013 “Global growth is projected to increase during 2013, as the factors underlying soft global activity are expected to subside. However, this upturn is projected to be more gradual than in the October 2012 World Economic Outlook (WEO) projections. Policy actions have lowered acute …
News release: “The Library of Congress today is adding the Congressional Record, published by the Government Printing Office (GPO), and cost-estimate reports from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to its Congress.gov beta website, a public site for accessing free, fact-based legislative information. The additions will supplement bills, bill summaries, Member profiles and legislative history information …
Presentation: Teens and Libraries by Lee Rainie, Jan 23, 2013 at Young Adult Library Services Association. “7 takeaways from our research: Teens live in a different information ecosystem Teens live in a different learning ecosystem Teens reading levels match/exceed adult levels Teens use libraries and librarians more than others, but dont necessarily love libraries as …
An, Xudong, Deng, Yongheng , Fisher, Jeffrey D. and Hu, Maggie Rong, Commercial Real Estate Rental Index: A Dynamic Panel Data Model Estimation (November 1, 2012). Available at SSRN “Based on the quarterly actual rental income of over 9,000 NCREIF commercial properties during 2001Q2-2010Q2, we construct a commercial real estate rental index using a dynamic …
Preis, Tobias, Kenett, Dror Y., Stanley, H. Eugene, Helbing, Dirk and Ben-Jacob, Eshel, Quantifying the Behavior of Stock Correlations Under Market Stress (2012). Scientific Reports, Vol. 2, 2012, DOI:10.1038/srep00752. Available at SSRN “Understanding correlations in complex systems is crucial in the face of turbulence, such as the ongoing financial crisis. However, in complex systems, such …
“The Open Budget Survey is a comprehensive analysis and survey that evaluates whether governments give the public access to budget information and opportunities to participate in the budget process at the national level. The Survey also assesses the capacity and independence of formal oversight institutions. The IBP works with civil society partners in 100 countries …
EPA – “Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the United States and is estimated to be responsible for more than 20,000 lung cancer deaths each year. You can’t see, smell, or taste radon–it’s a radioactive gas that comes from the natural breakdown of uranium in soil, rock, and water and gets …
Pino, Giorgio, Positivism, Legal Validity, and the Separation of Law and Morals (december 2012). Ratio Juris, 2013. Available at SSRN “The essay discusses the import of the separability thesis both for legal positivism and for contemporary legal practice. First, the place of the separability thesis in legal positivism will be explored, distinguishing between standard positivism …
