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“The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) voting members have approved a new project to develop standardized bibliographic metadata and visual indicators to describe the accessibility of journal articles as well as potentially describe how open the item is. Many offerings are available from publishers under the banner of Open Access (OA), Increased Access, Public Access, …
International financial markets and bank funding in the euro area: dynamics and participants, by Jaime Caruana and Adrian Van Rixtel February 2013 (originally published in Spanish in the journal “Economistas”, in December 2012) “This article investigates the development of bank funding in the euro area in recent years, analysing how euro area funding markets were …
“Second-generation Americansthe 20 million adult U.S.-born children of immigrantsare substantially better off than immigrants themselves on key measures of socioeconomic attainment, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data. They have higher incomes; more are college graduates and homeowners; and fewer live in poverty. In all of these measures, their …
“Oregon became the most recent state to consider limits on the deployment of drones in the United States. A new bill sets out licensing requirements for drone use in Oregon and would fine those who use unlicensed drone to conduct surveillance. New limitations are also proposed for federal evidence collected by drone use in a …
Cuba Democracy Assistance – USAID’s Program Is Improved, but State Could Better Monitor Its Implementing Partners, GAO-13-285, Jan 25, 2013 Space – Launch Services New Entrant Certification Guide, GAO-13-317R, Feb 7, 2013 Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, Jurisdictions Face Challenges to Implementing the Act, and Stakeholders Report Positive and Negative Effects, GAO-13-211, Feb 7, …
The National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) independent study of the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), Rebooting the Government Printing Office: Keeping America Informed in the Digital Age, January 2013 “Over the past two decades, the shift from an industrial age to an information age has affected the way both public and private sector organizations …
“The Center for the Study of the Legal Profession at the Georgetown University Law Center and Thomson Reuters Peer Monitor are pleased to present this 2013 Report on the State of the Legal Market highlighting the trends that we perceived in the legal market in 2012, as well as the factors that we believe will …
News release: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the release of state dashboards and comparative maps that provide the public with information about the performance of state and EPA enforcement and compliance programs across the country. Most states and tribes in the United States have the authority to implement and enforce many of the …
Veterans and Homelessness, Libby Perl. Specialist in Housing Policy, February 4, 2013 “The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have brought renewed attention to the needs of veterans, including the needs of homeless veterans. Researchers have found both male and female veterans to be overrepresented in the homeless population, and as the number of veterans increases …
Social Security Administration Annual Statistical Supplement, 2012 [released February 2013] “About 55.4 million persons received Social Security benefits for December 2011, an increase of 1,372,512 (2.5 percent) since December 2010. Sixty-nine percent were retired workers and their spouses and children, 11 percent were survivors of deceased workers, and 19 percent were disabled workers and their …
