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Measuring bank competition in China: a comparison of new versus conventional approaches applied to loan markets, by Bing Xu, Adrian Van Rixtel and Michiel van Leuvensteijn. Working Papers No 422. August 2013. Bank for International Settlement. “Since the 1980s, important and progressive reforms have profoundly reshaped the structure of the Chinese banking system. Many empirical …
Washington Post – Ellen Nakashima, “The National Security Agency unlawfully gathered as many as tens of thousands of e-mails and other electronic communications between Americans as part of a now-discontinued collection program, according to a 2011 secret court opinion [redacted]. The 86-page opinion, which was declassified by U.S. intelligence officials Wednesday, explains why the chief …
“The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday released the attached minutes of the Committee meeting held on July 30-31, 2013. The minutes for each regularly scheduled meeting of the Committee ordinarily are made available three weeks after the day of the policy decision and subsequently are published in the Board’s …
“The Search DPLA and Europeana app lets users do side-by-side searches of Europeana and the DPLA, providing quick and easy access to both libraries’ vast resources. By default, users are shown each object’s title, author, format, date, and link, along with a thumbnail; additional metadata about each object is available by clicking a drop-down arrow.” …
“A new infographic released today tells the story of library fair use and the Code of Best Practices in a clear and compelling way. There’s an embeddable PNG for your own blogs, and there’s also a print-ready 8.5” x 11” version in case you need hardcopies to hand out at events.”
“Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a report detailing mortgage servicing problems at banks and nonbanks. The report also found that many nonbanks lack robust systems for ensuring they are following federal laws. “Our examinations of banks and nonbanks allow us to correct problems before more consumers are affected,” said CFPB Director Richard …
“Created at the direction of the President of the United States, IC ON THE RECORD provides immediate, ongoing and direct access to factual information related to the lawful foreign surveillance activities carried out by the U.S. Intelligence Community.”
Next Generation Jammer – DOD Should Continue to Assess Potential Duplication and Overlap As Program Moves Forward, GAO-13-642, Aug 20, 2013 Wildland Fire Management – Improvements Needed in Information, Collaboration, and Planning to Enhance Federal Fire Aviation Program Success, GAO-13-684, Aug 20, 2013
Wallis JC, Rolando E, Borgman CL (2013) If We Share Data, Will Anyone Use Them? Data Sharing and Reuse in the Long Tail of Science and Technology. PLoS ONE 8(7): e67332. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0067332 “Research on practices to share and reuse data will inform the design of infrastructure to support data collection, management, and discovery in the …
