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“The Solicitor General has filed a response to EPIC’s challenge to the NSA’s telephone record collection program. In July, EPIC petitioned the Supreme Court to vacate the order of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court that requires Verizon to turn over all telephone records to the NSA. EPIC argued that the Intelligence Court exceeded its legal …
IMF Working Paper No. 13/208A. J. Al-Eyd; Pelin Berkmen, October 04, 2013 “The ECB has taken a range of actions to address bank funding problems, eliminate excessive risk in sovereign markets, and safeguard monetary transmission. But euro area financial markets have remained fragmented, driving retail interest rates in stressed markets far above those in the …
IMF Working Paper No. 13/209 by Dominic Quint; Pau Rabanal. October 14, 2013 “In this paper, we study the optimal mix of monetary and macroprudential policies in an estimated two-country model of the euro area. The model includes real, nominal and financial frictions, and hence both monetary and macroprudential policy can play a role. We find …
“Today’s release of the G20 Consumer Price Index (CPI) marks the second release of a G20 aggregate statistic following the first publication of aggregate quarterly G20 GDP estimates on 14 March 2012. The releases on G20 aggregates contribute to the implementation of the G20 Data Gaps Initiative – a set of 20 recommendations on the …
The Massive Metadata Machine: Liberty, Power, and Secret Mass Surveillance in the U.S. and Europe, Bryce Clayton Newell, University of Washington – The Information School, October 11, 2013. I/S: A Journal of Law and Policy for the Information Society (ISJLP), 10, 2014 “This paper explores the relationship between liberty and security implicated by secret government …
Oxford University – Carl Benedikt Frey and Michael A. Osborne: The Future of Employment: How Susceptible Are Jobs to Computerisation? “We examine how susceptible jobs are to computerisation. To assess this, we begin by implementing a novel methodology to estimate the probability of computerisation for 702 detailed occupations, using a Gaussian process classifier. Based on …
“This first OECD Skills Outlook presents the initial results of the Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC), which evaluates the skills of adults in 24 countries. It provides insights into the availability of some of the key skills and how they are used at work and at home. A major component is the direct assessment of key information-processing …
“In a letter to the Senate and House Committees on Education, EPIC has asked Congress to restore privacy protections for student data. EPIC’s letter follows a court opinion concerning recent changes to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. EPIC has warned that the changes in the student privacy law allow the release of student …
Introductory Remarks – William C. Dudley, President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of New York Keynote Remarks: The Problem of Fire Sales, Jeremy Stein, Governor, Federal Reserve Board The Role of Institutional Investors in Propagating the Crisis of 2007-2008, Alberto Manconi, Tilburg University; Massimo Massa, INSEAD; Ayako Yasuda, University of California at Davis …
September 26, 2013, Testimony by Dean Baker [Center for Economic and Policy Research] before the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs: “For the last four decades the Postal Service has been operating with a mandate under which it was expected to compete with private companies. The expectation has been that the Postal Service would …
“Statistical information is an important tool for understanding and quantifying the impact of political decisions in a specific territory or region. The Eurostat regional yearbook 2013 gives a detailed picture relating to a broad range of statistical topics across the regions of the Member States of the European Union (EU), as well as the regions …
“The current across-the-board cuts in federal spending have already damaged both national security and the economy, with the negative impact likely to double or triple in the next two years, according to a study released today by the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC). The analysis was co-chaired by former Senators Pete Domenici, a BPC senior fellow, …
