Monthly archives: September, 2014

Legislative Research for Congressional Staff: How to Find Documents and Other Resources

CRS – Legislative Research for Congressional Staff: How to Find Documents and Other Resources. Ada S. Cornell, Information Research Specialist. Michael Greene, Information Research Specialist; Laura A. Hanson, Information Research Specialist. September 25, 2014. “During the legislative process, many documents are prepared by Congress and its committees. Governmental and non-governmental entities track and record congressional activities, and many more entities chronicle and analyze …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

Food Price Crisis Observatory

World Bank: “How do we know if and when a food price spike will become a full-fledged crisis? How do we prepare for such situations? The Food Price Crisis Observatory is an interactive information platform for policymakers, civil society and global organizations, the private sector and anyone else interested in identifying multi-country food crises as …

Subjects: Food and Nutrition, Government Documents

Statistics on payment, clearing and settlement systems in the CPMI countries – Figures for 2013 – preliminary release

“This is an annual publication that provides data on payments and payment, clearing and settlement systems in the CPMI countries. This version of the statistical update contains data for 2013 and earlier years. There are detailed tables for each individual country as well as a number of comparative tables. Please note that this publication contains some provisional …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents

Federal Reserve Board announces it will begin a quantitative impact study to evaluate potential effects of its revised regulatory capital framework on insurance holding companies

“The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced that it will begin a quantitative impact study (QIS) to evaluate the potential effects of its revised regulatory capital framework on savings and loan holding companies and nonbank financial companies supervised by the Board that are substantially engaged in insurance underwriting activity (insurance holding companies). In July 2013, the …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents

A Review of Security Requirements for Local Number Portability Administration

A Review of Security Requirements for Local Number Portability Administration, The Chertoff Group, September 29, 2014: “For years, Americans have had the legal right to keep their wireless and wireline telephone numbers when switching carriers, and they frequently exercise this right. Carriers must constantly keep track of this switching of carriers in order to route telephone calls …

Subjects: E-Mail, E-Records, Government Documents, Legal Research, Privacy

2012 Economic Census Industry Series Reports – Nondepository Credit Intermediation

“Today the U.S. Census Bureau released additional data from the 2012 Economic Census Industry Series reports, including new data for the finance sector on nondepository credit intermediation. These new data showed that: Total nondepository credit intermediation (NAICS code 5222) revenue was $564.5 billion in 2012, an increase of 10.0 percent from the $513.3 billion in revenue generated …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents

Commentary – Should the Private Sector Drive PACER?

David Perla, Law Technology News – “An uproar recently erupted in the legal community that raises the question of where the market should expect to rely on the government—and where it should look to private industry. The catalyst for the recent debate was when decades’ worth of public records from five federal courts—the U.S. Court of Appeals …

Subjects: Courts, Legal Research

New GAO Reports – Afghanistan Equipment Drawdown, Bureau of Prisons, Elections, Unmanned Aerial Systems

AFGHANISTAN EQUIPMENT DRAWDOWN: Progress Made, but Improved Controls in Decision Making Could Reduce Risk of Unnecessary Expenditures, GAO-14-768: Published: Sep 30, 2014. Publicly Released: Sep 30, 2014. BUREAU OF PRISONS: Information on Efforts and Potential Options to Save Costs, GAO-14-821: Published: Sep 30, 2014. Publicly Released: Sep 30, 2014. ELECTIONS: Observations on Wait Times for Voters on Election Day 2012, GAO-14-850: Published: Sep …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Defense, E-Government, Government Documents, Privacy

Why Employee Satisfaction Matters to Shareholders – Wharton

Knowledge@Wharton: “Happy workers make good workers, all to the benefit of the firm and its shareholders. That, at least, is the view on the progressive side of the management-theory spectrum. Others, of course, believe that employees work hardest under the crack of the whip and fear of unemployment. In the early 20th Century, some economists argued that …

Subjects: Economy

The Politicization of International Economic Institutions in US Public Debates

“Rixen, Thomas and Zangl, Bernhard, The Politicization of International Economic Institutions in US Public Debates (September 28, 2014). The Review of International Organizations: Volume 8, Issue 3, 2013, pp. 363-387. Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2502520 “Recent research has noted a trend of increased “politicization” of international politics, i.e., decisions of international institutions are increasingly debated …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Knowledge Management

Measuring the Impact of Ebola: Will it Reach 1.4 Million?

Josh Michaud and Jennifer Kates, Kaiser Family Foundation, September 29, 2014. “More than six months have passed since Ebola was first identified in West Africa, and the scale of the crisis continues to grow. Over the last few weeks cases and deaths have increased significantly in the two most affected countries – Liberia and Sierra …

Subjects: Government Documents, Health Care, Medicine

Law Firm Copying and Fair Use: An Examination of Different Purpose and Fair Use Markets

Jones, D. R., Law Firm Copying and Fair Use: An Examination of Different Purpose and Fair Use Markets (September 29, 2014). South Texas Law Review, Vol. 56, No. 2, 2014 – Forthcoming; University of Memphis Legal Studies Research Paper No. 144. Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2503089 “In several recent lawsuits, publishers sued law firms for …

Subjects: Copyright, Legal Research, Libraries, Patent and Trademark

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