Day archives: March 6th, 2015

Freedom of Information Act Legislation in the 114th Congress: Issue Summary and Side-by- Side Analysis

CRS Report – Freedom of Information Act Legislation in the 114th Congress: Issue Summary and Side-by-Side Analysis. Daniel J. Richardson, Research Assistant, Wendy Ginsberg, Analyst in American National Government. February 26, 2015. “Both the House and Senate are currently considering legislation that would make substantive changes to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). FOIA was …

Subjects: Congress, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

Credit Scarcity in Developing Countries: An Empirical Investigation Using Brazilian Firm-Level Data

Sant Anna, Andre A and ambrozio, antonio and De Sousa, Felipe Lage and Faleiros, Joao Paulo, Credit Scarcity in Developing Countries: An Empirical Investigation Using Brazilian Firm-Level Data (November 2014). Centro Studi Luca d’Agliano Development Studies Working Paper No. 372. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2567328 “The aim of this paper is investigating whether Brazilian industrial firms …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System

‘Lost’ Clerks of the White Court Era

Cushman, Clare, ‘Lost’ Clerks of the White Court Era (March 4, 2015). Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2573926 “While studies of early Supreme Court clerks have focused on the scholarly Justices (Horace Gray, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Louis Brandeis, Benjamin Cardozo) who hired clerks from elite law schools and mentored them on to successful careers after …

Subjects: Courts, Government Documents, Legal Research

Federal Student Aid – Financial Responsibility Composite Scores

“Section 498(c) of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, requires for-profit and non-profit institutions to annually submit audited financial statements to the Department to demonstrate they are maintaining the standards of financial responsibility necessary to participate in the Title IV programs [158 private college colleges failed]. One of many standards, which the Department …

Subjects: Economy, Education, Financial System, Government Documents

Is Your School Spending Less Than Your Neighbor’s?

NY Fed – Is Your School Spending Less Than Your Neighbor’s? Ravi Bhalla and Rajashri Chakrabarti , March 6, 2015. “This morning, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York released a set of interactive visuals that present school spending and its various components—such as instructional spending, instructional support, leadership support, and building services spending—across all …

Subjects: Economy, Education, Financial System, Government Documents

New GAO Reports – Auto Safety, Aviation Security, Visa Programs, TARP

Auto Safety: Status of NHTSA’s Redesign of Its Crashworthiness Data System, GAO-15-334: Published: Mar 6, 2015. Publicly Released: Mar 6, 2015. Aviation Security: TSA Should Take Additional Action to Obtain Stakeholder Input when Modifying the Prohibited Items List, GAO-15-261: Published: Feb 4, 2015. Publicly Released: Mar 6, 2015. H-2A and H-2B Visa Programs: Increased Protections …

Subjects: Defense, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Transportation

Librarians’ experiences and perceptions of Identity and Access Management

Librarians’ experiences and perceptions of Identity and Access Management, 2015. “Identity and access management plays a critical role in user experience. Like many core technologies, success can be defined by how well it keeps out of the user’s way expectations and behavior are rapidly evolving, necessitating integration with a growing range of related technologies, which …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management, Libraries, Marketing