Day archives: November 3rd, 2015

Information on global systemically important banks published by the Basel Committee

“In conjunction with today’s publication by the Financial Stability Board of the updated list of global systemically important banks (G-SIBs), the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has released further information. This information includes: •    a list of all the banks in the assessment sample; •    the denominators used to calculate the scores for banks in …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents

Economic Census Data on Real Estate and Rental and Leasing

“The 2012 Economic Census concludes the Geographic Area Series for the real estate and rental and leasing sector. This series includes statistics for real estate, rental and leasing services and lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets (except copyrighted works). The files provide statistics on the number of establishments, revenue, payroll, number of employees and other data …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Housing

In US Telecommuting for Work Climbs to 37%

Gallup – Jeffrey M. Jones – Thirty-seven percent of U.S. workers say they have telecommuted, up slightly from 30% last decade but four times greater than the 9% found in 1995. Average worker telecommutes two days per month 46% of telecommuters do so during the workday Most say telecommuters just as productive as other employees …

Subjects: E-Government, Economy, Internet, Knowledge Management, Transportation

Rising morbidity and mortality in midlife among white non-Hispanic Americans in the 21st century

Rising morbidity and mortality in midlife among white non-Hispanic Americans in the 21st century – Anne Case and Angus Deaton, Princeton University, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Published online before print November 2, 2015, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1518393112 November 2, 201. “This paper documents a marked increase in the all-cause mortality of middle-aged white non-Hispanic men …

Subjects: Health Care, Knowledge Management, Medicine

FFIEC Releases Statement on Cyber Attacks Involving Extortion

“The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) members today issued a statement alerting financial institutions to the increasing frequency and severity of cyber attacks involving extortion. The statement describes steps financial institutions should take to respond to these attacks and highlights resources institutions can use to mitigate the risks posed by such attacks. Cyber attacks …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Internet

FOIA Survey Shows Agencies Improved But Far From Perfect

“Two-thirds of 21 agencies are now responding and providing usable data in the FOIA survey being conducted by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC). This represents an improvement over just seven agencies that gave adequate responses in April. However, seven other agencies are still failing to provide requested records after four rounds of quarterly requests. …

Subjects: Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research