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“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 …
“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 …
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 …
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 …
“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 …
“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. …
Via LLRX.com – Unpacking and overcoming “edutainment” in library instruction – Within our field, and more widely, there is a way of thinking that equates effective teaching with effective entertaining. This way of thinking can be referred to as a “discourse of edutainment.” It underpins some of the publications and conversations that encourage librarians to …
Via LLRX.com – Google’s A/B Testing Method is Being Applied to Improve Government Operations – Alan Rothman discusses and documents a method of testing used in the private sector that also has significant in public sector applications – the process called “A/B testing.” Users are shown two nearly identical versions of something with one of …
Searching for Excellence at the NAHSL Conference Blog Post by Hongjie Wang October 23, 2015 “The Yale MeSH Analyzer,” a new web-based search tool introduced at the [2015 North Atlantic Health Sciences Libraries] meeting Contributed Papers Session by Holly Grossetta Nardini and Lei Wang, took us all by storm. This excellent MeSH Analyzer saves time …
Census: “This interactive visualization allows users to understand how race and ethnicity categories have changed over time since the 1790 Census. For more information, see Random Samplings Blog post.”
News release: “Harvard University’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society is pleased to announce exciting changes to our pioneering Chilling Effects project, including an expanded mission and a new set of international research partnerships. To better reflect this evolution in scope as well as the changes in the landscape over the fourteen years since it …
Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction Quarterly Report to the United States Congress, October 30, 2015. “As of March 31, 2015, approximately $110 billion had been appropriated for Afghanistan relief and reconstruction since 2002. These funds are used to build the Afghan National Security Forces, promote good governance, conduct development assistance, and engage in counter-narcotics …
