Day archives: April 13th, 2016

Corporate Income Tax: Most Large Profitable U.S. Corporations Paid Tax but Effective Tax Rates Differed Significantly from Statutory Rate

Corporate Income Tax: Most Large Profitable U.S. Corporations Paid Tax but Effective Tax Rates Differed Significantly from the Statutory Rate, GAO-16-363: Published: Mar 17, 2016. Publicly Released: Apr 13, 2016. “In each year from 2006 to 2012, at least two-thirds of all active corporations had no federal income tax liability. Larger corporations were more likely …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Legal Research

Paper – Laying the Foundation for a Research Data Management Program

Building Blocks: Laying the Foundation for a Research Data Management Program by Ricky Erway, Laurence Horton, Amy Nurnberger, Reid Otsuji, and Amy Rushing, April 2016. “Many research libraries are taking on a new role to support the research data management needs of their researchers and of their universities. In many cases, there are few resources …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management, Libraries

Agencies Announce Determinations Provide Feedback on Resolution Plans of 8 Systemically Important, Domestic Banking Institutions

Federal Reserve news release: “The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday jointly announced determinations and provided firm-specific feedback on the 2015 resolution plans of eight systemically important, domestic banking institutions. The agencies have jointly determined that each of the 2015 resolution plans of Bank of America, Bank of New York …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Legal Research

Demographic and Economic Profiles of New York’s Electorate

“In advance of the New York primary on April 19, the U.S. Census Bureau presents a variety of statistics that give an overall profile of the state’s voting-age population and industries. Statistics include: Voting-age population and estimate of eligible voters (i.e., citizens age 18 and older). Breakdown of voting-age population by race and Hispanic origin …

Subjects: Economy, Education, Government Documents, Poverty

U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emission Trends and the Role of the Clean Power Plan

CRS report via FAS – U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emission Trends and the Role of the Clean Power Plan, Jonathan L. Ramseur, Specialist in Environmental Policy. April 11, 2016. “Recent international negotiations and domestic policy developments have generated interest in current and projected U.S. greenhouse gas (GHG) emission levels. GHG emissions are generated throughout the United …

Subjects: Climate Change, Courts, Energy, Environmental Law, Government Documents, Legal Research

Research debunks long standing dietary guidelines promoting use of vegetable oil over butter

“A research team led by scientists at the UNC School of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health has unearthed more evidence that casts doubt on the traditional “heart healthy” practice of replacing butter and other saturated fats with corn oil and other vegetable oils high in linoleic acid.The findings, reported today in the British …

Subjects: Food and Nutrition, Health Care, Knowledge Management, Medicine

GAO Reports – Army Planning, Defense Infrastructure, Disability Insurance, Medicare

2016 Annual Report: Additional Opportunities to Reduce Fragmentation, Overlap, and Duplication and Achieve Other Financial Benefits, GAO-16-375SP: Published: Apr 13, 2016. Publicly Released: Apr 13, 2016. Army Planning: Comprehensive Risk Assessment Needed for Planned Changes to the Army’s Force Structure, GAO-16-327: Published: Apr 13, 2016. Publicly Released: Apr 13, 2016. Defense Infrastructure: DOD Has Made …

Subjects: Defense, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Health Care, Medicine

GAO Report on Government Efficiency and Effectiveness

Government Efficiency and Effectiveness: Opportunities to Reduce Fragmentation, Overlap, and Duplication and Achieve Other Financial Benefits, GAO-16-579T: Published: Apr 13, 2016. Publicly Released: Apr 13, 2016: “GAO’s 2016 annual report identifies 92 new actions that Congress and executive branch agencies could take to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of government in 37 areas. GAO identifies …

Subjects: Congress, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Knowledge Management

A new view of the tree of life

Nature Microbiology Article number: 16048 (2016) doi:10.1038/nmicrobiol.2016.48 “The tree of life is one of the most important organizing principles in biology. Gene surveys suggest the existence of an enormous number of branches but even an approximation of the full scale of the tree has remained elusive. Recent depictions of the tree of life have focused either on …

Subjects: Education, Environmental Law, Knowledge Management

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