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U.S. Metro Economies – Current and Potential Green Jobs in the U.S. Economy – Green Jobs in U.S. Metro Areas, October 2008. Prepared for: The United States Conference of Mayors and the Mayors Climate Protection Center. “Dwindling natural resources, growing global demand for energy, climate change these issues are irrevocably altering our global economy. …
“U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez today released a report on the U.S. litigation environment and trends in foreign direct investment (FDI) flows into America during the U.S. Chamber of Commerces 9th Annual Legal Reform Summit. In the wake of economic challenges, it is important that America remains open and does not retreat into economic …
“If you missed the Oct. 15 deadline for filing an income tax return for a economic stimulus payment, don’t worry. You can receive a payment in 2009 by filing an income tax return when the filing season opens in January. The IRS will have more information shortly. Also, if you filed a tax return for …
“This document, Cisco Visual Networking Index Pulse Survey: Online Video and Political Engagement Highlights, presents some of the initial high-level findings of a new study assessing the influence of online video and other social media applications on Americans’ political engagement. The study was conducted by Compete and sponsored by Cisco. Many eligible American voters are …
News release: “According to a report released today by Chairman Waxman, key FDA career officials strongly objected to Bush Administration drug labeling regulations that would preempt state liability lawsuits, asserting that the central justifications for the regulations were false and misleading and warning that the changes would deprive consumers of timely information about drug hazards.” …
Follow up to previous postings on toxicological impact of Bisphenol A (BPA) exposure, this new report by the FDA Science Board subcommittee that “…provides advice primarily to the Commissioner of the USFDA and other appropriate officials on specific complex and technical issues as well as emerging issues within the scientific community. The focus of this …
How Can Leaders Channel the Creative Potential of Individualistic Groups?: According to Prof. Jack Goncalo, one of the challenges that leaders face is how to foster creative potential. His research supports the position that how leaders maintain momentum and make sure their organizations are dynamic and creative is determined by where they fall on the …
News release: “The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service today issued Revenue Procedure 2008-64 (Rev. Proc. 2008-64), which provides that certain gains and losses from indirect ownership of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac preferred stock can be treated as ordinary income and loss.” Related postings on financial system
Leadership & The Role Of Information: Making The Creatively Informed Questioner – Stuart Basefsky supports the concept that the quintessential leader is an informed leader. However, effectively communicating and leveraging the power of information, in leadership roles, is subject to a range of interpretations that he discusses in this forward thinking series.
E-Discovery Update: Pushing Back Against Hardcopy ESI Productions – Conrad J. Jacoby addresses how critical technology issues related to document authenticity and document-associated metadata have left fewer lawyers willing to accept e-mail messages and other electronic documents in print format. He argues that litigants choosing to produce electronically stored information in hardcopy format should be …
CongressLine: Congress and Money – Paul Jenks examines how the appropriations process this year has provided a multitude of interesting examples of the wide variety of tools available to Congress and the federal government for appropriating money, beyond just the ordinary appropriations bills in Congress.
As print media decline, so does the amount of available information, by David Carr, IHT: “It has been an especially rotten few days for people who type on deadline. Just Tuesday, The Christian Science Monitor announced that, after a century, it would cease publishing a weekday paper. Time Inc., the Olympian home of Time magazine, …
