DOD – Military and Security Developments Involving the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea 2012. A Report to Congress Pursuant to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012. “Section 1236 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, Public Law 112-81, provides that the Secretary of Defense shall submit a report “in… Continue Reading
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TRAC – Removal Orders Running 18 Percent Behind Last Year's Pace
Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse: “Immigration Judges are issuing removal orders at a slower pace than last year, according to the latest (April 2013) data obtained and analyzed by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC). Only 49,462 such orders have been issued during the first seven months of fiscal year 2013. At this rate, by the… Continue Reading
NACUBO – The 2012 Tuition Discounting Study (TDS)
“The 2012 Tuition Discounting Study (TDS) shows a drop in enrollment, a large jump in the discount rate, and falling net tuition revenue for 2011 at private, nonprofit colleges and universities.” See also- MscKinsey & Co.: College for all – Open online courses are changing higher education. Traditional colleges face dangersand opportunities. May 2013 |… Continue Reading
The April 2013 Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending Practices
“The April 2013 Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending Practices addressed changes in the supply of, and demand for, bank loans to businesses and households over the past three months. This summary is based on responses from 68 domestic banks and 21 U.S. branches and agencies of foreign banks. In the April survey,… Continue Reading
Who Is Willing to Sacrifice Ethical Values for Money and Social Status?
Who Is Willing to Sacrifice Ethical Values for Money and Social Status? Gender Differences in Reactions to Ethical Compromises. Jessica A. Kennedy, Laura J. Kray. Published online before print March 28, 2013, doi: 10.1177/1948550613482987 Social Psychological and Personality Science March 28, 2013 1948550613482987 “Women select into business school at a lower rate than men and… Continue Reading
ABA Journal – Are digitization and budget cuts compromising history?
Hollee Schwartz Temple: “When people say everything’s online,” says Jerry Dupont of the Law Library Microform Consortium, “they’re woefully uninformed.” Dupont, founder of the LLMC, a nonprofit law library cooperative, estimates that of the 2 million unique volumes contained in Americas law libraries, only about 15 percent are available in digital form. That figure includes… Continue Reading
NYT – As Works Flood In, Nations Library Treads Water
New York Times, Jennifer Steinhauer: “Just as military contractors, air traffic controllers and federal workers are coping with the grim results of a partisan impasse over the federal deficit, the Library of Congress, whose services range from copyrighting written works whether famous novels or poems scribbled on napkins to the collection, preservation and… Continue Reading
Concert at New York City's Carnegie Hall Zankel Hall – Properly Performed Masterpieces
“The Foundation For The Revival Of Classical Culture presents master pianist Tian Jiang in a concert entitled “Properly Performed Masterpieces”. The concert will occur at New York City’s Carnegie Hall Zankel Hall, May 28 at 7:30 pm. The program includes Beethoven’s Sonata no.7 in E flat Major, op.10, no.3; the Sonata no.23 in F minor,… Continue Reading
NYT – Corporations Find a Friend in the Supreme Court
Adam Liptak: “While the current courts decisions, over all, are only slightly more conservative than those from the courts led by Chief Justices Warren E. Burger and William H. Rehnquist, according to political scientists who study the court, its business rulings are another matter. They have been, a new study finds, far friendlier to business… Continue Reading
Secret surveillance of American citizens – "no digital communication is secure"
Are all telephone calls recorded and accessible to the US government? A former FBI counterterrorism agent claims on CNN that this is the case, by Glenn Greenwald “The real capabilities and behavior of the US surveillance state are almost entirely unknown to the American public because, like most things of significance done by the US… Continue Reading
Accenture 2013 College Graduate Employment Survey
Accenture 2013 College Graduate Employment Survey Key Findings: “Accenture conducted an online survey in the United States of 1,010 students graduating from college in 2013 and entering the job market, and 1,005 participants who already graduated college in 2011 or 2012. The survey was conducted between March 22 and April 1, 2013. 41 percent of… Continue Reading
Public Service Recognition Week: May 511, 2013
“Honoring Our Public Servants. Connecting Citizens with Their Government. May 511, 2013. Celebrated the first week of May since 1985, Public Service Recognition Week (PSRW) is time set aside to honor the men and women who serve our nation as federal, state, county and local government employees and ensure that our government is the best… Continue Reading
