Just Released: The New York Fed Staff ForecastMay 2013, Jonathan McCarthy and Richard Peach – “As we did last year around this time, were presenting the New York Fed staff outlook for the U.S. economy to the Banks Economic Advisory Panel at todays meeting. It provides an opportunity to get valuable feedback from leading economists… Continue Reading
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New GAO Reports – Defense Acquisitions, Defense Infrastructure, Emergency Alerting, Export-Import Bank
Defense Acquisitions – Continued Management Attention Needed to Enhance Use and Review of DOD’s Inventory of Contracted Services, GAO-13-491, May 23, 2013 Defense Infrastructure – Navy’s Analysis of Costs and Benefits Regarding Naval Station Mayport Demonstrated Some Best Practices and Minimally Addressed Other Requirements, GAO-13-501, May 23, 2013 Emergency Alerting – Capabilities Have Improved, but… Continue Reading
Texas Cities Lead Nation in Population Growth, Census Bureau Reports
News release: “Eight of the 15 fastest-growing large U.S. cities and towns for the year ending July 1, 2012 were in Texas, according to population estimates released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. The Lone Star State also stood out in terms of the size of population growth, with five of the 10 cities and… Continue Reading
Bridging the Higher Education Divide: Strengthening Community Colleges and Restoring the American Dream
Bridging the Higher Education Divide: Strengthening Community – Colleges and Restoring the American Dream. By The Century Foundation Task Force on Preventing Community Colleges from Becoming Separate and Unequal, May 23, 2013 “Education has always been a key driver in our nations struggle to promote social mobility and widen the circle of people who can… Continue Reading
Skin Cancer Remains the Most Common Cancer in US
News release: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), joined by the National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is recognizing the Friday before Memorial Day as Dont Fry Day, to encourage Americans to take a few simple steps to protect their… Continue Reading
Report – The Condition of Education 2013
“The Condition of Education 2013 [May 2013] summarizes important developments and trends in education using the latest available data. The report presents 42 indicators on the status and condition of education, in addition to Spotlights that look more closely at 4 issues of current interest. The indicators represent a consensus of professional judgment on the… Continue Reading
Speech – Lessons at the Zero Bound: The Japanese and U.S. Experience
Lessons at the Zero Bound: The Japanese and U.S. Experience, May 21, 2013. William C. Dudley, President and Chief Executive Officer/NY Fed. Remarks at the Japan Society, New York City. “The monetary and fiscal stimulus that was provided helped Japan avoid a deep recession. But expectations about future nominal income growth for both households and… Continue Reading
NYC Department of Records Online Archives – access to over 800,000 photos, records, maps
“Welcome to the New York City Municipal Archives Online Gallery. This ever-expanding gallery is your entry point into the vast visual holdings of the Archives. The Online Gallery provides free and open research access to over 800,000 items digitized from the Municipal Archives collections, including photographs, maps, motion-pictures and audio recordings. The holdings are arranged… Continue Reading
Congress.gov, currently in beta test, to eventually replace THOMAS
Library of Congress Magazine: “The Law Library and CRS, working with the Library’s web services experts, maintain THOMAS, the Internet-accessible database that makes legislative information-bills, resolutions, treaties and the Congressional Record-available to Congress and the public. Congress.gov, a beta website operated jointly by the Library of Congress, the House, the Senate and the other legislative… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports – Performance Management and Oversight, Hazardous Waste Cleanup, Spectrum Management, VA Education Benefits,
Government Efficiency and Effectiveness – Opportunities to Reduce Fragmentation, Overlap, and Duplication through Enhanced Performance Management and Oversight, GAO-13-590T, May 22, 2013 Hazardous Waste Cleanup – Observations on States’ Role, Liabilities at DOD and Hardrock Mining Sites, and Litigation Issues, GAO-13-633T, May 22, 2013 Spectrum Management – Federal Relocation Costs and Auction Revenues, GAO-13-472, May… Continue Reading
TRAC: Decisions on ICE Detainees Vary Widely by State
Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse: “Of the 1,500 individuals taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on a typical work day, the latest ICE data record that about 1,000 were eventually “removed” — deported and barred from returning to the U.S. for years. About 360 individuals were released after posting bond, on their own… Continue Reading
The 2011 FDIC assessment on banks managed liabilities: interest rate and balance-sheet responses
The 2011 FDIC assessment on banks managed liabilities: interest rate and balance-sheet responses by Lawrence L Kreicher, Robert N McCauley and Patrick McGuire, Working Papers No 413, May 2013 “The global financial crisis led to discussion of corrective bank taxes to promote financial stability. This paper interprets the widening of the FDIC assessment base from… Continue Reading
