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American Library Association – NATIONAL POLICY AGENDA FOR LIBRARIES – The Policy Revolution! Initiative “INTRODUCTION TO THE AGENDA AND INITIATIVE – Libraries are in a digital revolution , fueled by rapid advances in technology. This digital revolution brings compelling opportunities to build upon what libraries already do well: empower and engage communities and contribute to …
IMF Country Report No. 15/186 – July 14, 2015 “Greece’s public debt has become highly unsustainable. This is due to the easing of policies during the last year, with the recent deterioration in the domestic macroeconomic and financial environment because of the closure of the banking system adding significantly to the adverse dynamics. The financing …
July 14, 2015 – “The Federal Reserve Bank of New York today released results from its June 2015 SCE Credit Access Survey, which provides information on consumers’ experiences and expectations regarding credit demand and credit access. The release shows an increase in application rates for credit over the last twelve months, and a significant decline …
Marks, Alexia Brunet and Moss, Scott A., What Makes a Law Student Succeed or Fail? A Longitudinal Study Correlating Law Student Applicant Data and Law School Outcomes (July 6, 2015). Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2627330 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2627330 “Despite the rise of “big data” empiricism, law school admission remains heavily impressionistic; admission decisions based on …
“Overview of the July 2015 Snapshot Real consumption expenditures are showing signs of a pickup from the weakness during the first quarter. Business equipment spending continued to be sluggish compared to its pace in the second and third quarters of 2014 There recent has been moderate improvement in housing market conditions June payroll growth was …
“Staff from the U.S. Department of Treasury, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission today issued a joint report analyzing the significant volatility in the U.S. Treasury market on October 15, 2014. Using …
“At present, the Office of the Chief Actuary, at the Social Security Administration, does not reveal in full how its forecasts are made and, as a result, no other person, party, or organization, in or out of government, has been able to make fully independent quantitative evaluations of policy proposals about Social Security. Even the …
Check-Off Programs: Observations from the Propane and Heating Oil Programs, GAO-15-769T: Published: Jul 10, 2015. Publicly Released: Jul 10, 2015. HUD Public and Indian Housing Programs: Progress on Prior GAO Recommendations to Enhance Accountability and Efficiency, GAO-15-747T: Published: Jul 10, 2015. Publicly Released: Jul 10, 2015. Inspectors General: Additional Efforts Needed by the Department of …
Bank for International Settlements Working Papers No 503 July 2015 – by Anders Vredin “Experience from financial crises and central bank policies in the past decade has led to an intensified debate about the relationship between monetary policy and financial stability. Since there is no established theoretical framework for analysing the links between financial stability …
“The Center for an Urban Future is proud to report that our research helped lay the groundwork for an enormous win for the libraries and the millions of New Yorkers who use them. Late last month, Mayor de Blasio and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito agreed on a city budget for fiscal year 2016 that increases funding for …
Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program – via the blog for the book, Confronting Suburban Poverty in America: “Between 2000 and 2012, poverty grew and re-concentrated in parts of metropolitan areas that were farther from jobs, particularly in suburbs, which are now home to more than half of the poor residents of the country’s 100 largest metro …
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development | Office of Policy Development and Research: Family Options Study – Short-Term Impacts of Housing and Services Interventions for Homeless Families, July 2015. “The study examines four interventions: 1. Permanent housing subsidy, or SUB, usually a housing choice voucher (HCV), could include assistance to find housing but no …
