Category «Financial System»

The Essential Guide to the Federal Budget

PoliticoPro Blog [free]: To receive federal funding, federal agencies must begin developing their budgets 18 months ahead of the next fiscal year. They must also monitor the progress of their requests as they are pushed and pulled through the White House, House of Representatives and Senate. The federal budget process: step-by-step – Download the entire …

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

Researchers map global economy in collaboration with LinkedIn

Phys.org: A small team of researchers at Indiana University has created the first global map of labor flow in collaboration with the world’s largest professional social network, LinkedIn. “The work is reported in the journal Nature Communications. The study’s lead authors are Jaehyuk Park and Ian Wood, Ph.D. students working with Yong Yeol “Y.Y.” Ahn, …

Subjects: Economy, Education, Financial System, Knowledge Management, Social Media

Our lax cybersecurity policies put our elections and our data at risk

CNN Perspectives – Andrew Grotto – “Our national discussions about cybersecurity and privacy follow a frustrating pattern: a headline-grabbing incident like the recent Capital One breach occurs, Congress wrings its hands and policymakers more or less move on. So it is no surprise cybersecurity hasn’t been much of a focus as the race to the …

Subjects: Congress, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Internet, Legislation

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues July 28, 2019

Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues July 28, 2019  – Privacy and security issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Financial System, ID Theft, Internet, Legal Research, Privacy, Search Engines

New York Review of Books – Real Americans

Joseph O’Neil – August 15, 2019 Issue – Reviewing: This America: The Case for the Nation by Jill Lepore Liveright, 150 pp., and This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant’s Manifesto by Suketu Mehta Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 306 pp. “A poignant quality of anachronism threatens these exigent, idealistic books by the writer-professors Jill Lepore …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Congress, Economy, Education, Financial System, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Social Media

Equifax data breach settlement: How to file a claim for $125 or free credit reporting

USAToday: “If you were affected by the 2017 Equifax data breach, you can now file a claim for a piece of the settlement. The credit-reporting company has agreed to pay between $575 million and $700 million to settle state and federal investigations related to a massive security incident that exposed the personal information of more than 147 million …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Records, Financial System, Legal Research, Privacy

The 101 people, ideas and things changing how we work today

BBC – The world of work is in transition. Are you ready? – “The world of work is being struck by waves of change. Some are vast and visible – leaps in machine learning and artificial intelligence or the rise of ‘do anything from anywhere’ technologies. Other ideas are just beginning to emerge – like monitoring …

Subjects: AI, Economy, Education, Financial System, Knowledge Management

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Releases Report on Third-Party Debt Collections

CFPB: “The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) released a report [Market Snapshot: Third-Party Debt Collections Tradeline Reporting] that found that more than one-in-four consumers with a credit report have at least one debt in collection by third-party debt collectors. Today’s report, which covers 2004 to 2018, is drawn from the Bureau’s Consumer Credit Panel (CCP), …

Subjects: Economy, Education, Energy, Financial System, Government Documents, Health Care

China has reached parity with US on this year’s Fortune Global 500 list

Washington Post Daily Dot: “China has reached parity with the United States on this year’s Fortune Global 500 list, which dropped this morning. “As the Chinese Century nears its third decade, Fortune’s Global 500 shows how profoundly the world’s balance of power is shifting,” Geoff Colvin writes in the magazine. “American companies account for 121 …

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

CRS – Bankruptcy and Student Loans

Library of Congress CRS Reports – Bankruptcy and Student Loans, July 1, 2019. “As overall student loan indebtedness in the United States has increased over the years, many borrowers have found themselves unable to repay their student loans. Ordinarily, declaring bankruptcy is a means by which a debtor may discharge—that is, obtain relief from—debts he …

Subjects: Courts, Economy, Education, Financial System, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

CRS – Medicare Financial Status: In Brief

EveryCRSReport – Medicare Financial Status: In Brief – June 24, 2013 – July 2, 2019 R43122. “This report provides a brief overview of the financial status of the two Medicare trust funds (Hospital Insurance and Supplementary Medical Insurance) based on the findings of the 2019 Medicare Trustees Report. It includes an overview of Medicare and …

Subjects: Congress, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Health Care