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News release: “A total of 2,376 federal and state applications for orders authorizing the interception of wire, oral or electronic communications, known as wiretaps, was reported in 2009. The number of applications for orders by federal authorities was 663; the number of applications reported by state prosecuting officials was 1,713. No applications were denied. The …
Follow up to Federal Response to BP Spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the following news release: “NOAA is restricting fishing for a minimum of ten days in federal waters most affected by the BP oil spill, largely between Louisiana state waters at the mouth of the Mississippi River to waters off Floridas Pensacola Bay …
Huffington Post/SkyTruth: “The Gulf Coast spill will have eclipsed the Exxon Valdez in terms of total gallons of oil before the weekend is over — making it the largest oil spill in U.S. history — according to calculations made by oceanographer Ian MacDonald after studying aerial Coast Guard photos taken earlier in the week.”
The Credit Market Consequences of Job Displacement, Benjamin J. Keys, Federal Reserve Board, 2010-24. April 29, 2010 “Abstract: This paper demonstrates the important role of job displacement in the household bankruptcy decision. I develop a dynamic, forward-looking model of unemployment and bankruptcy where persistent negative income shocks increase a household’s likelihood of filing for bankruptcy …
Financial Statistics for the United States and the Crisis: What Did They Get Right, What Did They Miss, and How Should They Change?, Matthew J. Eichner, Donald L. Kohn, and Michael G. Palumbo, 2010-20. Federal Reserve Board, April 19, 2010. “Abstract: Although the instruments and transactions most closely associated with the financial crisis of 2008 …
Governor Elizabeth A. Duke At the Consumer Credit Counseling Services of Delaware Valley Financially Hers Program, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – May 1, 2010 – Women and Money: Challenging the Myths “I firmly believe that, first, all women need financial education and,second, that once armed with that education, all women are capable of making good, sound financial …
Issue Brief: The Funding of State and Local Pensions: 2009-2013, by Alicia H. Munnell, Jean-Pierre Aubry, and Laura Quinby, Center for State and Local Government Excellence “The financial crisis reduced the value of equities in state and local defined benefit pensions and hurt the funding status of these plans. The impact will become evident only …
News release: “In keeping with the president’s memorandum on open government, the U.S. Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is releasing 15 years of data providing details of workplace exposure to toxic chemicals. The data is comprised of measurements taken by OSHA compliance officers during the course of inspections. It includes exposure levels to …
News release: “World leaders have failed to deliver commitments made in 2002 to reduce the global rate of biodiversity loss by 2010, and have instead overseen alarming biodiversity declines. These findings are the result of a new paper published in the leading journal Science [Butchart S et al (2010) Global Biodiversity: Indicators of Recent Declines] …
Three Ways for Coping in Hard Times, by Susann Rohwedder, Jinkook Lee, and Craig Evan Pollack [Economist Susann Rohwedder is associate director of the RAND Center for the Study of Aging. Jinkook Lee is a RAND economist focusing on aging and household behavior. Craig Pollack is a physician and RAND natural scientist.] “The effects of …
How Insurgencies End, by Ben Connable, Martin C. Libicki This study tested conventional wisdom about how insurgencies end against the evidence from 89 insurgencies. It compares a quantitative and qualitative analysis of 89 insurgency case studies with lessons from insurgency and counterinsurgency (COIN) literature. While no two insurgencies are the same, the authors find that …
Evaluating Military Compensation, April 28, 2010. Testimony before the Subcommittee on Personnel, Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate. “The best barometer of the effectiveness of DoDs compensation system may be how well the military attracts and retains high-quality personnel. Between 2005 and 2008, the services periodically had trouble recruiting or retaining all of the …
