“Bankruptcy filings in the federal courts continued a slow upward creep. In the 12-month period ending June 30, 2007, there were 751,056 bankruptcy cases filed, according to statistics released today by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. This total is a 49.4 percent drop when compared to filings for the 12-month period ending June… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: August 2007
Anti-Piracy Program Copyright Case on Info Packet Distribution to Employees Settles
Knowledge Networks pays $300,000 to settle internal copyright complaint – “Firm’s marketing group distributed press packets to employees containing newspaper and magazine articles under copyright.” Continue Reading
American War and Military Operations Casualties: Lists and Statistics
Via Secrecy News, CRS Report – American War and Military Operations Casualties: Lists and Statistics, June 29, 2007: “This report is written in response to numerous requests for war casualty statistics and lists of war dead. It provides tables, compiled by sources at the Department of Defense (DOD), indicating the number of casualties among American… Continue Reading
DOD OIG Audit of Defense Logistics Agencys Warstopper Program
D-2007-116 Defense Logistics Agencys Warstopper Program (686KB) (Project D2006-D000LD-0096.000) PDF and Summary. “DoD personnel and Government contractors who are involved in the Defense Logistics Agencys Warstopper Program should read this report. It discusses the execution and overall management of the Warstopper Program to satisfy requirements for sudden and sustained increases in production (surge and sustainment)… Continue Reading
CBO Report – Assessing Pay and Benefits for Military Personnel
Assessing Pay and Benefits for Military Personnel, August 15, 2007: “Are members of the U.S. military paid enough? The answer depends in part on the measure used to assess military compensation. In terms of basic cash pay, enlisted personnel fall in the middle of the earnings distribution for civilian workers of similar ages and education… Continue Reading
Analysis – Two Decades of American News Preferences
Two Decades of American News Preferences, Analysis by Michael J. Robinson – Released: August 15, 2007 (36 pages, PDF): “Although the size and scope of the American news media have changed dramatically since the 1980s, audience news interests and preferences have remained surprisingly static. Of the two major indices of interest that are the focus… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports on Freight Railroads and Regulatory Transparency
Freight Railroads: Electronic Supplement on Rates and Other Industry Trends, 1985-2005 (GAO-07-292SP), an E-supplement to GAO-07-291R GAO-07-292SP, August 15, 2007 Freight Railroads: Updated Information on Rates and Other Industry Trends, GAO-07-291R, August 15, 2007 Reexamining Regulations: Opportunities Exist to Improve Effectiveness and Transparency of Retrospective Reviews, GAO-07-791, July 16, 2007 Continue Reading
Federal Reserve Board Finance and Economics Discussion Series Papers
2007-36 (August) Why Do Firms Offer Risky Defined Benefit Pension Plans? David A. Love, Paul A. Smith, and David Wilcox Abstract | Full paper (PDF) 2007-35 (August) Executive Compensation: A New View from a Long-Term Perspective, 1936-2005, Carola Frydman and Raven E. Saks, Abstract | Full paper (PDF) 2007-34 (August) News, Noise, and Estimates of… Continue Reading
Impact of Higher Natural Gas Prices on Local Distribution Companies and Residential Customers
Impact of Higher Natural Gas Prices on Local Distribution Companies and Residential Customers (08/15/2007), 48 pages, PDF: “This report examines some of the problems faced by natural gas consumers as a result of increasing heating bills in recent years and problems associated with larger amounts of uncollectible revenue and lower throughput for the local distribution… Continue Reading
DHS Announces Plans for National Applications Office
Press release: “The U.S. Department of Homeland Securitys (DHS) National Applications Office (NAO) is the executive agent to facilitate the use of intelligence community technological assets for civil, homeland security and law enforcement purposes within the United States. The office will begin initial operation by fall 2007 and will build on the long-standing work of… Continue Reading
New York Police Department Report on Radicalization in the West and the Homegrown Threat
New York Police Department report, Radicalization in the West and the Homegrown Threat, by Mitchell D. Silber and Arvin Bhatt, Senior Intelligence Analysts, NYPD Intelligence Division, August 2007 (90 pages, PDF) Continue Reading
American Customer Satisfaction Index for PCs – Apple Remains Leader
American Customer Satisfaction Index, Scores By Industry, Personal Computers Commentary by Professor Claes Fornell: “Apple and Dell contribute the most to the decline in customer satisfaction for personal computers. ACSI scores for both drop by 5%, though Apple remains the industry leader with a score of 79, well ahead of the HP division of Hewlett-Packard… Continue Reading
