Strange But True: Free Loan From Social Security, by Alicia H. Munnell, Alex Golub-Sass, and Nadia Karamcheva “When to claim Social Security is one of the most important decisions Americans make when approaching retirement. Currently, retirees can choose between claiming at the Full Retirement Age and receiving full benefits, claiming as early as age 62… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: April 2009
New GAO Report: Opportunities Exist to Improve the Single Audit Process and Oversight
Single Audit: Opportunities Exist to Improve the Single Audit Process and Oversight, GAO-09-307R, March 13, 2009 “Without a mechanism in place to monitor on an ongoing basis how the single audit process is implemented governmentwide, OMB and federal stakeholders are unable to measure the efficiency and effectiveness of this process, as well as its usefulness… Continue Reading
Report: Long-Term Care Costs and the National Retirement Risk Index
Center for Retirement Research at Boston College: Long-Term Care Costs and the National Retirement Risk Index, by Alicia H. Munnell, Anthony Webb, Francesca Golub-Sass, and Dan Muldoon April 2009 “Even if households work to age 65 and annuitize all their financial assets, including the receipts from reverse mortgages on their homes, the National Retirement Risk… Continue Reading
Recycle Old Cellphones and Rechargeable Batteries
“The Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation (RBRC) is a non-profit, public service organization dedicated to rechargeable battery recycling. Founded by the rechargeable battery industry in 1994, RBRCs mission is to promote the recycling of used rechargeable batteries found in many cordless electronic consumer products such as, cellular and cordless phones, laptop computers, cordless power tools, camcorders,… Continue Reading
Open Access to INIS Database on the Internet
“Established in 1970, [the International Nuclear Information System] INIS represents the world’s largest database of scientific and technical literature on a wide range of subjects from nuclear engineering, safeguards and non-proliferation to applications in agriculture, health and industry….We are pleased to announce that access to INIS database has been now opened to all Internet users… Continue Reading
Campaign for Reader Privacy
News release: “Organizations representing booksellers, librarians, publishers, and writers today launched the latest phase in their five-year campaign to restore the reader privacy safeguards that were stripped away by the USA Patriot Act. Since 2003, the Department of Justice has used its expanded power under the Patriot Act to issue more than 200 secret search… Continue Reading
U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes
Economic News Release, U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes News Release: “The U.S. Import Price Index rose 0.5 percent in March, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. A 10.5 percent increase in import petroleum prices more than offset a 0.7 percent decline in the price index for nonpetroleum… Continue Reading
Brookings: Metro Potential in ARRA: An Early Assessment of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
Metro Potential in ARRA: An Early Assessment of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, The Brookings Institution, March 30, 2009 “Americas national economic crisis is also a metropolitan crisis, because metropolitan areas are the true engines of the national economy. Home to 65 percent of the U.S. population, the largest 100 metropolitan areas alone account… Continue Reading
Report – Education Today: The OECD Perspective
Education Today: The OECD Perspective, ISBN: 9789264059894, Publication: 19/03/2009 “This book presents OECD’s main messages regarding the current state of education. Organised into nine sections, this report examines early childhood, schooling, transitions beyond initial education, higher education, adult education, lifelong learning, outcomes and returns, equity, and innovation. Each section offers both key findings and orientations… Continue Reading
OPM: Leadership and Knowledge Management Resources
“The Leadership and Knowledge Management system focuses on identifying and addressing agency leadership competencies so that continuity of leadership is ensured, knowledge is shared across the organization, and an environment of continuous learning is present.” Definition Standard Critical Success Factors Applicable Merit System Principles Continue Reading
FCC Launches Development of National Broadband Plan
News release: “The Federal Communications Commission today begins the process of developing a national broadband plan that will seek to ensure that every American has access to broadband capability. In the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 known as the stimulus package Congress charged the Commission with creating a national broadband plan.… Continue Reading
New Agency Data Show IRS Downgraded Large Financial Services Audits
“This is the second in a two-part series of TRAC reports based on IRS information obtained under the FOIA, including a series of court orders requiring the release of hundreds of thousands of pages of internal IRS reports. In the previous report, TRAC documented how in FY 2008 the IRS only allocated 15% of its… Continue Reading
