News release: “The crisis of the past 20 months has exposed critical gaps and weaknesses in our financial regulatory system. As risks built up, internal risk management systems, rating agencies and regulators simply did not understand or address critical behaviors until they had already resulted in catastrophic losses. Those failures have caused a dramatic loss… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: May 2009
National Gang Threat Assessment 2009 Released
News release: “According to the 2009 National Gang Threat Assessment released by the National Gang Intelligence Center (NGIC) and the National Drug Intelligence Center (NDIC), approximately one million gang members belonging to more than 20,000 gangs were criminally active in the U.S. as of September 2008. The assessment was developed through analysis of available federal,… Continue Reading
The Lancet's H1N1 Resource Centre
TheLancet.com: “The emergence in Mexico in April of a new strain of influenza A H1N1 (swine flu) capable of causing human disease and of person-to-person transmission has put health authorities around the world on alert for an influenza pandemic, and caused a storm of coverage in the mass media. Outside Mexico, the disease caused by… Continue Reading
HUD Makes Nearly $1 Billion Available in Recovery Act Funds to Improve Public Housing
News release: “U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Donovan announced that HUD is offering nearly $1 billion to make substantial improvements to thousands of public housing units nationwide. The Public Housing Capital Funds being offered are provided through The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) and are designed to help… Continue Reading
Rand: Review of the European Data Protection Directive
Review of the European Data Protection Directive, by Neil Robinson, Hans Graux, Maarten Botterman, Lorenzo Valeri “The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) asked a multidisciplinary international research team led by RAND Europe with time-lex and GNKS-Consult to review the strengths and weaknesses of the European Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC and propose avenues for improvement. The Directive… Continue Reading
CDC: Changing Patterns of Nonmarital Childbearing in the United States
CDC/National Center for Health Statistics, Changing Patterns of Nonmarital Childbearing in the United States, May 2009 “Childbearing among unmarried women has been the subject of intense public policy and public health concern for decades, much of it reflecting concerns about the impact on family structure and the economic security of children. Nonmarital births are at… Continue Reading
Roundtable Discussion on Financing Comprehensive Health Care Reform
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Pew Hispanic Center Report: Minorities, Immigrants and Homeownership
Through Boom and Bust: Minorities, Immigrants and Homeownership, May 12, 2009: “The boom-and-bust cycle in the U.S. housing market over the past decade and a half has generated greater gains and larger losses for minority groups than it has for whites, according to an analysis of housing, economic and demographic data by the Pew Hispanic… Continue Reading
Social Security Board of Trustees: Economic Downturn Leads to Worsening of Long-Range Financing Outlook
News release: “The Social Security Board of Trustees today released its annual report on the financial health of the Social Security Trust Funds. The Trustees project that program costs will exceed tax revenues in 2016, one year sooner than projected in last years report. The combined assets of the Old-Age and Survivors, and Disability Insurance… Continue Reading
LLRX.com: Can Collaboration Solve Copyright Status Questions? The WorldCat Copyright Evidence Registry
Can Collaboration Solve Copyright Status Questions? The WorldCat Copyright Evidence Registry – As Roger V. Skalbeck documents, one of the underlying obstacles to reproducing older books is a central place to look for information about what is protected by copyright and what may have passed into the public domain is lacking. Responding to this need,… Continue Reading
DOJ Antitrust Division Announces Initiative to Help Protect Recovery Funds from Fraud, Waste and Abuse
News release: “The Department of Justices Antitrust Division today announced the details of its newly formed initiative aimed at preparing government officials and contractors to recognize and report efforts by parties to unlawfully profit from the stimulus projects that are being awarded as part of The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Consistent with… Continue Reading
March Airline On-Time Performance Higher Than Last Year, Down from February
March Airline On-Time Performance Higher Than Last Year, Down from February (05/12/09) “The nations largest airlines had a rate of on-time flights this past March that was higher than the same month last year but down from the mark posted in February 2009, according to the Air Travel Consumer Report released by the U.S. Department… Continue Reading
