News release: “The Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) today announced that the agreement with the Swiss government has been finalized. As a result of the agreement, the United States will receive substantially all of the accounts of interest [4,500] when it initiated the John Doe summons against UBS on June 30, 2008.… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: August 2009
Teens and Mobile Phones Over the Past Five Years: Pew Internet Looks Back
Teens and Mobile Phones Over the Past Five Years: Pew Internet Looks Back, August 2009: “Teenagers have previously lagged behind adults in their ownership of cell phones, but several years of survey data collected by the Pew Internet & American Life Project show that those ages 12-17 are closing the gap in cell phone ownership.… Continue Reading
U.S. International Reserve Position
“The Treasury Department today released U.S. reserve assets data for the latest week. As indicated in this table, U.S. reserve assets totaled $81,727 million as of the end of that week, compared to $82,631 million as of the end of the prior week.” Related postings on financial system Continue Reading
New GAO Report: on Teacher Preparation
Teacher Preparation: Multiple Federal Education Offices Support Teacher Preparation for Instructing Students with Disabilities and English Language Learners, but Systematic Departmentwide Coordination Could Enhance This Assistance, GAO-09-573, July 20, 2009 Continue Reading
US Courts – Internet Materials in Opinions: Citations and Hyperlinking
The Third Branch: “The Judicial Conference has issued a series of suggested practices to assist courts in the use of Internet materials in opinions. The recommendations follow a pilot project conducted by circuit librarians who captured and preserved webpages cited in opinions over a six-month period…The guidelines suggest that, if a webpage is cited, chambers… Continue Reading
Report on URL Shorteners: Speed and Reliabiltiy
Royal Pingdom: URL shortener speed and reliability shootout – “The services included in this test are: Bit.ly, TinyURL, Ow.ly, Is.gd, Su.pr, Snipurl, Cli.gs, Tr.im and Twurl.” Continue Reading
Social Media at CDC
“Since April 2009, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have been working together to provide consumers and partners with social media tools that provide information about the ongoing 2009 novel influenza A (H1N1) outbreak. Widgets, mobile information, online videos and other tools reinforce… Continue Reading
UK's largest employer – NHS Health and Well-being Review Interim Report
NHS Health and Well-being Review Interim Report, August 2009: “This review highlights that the NHS loses over 10 million working days each year due to sickness absence alone. It also highlights that many NHS workers are working when they feel unwell. It shows for the first time clear links between workforce well-being and key measures… Continue Reading
UK Work Foundation Report – Quality people management for quality outcomes
Quality people management for quality outcomes: The Future of HR review of evidence on people management. Prepared by Wilson Wong, Alexandra Albert, Marianne Huggett and Jane Sullivan, August 2009 “People management is now as important a contributor to organisational success as marketing, finance, or sales yet HR suffers from a lack of self-confidence, undervaluation… Continue Reading
USDA Study Finds Rural Communities Benefit From Greater Broadband Internet Access
News release: “A new USDA economic analysis has found that rural communities with greater broadband Internet access had greater economic growth than areas with less access. The study, Broadband Internet’s Value for Rural America by economists at USDA’s Economic Research Service, compared counties that had broadband access relatively early – by 2000 – with similarly… Continue Reading
Report: Despite the Recession, Many High Potential Employees Jump Ship
News release: “High potential employees arent afraid to strike out for greater opportunities despite the continuing recession, according to a study of how the best and brightest of high potential talent have weathered the global recession over the past 18 months. The report released by Catalyst, Opportunity or Setback? High Potential Women and Men During… Continue Reading
Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Proclaims August 23-29 as National Community Gardening Week
News release: “Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today encouraged Americans to connect with the land, the food it grows and their local communities by proclaiming August 23-29, National Community Gardening Week. A community garden is an opportunity to educate everyone about from where food comes, whether that is a Farmers Market or a garden, and is… Continue Reading
