Accurate, Focused Research on Law, Technology and Knowledge Discovery Since 2002

You Are Here: Home » Archives: September 2009

Daily Archives: September 3, 2009

Federal Government Must Hire Tens of Thousands of New Workers to Fill Mission-Critical Jobs

by on

News release: “Great news for job seekers this Labor Day: the federal government is hiring tens of thousands of new employees, according to new projections in Where the Jobs Are 2009: Mission-Critical Opportunities for America, released today by the Partnership for Public Service. The online projections outline government-wide, mission-critical hiring needs through 2012 and are based on a survey of 35 federal agencies representing nearly 99 percent of the 1.9 million member federal workforce.

  • Available at http://wherethejobsare.org, the online data lists nearly 273,000 mission-critical jobs that need to be filled in the next three years, a 41 percent increase compared to the organization’s 2007 survey. Where the Jobs Are is the only comprehensive projection of the federal government’s hiring needs and is searchable by occupation or by agency.”

    • European Central Bank Papers: Equity, Macroeconomic projections, bond purchase program, OTC derivatives, credit default swaps

    by on

    03/09/2009 – Working paper no. 1086: Euro area money demand: empirical evidence on the role of equity and labour markets 03/09/2009 – Publication: ECB staff macroeconomic projections for the euro area 03/09/2009 – Publication: Eurosystem covered bond purchase programme 03/09/2009 – Publication: OTC derivatives and post-trading infrastructure 31/08/2009 – Occasional paper no. 105: Flow-of-funds analysis… Continue Reading

    Petroleum Marketing Monthly, Peak Underground Working Gas Storage Capacity in U.S.

    by on

    September 2009 Petroleum Marketing Monthly With Data for June 2009 (09/01/2009): Monthly price and volume statistics on crude oil and petroleum products at a national, regional and state level. Estimates of Peak Underground Working Gas Storage Capacity in the United States, 2009 Update (08/31/2009): “This report provides estimates of aggregate peak working gas capacity and… Continue Reading

    Remarks by the Vice President on the 200 Days of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

    by on

    Remarks by the Vice President on the 200 Days of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: “First, we had to stabilize the financial system. We took the unpopular but necessary step of rescuing the banks. And now, although there’s a long way to go, eight out of 10 of the largest financial institutions in America… Continue Reading

    Pew: Recession Turns a Graying Office Grayer America's Changing Work Force

    by on

    “The American work force is graying — and not just because the American population itself is graying. Older adults are staying in the labor force longer, and younger adults are staying out of it longer. Both trends took shape about two decades ago. Both have intensified during the current recession. And both are expected to… Continue Reading

    Principles for Reforming the U.S. and International Regulatory Capital Framework for Banking Firms

    by on

    “The global regulatory framework failed to prevent the build-up of risk in the financial system in the years leading up to the recent financial crisis. The sources of this failure were manifold, including insufficient capital and liquidity requirements for banking firms; inadequate and fragmented supervision and regulation of bank and non-bank financial firms that posed… Continue Reading

    OECD Global Forum consolidates tax evasion revolution

    by on

    News release: “Representatives from the Forum which now numbers almost 90 jurisdictions around the world and a host of International Organisations gathering in Mexico, took concrete steps to empower the Global Forum to play the leading role in the global campaign to fight tax evasion. Building on the extraordinary progress made in the last few… Continue Reading