News release: “The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) released a list of orders of administrative enforcement actions taken against banks and individuals in November. No administrative hearings are scheduled. The FDIC processed a total of 51 matters in November. These included 34 cease and desist consent orders; nine civil money penalties; three prompt corrective action directives; three Section 19 orders; one order terminating an order to cease and desist; and one notice of charges and of hearing.”
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Daily Archives: December 28, 2009
Lowest Murder Rate Since 1962 for New York City
New York on Track for Fewest Murders on Record: “The city is on track, for the second time in three years, to have the fewest number of homicides in a 12-month period since the current record keeping system began. As of Sunday, there had been 461 murders; the record low was in 2007, when there… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Medicare Managed Care, Recovery Act,Nursing Homes
Medicare Managed Care: Observations about Medicare Cost Plans, GAO-10-185, December 28, 2009 Medicaid Outpatient Prescription Drugs: Second Quarter 2008 Federal Upper Limits for Reimbursement Compared with Average Retail Pharmacy Acquisition Costs, GAO-10-118R, November 30, 2009 Recovery Act: Planned Efforts and Challenges in Evaluating Compliance with Maintenance of Effort and Similar Provisions, GAO-10-247, November 30, 2009… Continue Reading
Senate Health Care Bill
Senate Health Care Bill – The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act passed in the Senate on December 24, 2009. [Note – 2409 pages, PDF] Related postings on health care reform Continue Reading
CRS Report on Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN)
News release: “House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) released a report prepared by the Congressional Research Service on several issues concerning the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN). The report was requested by Chairman Conyers and House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank on September 22, 2009 and is linked here: CRS… Continue Reading
New York Review of Books – Google & the Future of Books: An Exchange
Follow up to previous postings on Google Book Search – Google & the Future of Books: An Exchange By Paul N. Courant, Laine Farley, Paula Kaufman, John Leslie King, Theodore Koditschek, Anthony Lewis et al. “To the Editors: In his recent article criticizing the Google settlement [Google and the New Digital Future, NYR, December 17,… Continue Reading
U.S. EPA Releases Annual Enforcement Results and Mapping Tool
News release: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released enforcement results for fiscal year 2009, and has developed a new Web-based tool and interactive map that allows the public to get detailed information by location about the enforcement actions taken at approximately 4,600 facilities. The new mapping tool allows the public to view the… Continue Reading
Emotional intelligence in the workplace
Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) is Europe’s largest HR development professional body: “This factsheet gives introductory guidance. It: summarises the literature on emotional intelligence; looks at its potential value in the workplace; considers whether it can be learned; asks whether it is just another way of describing long-established competencies; includes the CIPD viewpoint.” Continue Reading
Pew Hispanic Center – Latinos Online, 2006-2008
Latinos Online, 2006-2008: Narrowing the Gap – “From 2006 to 2008, internet use among Latino adults rose by 10 percentage points, from 54% to 64%. In comparison, the rates for whites rose four percentage points, and the rates for blacks rose only two percentage points during that time period. Though Latinos continue to lag behind… Continue Reading
