“Making the Most of Social Media is written for local governmentscities, counties, townships and their affiliatesthat are beginning to experiment with social media and would like to get more out of them. Its emphasis is on the use of specific applications, such as Facebook and Twitter, by government managers and communications directors. More than two… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: March 2010
Urban Institute – The Cost of Failure to Enact Health Reform: 2010 – 2020
The Cost of Failure to Enact Health Reform: 2010 – 2020 (Updated). Bowen Garrett, Matthew Buettgens, Lan Doan, Irene Headen, John Holahan, March 15, 2010 “This report assesses the changes in coverage patterns and health care costs that will occur nationally if major reforms are not enacted. The authors find that by 2015, there could… Continue Reading
Judiciary Approves PACER Innovations To Enhance Public Access
News release: “The Judicial Conference of the United States approved key steps to improve public access to federal courts by increasing the availability of court opinions and expanding the services and reducing the costs for many users of the Public Access to Electronic Court Records (PACER) system. At its biannual meeting in Washington, D.C., the… Continue Reading
Second Circuit Court of Appeals Rules Fed Must Reveal Info on Loans to Private Banks
Bloomberg: “The Federal Reserve Board must disclose documents identifying financial firms that might have collapsed without the largest U.S. government bailout ever, a federal appeals court said. The U.S. Court of Appeals in Manhattan ruled today that the Fed must release records of the unprecedented $2 trillion U.S. loan program launched primarily after the 2008… Continue Reading
Hitwise: Facebook Reaches Top Ranking in U.S.
UK TimesOnline: “Hitwise, the internet industry tracker, announced that Facebook had dethroned Google as the worlds most popular website. For the week ending March 13, the social networking site set up by wunderkind Mark Zuckerberg got more traffic than Google in America. It was a milestone likely to be revisited as Facebook and Google limber… Continue Reading
OMB Memo for CFOs on the Financial Systems Integration Office
Danny Werfel, Controller, March 18, 2010 – Update on the Financial Systems Integration Office “Improving the cost, quality, and performance of financial management operations and systems is one of the Administrations management priorities. Over the past several years, efforts to achieve these objectives have been conducted under the Financial Management Line of Business (FMLoB) and… Continue Reading
Brookings Papers on Economic Activity – The Crisis, by former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan
The Crisis, Alan Greenspan, Second Draft: March 9, 2010 “To prevent a future financial crisis, the primary imperative must be increased regulatory capital and liquidity requirements on banks and significant increases in collateral requirements for globally traded financial products, irrespective of the financial institutions making the trades, Greenspan says. He offers his views about regulatory… Continue Reading
FTC Submits Comments on Proposed Guidance to Help Consumers Avoid Reverse Mortgage Deception
News release: “Federal Trade Commission staff has filed comments with the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) supporting a measure designed to protect consumers from deceptive claims and to help them make better-informed decisions about whether to obtain a reverse mortgage. Reverse mortgages, typically available only to borrowers age 62 or older, allow them to… Continue Reading
U.S. Economic and Social Trends Since 2000
U.S. Economic and Social Trends Since 2000 by Linda A. Jacobsen and Mark Mather (February 2010) “This has been a tumultuous decade for the United States. During the first 10 years of the 21st Century, there was a major terrorist attack, a housing meltdown, a severe economic recession, and a significant downturn in the U.S.… Continue Reading
Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: Data and Trends Update 2010
Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: Data and TrendsUpdate 2010, by Charlotte Feldman-Jacobs and Donna Clifton “An estimated 100 million to 140 million girls and women worldwide have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and more than 3 million girls are at risk for cutting each year on the African continent alone. FGM/C is generally performed on girls between… Continue Reading
CourtWEB: Online Federal Court Opinions Information System
“CourtWEB provides information on selected recent opinions of those judges of the United States Courts who elect to make information available on this site. When an opinion is posted to CourtWEB by chambers, the description that appears will typically include the caption, case number, terms relevant to your search, relevancy score, date, judge’s name, and… Continue Reading
CBO: Spending and Revenue Effects of H.R. 4872, the Reconciliation Act of 2010
Responses to Questions About CBO’s Preliminary Estimate of the Direct Spending and Revenue Effects of H.R. 4872, the Reconciliation Act of 2010, March 19, 2010, Letter to the Honorable Paul Ryan H.R. 4872, Reconciliation Act of 2010, March 18, 2010. Estimate of direct spending and revenue effects for the amendment in the nature of a… Continue Reading
