News release: “U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing the final series of actions that will ensure that the largest industrial facilities can get Clean Air Act permits that cover greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions beginning in January 2011. These actions are part of EPAs common sense approach to GHG permitting outlined in the spring 2010… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: December 2010
Freezing Federal Employee Pay Schedules and Rates That Are Set By Administrative Discretion
Presidential Memorandum, December 22, 2010: “On November 29, 2010, I proposed a two-year freeze in the pay of civilian Federal employees as the first of a number of difficult actions required to put our Nation on a sound fiscal footing. As I said then, Federal workers are not just a line in a budget. They… Continue Reading
Implementing Graduation Counts – State Progress to Date, 2010
Implementing Graduation Counts – State Progress to Date, 2010 [Mitchel Dan] “In 2005, governors from the 50 states signed the Graduation Counts Compact and committed their state to a common formula for calculating its high school graduation rate. The National Governors Association (NGA) Task Force on State High School Graduation Data, which included researchers, national… Continue Reading
Health Advocacy Group Report: One mother's activism has led to more transparency in hospital disclosures to the public
California HealthCare Foundation Center for Health Reporting, an independent organization devoted to reporting on California health care issues reporting: “After Carole Mosss 15-year-old son died from an infection in 2006 in an Orange County hospital, she launched a one-woman crusade to force hospitals throughout California to reveal how many of their patients contract serious infections.… Continue Reading
BJS – Correctional Populations in the United States, 2009
“The number of adults under correctional supervision in the United States declined by less than one percent during 2009, dropping to 7,225,800 (or 48,800 fewer offenders than at yearend 2008), the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. This was the first measured decline in the total number of adults under correctional supervision since BJS… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Medicare, Long-Term Care Hospitals, Missile Defense
Medicare: CMS Needs to Collect Consistent Information from Quality Improvement Organizations to Strengthen Its Establishment of Budgets for Quality of Care Reviews, GAO-11-116R, December 06, 2010 Long-Term Care Hospitals: Differences in Their Oversight Compared to Other Types of Hospitals and Nursing Homes, GAO-11-130R, November 30, 2010 Missile Defense: European Phased Adaptive Approach Acquisitions Face Synchronization,… Continue Reading
BIS: Capitalisation of bank exposures to central counterparties – consultative document
Capitalisation of bank exposures to central counterparties – consultative document, December 2010 “The Basel Committee issued today a consultative paper on the Capitalisation of bank exposures to central counterparties. These proposals relate to the capitalisation of bank exposures to a central counterparty – CCP – and, in particular, default fund exposures. Generally speaking, the Committee… Continue Reading
Gallup: U.S. Internet Users Ready to Limit Online Tracking for Ads
Follow up to FTC Staff Issues Privacy Report Offers Framework for Consumers, Businesses, and Policymakers, this news from Gallup: “U.S. Internet users would likely welcome a “Do Not Track” measure like the one the Federal Trade Commission is currently considering to keep advertisers from tracking their movements online. Gallup finds Internet users largely aware that… Continue Reading
BIS: Measurement of perceived and expected inflation on the basis of consumer survey data
Measurement of perceived and expected inflation on the basis of consumer survey data, by Tomasz Łyziak, National Bank of Poland, December 2010, IFC Working Papers No 5, Bank for International Settlements “This paper discusses measurement techniques used in the literature to quantify inflation perception and expectations on the basis of qualitative survey data. Description of… Continue Reading
Report: Distributed Denial of Service Attacks Against Independent Media and Human Rights Sites
The Berkman Center for Internet & Society is pleased to share a new report, Distributed Denial of Service Attacks Against Independent Media and Human Rights Sites by Ethan Zuckerman, Hal Roberts, Ryan McGrady, Jillian York, John Palfrey “Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) is an increasingly common Internet phenomenon capable of silencing Internet speech, usually for… Continue Reading
Federal Reserve interim rule amending Regulation Z to clarify certain disclosure requirements of Mortgage Disclosure Improvement Act
News release: “The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday approved an interim rule amending Regulation Z, which implements the Truth in Lending Act (TILA). The Board is issuing this interim rule to clarify certain aspects of a September 24, 2010 interim rule, in response to public comments. The September interim rule implements provisions of the Mortgage… Continue Reading
Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal Role in the Secondary Mortgage Market
Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal Role in the Secondary Mortgage Market, December 22, 2010 “This study looks at how Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac evolved into the institutions they are today. As context for discussing future options, the study also examines both the rationales that are often cited for federal involvement in the… Continue Reading
