From Representation to Inclusion: Diversity Leadership for the 21st-Century Military – Final Report of the Military Leadership Diversity Commission – Predecisional Draft
Using What We Know: Turning Organizational Knowledge into Team Performance, Bradley R. Staats, Melissa A. Valentine, and Amy C. Edmondson. December 31, 2010 “This paper examines how teams draw on knowledge resources in the firm in the production of novel output. We theorize positive effects of team use of an organizational knowledge repository on two… Continue Reading
NYT: Chaser, a border collie who lives in Spartanburg, S.C., has the largest vocabulary of any known dog. She knows 1,022 nouns, a record that displays unexpected depths of the canine mind and may help explain how children acquire language. Chaser belongs to John W. Pilley, a psychologist who taught for 30 years at Wofford… Continue Reading
Food Labeling: FDA Needs to Reassess Its Approach to Protecting Consumers from False or Misleading Claims, GAO-11-102, Jan 14, 2011 H-1B Visa Program: Reforms Are Needed to Minimize the Risks and Costs of Current Program, GAO-11-26, January 14, 2011 Program Evaluation: Experienced Agencies Follow a Similar Model for Prioritizing Research, GAO-11-176, January 14, 2011 Rail… Continue Reading
News release: “The adoption by the European Commission of the Annual Growth Survey (AGS) will mark the beginning of the first cycle of coordination of the Member States’ macro-economic, budgetary and structural reform policies, known as the “European semester”. This is a real step forward for European economic governance. From now on, every year the… Continue Reading
Richard Stone: “The worlds oceans have been experiencing enormous blooms of jellyfish, apparently caused by overfishing, declining water quality, and rising sea temperatures. In recent years, populations of several jellyfish species have made inroads at the expense of their main competitor fish in a number of regions, including the Yellow Sea, the Gulf… Continue Reading
Agarwal, Sumit, Amromin, Gene, Ben-David, Itzhak, Chomsisengphet, Souphala and Evanoff, Douglas D., The Role of Securitization in Mortgage Renegotiation (January 13, 2011). Charles A. Dice Center Working Paper No. 2011-2. “We study the effects of securitization on post-default renegotiation of residential mortgages over the current financial crisis. Unlike prior studies, we employ unique data that… Continue Reading
“The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is proposing a change to the recommendation for the optimal fluoride level in drinking water to prevent tooth decay. The new recommendation, 0.7 milligrams of fluoride per liter of water, replaces the previous recommended range of 0.7 to 1.2 milligrams per liter. There are several reasons for… Continue Reading
“The News Frontier Database is a searchable, living, and ongoing documentation of digital news outlets across the country. Featuring originally reported profiles and extensive data sets on each outlet, the NFDB is a tool for those who study or pursue online journalism, a window into that world for the uninitiated, and, like any journalistic product,… Continue Reading
News release: “Most Internet users in America say they go online to answer routine questions, and they give overwhelmingly positive marks to todays Internet search engines like Google, Yahoo and Bing. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 66% of regular Internet users instinctively go online to answer routine questions. Just 30% say… Continue Reading
Transparency: Are the Richest Americans Also the Best Educated? – “We’ve looked at the educational achievement and the median income of the entire nation. Is there any correlation?” by GOOD, Gregory Hubacek [source data derived from American Community Survey] Continue Reading
