FOIAs Related to Japan’s Emergency: “To avoid duplication of effort and delays in response times, please take note of the following requests that have already been submitted to the NRC. Responses to these FOIA requests will be made publicly available as soon as possible.” Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: April 2011
Data Compilation on Women in National Parliaments
Women in National Parliaments: “The data in the tables below has been compiled by the Inter-Parliamentary Union on the basis of information provided by National Parliaments by 31 March 2011. The percentages do not take into account the case of parliaments for which no data was available at that date. Comparative data on the percentage… Continue Reading
GSA Plans RFP for $2.5 Billion in Cloud Computing to Support IT Reform Plan
Jason Miller, Executive Editor, Federal News Radio: “The General Services Administration is about to give the Obama administration’s policy that requires agencies to use cloud computing a big boost. GSA plans on releasing a request for proposals May 10 for e-mail-as-a-service that could be worth $2.5 billion. Vivek Kundra, the federal chief information officer, said… Continue Reading
The Orderly Liquidation of Lehman Brothers Holdings under the Dodd-Frank Act
The Orderly Liquidation of Lehman Brothers Holdings under the Dodd-Frank Act, April 18, 2011 “The report examines how the FDIC could have structured an orderly resolution of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. under the orderly liquidation authority of Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act had that law been in effect… Continue Reading
BLS Mobile Service
BLS Mobile Service: “In our never-ending quest to provide the American public with the latest labor economics and statistics data no matter where they are, we are introducing a mobile version of the BLS homepage. The mobile homepage is designed to give our visitors a quick view of the latest BLS statistical products such as… Continue Reading
Economic Analysis of the Effects of the Federal Reserve Boards Proposed Debit Card Interchange Fee Regulations on Consumers and Small Businesses
Economic Analysis of the Effects of the Federal Reserve Boards Proposed Debit Card Interchange Fee Regulations on Consumers and Small Businesses, By David S. Evans, Robert E. Litan, Richard Schmalensee, February 22, 2011 “This paper examines the impact of the reductions in interchange fees proposed by the the Federal Reserve Board on consumers and small… Continue Reading
SEC Proposes Product Definitions for Swaps
Fact sheet: “The Securities and Exchange Commission voted unanimously to propose rules further defining the terms swap, security-based swap, and security-based swap agreement. The Commission also proposed rules regarding mixed swaps and books and records for security-based swap agreements. The rules were proposed jointly with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and stem from the… Continue Reading
Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index
“The Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index measures Americans’ perceptions on three important variables: the state of the economy, personal finances and whether it’s a good time to buy needed goods or services. A new index reading is generated every week, making it a timely sentiment gauge. The responses are broken down by participants’ sex, age, income… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Bureau of the Public Debt, Billions of Dollars to Train and Equip Foreign Police Forces
Bureau of the Public Debt: Areas for Improvement in Information Systems Controls, GAO-11-528R, April 27, 2011 Multiple U.S. Agencies Provided Billions of Dollars to Train and Equip Foreign Police Forces, GAO-11-402R, April 27, 2011: “During fiscal year 2009, seven federal agencies and 24 components within them funded or implemented police-assistance activities to support their counternarcotics,… Continue Reading
Annual Energy Outlook 2011 Full Annual Energy Outlook with Projections to 2035
“The projections in the Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Annual Energy Outlook 2011 (AEO2011) focus on the factors that shape the U.S. energy system over the long term. Under the assumption that current laws and regulations remain unchanged throughout the projections, the AEO2011 Reference case provides the basis for examination and discussion of energy production, consumption,… Continue Reading
Clean Water: Foundation of Healthy Communities and a Healthy Environment
Clean Water: Foundation of Healthy Communities and a Healthy Environment – April 27, 2011 “Recognizing the importance of clean water for healthy people, a healthy economy, and a healthy environment, the Obama Administration is working hard on a broad array of programs and initiatives to protect and enhance the Nations waters. The purpose of this… Continue Reading
Strength in Numbers: How Does Data-Driven Decisionmaking Affect Firm Performance?
Brynjolfsson, Erik, Hitt, Lorin M. and Kim, Heekyung Hellen, Strength in Numbers: How Does Data-Driven Decisionmaking Affect Firm Performance? (April 22, 2011). “We examine whether performance is higher in firms that emphasize decisionmaking based on data and business analytics (which we term a data-driven decisionmaking approach or DDD). Using detailed survey data on the business… Continue Reading
