Budget Issues: Better Fee Design Would Improve Federal Protective Service’s and Federal Agencies’ Planning and Budgeting for Security, GAO-11-492, May 20, 2011 Counter-Improvised Explosive Devices: Most Initiatives Supported by the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization Have Limited Applicability to Humanitarian Demining, GAO-11-578R, May 20, 2011 Defense Management: Perspectives on the Involvement of the Combatant… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: May 2011
International Competition Network Presents Vision for its Second Decade
News release: “At its 10th annual conference in The Hague, the Netherlands, the International Competition Network (ICN) adopted new materials on how to assess market dominance, resolve cartel cases, and manage competition projects effectively. The organization also presented a comprehensive evaluation of how competition agencies use the ICNs merger-related materials, and unveiled the first four… Continue Reading
White House Project: Epidemic: Responding to America's Prescription Drug Abuse Crisis
Report: “Prescription drug abuse is the Nations fastest-growing drug problem. While there has been a marked decrease in the use of some illegal drugs like cocaine, data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) show that nearly one-third of people aged 12 and over who used drugs for the first time in… Continue Reading
Internet matters: The Net's sweeping impact on growth, jobs, and prosperity
“New McKinsey research into the Internet economies of the G-8 nations as well as Brazil, China, India, South Korea, and Sweden finds that the web accounts for a significant and growing portion of global GDP. Indeed, if measured as a sector, Internet-related consumption and expenditure is now bigger than agriculture or energy. On average, the… Continue Reading
New Report: More Than 20 Million Americans Denied Access to Jobs & Economic Opportunity Within Broadband Economy
News release: “The latest Broadband Progress Report to Congress from the Federal Communications Commission reveals that approximately 26 million Americans, mostly in rural communities located in every region of the country, are denied access to the jobs and economic opportunity made possible by broadband. While the infrastructure of high-speed Internet is unavailable to those Americans,… Continue Reading
Accounting for FHA's Single-Family Mortgage Insurance Program on a Fair-Value Basis
CBO – Accounting for FHA’s Single-Family Mortgage Insurance Program on a Fair-Value Basis, May 18, 2011 – Letter to the Honorable Paul Ryan “Over the past two years, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) has guaranteed more than 17 percent of new and refinanced mortgages on single-family homes in the United States. The costs of FHAs… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Banking Regulation, Fragmented Economic Development Programs, International School Feeding, Joint Strike Fighter
Banking Regulation: Enhanced Guidance on Commercial Real Estate Risks Needed, GAO-11-489, May 19, 2011 Efficiency and Effectiveness of Fragmented Economic Development Programs Are Unclear, GAO-11-477R, May 19, 2011 International School Feeding: USDA’s Oversight of the McGovern-Dole Food for Education Program Needs Improvement, GAO-11-544, May 19, 2011 Joint Strike Fighter: Restructuring Places Program on Firmer Footing,… Continue Reading
"Link Rot" and Legal Resources on the Web: A 2011 Analysis by the Chesapeake Digital Preservation Group
Via LLRX: “Link Rot” and Legal Resources on the Web: A 2011 Analysis by the Chesapeake Digital Preservation Group – Sarah Rhodes describes and documents the work of the Chesapeake Digital Preservation Group’s fourth annual investigation of link rot among the original URLs for online law and policy-related materials archived though the group’s efforts. Link… Continue Reading
Postcard from Vienna: The Vis Moot and the Triumph of Foreign and International Law
Via LLRX – Postcard from Vienna: The Vis Moot and the Triumph of Foreign and International Law – Nicholas Pengelley vibrantly documents, with accompanying photos, his latest experiences as evaluator of written memoranda, arbitrator at oral arguments, and sometime team coach at the Vis Moot, in which he has participated for a decade. The moot,… Continue Reading
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Releases Streamlined Mortgage Discolosure Form
Know Before You Owe. Go!, by Patricia McCoy: “Weve just posted two draft designs for a single, simpler mortgage disclosure form on our Know Before You Owe page. Now, we need to hear from you! The task is pretty simple: Consumers would receive a form similar to one of these versions within a few days… Continue Reading
Emerging Market Growth Poles are Redefining Global Economic Structure, Says World Bank Report
News release: “By 2025, six major emerging economiesBrazil, China, India, Indonesia, South Korea, and Russiawill account for more than half of all global growth, and the international monetary system will likely no longer be dominated by a single currency, a new World Bank report says. As economic power shifts, these successful economies will help drive… Continue Reading
Federal Reserve: Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization – G.17
Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization – G.17, Release Date: May 17, 2011 “Industrial production was unchanged in April after having increased 0.7 percent in March. Output in February is now estimated to have declined 0.3 percent; previously it was reported to have edged up 0.1 percent. In April, manufacturing production fell 0.4 percent after rising… Continue Reading
