Video, Web 2.0 – 71% of online adults now use video-sharing sites by Kathleen Moore, July 26, 2011 “Fully 71% of online Americans use video-sharing sites such as YouTube and Vimeo, up from 66% a year earlier. The use of video-sharing sites on any given day also jumped five percentage points, from 23% of online… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: July 2011
FTC Testifies on Consumer Protection and the Rent-to-Own Industry
News release: “The Federal Trade Commission testified today on consumer protection issues relating to the rent-to-own industry. The testimony described the agencys role in enforcing laws relating to financial issues, provided background on the rent-to-own industry, and described key findings of a 2000 report published by the FTCs Bureau of Economics on the rent-to-own industry.… Continue Reading
BIS: Preliminary international banking statistics at end-March 2011
Statistical commentary on preliminary locational and consolidated banking statistics at end-March 2011. Detailed tables at end-March 2011, preliminary data and CSV data files on locational and consolidated banking statistics. “Between end-December 2010 and end-March 2011, the cross-border claims of BIS reporting banks rebounded by 1.5% ($466 billion) after a drop of similar magnitude in the… Continue Reading
BLS: Employee Benefits in the United States March 2011
News release: “Paid leave benefits continued to be the most widely available benefit offered by employers, with paid vacations available to 91 percent of full-time workers in private industry in March 2011, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Access to these benefits, however, varied by employee and establishment characteristics. In private industry, paid vacation… Continue Reading
Democratic Accountability, Deficit Bias, and Independent Fiscal Agencies
Democratic Accountability, Deficit Bias, and Independent Fiscal Agencies, Xavier Debrun, July 2011. IMF Working Paper. “Despite growing interest among policymakers, there is no theory of independent fiscal institutions. The emerging literature on “fiscal councils” typically makes informal parallels with the theory of central bank independence, but a very simple formal example shows that such a… Continue Reading
NARA Guidance on Managing Mixed-Media Files
NARA Bulletin 2011-04, July 18, 2011. TO: Heads of Federal Agencies; SUBJECT: Guidance on Managing Mixed-Media Files; EXPIRATION DATE: July 31, 2014 “What is the purpose of this Bulletin? Agencies frequently manage files with records created or received in more than one type of medium. This Bulletin provides agencies with guidance about the records management… Continue Reading
The Post-Foreclosure Experience of U.S. Households
The Post-Foreclosure Experience of U.S. Households, Raven Molloy and Hui Shan, Federal Reserve Board of Governors [last update July 14, 2011] “Despite the recent flood of foreclosures on residential mortgages, little is known about what happens to borrowers and their households after their mortgage has been foreclosed. We study the post-foreclosure experience of U.S. households… Continue Reading
Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative Data Center Closings 2010-2012
Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative (FDCCI) Data Center Closings 2010-2012 Continue Reading
Wealth Gaps Rise to Record Highs Between Whites, Blacks, Hispanics
“The median wealth of white households is 20 times that of black households and 18 times that of Hispanic households, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of newly available government data from 2009. These lopsided wealth ratios are the largest since the government began publishing such data a quarter century ago and roughly twice… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Criminal Cartel Enforcement, DOD and Cyber Activities, Millennium Challenge Corporation, Missing Children
Criminal Cartel Enforcement – Stakeholder Views on Impact of 2004 Antitrust Reform Are Mixed, but Support Whistleblower Protection GAO-11-619, July 25, 2011 DOD Faces Challenges In Its Cyber Activities, GAO-11-75, July 25, 2011 Millennium Challenge Corporation, Compacts in Cape Verde and Honduras Achieved Reduced Targets, GAO-11-728, July 25, 2011 Missing Children – DOJ Could Enhance… Continue Reading
Manhattan has the lowest percentage of seriously delinquent mortgages in New York City
Federal Reserve Bank of New York – Regional Mortgage Briefs: “While several zip codes have foreclosure rates more than two times the borough rate, even these rates are low relative to the rest of New York City. Also distinctive is Manhattans house price index, which has had relatively fewer years of annual decline. The boroughs… Continue Reading
White House: Strategy to Combat Transnational Organized Crime
Eric H. Holder, Jr. the Attorney General of the United States: The Strategy to Combat Transnational Organized Crime A White House Fact Sheet on the Strategy The Executive Order Blocking Property of Transnational Criminal Organizations A Presidential Proclamation: Suspension of Entry of Aliens Subject to United Nations Travel Bans and International Emergency Economic Powers Act… Continue Reading
