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Report – Use of Dashboards in Government

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Use of Dashboards in Government, by Sukumar Ganapati, Florida International University, IBM Center for the Business of Government

  • “Stephen Few defines a dashboard as a “visual display of the most important information needed to achieve one or more objectives; consolidated and arranged on a single screen so the information can be monitored at a glance”. Dashboards summarize key performance metrics of organizations. They typically integrate data from different sources and display performance measures through informative graphics. The visualization allows readers to understand complex data in less time than it would take to read similar material located in the text of a full report. At the same time, the dashboards should be self-contained. Dashboards can be static (providing metrics at a particular time, e.g., PDF files) or dynamic (providing metrics in real time, e.g., interactive web dashboards).

    • Assessment of the macroeconomic impact of higher loss absorbency for global systemically important banks

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    Macroeconomic Assessment Group established by the Financial Stability Board and the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision – Report: Assessment of the macroeconomic impact of higher loss absorbency for global systemically important banks, 10 October 2011 “Weaknesses at large financial institutions have often played a central role in the triggering and propagation of systemic financial crises.… Continue Reading

    New GAO Reports: DHS Data Mining, National Cord Blood Inventory, On-the-Job Training, Warfighter Support

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    Food Safety: FDA Needs to Reassess Its Approach to Reducing an Illness Caused by Eating Raw Oysters, GAO-11-607, Sep 8, 2011 Data Mining: DHS Needs to Improve Executive Oversight of Systems Supporting Counterterrorism, GAO-11-742, Sep 7, 2011 National Cord Blood Inventory: Practices for Increasing Availability for Transplants and Related Challenges, GAO-12-23, Oct 7, 2011 On-the-Job… Continue Reading

    2011 Global Hunger Index: Taming price spikes and excessive food price volatility

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    International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI): “Growing demand for biofuels, extreme weather and climate change, and increased financial activity through commodity futures markets are the main causes of high and volatile food prices, according to the 2011 Global Hunger Index report, The Challenge of Hunger: Taming Price Spikes and Excessive Food Price Volatility. These challenges… Continue Reading

    Publisher Names in Bibliographic Data: An Experimental Authority File and a Prototype Application

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    Publisher Names in Bibliographic Data: An Experimental Authority File and a Prototype Application – This is a pre-print version of a paper published in Library Resources and Technical Services, 55,4. “The cataloging community has long acknowledged the value of investing in authority control; as bibliographic systems become more global, the need for authority control becomes… Continue Reading

    Federal Reserve Board seeks comment on proposal to implement "Volcker Rule" requirements of the Dodd-Frank Act

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    News release: “The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday requested public comment on a proposed regulation implementing the so-called “Volcker Rule” requirements of section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Section 619 generally contains two prohibitions. First, it prohibits insured depository institutions, bank holding companies, and their subsidiaries or affiliates (banking… Continue Reading

    Levin Report Finds Offshore Tax Break Is a Failed Tax Policy Whose Repeat Could Damage the Economy

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    News release: “Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., chairman of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, released a report today, Repatriating Offshore Funds: 2004 Tax Windfall for Select Multinationals, that found that the 2004 repatriation tax break that allowed U.S. companies to bring $312 billion in offshore earnings back to the United States at an extraordinarily low… Continue Reading

    IMF: Regional Economic Outlook: Europe Navigating Stormy Waters

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    Regional Economic Outlook: Europe Navigating Stormy Waters, October 2011 “Following a strong showing in early 2011, the economies across Europe now face the prospect of a pronounced slowdown, as global growth has softened, risk aversion has risen, and strains in Europe’s sovereign debt and financial markets have deepened, according to the Regional Economic Outlook: Europe.… Continue Reading

    CRS: International Violence Against Women: U.S. Response and Policy Issues

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    International Violence Against Women: U.S. Response and Policy Issues, July 26, 2011 “In recent years, the international community has increasingly recognized international violence against women (VAW) as a significant human rights and global health issue. VAW, which can include both random acts of violence as well as sustained abuse over time, can be physical, psychological,… Continue Reading