Law Periodical Publishing Practices and Trends – Law librarian, criminal defense attorney and prolific author Ken Strutin brings into focus how electronic access to scholarly information is impacting library collection policies as well as professional publication formats, and as a result, how a new legal research environment is developing. Ken’s article provides a selected collection… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: October 2011
DOE IG – The Department's Unclassified Cyber Security Program 2011
DOE IG Evaluation Report – The Department’s Unclassified Cyber Security Program 2011, DOE/IG-0856 October 2011 “The Department had taken steps over the past year to address previously identified cyber security weaknesses and enhance its unclassified cyber security program. While these were positive steps, additional action is needed to further strengthen the Department’s unclassified cyber… Continue Reading
BIS – Macroprudential policy tools and frameworks – Progress Report to G20
Macroprudential policy tools and frameworks – Progress Report to G20, October 27, 2011: “This report responds to the call of G20 Leaders on the FSB, IMF and BIS to do further work on macroprudential policy. It traces the progress in implementing macroprudential policy frameworks along three broad lines: (i) advances in the identification and monitoring… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: DOD Financial Management, International Military Education, Supplemental Security Income, VA Philippines Office
DOD Financial Management: Challenges in the Implementation of Business Systems Could Impact Audit Readiness Efforts, GAO-12-177T, Oct 27, 2011 International Military Education and Training: Agencies Should Emphasize Human Rights Training and Improve Evaluations, GAO-12-123, Oct 27, 2011 Supplemental Security Income: Preliminary Observations on Children with Mental Impairments, GAO-12-196T, Oct 27, 2011 VA Philippines Office: Maintain… Continue Reading
Research Study – All Your Clouds are Belong to us Security Analysis of Cloud Management Interfaces
All Your Clouds are Belong to us Security Analysis of Cloud Management Interfaces – Juraj Somorovsky, Mario Heiderich, Meiko Jensen, Jörg Schwenk, Nils Gruschka, Luigi Lo Iacono. In Proceedings of the ACM Cloud Computing Security Workshop (CCSW), 2011. “Cloud Computing resources are handled through control interfaces. It is through these interfaces that the new… Continue Reading
UK is a world-leader in science and research according to new report from BIS
“The International Comparative Performance of the UK Research Base 2011 report was compiled by Elsevier and published by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. It shows that UK research attracts more citations per pound spent in overall research and development than any other country. It has also found that the UK research base is… Continue Reading
USDOJ: National Drug Threat Assessment 2011
National Drug Threat Assessment 2011: “This assessment is a comprehensive assessment of the threat posed to the United States by the trafficking and abuse of illicit drugs. It was prepared through detailed analysis of the most recent law enforcement, intelligence, and public health data available to the National Drug Intelligence Center through the date of… Continue Reading
Carsey Institute: More Poor Kids in More Poor Places: Children Increasingly Live Where Poverty Persists
More Poor Kids in More Poor Places: Children Increasingly Live Where Poverty Persists, October 18, 2011 “The authors of this brief examine child poverty rates using decennial census data from 1980, 1990, and 2000, as well as American Community Survey five-year estimates between 2005 and 2009, to identify those counties where child poverty has persisted.… Continue Reading
An Analysis of State-owned Enterprises and State Capitalism in China
An Analysis of State‐owned Enterprises and State Capitalism in China, By Andrew Szamosszegi and Cole Kyle. U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, October 26, 2011 “Chinas economy is the worlds second largest national economy, a powerhouse in international trade, and a major destination for foreign investors. China not only has a private sector, but private… Continue Reading
BBC: 7 billion people and you: What's your number?
7 billion people and you: What’s your number?: “The world’s population is expected to hit seven billion in the next few weeks. After growing very slowly for most of human history, the number of people on Earth has more than doubled in the last 50 years. Where do you fit into this story of human… Continue Reading
Speech – Sovereign risk in bank regulation and supervision: Where do we stand?
Sovereign risk in bank regulation and supervision: Where do we stand? – Hervé Hannoun, Deputy General Manager Bank for International Settlements Financial Stability Institute High-Level Meeting, Abu Dhabi, UAE, October 26, 2011 “My topic today is the treatment of sovereign risk in banking regulation and supervision. This theme has been spotlighted by the sovereign debt… Continue Reading
Tracking Europe's Debt Crisis and Safeguarding Financial Stability
NYT Chart – Tracking Europe’s Debt Crisis – “European leaders obtained an agreement from banks to take a 50 percent loss on the face value of their Greek debt.” European Council and Euro area summit, 26 October 2011: “The package we have agreed tonight is a comprehensive package that confirms that Europe will do what… Continue Reading
