Follow up to DOD OIG Report: Examination of Allegations Involving DoD Office of Public Affairs Outreach Program [2009], this new report – Review of Matters Related to the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Retired Military Analyst Outreach Activities (Redacted), DODIG-2012-025, November 21, 2011 “We found that the OASD (PA) conducted the… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: December 2011
From Keeping Up with the Joneses to Keeping Above Water: The Status of the US Consumer
From Keeping Up with the Joneses to Keeping Above Water: The Status of the US Consumer – A Publication of the BlackRock Investment Institute, September 2011 “There are several metrics that can be used to attempt to gauge the level of consumer leverage, each with its own idiosyncrasies, but to establish a benchmark, in this… Continue Reading
Pew – The civic and community engagement of religiously active Americans
The civic and community engagement of religiously active Americans – “Those who are active in church, religious, or spiritual organizations are often more deeply involved in their communities than those who are not members of such groups. And their tech use helps them tie to all kinds of groups” by Jim Jansen Senior Fellow, Pew… Continue Reading
New Study Sheds Light on the Liquidity of Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities
News release: “A new study released today by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York provides new evidence on the liquidity of Treasury inflation-protected securities (TIPS) and how it differs from that of nominal Treasury securities. The study, The Microstructure of the TIPS Market, is the latest article in the New York Feds Economic Policy… Continue Reading
Bloomberg Releases Federal Reserve Data Repository on Bank Borrowing
“Bloomberg News today released spreadsheets showing daily borrowing totals for 407 banks and companies that tapped Federal Reserve emergency programs during the 2007 to 2009 financial crisis. Its the first time such data have been publicly available in this form. To download a zip file of the spreadsheets, go to http://bit.ly/Bloomberg-Fed-Data. For an explanation of… Continue Reading
EFF – Defending Privacy at the U.S. Border: A Guide for Travelers Carrying Digital Devices
Defending Privacy at the U.S. Border: A Guide for Travelers Carrying Digital Devices, by Seth Schoen, Marcia Hofmann and Rowan Reynolds, December 2011 “Despite the lack of legal protections against the search itself, however, those concerned about the security and privacy of the information on their devices at the border can use technological measures in… Continue Reading
Using tablet computers, e-libraries, and family literacy initiatives to encourage young children to read
Via LLRX.com – Using tablet computers, e-libraries, and family literacy initiatives to encourage young children to read: David H. Rotham continues to articulate and comprehensively document the case that a public national digital library system should serve people of all income levels and all ages, centenarians included. In this article he focuses on how books… Continue Reading
Long-Term Unemployed Survey and What is Happening to America's Less-Skilled Workers?
“As the country struggles to recover from the impact of the Great Recession, one much discussed and analyzed economic measure has been the number of Americans who are unemployed. NPR News and the Kaiser Family Foundation partnered on the Long-Term Unemployed Survey to better describe the experiences and views of two groups of individuals: the… Continue Reading
Survey: Little Support among Americans for Decisions That Limit Use of High-Cost Prescription Drugs and Treatments
Harvard School of Public Health Report – Four-Country Comparative Effectiveness Decision-Making and Patient Access Survey: “A new survey by the Harvard School of Public Health and the Alliance for Aging Research finds that a majority (62%) of Americans oppose decisions by the government or health insurance plans where prescription drugs or medical or surgical treatments… Continue Reading
Latest data on Children's Health Insurance Program enrollment
CHIP Enrollment: December 2010 Data Snapshot, Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured This report provides the latest data on Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) enrollment and policy trends nationally and across the states through December 2010, based on survey responses and data provided by CHIP directors in all 50 states and the District of… Continue Reading
Survey Finds One In Five Americans Juggling Medical Bills
Medical Bill Problems Steady for U.S. Families, 2007-2010 – by Anna Sommers and Peter J. Cunningham “More than one in five Americans were in families reporting problems paying medical bills in 2010about the same proportion as in 2007, according to a new national study by the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC). Given the… Continue Reading
Department of Energy Releases its 2011 Critical Materials Strategy
Department of Energy Releases its 2011 Critical Materials Strategy: “The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today released the 2011 Critical Materials Strategy. The report examines the role that rare earth metals and other key materials play in clean energy technologies such as wind turbines, electric vehicles, solar cells and energy-efficient lighting. The report found that… Continue Reading
