Men Rule The Continued Under-Representation of Women in U.S. Politics, January 2012 “Study after study finds that, when women run for office, they perform just as well as their male counterparts. No differences emerge in women and mens fundraising receipts, vote totals, or electoral success. Yet women remain severely under-represented in U.S. political institutions.… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: January 2012
Iraq publishes payments from its oil exports
Via EITI: “Iraq has disclosed detailed information about the US$ 41 billion in revenue it received from oil and gas exports in 2009. Iraqs disclosure of the figures follows the countrys commitment to the EITI standard, the global standard for transparency of resource revenues. The revenues are published in Iraqs first EITI Report, which detailed… Continue Reading
FTC Seeks Public Comment on Agency's Rules of Practice
Proposed Changes Would Expedite Investigatory Processes, Keep Pace with Technology: “The Federal Trade Commission today issued proposed changes to two parts of the procedures that govern the way the agency operates. The proposed changes would streamline the FTC’s investigatory procedures, make updates to keep pace with electronic discovery, and detail the agency’s procedures for evaluating… Continue Reading
EPIC – FOIA Documents Reveal Homeland Security is Monitoring Political Dissent
“As the result of EPIC v. DHS, a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, EPIC has obtained nearly thee hundred pages of documents detailing a Department of Homeland Security’s surveillance program. The documents include contracts and statements of work with General Dynamics for 24/7 media and social network monitoring and periodic reports to DHS. The documents… Continue Reading
EPIC: FTC Adds Google+ to Antitrust Investigation
EPIC: “Bloomberg News has reported that the Federal Trade Commission has expanded its antitrust investigation of Google to include Google’s social networking service, Google+. The report comes after Google announced that it would include personal data gathered from Google+ in the results of users’ searches, a move that led EPIC to urge the FTC to… Continue Reading
Federal Reserve Beige Book, January 11, 2012
Full Report – Beige Book, January 11, 2012 and Links to the Districts: “Contact reports from the twelve Federal Reserve Districts suggest that national economic activity expanded at a modest to moderate pace during the reporting period of late November through the end of December. Seven Districts characterized growth as modest; of the remaining five,… Continue Reading
BLS: Consumer Spending in 2010
News release: “On the basis of data from the Consumer Expenditure Survey (CE), consumers spent less in 2010, compared with 2009, on almost all major components of the household budget. Average annual expenditures per consumer unit (CU)[1] fell 2.0 percent, and average annual income before taxes dropped 0.6 percent, the second consecutive yearly decline for… Continue Reading
EPIC Urges Trade Commission to Investigate Google Search
EPIC: In a letter to the Federal Trade Commission, EPIC has called for an investigation of recent changes by Google to Google Search, the dominant search algorithm on the Internet. EPIC cited Google’s decision to include personal data, such as photos, posts, and contact details, gathered from Google+ in Google Search results. Googles business practices… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports – Federal Elections on a Weekend, Securities Research
Elections – Views on Implementing Federal Elections on a Weekend, GAO-12-69, January 12, 2012 Securities Research – Additional Actions Could Improve Regulatory Oversight of Analyst Conflicts of Interest, GAO-12-209, January 12, 2012 Continue Reading
Climate Change, Migration, and Conflict – Addressing Complex Crisis Scenarios in the 21st Century
Climate Change, Migration, and Conflict – Addressing Complex Crisis Scenarios in the 21st Century, By Michael Werz, Laura Conley | January 3, 2012: “This report provides the foundation and overview for a series of papers focusing on the particular challenges posed by the cumulative effects of climate change, migration, and conflict in some of our… Continue Reading
Illicit Financial Flows from Developing Countries Over the Decade Ending 2009 Dev
Illicit Financial Flows from Developing Countries Over the Decade Ending 2009, Dev Kar and Sarah Freitas1, December 2011 “Last years report, analyzing flows through 2008, produced a figure for that year of $1.26 trillion. We anticipated that the figure for 2009 might be even larger. However, the global financial crisis and slowdown in world trade… Continue Reading
Financial sector regulation for growth, equity and stability
Financial sector regulation for growth, equity and stability, BIS Papers No 62, January 2012 “The financial crisis has demonstrated the need to better understand the complex interactions between the financial system and the real economy. While stability has become the main focus of the regulatory changes, the implications for growth and equity are also important.… Continue Reading
