- Army Corps of Engineers – Peer Review Process for Civil Works Project Studies Can Be Improved, GAO-12-352, Mar 8, 2012
- Defense Acquisitions – Further Actions Needed to Improve Accountability for DOD’s Inventory of Contracted Services, GAO-12-357, Apr 6, 2012: “DOD relies on contractors to perform many functions, which can offer benefits for DOD. GAOs work has shown that reliance on contractors to support core missions, however, can place DOD at risk of contractors performing inherently governmental functions.”
- Military Personnel – Prior GAO Work on DOD’s Actions to Prevent and Respond to Sexual Assault in the Military, GAO-12-571R, Mar 30, 2012
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Daily Archives: April 9, 2012
Speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke on fostering financial stability
Chairman Ben S. Bernanke, April 9, 2012: “…An important example of our strengthened, cross-firm supervisory approach is the recently completed second annual Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR). In the CCAR, the Federal Reserve assessed the internal capital planning processes of the 19 largest bank holding companies and evaluated their capital adequacy under a very… Continue Reading
CDT Analysis of EC's Proposed Data Protection Regulation
CDT Analysis of the European Commission’s Proposed Data Protection Regulation CDT strongly supports the use of the Regulation instrument to harmonize data protection across the common market and the renewed emphasis on stronger enforcement to provide data subjects with consistent, predictable privacy rights. CDT proposes a clarification that the Regulationʼs requirement of parental consent only… Continue Reading
Microsoft Purchases Majority of AOL's Intellectual Property, Including Netscape Patents
Ben Kersey: “Microsoft and AOL …signed a deal that would see MSFT pick up 800 of AOLs patents for around $1 billion in cash. The deal is expected to close at the end of 2012, with Microsoft being able to leverage AOLs remaining 300 patents under a non-exclusive license. As it turns out, there was… Continue Reading
U.S. records warmest March; more than 15,000 warm temperature records broken
NOAA: “First quarter of 2012 also warmest on record; early March tornado outbreak is year’s first “billion dollar disaster” Record and near-record breaking temperatures dominated the eastern two-thirds of the nation and contributed to the warmest March on record for the contiguous United States, a record that dates back to 1895. More than 15,000 warm… Continue Reading
Report – Why Young People Are Driving Less and What It Means for Transportation Policy
Transportation and the New Generation Why Young People Are Driving Less and What It Means for Transportation Policy, Frontier Group, U.S. PIRG Education Fund – April 2012 “From World War II until just a few years ago, the number of miles driven annually on Americas roads steadily increased. Then, at the turn of the century,… Continue Reading
Alleviating Poverty in the United States: The Critical Role of SNAP Benefits
Alleviating Poverty in the United States: The Critical Role of SNAP Benefits, by Laura Tiehen, Dean Jolliffe, and Craig Gundersen – Economic Research Report No. (ERR-132) 30 pp, April 2012 “The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is one of the largest safety net programs in the United States, serving 44.7 million individuals in an average… Continue Reading
New York Fed releases report on domestic open market operations during 2011
A Report Prepared for the Federal Open Market Committee by the Markets Group of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, March 2012 “Domestic open market operations in 2011 were shaped by continuing efforts of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) to provide additional policy accommodation by adjusting the size and composition of the Federal… Continue Reading
Library of Congress: Translation of National Legislation into English
The Law Library of Congress, Translation of National Legislation into English, March 2012 – Global Legal Research Center Afghanistan, Argentina, Brazil, China, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Mexico, and Russia International Organizations International Courts Continue Reading
Chronicle of Higher Education – 2012 Faculty Salary Survey
2012 Faculty Salary Survey – Interactive Database – How much 1,251 colleges paid their faculty members Analysis: Reframing the Salary Debate – Professors pay barely budged this year. Is it time to stop blaming salaries for the rising cost of college? Continue Reading
