Medicare – Trends in Beneficiaries Served and Hospital Resources Used in Implantable Medical Device Procedures, GAO-12-583R, May 14, 2012 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act – IRS Managing Implementation Risks, but Its Approach Could Be Refined, GAO-12-690, June 13, 2012 Government Operations – Government Is Analyzing Alternatives for Contractor Identification Numbers, GAO-12-715R, June 12, 2012 Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: June 2012
Characterising the financial cycle: don't lose sight of the medium term
Characterising the financial cycle: don’t lose sight of the medium term! by Mathias Drehmann, Claudio Borio and Kostas Tsatsaronis, Working Papers No 380, Bank for International Settlements, June 2012 “We characterise empirically the financial cycle using two approaches: analysis of turning points and frequency-based filters. We identify the financial cycle with the medium-term component in… Continue Reading
Report – Cities to Face Sharply Rising Costs for Garbage Treatment
News release: “A new, far-reaching report on the state of municipal solid waste around the world predicts a sharp rise in the amount of garbage generated by urban residents between now and 2025. The report estimates the amount of municipal solid waste (MSW) will rise from the current 1.3 billion tonnes/year to 2.2 billion tonnes/year,… Continue Reading
Digital Library of Tobacco Documents
University of California, San Francisco – “The Legacy Tobacco Documents Library (LTDL) contains more than 13 million documents (70+ million pages) created by major tobacco companies related to their advertising, manufacturing, marketing, sales, and scientific research activities.” Continue Reading
Patent Granted to License Textbook Content Shared on Web-based Systems
Ars Technica: “In a newly approved patent, an economics professor hopes to bring to the academic publishing world what seems to be forthcoming in the video game industrynew restrictions that would seemingly eliminate a secondary market for digital goods and prevent legal borrowing. Last week, the 2006 patent for a Web-based system and method to… Continue Reading
UK Information Commissioners Office Writes to Google About Street View
June 13, 2012: The ICO writes to Google about Street View – “Following the publication of the Federal Communications Commission report, the ICO has written to Google and will consider what further action, if any, needs to be taken.” UK reopens Google Street View investigation after FCC probe – The ICO wants to know precisely… Continue Reading
District Court, Northern District CA – Oracle America, Inc. v. Google Inc.
Oracle America, Inc. v. Google Inc., Case3:10-cv-03561-WHA Document1202 Filed 05/31/12: “In 2007, Google Inc., announced its Android software platform for mobile devices. In 2010, Oracle Corporation acquired Sun Microsystems, Inc., and thus acquired Suns interest in the popular programming language known as Java, a language used in Android. Sun was renamed Oracle America, Inc. Shortly… Continue Reading
WB Urges Developing Countries to Strengthen Domestic Fundamentals, to Weather Global Economic Turmoil
News release: “Developing countries should prepare for a long period of volatility in the global economy by re-emphasizing medium-term development strategies, while preparing for tougher times, says the World Bank in the newly-released Global Economic Prospects (GEP), June 2012. A resurgence of tensions in high-income Europe has eroded the gains made during the first four… Continue Reading
EPIC – FCC Issues Stronger Telemarketing Rules to Protect Consumers
EPIC: “The Federal Communications Commission’s final rule amending the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (TCPA) regulations is now in effect. The rule requires “(1)prior express written consent for all autodialed or prerecorded telemarketing calls to wireless numbers and residential lines; (2) allow[s] consumers to opt out of future robocalls during a robocall; (3) limit[s]… Continue Reading
TRAC: Decline in Federal Criminal Immigration Prosecutions
“The latest available data from the Justice Department show a marked decline in criminal immigration prosecutions processed in federal district courts. As of March 2012, prosecutions resulting from referrals by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) were down 12 percent compared with last year’s figures, while criminal prosecutions resulting from investigations by Customs and Border Protection… Continue Reading
Speech – Shadow Banking After the Financial Crisis
Governor Daniel K. Tarullo At the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Conference on Challenges in Global Finance: The Role of Asia, San Francisco, California, June 12, 2012 – Shadow Banking After the Financial Crisis “The growing demand for safe and liquid assets was met largely by the shadow banking system’s creation of assets that… Continue Reading
AAUP – Recommended Principles & Practices to Guide Academic-Industry Relationships
“The AAUP is pleased to issue this comprehensive draft report, Recommended Principles and Practices to Guide Academic-Industry Relationships, for public comment…This is one of the longest reports that the AAUP has ever produced. It deals with issues that are in the news every week and that are having a critical impact on higher education in… Continue Reading
