“The quarterly number of loans refinanced through the Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP) has nearly doubled since HARP 2.0 was rolled out in January, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agencys (FHFA) March 2012 Refinance Report. HARP refinances topped 180,000 in the first quarter of this year compared to approximately 93,000 in the fourth quarter… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: June 2012
FCC – Open Internet Advisory Committee Members Announced
“By this Public Notice, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announces the composition of the Open Internet Advisory Committee (OIAC). The OIACs members include representatives from community organizations, equipment manufacturers, content and application providers, venture capital firms, startups, Internet service providers, and Internet governance organizations, as well as professors in law, computer science, and economics. The OIAC… Continue Reading
National Science Board Science and Engineering Indicators 2012
National Science Board Science and Engineering Indicators 2012 “In most broad aspects of S&T activities, the United States continues to maintain a position of leadership. But it has experienced a gradual erosion of its position in many specific areas. Two contributing developments to this erosion are the rapid increase in a broad range of Asian… Continue Reading
Appeals Court Set Review Period for Government Nuclear Waste Fees Collection
Follow up to previous postings on Yucca Mountain, this decision on June 1, 2012 from the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, No. 11-1066, National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners v. United States Department of Energy, Consolidated with 11-1068 On Petitions for Review of Final Actions of the Department of Energy:… Continue Reading
Pew Survey – Twitter Use 2012
Twitter Use 2012: Findings – “Some 15% of online adults use Twitter as of February 2012, and 8% do so on a typical day. Although overall Twitter usage has nearly doubled since the Pew Research Centers Internet & American Life Project first asked a stand-alone Twitter question in November 2010, the 15% of online adults… Continue Reading
BLS – Employment Situation Summary May 2012
News release: “Both the number of unemployed persons (12.7 million) and the unemployment rate (8.2 percent) changed little in May. (See Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rates for adult men (7.8 percent) and Hispanics (11.0 percent) edged up in May, while the rates for adult women (7.4 percent), teenagers (24.6 percent), whites (7.4… Continue Reading
Research Paper – Homeownership and Entrepreneurship
Homeownership and Entrepreneurship – This work is part of the research programme of the independent UK Spatial Economics Research Centre funded by a grant from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) and the Welsh Assembly Government. Philippe Bracke, Christian Hilber, Olmo Silva, April 2012 “We study the… Continue Reading
Public Networks for Public Safety: A Workshop on the Present and Future of Mesh Networking
“The Berkman Center for Internet & Society is pleased to present this briefing document, which was developed as part of our March 30th, 2012, workshop on “Public Networks for Public Safety: A Workshop on the Present and Future of Mesh Networking. This workshop provided a starting point for conversation about whether mesh networks could be… Continue Reading
Judge Chin Issues Opinion in Favor of Class Action Against Google Book Search
Follow up to previous postings on the Google Book Search project litigation, this posting via The Public Index Blog, Class Certification Granted, by James Grimmelmann [Thursday, May 31, 2012] “Today, Judge Chin issued an opinion granting class certification. The Authors Guild lawsuit will proceed as a class action on behalf of: All persons residing in… Continue Reading
