News release: “The Financial Stability Oversight Council (the Council) today voted unanimously to designate eight financial market utilities (FMUs) as systemically important under Title VIII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the Dodd-Frank Act). This action, the first designations made by the Council, represents another key step towards creating a safer,… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: July 2012
New Paper – Global physical activity levels: surveillance progress, pitfalls, and prospects
Global physical activity levels: surveillance progress, pitfalls, and prospects. The Lancet, Volume 380, Issue 9838, Pages 247-257. 21 July 2012, doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60646-1 “To implement effective non-communicable disease prevention programmes, policy makers need data for physical activity levels and trends. In this report, we describe physical activity levels worldwide with data for adults (15 years or older)… Continue Reading
National Geographic – 2012 Greendex Map of the World
“In their fourth survey that measures and monitors consumer behaviors that have an impact on the environment, the National Geographic Society and the research consultancy GlobeScan have found that environmentally friendly behavior among consumers has increased from 2010 in only five of 17 countries surveyed. Sustainable consumer behavior has decreased in nine. In only one… Continue Reading
Presentation – Disappearing Phone Booths: Privacy in the Digital Age
Disappearing Phone Booths: Privacy in the Digital Age “CDT Senior Policy Analyst Erica Newland gave a version of this talk to DC Superior Court judges in May 2012. This speech, which draws on past CDT testimony and work, makes the case that in the context of a legal framework that has turned a blind-eye to… Continue Reading
OECD Employment Outlook 2012
“This 30th edition of the OECD Employment Outlook examines the labour market performance of OECD countries as well as the prospects in the short term. Chapter 1 offers an overview of recent developments, focusing on how marginalised groups (youth, the low skilled, women, the chronically unemployed) have fared during the crisis. Chapter 2 looks at… Continue Reading
FTC Testifies on Commercial Uses of Facial Recognition Technologies
News release: “The Federal Trade Commission today told a Senate Judiciary subcommittee that the FTC is examining the benefits to consumers, as well as privacy and security concerns regarding current and possible future commercial uses of facial recognition technologies and will make recommendations later this year on best practices for companies that use these new… Continue Reading
Information and Communications for Development 2012: Maximizing Mobile
“Around three-quarters of the worlds inhabitants now have access to a mobile phone and the mobile communications story is moving to a new level, which is not so much about the phone but how it is used, says a new report by the World Bank and infoDev, its technology entrepreneurship and innovation program. The number… Continue Reading
Report of the State Budget Crisis Task Force
Report of the The Task Force decided to focus on the major threats to states fiscal sustainability, by former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker and former New York Lt. Gov. Richard Ravitch. July 2012 “Since it was not feasible to study each of the 50 states in depth, we decided to target six statesCalifornia, Illinois,… Continue Reading
Report – Financing the Response to AIDS in Low- and Middle- Income Countries
“This report, Financing the Response to AIDS in Low- and Middle- Income Countries: International Assistance from Donor Governments in 2011, tracks funding levels of the donor governments that collectively provide the bulk of international assistance for AIDS through bilateral programs and contributions to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. The analysis finds… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports – 2020 Census, General Aviation Security, Government Transparency
2020 Census – Sustaining Current Reform Efforts Will Be Key to a More Cost-Effective Enumeration, GAO-12-905T, July 18, 2012 General Aviation Security – TSA’s Process for Ensuring Foreign Flight Students Do Not Pose a Security Risk Has Weaknesses, GAO-12-900T, July 18, 2012 General Aviation Security – Weaknesses Exist in TSA’s Process for Ensuring Foreign Flight… Continue Reading
Federal Reserve Beige Book – July 18, 2012
Federal Reserve Beige Book – July 18, 2012 “Reports from most of the twelve Federal Reserve Districts indicated that overall economic activity continued to expand at a modest to moderate pace in June and early July. The Atlanta, St. Louis, and San Francisco Districts reported modest growth, while Boston, Chicago, Minneapolis, Kansas City, and Dallas… Continue Reading
Print Management at 'Mega-scale': A Regional Perspective on Print Book Collections in North America
“This report provides insight into the characteristics of regionally consolidated print collections, key relationships across these collections, and their implications for system-wide issues such as information access, mass digitization, resource sharing, and preservation of library resources. Written by OCLC Researchers Brian Lavoie, Constance Malpas and JD Shipengrover, Print Management at “Mega-scale”: A Regional Perspective on… Continue Reading
