NOAA – August global temperatures are fourth highest on record; Arctic sea ice extent shrinks to record low: “The average global temperature across land and oceans during August 2012 was 0.62°C (1.12°F) above the 20th century average of 15.6°C (60.1°F) and ranked as the fourth warmest August since records began in 1880. Monthly global temperatures… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: September 2012
New GAO Reports – Housing Assistance Opportunities, Medicaid, OPM
Housing Assistance Opportunities Exist to Increase Collaboration and Consider Consolidation, GAO-12-554, Aug 16, 2012 Housing Assistance- Listing of Programs, Activities, and Tax Expenditures and Related Information (GAO-12-555SP, August 2012) an E-supplement to GAO-12-554, Aug 16, 2012 Medicaid – States’ Use of Managed Care, GAO-12-872R, Aug 17, 2012, Federal Training Investments Office of Personnel Management and… Continue Reading
EBSCO – 2013 Serials Price Projection Report
“A valuable guide for budgeting decisions, the Periodical Price Survey is published each spring in Library Journal. Authored by Stephen Bosch, the materials budget, procurement, and licensing librarian, University of Arizona Library, Tucson and Kittie Henderson, director of EBSCO’s Academic and Law Divisions, EBSCO Information Services, the report provides a detailed look at current pricing… Continue Reading
CRS – Taxation of Unemployment Benefits
Taxation of Unemployment Benefits. Julie M. Whittaker, Specialist in Income Security. September 13, 2012 “Unemployment compensation (UC) benefits have been fully subject to the federal income tax since the passage of the Tax Reform Act of 1986 (P.L. 99-514). Individuals who receive UC benefits during a year may elect to have the federal (and in… Continue Reading
CRS – The Corporate Income Tax System: Overview and Options for Reform
The Corporate Income Tax System: Overview and Options for Reform. Mark P. Keightley, Specialist in Economics – Molly F. Sherlock, Specialist in Public Finance. September 13, 2012 “Many economists and policymakers believe that the U.S. corporate tax system is in need of reform. There is, however, disagreement over why the corporate tax system needs to… Continue Reading
EPA Adds 12 Hazardous Waste Sites to Superfunds National Priorities List
News release: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is adding 12 new hazardous waste sites that pose public health and environmental risks to the National Priorities List (NPL) for cleanup under the Superfund program. EPA is also proposing to add another eight sites to the list. Superfund is the federal program that investigates and cleans… Continue Reading
A New Measure of Equity Duration: The Duration-Based Explanation of the Value Premium Revisited
Schröder, David and Esterer, Florian, A New Measure of Equity Duration: The Duration-Based Explanation of the Value Premium Revisited (February 29, 2012). 29th International Conference of the French Finance Association (AFFI) 2012. Available at SSRN “This paper proposes a new methodology to estimate a share’s equity duration by using analysts’ cash-flow forecasts. We find that… Continue Reading
Scientists, Foundations, Libraries, Universities, and Advocates Unite and Issue New Recommendations to Make Research Freely Available to All Online
News release: “In response to the growing demand to make research free and available to anyone with a computer and an internet connection, a diverse coalition today issued new recommendations that could usher in huge advances in the sciences, medicine, and health.The recommendations were developed by leaders of the Open Access movement, which has worked… Continue Reading
Career and Technical Education: Five Ways That Pay Along the Way to the B.A.
“Getting a Bachelor’s degree is the best way for most workers to make middle-class wages. In this report, however, we show there are 29 million jobs (21% of all jobs) for workers without Bachelor’s degrees. The report also details five major sub-baccaulareate, career and technical education (CTE) pathways: employer-based training, industry-based certifications, apprenticeships, postsecondary certificates,… Continue Reading
NATO sponsored manual on the international law applicable to cyber warfare
News release: “From NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Center of Excellence: The Tallinn Manual on the International Law Applicable to Cyber Warfare, written at the invitation of the Centre by an independent International Group of Experts, is the result of a three-year effort to examine how extant international law norms apply to this new form of… Continue Reading
Poll – Leading Education by Advancing Digital Commission finds support for greater use of technology in education
“Answering a challenge from the Federal Communications Commission and the Department of Education, the Leading Education by Advancing Digital (LEAD) Commission was established to determine how technology can help transform education in America. The Commission will do this through analyzing the ways in which technology is currently being implemented, determining which barriers are inhibiting greater… Continue Reading
CPI for all items rises 0.6% in August as gasoline index rises 9.0%
“The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.6 percent in August on a seasonally adjusted basis, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported [September 14, 2012]. Over the last 12 months, the all items index increased 1.7 percent before seasonal adjustment. The seasonally adjusted increase in the all items index was the… Continue Reading
