News release: “The .S. Environmental Protection Agency launched its Sustainable Materials Management (SMM) Electronics Challenge, an initiative to make protective electronics refurbishing and recycling practices the industry standard. EPA Deputy Assistant Administrator for Solid Waste and Emergency Response Lisa Feldt, joined by leaders from Best Buy, LG Electronics, Panasonic, Samsung, Sharp, Sprint, and Staples, made… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: September 2012
New GAO Reports – Government Contracting, VA and DOD Health Care, Trade Adjustment Assistance
Warfighter Support – DOD Should Improve Development of Camouflage Uniforms and Enhance Collaboration Among the Services, GAO-12-707, Sep 28, 2012 VA and DOD Health Care – Department-Level Actions Needed to Assess Collaboration Performance, Address Barriers, and Identify Opportunities, GAO-12-992, Sep 28, 2012 Government Contracting – Federal Efforts to Assist Small Minority Owned Businesses, GAO-12-873, Sep… Continue Reading
CA Governor Provides Cost Savings for College Students, Sign Digital Textbook Legislation
News release: “The use of 21st century technology to bring significant savings in textbook costs for California college students will be made possible under two measures the Governor signed into law today. The companion bills by Senate President pro Tempore Darrell Steinberg, SB 1052 and SB 1053, will establish development of open source digital textbooks… Continue Reading
Managing Our Online Professional Lives Presentation Stresses Importance of Managing Your Online Identity
“The presentation includes random notes and interesting quotes that illustrate not only how researchers are using social media but also how measurements of their social web impact relates to their personal brand and altmetrics. Lorcan Dempsey, OCLC’s Vice President, Research, and Chief Strategist, gave this presentation to staff at the University of Pittsburgh Library System… Continue Reading
EPIC FOIA Uncovers Googles Privacy Assessment
“Through a Freedom of Information Act request to the Federal Trade Commission, EPIC has obtained Google’s initial privacy assessment. The assessment was required by a settlement between Google and the FTC that followed from a 2010 complaint filed by EPIC over Google Buzz. The FTC has withheld from public disclosure information about the audit process,… Continue Reading
Britains Financial Services Authority Announces Removal of Libor Powers
Mark Scott, NYT [includes text of Wheatley’s prepared remarks]: “On September 28, 2012 – Martin Wheatley, the managing director of Britains Financial Services Authority, will outline plans to increase oversight of the rate-setting process, which underpins more than $350 trillion of financial products like mortgages and student loans. As part of that effort, regulators are… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports – Community Reinvestment Act, Medical Devices, Managing for Results, Agency Reporting and Review Efforts
Community Reinvestment Act – Challenges in Quantifying Its Effect on Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Investment, GAO-12-869R, Aug 28, 2012 Medical Devices – FDA Should Expand Its Consideration of Information Security for Certain Types of Devices, GAO-12-816, Aug 31, 2012 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Additional DHS Actions Needed on Foreign Worker Permit Program, GAO-12-975,… Continue Reading
New Report Shows More Companies Filing Supplemental Disclosure to Demonstrate Pay for Performance
News release: “With scrutiny of executive compensation at an all-time high as a result of the implementation of say-on-pay rules, more companies are using alternate definitions of pay to demonstrate their pay-for-performance alignment and to counter negative say-on-pay vote recommendations by proxy advisory firms, according to the latest Director Notes report from The Conference Board.… Continue Reading
Pew – In Changing News Landscape, Even Television is Vulnerable
Trends in News Consumption: 1991-2012, September 27, 2012 “The transformation of the nations news landscape has already taken a heavy toll on print news sources, particularly print newspapers. But there are now signs that television news which so far has held onto its audience through the rise of the internet also is increasingly… Continue Reading
2010 Census Shows Multiple-Race Population Grew Faster Than Single-Race Population
News release: “The 2010 Census showed that people who reported multiple races grew by a larger percentage than those reporting a single race. According to the 2010 Census brief The Two or More Races Population: 2010, the population reporting multiple races (9.0 million) grew by 32.0 percent from 2000 to 2010, compared with those who… Continue Reading
ACLU Reports on DOJ Warrantless Electronic Surveillance
Naomi Gilens: “Justice Department documents released today by the ACLU reveal that federal law enforcement agencies are increasingly monitoring Americans electronic communications, and doing so without warrants, sufficient oversight, or meaningful accountability. The documents, handed over by the government only after months of litigation, are the attorney generals 2010 and 2011 reports on the use… Continue Reading
Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), James K. Jackson, Specialist in International Trade and Finance. September 26, 2012 “The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) is comprised of 9 members, two ex officio members, and other members as appointed by the President representing major departments and agencies within… Continue Reading
