“The Law Library of Congress is pleased to announce a new homepage at http://loc.gov/law/. It is less text heavy, easier to scan, and includes a highlights carousel. Two of the most used products, Congress.gov and the Guide to Law Online, are prominently displayed. The @LawLibCongress Twitter stream is now on the homepage in the right… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: October 2012
How the Supply of Labor Responds to Changes in Fiscal Policy
“Although much of the analysis that CBO undertakes is very technical in nature, the agency works hard to explain the basis for its findings so that Members of Congress, their staff, and outside analysts can understand the results and question the methods used. To that end, CBO just released a report, How the Supply of… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports – Gaps in Homeland Defense, Critical Infrastructure Protection
Homeland Defense – DOD Needs to Address Gaps in Homeland Defense and Civil Support Guidance – GAO-13-128, Oct 24, 2012 Critical Infrastructure Protection – An Implementation Strategy Could Advance DHS’s Coordination of Resilience Efforts across Ports and Other Infrastructure, GAO-13-11, Oct 25, 2012 Continue Reading
Kasier – A Look at State Medicaid Program Spending, Enrollment and Policy Trends
Medicaid Today – Preparing for Tomorrow – A Look at State Medicaid Program Spending, Enrollment and Policy Trends – Results from a 50-State Medicaid Budget Survey for State Fiscal Years 2012 and 2013. October 25, 2012 “After the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, state policy makers were finally beginning to see signs of… Continue Reading
Census Bureau Releases 2009-2011 American Community Survey Estimates
“The U.S. Census Bureau released the latest findings from the American Community Survey, the primary source of small-area estimates available on a wide range of important statistics about people and housing for every community across the country and in Puerto Rico. The estimates released today cover a three-year period from 2009 to 2011 and are… Continue Reading
Editorial – Delivering on a Network-Enabled Literature
Neylon C (2012) More Than Just Access: Delivering on a Network-Enabled Literature. PLoS Biol 10(10): e1001417. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1001417 “By any measure it has been a huge year for the open-access movement. At the beginning of the year, it looked possible that the public access policy of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) might be rolled… Continue Reading
Report of the Seventh Annual National Survey on Retention and Promotion of Women in Law Firms
National Association of Women Lawyers and the NAWL Foundation: “Also, continuing a trend we have noted in previous Survey Reports, the structure of law firms has grown more complex. The typical AmLaw 200 firm is now a two-tier partnership with many different categories of lawyer in a leveraged structure: 151 equity partners (barely 15% women),… Continue Reading
Review of Estimates of the Frisch Elasticity of Labor Supply: Working Paper 2012-13
Review of Estimates of the Frisch Elasticity of Labor Supply, Felix Reichling and Charles Whalen, Ocotber 2012 “Among the models that CBO uses to analyze the economic effects of changes in federal fiscal policy is a life-cycle growth model. That model requires an estimate of the responsiveness of the supply of labor to a one-time… Continue Reading
Center for Financial Stability Publishes The Bretton Woods Transcripts
Kurt Schuler: “The transcripts of the Bretton Woods conference were never meant to be published, but we have them. Today the CFS releases The Bretton Woods Transcripts, an e-book edited by me and Andrew Rosenberg. It contains verbatim proceedings of many meetings from the 1944 Bretton Woods conference, which established the IMF and World Bank… Continue Reading
Report – Emerging Trends in Real Estate® 2013
“Emerging Trends in Real Estate® is an annual series of trends and forecast publications that reflect the views of leading real estate executives in three global regionsAmericas, Europe, and Asia Pacific. Undertaken jointly with PWC and the Urban Land Institute, Emerging Trends in Real Estate® provides an outlook on real estate investment and development trends,… Continue Reading
Report – Life in Congress: Aligning Work and Life in the U.S. House and Senate
“The Congressional Management Foundation (CMF) and the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) partnered to conduct a study about working in Congress. Life in Congress: Aligning Work and Life in the U.S. House and Senate, focuses on how House and Senate staff manage work and life issues and is based on a survey of more… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports – Manufactured Housing Standards
Manufactured Housing Standards – Testing and Performance Evaluation Could Better Ensure Safe Indoor Air Quality, GAO-13-52, Oct 24, 2012 Defense Acquisitions, Future Aerostat and Airship Investment Decisions Drive Oversight and Coordination Needs, GAO-13-81, Oct 23, 2012 Continue Reading
