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Monthly Archives: December 2012
New GAO Reports: USPS, Medicare Physician Payment
U.S. Postal Service Status – Financial Outlook, and Alternative Approaches to Fund Retiree Health Benefits. GAO-13-112, Dec 4, 2012 Medicare Physician Payment – Private-Sector Initiatives Can Help Inform CMS Quality and Efficiency Incentive Efforts, GAO-13-160, Dec 26, 2012 Continue Reading
Small Business Size Standards: A Historical Analysis of Contemporary Issues
CRS – Small Business Size Standards: A Historical Analysis of Contemporary Issues, Robert Jay Dilger, Senior Specialist in American National Government. December 6, 2012 “Small business size standards are of congressional interest because the standards determine eligibility for receiving Small Business Administration (SBA) assistance as well as federal contracting and tax preferences. Although there is… Continue Reading
CRS – Membership of the 112th Congress: A Profile
Membership of the 112th Congress: A Profile, Jennifer E. Manning, Information Research Specialist. November 26, 2012 “This report presents a profile of the membership of the 112th Congress (2011-2012). Statistical information is included on selected characteristics of Members, including data on party affiliation, average age, occupation, education, length of congressional service, religious affiliation, gender, ethnicity,… Continue Reading
Cultivating Young Womens Leadership for a Kinder, Braver World
Cultivating Young Womens Leadership for a Kinder, Braver World, Anna Rorem and Dr. Monisha Bajaj. December 17, 2012 “There is not much research exploring leadership development and civic participation among youth, and even less among young women. Policymakers and others seeking to better serve youth in pursuit of a kinder, braver world should take into… Continue Reading
NextGov – New mandate would require military contractors to report cyber breaches
Aliya Sternstein reporting in NextGov: “The Defense authorization bill approved by Congress last week would require contractors to tell the Pentagon about penetrations of company-owned networks that handle military data. If President Obama signs the legislation into law, it would make permanent part of a Pentagon test program under which participating contractors report computer breaches… Continue Reading
Bank Debt in Europe "Are Funding Models Broken"
Bank Debt in Europe Are Funding Models Broken, Vanessa Le Lesle, December 20, 2012. IMF Working Paper. “The crisis in Europe has underscored the vulnerability of European bank funding models compared to international peers. This paper studies the drivers behind this fragility and examines the future of bank funding, primarily wholesale, in Europe. We argue… Continue Reading
Working Paper – Generosity and Political Preferences
Generosity and Political Preferences, Christopher T. Dawes, Magnus Johannesson, Erik Lindqvist, Peter Loewen, Robert Östling, Marianne Bonde and Frida Priks. Research Institute of Financial Economics, IFN Working Paper No. 941, 2012. “We test whether generosity is related to political preferences and partisanship in Canada, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States using incentivized dictator… Continue Reading
Paper – Optimal Control of Global Warming
Optimal Control of Global Warming, Gary Erickson, University of Washington – Michael G. Foster School of Business. December 26, 2012. Available at SSRN “An optimal control model of global warming is presented and analyzed. The model has two state variables, representing the anthropogenic concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and the temperature increase due… Continue Reading
Improving our Understanding of How Highway Congestion and Price Affect Travel Demand
“Transportation Research Board second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) Capacity Project C04 has released a prepublication, non-edited draft version of a report titled Improving our Understanding of How Highway Congestion and Price Affect Travel Demand that synthesizes travel demand models that predict how travelers behavior changes in response to changes in traffic congestion and… Continue Reading
EPA Releases Update on Ongoing Hydraulic Fracturing Study
Follow up to previous postings on fracking: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today provided an update on its ongoing national study currently underway to better understand any potential impacts of hydraulic fracturing on drinking water resources. Results of the study, which Congress requested EPA to complete, are expected to be released in a draft… Continue Reading
Bycatch of Marine Mammals in U.S. and Global Fisheries
Bycatch of Marine Mammals in U.S. and Global Fisheries, Andrew J. Read, ∗ Phebe Drinker∗ and Simon Northridge ; ∗Duke University Marine Laboratory, Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Beaufort, NC 28516, U.S.A. Sea Mammal Research Unit, Gatty Marine Laboratory, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Fife KY16 8LB, United Kingdom “Fisheries bycatch… Continue Reading
