Via New York Times: “At a White House event at noon (January 16, 2013), Mr. Obama announced plans to introduce legislation by next week that includes a ban on new assault weapons, limits on high-capacity magazines, expanded background checks for gun purchases and tougher gun trafficking laws to crack down on the spread of weapons across the country. Without waiting for Congress, the president also acted on his own authority, signing nearly two-dozen executive actions designed to increase the enforcement of existing gun laws and improve the flow of information among federal agencies in order to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and others who shouldnt have them.”
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Daily Archives: January 16, 2013
Enhancements to U.S. Statutes at Large on FDsys
“The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) recently enhanced the U.S. Statutes at Large collection on FDsys by adding descriptive metadata for public laws, private laws, concurrent resolutions, and presidential proclamations. For approximately 32,000 individual documents, the enhancements allow researchers improved searchability and retrieval by searching such metadata fields as title, SuDocs classification number, date, category,… Continue Reading
How Severe Was the Credit Cycle in the New York-Northern New Jersey Region?
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Jaison R. Abel and Richard Deitz “U.S. households accumulated record-high levels of debt in the 2000s, and then began a process of deleveraging following the Great Recession and financial crisis. In some parts of the country, the rise and fall in household indebtedness was quite a bit sharper than… Continue Reading
NYT – JPMorgan Report on Trading Loss Report
Report of JPMorgan Chase C0. Management Task Force Regarding 2012 CIO Losses, January 16, 2013 NYT DealBook: “In a 129-page report attached to its quarterly earnings on Wednesday, the bank dissected the multibillion-dollar trading loss at the chief investment office, outlining a breakdown at the highest levels of management and detailing the remedial steps it… Continue Reading
Federal Reserve Board – Beige Book – January 16, 2013
Beige Book – January 16, 2013 – Summary of Commentary on Current Economic Conditions by Federal Reserve District: “Reports from the twelve Federal Reserve Districts indicated that economic activity has expanded since the previous Beige Book report, with all twelve Districts characterizing the pace of growth as either modest or moderate. Since the previous Beige… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports – Worker and Family Assistance, Force Structure
Worker and Family Assistance – Department of Defense Policies on Accommodating Children with Special Needs in Child Care Programs, GAO-13-165R, Jan 16, 2013 Force Structure – Army’s Annual Report on Modularity Progress Needs More Complete and Clear Information to Aid Decision Makers, GAO-13-183R, Jan 16, 2013 Continue Reading
Bounding the role of black carbon in the climate system: A scientific assessment
Bounding the role of black carbon in the climate system: A scientific assessment. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres Accepted manuscript online: 15 JAN 2013. “Black carbon is emitted in a variety of combustion processes and is found throughout the Earth system. Black carbon has a unique and important role in the Earths climate system because… Continue Reading
World Bank: Global Economic Prospects – January 2013
Global Economic Prospects – Assuring growth over the medium term. Volume 6 | January 2013 “More than four years after the global financial crisis hit, high-income countries struggle to restructure their economies and regain fiscal sustainability. Developing countries, where growth is 1-2 percentage points below what it was during the pre-crisis period, have been affected… Continue Reading
Article – Can Lawyers Stay in the Driver's Seat?
Can Lawyers Stay in the Driver’s Seat? – Daniel G. Currell, Corporate Executive Board; M. Todd Henderson, University of Chicago – Law School. University of Chicago Institute for Law & Economics Olin Research Paper No. 629. January 16, 2013 “The law firm business is thriving, despite significant pain in the legal sector as changes take… Continue Reading
