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Daily Archives: January 27, 2013

New on LLRX – Knowledge Discovery Resources 2013

Via LLRX.comKnowledge Discovery Resources 2013 – An Internet Annotated Link Dataset CompilationMarcus P. Zillman’s current annotated link compilation encompasses top value-added resources for knowledge discovery available through the Internet. The selected resources and sites provide a wide range of actionable knowledge and avenues for information discovery to leverage as part of your overall research project strategy.

Federal Reserve Board Annual Report 2011

98th Report, 2011: Report on operations of the Board during the year. Provides minutes of Federal Open Market Committee meetings, financial statements of the Board and combined financial statements of the Reserve Banks, financial statements for Federal Reserve priced services, information on other services provided by the Reserve Banks, directories of Federal Reserve officials and… Continue Reading

FBI Records Update: Attempted Assassination of President Ronald Reagan

“On March 31, 1981, John W. Hinckley, Jr., shot President Ronald Reagan and several others in a failed assassination attempt. The FBI conducted an extensive investigation, named REAGAT. This FOIA release consists of an extensive “Prosecutive Report” submitted by the FBI to the Department of Justice in May 1981 as Justice lawyers considered how to… Continue Reading

Global Security Contingency Fund: Summary and Issue Overview

CRS – Global Security Contingency Fund: Summary and Issue Overview. Nina M. Serafino, Specialist in International Security Affairs, January 22, 2013 “The FY2012 National Defense Authorization Act (P.L. 112-81), Section 1207, created a new Global Security Contingency Fund (GSCF) as a four-year pilot project to be jointly administered and funded by the Department of Defense… Continue Reading

Assessing the Macroeconomic Impact of Structural Reforms The Case of Italy

IMF – Assessing the Macroeconomic Impact of Structural Reforms The Case of Italy, Lusine Lusinyan and Dirk Muir. January 24, 2013 “Wide-ranging structural reforms are underway in Italy, aimed at addressing key bottlenecks in the product and labor markets. Our analysis, based on the IMF‘s Global Integrated Monetary and Fiscal model (GIMF), attempts to quantify… Continue Reading

Receipt of Unemployment Insurance by Higher-Income Unemployed Workers

CRS – Receipt of Unemployment Insurance by Higher-Income Unemployed Workers (“Millionaires”). Donald Hirasuna, Analyst in Labor Policy, January 23, 2013 To inform the ongoing policy debate, this report provides information relevant to proposals that would restrict the payment of unemployment benefits to individuals with high incomes. Three primary areas that may be of interest to… Continue Reading

Tax Havens: International Tax Avoidance and Evasion

CRS – Tax Havens: International Tax Avoidance and Evasion. Jane G. Gravelle, Senior Specialist in Economic Policy, January 23, 2013 “Multinational firms can artificially shift profits from high-tax to low-tax jurisdictions using a variety of techniques, such as shifting debt to high-tax jurisdictions. Since tax on the income of foreign subsidiaries (except for certain passive… Continue Reading

America's Children and the Environment, Third Edition

“America’s Children and the Environment, Third Edition; Appendices to the Report (data tables, metadata, alignment of ACE3 indicators with Healthy People 2020 objectives) is an EPA report that presents key information on environmental stressors that can affect children’s health. In January 2013, EPA released an updated third edition of this report (ACE3) that shows the… Continue Reading

UK – Recession hits workplaces, but not employee attitudes

National Institute of Economic and Social Research: “According to the latest Workplace Employment Relations Study, the recession has had a profound impact on Britain’s workplaces. In many workplaces, managers have responded with changes in their staffing practices, with one third (33%) of employees seeing their wages frozen or cut and 29% seeing their workload increased.… Continue Reading