Phil Morehart, American Libraries: “Kennedys involvement with libraries and education runs deep. She worked to improve New York City public school libraries as vice chair of the New York City Fund for Public Schools and served on the board of New Visions for Public Schools and the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation. She delivered the… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: January 2013
HHS Office of Global Affairs – Resources on Global Health Issues
“The Office of Global Affairs (OGA) is the lead HHS office in global health and international matters. OGA provides advice and direction to the HHS leadership regarding international health, family, and social affairs, including health diplomacy in support of U.S. foreign policy.” Continue Reading
New GAO Reports – Broadcasting Board of Governors, DOD Health Care, Interagency Contracting, Military Personnel
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Additional Steps Needed to Address Overlap in International Broadcasting, GAO-13-172, Jan 29, 2013 DOD Health Care – Domestic Health Care for Female Servicemembers, GAO-13-205, Jan 29, 2012 Interagency Contracting – Agency Actions Address Key Management Challenges, but Additional Steps Needed to Ensure Consistent Implementation of Policy Changes, GAO-13-133R, Jan 29,… Continue Reading
Census Bureau Releases New Features in American FactFinder
“The U.S. Census Bureau today released new features for American FactFinder, an online data tool that allows users to access a variety of Census Bureau statistics, including decennial, American Community Survey and economic census statistics. The new features include a simplified main page design, the option for a guided search and an enhanced community facts… Continue Reading
Revenue Grew in Most Service Sectors in 2011, Census Bureau Reports
“The U.S. Census Bureau today released its 2011 Service Annual Survey, which shows 10 of the nation’s 11 service sectors had an increase in revenues for employer firms between 2010 and 2011. The finance and insurance sector continued to be the only sector to show a year-to-year decline in revenue, which edged down by $35.0… Continue Reading
PWC – Dealing with disruption Adapting to survive and thrive
16th Annual Global CEO Survey – Dealing with disruption Adapting to survive and thrive, December 2012. “The global economic outlook is certainly enough to test even the strongest enterprises. The eurozone is still mired in recession and the US economy is forecast to expand by just 2.2% this year. The situation in some of the… Continue Reading
IMF – Income Mobility and Welfare
Income Mobility and Welfare. Tom Krebs, Pravin Krishna, William Maloney. January 28, 2013 “This paper develops a framework for the quantitative analysis of individual income dynamics, mobility and welfare. Individual income is assumed to follow a stochastic process with two (unobserved) components, an i.i.d. component representing measurement error or transitory income shocks and an AR(1)… Continue Reading
CRS – Can Contractionary Fiscal Policy Be Expansionary?
Can Contractionary Fiscal Policy Be Expansionary? Jane G. Gravelle Senior Specialist in Economic Policy and Thomas L. Hungerford, Specialist in Public Finance. January 11, 2013 “Just as economists generally consider spending cuts to be contractionary in the short run in an underemployed economy, they believe that deficits can be harmful in the long run by… Continue Reading
The Increase in Unemployment Since 2007: Is It Cyclical or Structural?
The Increase in Unemployment Since 2007: Is It Cyclical or Structural? Linda Levine, Specialist in Labor Economics. January 24, 2013 “The unemployment rate greatly increased after the onset of the latest recession in December 2007, when it measured 5.0%. The rate peaked at 10.0% in October 2009, four months after the recessions official end in… Continue Reading
The Federal Prison Population Buildup: Overview, Policy Changes, Issues, and Options
CRS – The Federal Prison Population Buildup: Overview, Policy Changes, Issues, and Options. Nathan James, Analyst in Crime Policy. January 22, 2013 “Since the early 1980s, there has been a historically unprecedented increase in the federal prison population. Some of the growth is attributable to changes in federal criminal justice policy during the previous three… Continue Reading
CDC – Tobacco Control State Highlights 2012 Released
Tobacco Control State Highlights 2012 “Tobacco use is the single most preventable cause of death in the United States. Each year in the United States, cigarette smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke causes 443,000or 1 in 5 deaths. Economic losses are also staggering. Smoking-caused diseases result in $96 billion in health care costs annually. Some… Continue Reading
An Analysis of Where American Companies Report Profits: Indications of Profit Shifting
CRS – An Analysis of Where American Companies Report Profits: Indications of Profit Shifting. Mark P. Keightley, Specialist in Economics, January 18, 2013 “This report uses data on the operations of U.S. multinational companies (MNCs) to examine the extent to which, if any, MNCs are moving profits out of high-tax countries (or out of the… Continue Reading
