Treasury Continues Approving Excessive Pay for Top Executives at Bailed-Out Companies, Office of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, January 28, 2013. “SIGTARP found that once again, in 2012, Treasury failed to rein in excessive pay. In 2012, OSM approved pay packages of $3 million or more for 54% of the… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: January 2013
Pew – Tracking for Health
Tracking for Health by Susannah Fox, Maeve Duggan, Jan 28, 2013 “This is the first national survey measuring health data tracking, which has been shown in clinical studies to be a tool for improving outcomes, particularly among people trying to lose weight or manage a chronic condition. The Pew Internet survey finds that: 46% of… Continue Reading
Googles approach to government requests for user data
Google Official Blog: “..January 28, is Data Privacy Day, when the world recognizes the importance of preserving your online privacy and security. If its like most other days, Googlelike many companies that provide online services to userswill receive dozens of letters, faxes and emails from government agencies and courts around the world requesting access to… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Pipeline Safety, Private Health Insurance
Pipeline Safety – Better Data and Guidance Could Improve Operators’ Responses to Incidents, GAO-13-284T, Jan 28, 2013 Private Health Insurance – Expiration of the Health Coverage Tax Credit Will Affect Participants’ Costs and Coverage Choices as Health Reform Provisions Are Implemented – GAO-13-147, Dec 28, 2012 Continue Reading
Unlocking cell phones to switch carriers subject to Digital Millenium Copyright Acts protections
Tracey Samuelson, Marketplace for Monday, January 28, 2013: “If consumers want to unlock their cell phones in order to take their phone from one cellular network to another, they now need to ask the permission of their carrier. Starting January 26, unlocking phones without the providers OK is against the law. But perhaps the most… Continue Reading
PwC's Annual Global CEO Survey
News release: “PwCs Annual Global CEO Survey, now in its sixteenth year, aims to inform and stimulate the debate on how businesses are facing todays challenges. Over the years, thousands of CEOs around the world have taken the time to share their views with us. In total, we conducted 1,330 interviews with CEOs in 68… Continue Reading
Corruption Perceptions Index 2012
Corruption Perceptions Index 2012 – Transparency International “Looking at the Corruption Perceptions Index 2012, it’s clear that corruption is a major threat facing humanity. Corruption destroys lives and communities, and undermines countries and institutions. It generates popular anger that threatens to further destabilise societies and exacerbate violent conflicts. The Corruption Perceptions Index scores countries on… Continue Reading
GPO FDsys Pilot Partnership with Treasury
Pilot Partnership, U.S. Department of Treasury Reporting Rates of Exchange Official Register of the United States Continue Reading
NOAA- State of the Climate National Overview Annual 2012
Supplemental 2012 Temperature and Precipitation Information 2012 by the numbers Year-to-date temperature evolution for select U.S. cities Year-to-date temperature evolution for the contiguous U.S. Annual and seasonal statewide temperatures 2012 station temperature and precipitation extremes All-time station temperature records set in 2012 Evolution of monthly temperature anomalies and evolution of 2012 drought conditions 100°F days… Continue Reading
New on LLRX – Knowledge Discovery Resources 2013
Via LLRX.com – Knowledge Discovery Resources 2013 – An Internet Annotated Link Dataset Compilation – Marcus 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… Continue Reading
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
FRASER Digital Collection on Government Debt
“Government debt is the debt owed by the United States government, and is money borrowed through government securities and federal government agencies. U.S. public debt comes from debt held by the public and debt held by government accounts. This debt has a limit on the total amount of bonds that can be issued, known as… Continue Reading
