Integration of Drones into Domestic Airspace: Selected Legal Issues. Alissa M. Dolan, Legislative Attorney – Richard M. Thompson II, Legislative Attorney, January 30, 2013 “Under the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, P.L. 112-95, Congress has tasked the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) with integrating unmanned aircraft systems (UASs), sometimes referred to as unmanned aerial… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: February 2013
Aging and the Macroeconomy: Long-Term Implications of an Older Population
“The United States is in the midst of a major demographic shift. In the coming decades, people aged 65 and over will make up an increasingly large percentage of the population: The ratio of people aged 65+ to people aged 20-64 will rise by 80%. This shift is happening for two reasons: people are living… Continue Reading
Assessment of Advanced Solid State Lighting
“The standard incandescent light bulb, which still works mainly as Thomas Edison invented it, converts more than 90% of the consumed electricity into heat. Given the availability of newer lighting technologies that convert a greater percentage of electricity into useful light, there is potential to decrease the amount of energy used for lighting in both… Continue Reading
Federal Agencies Working to Make Homes Healthier / Improving housing quality can dramatically affect the health of residents
News release: “Several federal agencies today unveiled Advancing Healthy Housing A Strategy for Action…The initiative represents a bold new vision for addressing the nations health and economic burdens caused by preventable hazards associated with the home. The Strategy for Action encourages federal agencies to take preemptive actions that will help reduce the number of… Continue Reading
Did Securitization Lead to Riskier Corporate Lending?
Did Securitization Lead to Riskier Corporate Lending? by João Santos, Federal Reserve Bank of New York “Theres ample evidence that securitization led mortgage lenders to take more risk, thereby contributing to a large increase in mortgage delinquencies during the financial crisis. In this post, I discuss evidence from a recent research study I undertook with… Continue Reading
Harvard Business Review: Can business leaders work to address problems inherent in the system?
Top 1,000 Companies Wield Power Reserved for Nations: “Globalization has concentrated economic power within a group of large companies who are now able to change the world at a scale historically reserved for nations. Just 1,000 businesses are responsible for half of the total market value of the world’s more than 60,000 publicly traded companies.… Continue Reading
Paper – Is the SEC a Learning Regulator? Lessons from Proxy Access
Is the SEC a Learning Regulator? Lessons from Proxy Access, Aviv Pichhadze, Critical Research Laboratory in Law & Society, February 3, 2013. Regulation & Governance (Forthcoming) “Analysis of the US Securities and Exchange Commissions (SEC) treatment of the concept of ownership in the federal proxy rules, between 1934 and 2010, suggests SEC systems and procedures… Continue Reading
The January 2013 Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending Practices
“The Federal Reserve System January 2013 Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending Practices addressed changes in the supply of, and demand for, bank loans to businesses and households over the past three months. This summary is based on responses from 68 domestic banks and 22 U.S. branches and agencies of foreign banks. In… Continue Reading
Annual Report to Congress Regarding the Financial Status of the FHA Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund FY2012
Annual Report to Congress Regarding the Financial Status of the FHA Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund Fiscal Year 2012, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, November 16, 2012 “There are three fundamental factors driving the decline in the capital reserve ratio this year. First, while FHA continues to have the most profitable new books of… Continue Reading
World Bank – The Power of the Crowd: Mapping schools and hospitals
“In most developing countries it is often quite hard to know where hospitals or other basic services are located. Even if this data is publicly available it can be inaccurate or incomplete. In the middle of November 2012, the OpenGov Hub and the World Bank Institute (WBI) hosted a Social Infrastructure Mapping event to raise… Continue Reading
CKAN: the Horizon for Data.gov 2.0
“Recently, we marked another milestone in Data.govs evolution. Members of the Open Knowledge Foundation met in Washington, D.C., with the Data.gov team and Federal Agencies to discuss the next iteration of Data.gov. Within months, Data.gov will see major enhancements around its data catalog, how the data is managed and the ease with which the data… Continue Reading
United States Courts – Access to Court Opinions Expands
“A pilot project giving the public free, text-searchable, online-access to court opinions now is available to all federal appellate, district and bankruptcy courts. The Judicial Conference, the policy-making body of the Federal court system, approved national implementation of the project with the Government Printing Office, Federal Digital System (FDsys), which provides free access to publications… Continue Reading
