Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) Audit, Government Agencies Cannot Fully Identify Projects Financed with Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Funds (SIGIR 13-006), March 6, 2013 “Following the 2003 intervention in Iraq and the fall of Saddam Husseins regime, the United States initiated a major relief and reconstruction program to stabilize the… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: March 2013
European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) what you need to know
“The European Union regulation on derivatives, central counterparties (CCPs) and trade repositories introduces new requirements to improve transparency and reduce the risks associated with the derivatives market. EMIR also establishes common organisational, conduct of business and prudential standards for CCPs and trade repositories. EMIR imposes requirements on all types and sizes of entities that enter… Continue Reading
EPIC Prevails in Social Media Monitoring FOIA Suit
“EPIC has obtained a court order and an opinion in a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security, requiring the agency to turn over more documents about the monitoring of social media and Internet media organizations. EPIC had previously obtained several hundred pages of documents, revealing that the agency monitors the… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports – Medicare Advantage, Select Agent Program
Medicare Advantage – Substantial Excess Payments Underscore Need for CMS to Improve Accuracy of Risk Score Adjustments, GAO-13-206, Jan 31, 2013 Overlap and Duplication – Federal Inspections of Entities Registered with the Select Agent Program, GAO-13-154, Jan 31, 2013 Continue Reading
OATs: Open Access Textbooks
OATs: Open Access Textbooks: “The OATs Libguide provides access to descriptions and links to known initiatives and organizations that support the development and promotion of Open Access textbooks, and to OA and low-cost e-books and textbook catalogs and databases.” [Gerry McKiernan] Continue Reading
Fed Vice Chair Speech – Challenges Confronting Monetary Policy
Vice Chair Janet L. Yellen At the 2013 National Association for Business Economics Policy Conference, Washington, D.C. March 4, 2013 – Challenges Confronting Monetary Policy “…the Federal Reserve initiated a new asset purchase program last September, extending it in December, under which the Federal Reserve is currently buying agency-guaranteed MBS at a pace of $40… Continue Reading
Fed Governor Speech on Ending "Too Big to Fail"
Governor Jerome H. Powell At the Institute of International Bankers 2013 Washington Conference, Washington, D.C., March 4, 2013 Ending “Too Big to Fail” – “Today I will discuss “too big to fail” and the ongoing work since the financial crisis to end it. More than three years into this effort, there have been sweeping reforms… Continue Reading
Introducing Art Talks on Google+
Official Google Blog: “An excellent guide often best brings an art gallery or museums collections to life. Starting this week, were hoping to bring this experience online with Art Talks, a series of Hangouts on Air on our Google Art Project Google+ page. Each month, curators, museum directors, historians and educators from some of the… Continue Reading
EFF Surveillance Self Defense – Secure Deletion
“Secure deletion involves the use of special software to ensure that when you delete a file, there really is no way to get it back again. When you “delete” a file for instance, by putting the file in your computer’s trash folder and emptying the trash you may think you’ve deleted that file.… Continue Reading
Recent college graduates in the U.S. labor force: data from the Current Population Survey
Monthly Labor Review Online, Thomas Luke Spreen, February 2013, Vol. 136, No. 2: “Data collected each October in the School Enrollment Supplement to the Current Population Survey provide an annual snapshot of the demographic characteristics, labor force activity, and school enrollment status of each year’s cohort of recent college graduates Every year, thousands of recent… Continue Reading
Average Food Prices: a snapshot of how much has changed over a century
Jonathan Church and Ken Stewart: “In January 1913, when the U.S. Department of Labor was formed, the buffalo nickel would soon replace the Liberty Head nickel, women were protesting for the right to vote, and a family could buy a pound of potatoes for less than two cents. Fast forward 100 years to January 2013,… Continue Reading
Survey of Special Collections and Archives in the United Kingdom and Ireland
Survey of Special Collections and Archives in the United Kingdom and Ireland, An OCLC Research Report “The top challenges for archives and special collections in the UK and Ireland are outreach, born-digital materials and space. Alignment of special collections with institutional missions and priorities is an ongoing challenge. The special collections sector is undergoing a… Continue Reading
