TRAC: “The latest available data from the federal courts show that during March 2013 the government reported 592 new lawsuits filed under the category of Real Property – Foreclosures, according to the case-by-case information analyzed by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC). This increase of 17.9 percent over the previous month reverses a sharp decline seen since the historic highs reached last summer. To read the full report, including a list of those districts in which lawsuits of this kind were filed with the greatest rates relative to population, click here.”
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Daily Archives: April 25, 2013
Federal Websites For and About American Indians
Steve Beleu, Oklahoma Dept. of Libraries: “I’ve tried to link to every federal agency website and webpage that contains significant information for and about our American Indian Nations. Of course I’ve missed a few, so if you know about them please send me information about them and I’ll add them. Note: in the topic of… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Air Force Electronic Systems Center, Explosive Ordnance Disposal, Federal Real Property, Federal Real Property
Air Force Electronic Systems Center – Reorganization Resulted in Workforce Reassignments at Hanscom Air Force Base, but Other Possible Effects Are Not Yet Known, GAO-13-366, Apr 25, 2013 Explosive Ordnance Disposal – DOD Needs Better Resource Planning and Joint Guidance to Manage the Capability, GAO-13-385, Apr 25, 2013 Federal Real Property – Excess and Underutilized… Continue Reading
Survey of Federal Whistleblower and Anti-Retaliation Laws
Survey of Federal Whistleblower and Anti-Retaliation Laws, Jon O. Shimabukuro, Legislative Attorney; L. Paige Whitaker, Legislative Attorney; Emily E. Roberts, Law Librarian. April 22, 2013 “This report provides an overview of federal whistleblower and anti-retaliation laws. In general, these laws protect employees who report misconduct by their employers or who engage in various protected activities,… Continue Reading
Preliminary international banking statistics at end-December 2012
“Statistics at end-December 2012 are preliminary and subject to change. Developments in the latest data are highlighted in the Statistical release. Data are available on the BIS website, via the BIS WebStats query tool, or in a single PDF in detailed annex tables. Final statistics and an analysis of recent trends will be released in… Continue Reading
Working Paper – Structural bank regulation initiatives
Structural bank regulation initiatives: approaches and implications, by Leonardo Gambacorta and Adrian Van Rixtel. Working Papers No 412, April 2013 The paper examines the basic rationale and features of the proposals adopted to separate specific investment and commercial banking activities (Volcker rule, Vickers and Liikanen proposals). In particular, it focuses on the likely implications of… Continue Reading
Publicly Available Social Media Monitoring and Situational Awareness Initiative Update
Privacy Impact Assessment for the Office of Operations Coordination and Planning – Publicly Available Social Media Monitoring and Situational Awareness Initiative, DHS, Update April 1, 2013 “To monitor social media, National Operations Center Media Monitoring analysts only use publicly available search engines, content aggregators, and site-specific search tools to find items of potential interest to… Continue Reading
As CO2 Approaches Symbolic Milestone, Scripps Launches Daily Keeling Curve Update
Scripps Institution of Oceanography / University of California, San Diego: “For the first time in human history, concentrations of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) could rise above 400 parts per million (ppm) for sustained lengths of time throughout much of the Northern Hemisphere as soon as May 2013. To provide a resource for understanding… Continue Reading
Occupational Exposure to Carbon Nanotubes and Nanofibers
Current Intelligence Bulletin 65: Occupational Exposure to Carbon Nanotubes and Nanofibers: “NIOSH issues Current Intelligence Bulletins (CIBs) to disseminate new scientific information about occupational hazards. A CIB may draw attention to a formerly unrecognized hazard, report new data on a known hazard, or disseminate information about hazard control. CIBs are distributed to representatives of academia,… Continue Reading
