Adam Grant: “After the tragic events of 9/11, a team of Harvard psychologists quietly invaded the US intelligence system. The team, led by Richard Hackman, wanted to determine what makes intelligence units effective. By surveying, interviewing, and observing hundreds of analysts across 64 different intelligence groups, the researchers ranked those units from best to worst…the… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: May 2013
McKinsey – Lessons from the leading edge of gender diversity
Advancing women to the top may be a journey, but how to do so is no longer a mystery. New research points to four principles that can help just about any company. April 2013 | by Joanna Barsh, Sandra Nudelman, and Lareina Yee. “We interviewed senior leaders (often CEOs, human-resource heads, and high-performing female executives)… Continue Reading
Student Loan Affordability Analysis of Public Input on Impact and Solutions
CFPB: Student Loan Affordability Analysis of Public Input on Impact and Solutions, May 8, 2013 “The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act established a student loan ombudsman within the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to focus on student loans. Pursuant to the Act, the ombudsman shall conduct analysis on input from borrowers, prepare an… Continue Reading
Vitamin D and Calcium Supplementation to Prevent Fractures in Adults
Vitamin D and Calcium Supplementation to Prevent Fractures in Adults: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement “Vitamin D and calcium are known to be important for strong, healthy bones. Both come from certain foods, and vitamin D is also produced in the body after exposure to sunlight. However, many Americans have lower intake or… Continue Reading
CRS – The U.S. Science and Engineering Workforce
The U.S. Science and Engineering Workforce: Recent, Current, and Projected Employment, Wages, and Unemployment. John F. Sargent Jr., Specialist in Science and Technology Policy, May 6, 2013 “The adequacy of the U.S. science and engineering workforce has been an ongoing concern of Congress for more than 60 years. Scientists and engineers are widely believed to… Continue Reading
Report from European Coalition for Digital Rights
International privacy organisations: Don’t let corporations strip citizens of their right to privacy “This report features new analysis by privacy experts of proposed amendments to the draft Data Protection Regulation. It reveals how many of these amendments threaten to critically undermine the privacy of EU consumers and citizens. Together, the amendments are an effort to… Continue Reading
Administration offers consumers unprecedented look at hospital charges – Medicare Provider Charge Data
“As part of the Obama administrations work to make our health care system more affordable and accountable, data are being released that show significant variation across the country and within communities in what hospitals charge for common inpatient services. The data provided here include hospital-specific charges for the more than 3,000 U.S. hospitals that receive… Continue Reading
Milken Global Institute – Two, Three, Many Middle Easts: A Regions Economic Prospects
Two, Three, Many Middle Easts: A Regions Economic Prospects, Monday, April 29. [Andrew Young] Continue Reading
Trading Activity and Price Transparency in the Inflation Swap Market
“In a new report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, authors Michael J. Fleming and John R. Sporn use transaction data from derivatives dealers to shed light on the rapidly growing market for over-the-counter inflation swaps. Specifically, they analyze zero-coupon inflation swap trades involving major derivatives dealers for a three-month period in 2010.… Continue Reading
Census – Diversifying Electorate – Voting Rates by Race and Hispanic Origin in 2012
News release: “About two in three eligible blacks (66.2 percent) voted in the 2012 presidential election, higher than the 64.1 percent of non-Hispanic whites who did so, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report released today. This marks the first time that blacks have voted at a higher rate than whites since the Census Bureau… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports – DOE, Homeland Security, IRS, SSA,
Department of Energy – Observations on Project and Program Cost Estimating in NNSA and the Office of Environmental Management, GAO-13-510T, May 8, 2013 Homeland Security – DHS and TSA Continue to Face Challenges Developing and Acquiring Screening Technologies, GAO-13-469T, May 8, 2013 Internal Revenue Service – Preliminary Observations on the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Request,… Continue Reading
Japanese American Service Committee Legacy Center Archives
Japanese American Service Committee Legacy Center Archives: “Founded on August 30, 1946, the Japanese American Service Committee of Chicago originally served the needs of the Issei and Nisei (Japanese immigrants and their American-born children) who left World War II internment camps to resettle in Chicago and start new lives. As the needs of the community… Continue Reading
