“Americans are less upbeat about the economy now than they were in May and June. Gallup’s U.S. Economic Confidence Index held steady at -12 last week, but the current score is substantially lower than the five-year weekly high of -3 reached in late May and early June. Americans’ confidence in the economy has recovered from… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: July 2013
OECD Employment Outlook 2013
“The OECD Employment Outlook 2013 looks at labour markets in the wake of the crisis. It also includes chapters on employment protection legislation; benefit systems, employment and training programmes and re-employment earnings and skills after job loss.” Continue Reading
American Customer Satisfaction Index e-business report
“The annual ForeSee American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) e-business report 2013 includes an analysis of individual companies within three measured e-business categories. Social Media: Google+, Pinterest.com, Twitter.com, LinkedIn.com, Facebook.com, Wikipedia.com, and YouTube.com Portals and Search Engines: AOL.com, Bing.com, Google.com, MSN.com, and Yahoo.com News & Information Websites: ABCNews.com, CNN.com, FoxNews.com, HuffingtonPost.com, NBCNews.com, NYTimes.com, and USAToday.com” Continue Reading
New GAO Reports – Private Health Insurance, Federal Housing Administration
Private Health Insurance – The Range of Base Premiums in the Individual Market by State in January 2013, GAO-13-712R, Jul 23, 2013 Federal Housing Administration – Improving Disposition and Oversight Practices May Increase Returns on Foreclosed Property Sales, GAO-13-542, Jun 20, 2013 Continue Reading
How America Pays for College 2013
“The national study by Sallie Mae, How America Pays for College 2013, conducted by Ipsos, is a compelling look at how today’s families view higher education, manage higher education costs, and tap a variety of funding sources. This year’s study finds that families are adjusting to a new post-recession reality to pay for college. Higher scholarships… Continue Reading
The multimillennial sea-level commitment of global warming
The multimillennial sea-level commitment of global warming: “Global mean sea level has been steadily rising over the last century, is projected to increase by the end of this century, and will continue to rise beyond the year 2100 unless the current global mean temperature trend is reversed. Inertia in the climate and global carbon system, however,… Continue Reading
Racial Violence Civil Rights Convictions for 2013
Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse: “The latest available data from the Justice Department show that during the first eight months of FY 2013 the government reported 11 new convictions under the program category of civil rights — racial violence. If this activity continues at the same pace, the annual total of convictions will be 17 for… Continue Reading
The Funding of State and Local Pensions: 2012-2016
The Funding of State and Local Pensions: 2012-2016 by Alicia H. Munnell, Jean-Pierre Aubry, Josh Hurwitz and Madeline Medenica SLP#32. Boston College, Center for Retirement Research “The brief’s key findings are: During 2012, using current GASB standards, the funded status of public plans declined slightly from 75 percent to 73 percent. This decline reflected slow asset growth, which was only partly mitigated by reduced liability… Continue Reading
An Inquiry into the Dynamics of Government Secrecy
An Inquiry into the Dynamics of Government Secrecy, Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review, Vol. 48, No. 2, Summer 2013. “This Article reviews selected aspects of secrecy policy in the Obama Administration to better comprehend the dynamics of official secrecy, particularly in the national security realm. An understanding emerges: secrecy policy is founded on a set of… Continue Reading
Prevent and Report Identity Theft
“Tax ID theft occurs when someone uses your personal information such as your name, Social Security number (SSN), or other identifying information to file a tax return fraudulently and claim a refund early in the filing season. If you believe someone has used your SSN fraudulently, contact the IRS immediately at 1-800-908-4490. You will need… Continue Reading
Defense Security Services: 2013 Targeting U.S. Technologies
2013 Targeting U.S. Technologies: A Trend Analysis of Reporting from Defense Industry “This report looks at the continuing rise in “attempts by foreign collectors to obtain illegal or unauthorized access to sensitive or classified information and technology resident in the U.S. cleared industrial base.” The report looks at collector affiliations, methods of operation and the… Continue Reading
Federal Administrative Law – A Brief Overview
Federal Administrative Law – A Brief Overview – By Richard J. McKinney, Assistant Law Librarian, Federal Reserve Board, May 2010 Presentation to LLSDC Librarians, Last revised May 21, 2013 “Federal administrative law primarily concerns the powers and procedures of Federal administering agencies in relation to the public (but usually not in criminal matters). It is Congress that grants… Continue Reading
