Ezra Klein and Susannah Locke on June 9, 2014 ‘The future of the nations will depend on the manner of how they feed themselves, wrote the French epicurean Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin in 1826. Almost 200 years later, how nations feed themselves has gotten a lot more complicated. That’s particularly true in the US, where food insecurity coexists with… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: June 2014
USA.gov Update: Air Quality Index – What you Need to Know to be Safe Outdoors
“During the warmer summer months you tend to spend a lot more time outdoors. Besides using proper sun protection, you should be also aware of the air quality. The Air Quality Index (AQI) tells you how clean or polluted your outdoor air is, and what associated health effects might be a concern for you. The AQI scale runs… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports – Afghanistan, Biosurveillance, Health Care Access, Immigration Technology, Managing for Results, Nuclear Weapons
AFGHANISTAN: Oversight and Accountability of U.S. Assistance, GAO-14-680T: Published: Jun 10, 2014. Publicly Released: Jun 10, 2014. BIOSURVEILLANCE: Observations on the Cancellation of BioWatch Gen-3 and Future Considerations for the Program, GAO-14-267T: Published: Jun 10, 2014. Publicly Released: Jun 10, 2014. HEALTH CARE ACCESS: Improved Oversight, Accountability, and Prioritization Can Improve Access for Native American Veterans, GAO-14-489: Published: Jun 10, 2014. Publicly Released: Jun… Continue Reading
Redesigning the central bank for financial stability responsibilities
Redesigning the central bank for financial stability responsibilities – Speech by Mr Jaime Caruana, General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements, on the occasion of the 135th Anniversary Conference of the Bulgarian National Bank, Sofia, 6 June 2014. “Central banks are being redesigned to better deal with their financial stability responsibilities – in just five years, over… Continue Reading
UK – When is CCTV covered by the Data Protection Act?
“Most uses of CCTV will be covered by the Data Protection Act. This gives you the right to see information held about you, including CCTV images of you, or images which give away information about you (such as your car number plate). The Data Protection Act sets rules which CCTV operators must follow when they gather,… Continue Reading
New York: Expanding Time, Increasing Opportunities for Achievement
Tiffany D. Miller’s report – “New York is poised to take an important step to improve student achievement by expanding learning time for students attending high-poverty, low-performing schools. Recent district- and state-level investments in expanded learning time—a promising strategy to close achievement and opportunity gaps—will give students more time to learn core academics but not… Continue Reading
FDIC Announces Improvements to Deposit Insurance Education Materials
“The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) today announced significant new improvements to the deposit insurance education materials available on the FDIC’s website, www.fdic.gov. The enhancements are designed to improve the accessibility and presentation of deposit insurance information for the general public through organizational changes as well as through the expanded use of explanatory videos and interactive… Continue Reading
Monthly Budget Review for May 2014
“The federal government ran a budget deficit of $439 billion for the first eight months of fiscal year 2014, CBO estimates—$188 billion less than the shortfall recorded over the same span last year and the smallest deficit for those months since fiscal year 2008. Compared with the amounts at this point last year, revenues were… Continue Reading
‘When Worlds Collide’: Navigating the Minefield of Social Media
Knowledge@ Wharton: “Social media has made it possible to share the details of our lives — both intimate and minute — quickly and easily. But with that convenience comes a host of dangers as people’s personal and professional lives, and public and private personas, converge. In “When Worlds Collide in Cyberspace: How Boundary Work in Online… Continue Reading
It’s 2014, and the Picture Has Changed for Working Dads. Here’s How
“Our work force — and families — look different than ever before. Like moms, many dads don’t have access to paid leave or flexible workplaces. And it’s harder than ever for them to balance work and family. Take a look at what that looks like, and then share this if you learned something new.” Continue Reading
Corporate Governance and Prudential Regulation
Speech by Governor Daniel K. Tarullo – Member, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve SystemAt the Association of American Law Schools 2014 Midyear Meeting, Washington, D.C. June 9, 2014. “In my remarks this afternoon I will try to further the collaboration between corporate and financial law scholarship by suggesting how the nature of finance and financial regulation affects corporate… Continue Reading
2014 Trustwave Global Security Report
“The 2014 Trustwave Global Security Report is back for another year,…and we again lean on hard evidence gathered from hundreds of data breach investigations conducted last year – 691 to be exact, spread across industries and the world – as well as threat intelligence gathered from our products and security operations centers. Using that evidence,… Continue Reading
