Fact Sheet: Chairman Wheeler Proposes New Rules for Protecting the Open Internet Appendix E Wheeler Statement Clyburn Statement Rosenworcel Statement Pai Statement O’Rielly Statement From Wheeler Statement: “Today, by issuing the first Broadband Progress Report of my chairmanship, the Commission offers its assessment of where we stand. We found that we have made notable progress,… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: February 2015
BRIC Companies Seeking Legitimacy Through Corporate Social Responsibility
Fiaschi, Davide and Giuliani, Elisa and Nieri, Federica, BRIC Companies Seeking Legitimacy Through Corporate Social Responsibility (February 2, 2015). Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2559110 “BRIC countries have generally gone through a process of liberalization and rapid economic growth that has allowed their major companies to acquire increasing weight in the global marketplace. However, they… Continue Reading
DOJ and State Partners Secure $1.375 Billion Settlement with S&P for Defrauding Investors in Lead Up to the Financial Crisis
News release: “Attorney General Eric Holder announced today that the Department of Justice and 19 states and the District of Columbia have entered into a $1.375 billion settlement agreement with the rating agency Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, along with its parent corporation McGraw Hill Financial Inc., to resolve allegations that S&P had engaged… Continue Reading
Google – Fighting Bad Advertising Practices on the Web – 2014 Year in Review
Google Inside Ad Words posting – “Online advertising helps fund content and businesses on the web, from small family-owned shops to large publishers. While online advertising helps the web to work for all of us, this ecosystem can also attract bad actors that aim to misuse ads for harmful or deceptive purposes. We work hard… Continue Reading
Audit of Security Controls for DHS Information Systems at JFK International Airport
DHS OIG Report, January 15, 2015: “Attached for your information is our revised final report, Audit of Security Controls for DHS Information Technology Systems at John F. Kennedy International Airport (Revised) (Redacted). This report contains findings and recommendations for improving security controls over the servers, routers, switches, and telecommunications circuits comprising the DHS information technology… Continue Reading
The National Registry of Exonerations 2014
Report – 2014 was a record breaking year for exonerations in the United States, by a large margin. The National Registry of Exonerations has recorded 125 exonerations in 2014. The previous highest total was 91 in 2012 and again in 2013 , followed by 87 in 2001. All told, the Registry now lists 1,535 exonerations… Continue Reading
Demographics of Key Social Networking Platforms
Pew Report – “Fully 71% of online adults use Facebook, a proportion unchanged from August 2013. Usage among seniors continues to increase. Some 56% of internet users ages 65 and older now use Facebook, up from 45% who did so in late 2013 and 35% who did so in late 2012. Women are also particularly… Continue Reading
Monthly Labor Review Jan 2015
Fiscal impetus and the Great Recession 01/28/2015 Analysis of the Current Employment Statistics program using customer outreach survey results 01/23/2015 Railroads: old industry still vital in today’s economy 01/22/2015 Worker’s expectations about losing and replacing their jobs: 35 years of change 01/16/2015 Better retirement planning 01/13/2015 Continue Reading
State Government Revenues Exceed Expenditures in 2013
“Total state government revenue rose by 16.3 percent, from $1.9 trillion in 2012 to $2.2 trillion in 2013, according to the latest findings on state government finances from the U.S. Census Bureau. Nearly three-quarters of that increase (73.9 percent) is attributable to the growth in insurance trust revenue, which grew by 89.7 percent, from $255.8… Continue Reading
GAO Reports – U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Egypt and Tunisia Funds
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights: Management Improvements Are Needed to Better Achieve Its Mission, GAO-15-92: Published: Feb 3, 2015. Publicly Released: Feb 3, 2015: “Congress may wish to consider clarifying the roles and responsibilities of commissioners and the staff director. GAO also recommends that the commission make improvements for SACs and engage in comprehensive workforce… Continue Reading
Fiscal Multiplier and Economic Policy Analysis in US
CBO – The Fiscal Multiplier and Economic Policy Analysis in the United States: Working Paper 2015-02. February 3, 2015. By Charles J. Whalen and Felix Reichling “The recession from 2007 to 2009 sparked wide interest in the economic effects of fiscal policy. That interest is reflected in an ongoing debate over the size of the… Continue Reading
Council of Europe Report on Mass Surveillance
Provisional version – Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights – Mass surveillance. Rapporteur: Mr Pieter Omtzigt, Netherlands, Group of the European People’s Party. “Our freedom is built on what others do not know of our existences” Alexandr Solzhenitsyn. A Draft resolution 1. The Parliamentary Assembly is deeply concerned about mass surveillance practices disclosed since… Continue Reading
