EFF – Maira Sutton: “A newly leaked chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement from Wikileaks has confirmed some of our worst fears about the agreement. The latest provisions would enable multinational corporations to undermine public interest rules through an international tribunal process called investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS). Under this process, foreign companies can challenge… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: April 2015
The Implementation of State Sponsored Retirement Plans
Carlin, Bruce I. and Davies, Shaun William, The Implementation of State Sponsored Retirement Plans (April 3, 2015). Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2589701 “State sponsored retirement plans have been proposed and implemented to provide people with new access to defined contribution retirement opportunities. Many of these people have no other options and typically have low… Continue Reading
Does the Death Penalty Require Death Row? The Harm of Legislative Silence
McLeod, Marah Stith, Does the Death Penalty Require Death Row? The Harm of Legislative Silence (March 14, 2015). Ohio State Law Journal, Forthcoming. Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2589716 “This Article exposes two flawed assumptions about death row in leading scholarship and judicial opinions. The first flawed assumption is that death row is an inevitable… Continue Reading
DHS – Privacy Impact Assessment for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Privacy Impact Assessment for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection 1:1 Facial Recognition Air Entry Pilot, DHS/CBP/PIA-025. March 11, 2015. “The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is conducting the 1:1 Facial Recognition Air Entry Pilot to allow Customs and Border Protection Officers stationed at air ports of entry to use facial recognition technology as… Continue Reading
Heathcare Internet of Things
Heathcare Internet of Things – Jason Healey, Neal Pollard, and Beau Woods. “The Internet of Things (IoT) of digital, networked technology is quickly moving to the forefront of society, the global economy, and the human experience. The IoT sometimes refers to colossal, impersonal concepts like connecting electricity grids to the Internet for economic or environmental… Continue Reading
The Salary Required to Be “Middle Class” in Every State
Kristin Wong – LifeHacker – ““Middle class” doesn’t have a definite, official definition. But the Pew Charitable Trust defines it as households that earn between 67 and 200 percent of a state’s median income. Based on this metric and some statistics, Business Insider came up with a list of how much you have to earn… Continue Reading
NYT – Digital Neglect at the Library of Congress
New York Times Editorial – ” The Library of Congress has long been a beacon for an informed democracy, evolving in Washington into the world’s largest library and a revered institution built on the foundation of Thomas Jefferson’s many books and insatiable curiosity. This makes it all the more troubling that the current librarian of… Continue Reading
Time-Mindedness and Jurisprudence
Luban, David J., Time-Mindedness and Jurisprudence (2015). Virginia Law Review, Forthcoming. Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2589161 “Analytic jurisprudence often strikes outsiders as a discipline unto itself, unconnected with the problems that other legal scholarship investigates. Gerald Postema, in the article to which this paper responds, traces this “unsociability” to two narrowing defects in the… Continue Reading
Gallup – State of the American Manager Report
“The State of the American Manager: Analytics and Advice for Leaders report provides an in-depth look at what characterizes great managers based on over four decades of extensive talent research. This is a study of 2.5 million manager-led teams in 195 countries, featuring analysis that measures the engagement of 27 million employees. The report examines… Continue Reading
Financial Analysis of United States Postal Service
Financial Analysis of United States Postal Service Financial Results and 10 – K Statement Fiscal Year 2014, April 1, 2015 – “In FY 2014, the Postal Service recorded its eighth consecutive financial loss, bringing the total net deficit since FY 2007 to $51.7 billion. This growing net deficit has negatively affected liquidity, depleted available borrowing… Continue Reading
California Roadkill Observation System
“Roadkill occurs when vehicles collide with or run over wildlife, such as birds, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians. According to the Humane Society of the United States, over a million animals are killed every day on our roads and highways. We have created this site to provide a way for people like you to report roadkill… Continue Reading
The Most & Least Financially Literate States in America – 2015
John S. Kiernan, WalletHub: “The issue of widespread financial illiteracy – not just in this country, but around the world – has rightfully garnered significant attention in the aftermath of the Great Recession. The housing market collapse and ensuing global financial crisis served as a stark reminder of our societal obsession with debt as well… Continue Reading
