Dorothy Leonard, Walter Swap, Gavin Barton, June 09, 2015: Excerpted from Critical Knowledge Transfer: Tools for Managing Your Company’s Deep Smarts. “A fully realized knowledge transfer initiative requires substantial resources — financial, time and personnel. Yet the need for expertise to be passed on, and the costs of not doing so, must be recognized. Most… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: June 2015
An Evaluation of the Public Schools of the District of Columbia
“An Evaluation of the Public Schools of the District of Columbia is a comprehensive five-year summative evaluation report for Phase Two of an initiative to evaluate the District of Columbia’s public schools. Consistent with the recommendations in the 2011 report A Plan for Evaluating the District of Columbia’s Public Schools, this new report describes changes… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports – Aviation Security, Missouri River Basin
Aviation Security: TSA Has Taken Steps to Improve Oversight of Key Programs, but Additional Actions Are Needed, GAO-15-678T: Published: Jun 9, 2015. Publicly Released: Jun 9, 2015: “The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has taken steps to improve oversight of Secure Flight—a passenger prescreening program that matches passenger information against watch lists and assigns each passenger… Continue Reading
Subaru to Share Zero Landfill Expertise With National Park Service
News release: “Subaru, recognized for having the first automotive assembly plant in America designated as zero landfill, today announced it will share its knowledge of zero landfill practices with the National Park Service to reduce landfill waste from the parks. In partnership with National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA), a non-profit national park advocacy group, the… Continue Reading
Avian flu outbreak results in egg crisis
Washington Post – “Until only a few weeks ago, one of the most devastating outbreaks egg farmers had ever seen in the United States had gone largely unnoticed. The industry, which had to kill off more than 20 million birds in May alone, was well aware, but consumers, who had yet to feel the consequences,… Continue Reading
Correcting “Beyond the Cycle:” Accounting for Asset Prices in Structural Fiscal Balances
Liu, Estelle Xue and Mattina, Todd and Poghosyan, Tigran, Correcting “Beyond the Cycle:” Accounting for Asset Prices in Structural Fiscal Balances (May 2015). IMF Working Paper No. 15/109. Available at for download SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2615301 “This paper outlines an operational approach for incorporating the impact of asset price cycles in the calculation of structural fiscal balances… Continue Reading
BLS – A look at pay at the top, the bottom, and in between
“Policymakers and the public have given much attention to economic inequality in the past few years. In general terms, inequality refers to the differences between people with the highest levels of wealth, income, or earnings and those with the lowest levels. How big are these differences? Have they grown over time? What other ways do… Continue Reading
CRS – Israel: Background and U.S. Relations
Israel: Background and U.S. Relations, Jim Zanotti, Specialist in Middle Eastern Affairs. June 1, 2015. “Since Israel’s founding in 1948, successive U.S. Presidents and many Members of Congress have demonstrated a commitment to Israel’s security and to maintaining close U.S.-Israel cooperation. Common perceptions of shared democratic values and religious affinities have contributed to the strong… Continue Reading
USA FREEDOM Act Reinstates Expired USA PATRIOT Act Provisions
CRS Legal Sidebar USA FREEDOM Act Reinstates Expired USA PATRIOT Act Provisions but Limits Bulk Collection 6/4/2015: “Following a contentious debate and passagein the Senate, the USA FREEDOM Act (H.R. 2048) was signed into law onJune 2, 2015. The new law contains eight titles, spanning a range of national security topics from reauthorizing expired investigative… Continue Reading
GAO Report – Electronic Cigarettes: Imports, Tariffs, and Data Collection
Electronic Cigarettes: Imports, Tariffs, and Data Collection, GAO-15-491R: Published: May 7, 2015. Publicly Released: Jun 8, 2015. “Import volume and tariff revenue for electronic cigarettes, known as e-cigarettes, are unknown, because the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS)—which is used to classify U.S. imports and exports for tariff and other purposes—does not contain… Continue Reading
Interest rate risk in the banking book – consultative document
Bank for International Settlements – Interest rate risk in the banking book – consultative document, June 2015: “The consultative document on the risk management, capital treatment and supervision of interest rate risk in the banking book (IRRBB) expands upon and is intended to ultimately replace the Basel Committee’s 2004 Principles for the management and supervision… Continue Reading
BIS Quarterly Review, June 2015
BIS Quarterly Review June 2015 International banking and financial market developments – 167 pages, PDF International banking and financial market developments – Highlights of the BIS international statistics: “Global cross-border claims increased by $11.6 billion between end-September and end-December 2014 on an exchange rate-adjusted basis. Cross-border claims grew at a year-on-year rate of 5%, with… Continue Reading
