“Staff from the U.S. Department of Treasury, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission today issued a joint report analyzing the significant volatility in the U.S. Treasury market on October 15, 2014. Using… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: July 2015
Global Genome Initiative
“The Global Genome Initiative (GGI) is a collaborative effort to create a solid foundation for genomic research through a global network of biorepositories and research organizations. The GGI will preserve and study genomic diversity and increase access to genomic information from the key branches of the Tree of Life––expanding our contribution to the preservation and… Continue Reading
Systematic Bias and Nontransparency in US Social Security Administration Forecasts
“At present, the Office of the Chief Actuary, at the Social Security Administration, does not reveal in full how its forecasts are made and, as a result, no other person, party, or organization, in or out of government, has been able to make fully independent quantitative evaluations of policy proposals about Social Security. Even the… Continue Reading
GAO Reports – Propane and Heating Oil Programs, HUD, IGs, International Space Station
Check-Off Programs: Observations from the Propane and Heating Oil Programs, GAO-15-769T: Published: Jul 10, 2015. Publicly Released: Jul 10, 2015. HUD Public and Indian Housing Programs: Progress on Prior GAO Recommendations to Enhance Accountability and Efficiency, GAO-15-747T: Published: Jul 10, 2015. Publicly Released: Jul 10, 2015. Inspectors General: Additional Efforts Needed by the Department of… Continue Reading
CDC – Americans not eating anywhere near enough fruits vegetables
Oh my and what a surprise – not! via the CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) July 10, 2015 – Adults Meeting Fruit and Vegetable Intake Recommendations — United States, 2013 “Eating more fruits and vegetables adds nutrients to diets, reduces the risk for heart disease, stroke, and some cancers, and helps manage body weight… Continue Reading
Wisdom of the aged captured in online searchable archive
BBC Future: There are a handful of people left on Earth who have been alive in three separate centuries, says Rachel Nuwer. What can they – and those of a similarly extreme age – teach us? “Doug Boyd, director of the Louie B Nunn Center for Oral History at the University of Kentucky Libraries –… Continue Reading
Inflation targeting and financial stability: providing policymakers with relevant information
Bank for International Settlements Working Papers No 503 July 2015 – by Anders Vredin “Experience from financial crises and central bank policies in the past decade has led to an intensified debate about the relationship between monetary policy and financial stability. Since there is no established theoretical framework for analysing the links between financial stability… Continue Reading
EPIC Urges Investigation of “Always On” Consumer Devices
“EPIC has asked the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice to conduct a workshop on ‘Always-On’ Consumer Devices. EPIC described the increasing presence of internet-connected devices in consumer’s homes, such as TVs, toys, and thermostats, that routinely record and store private communications. EPIC urged the agencies to conduct a comprehensive investigation to determine… Continue Reading
Much needed funding increase for New York City libraries
“The Center for an Urban Future is proud to report that our research helped lay the groundwork for an enormous win for the libraries and the millions of New Yorkers who use them. Late last month, Mayor de Blasio and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito agreed on a city budget for fiscal year 2016 that increases funding for… Continue Reading
History of the internet – 40 maps and key resources
For all those who do not recollect or may not know how the internet evolved from ARPANET in 1969 to the web of 2015 with its data analytics, e-commerce profiling and of course, global surveillance, I recommend 40 maps that explain the internet by Timothy B. Lee via Vox, posted on June 2, 2014: “The… Continue Reading
When Theory Met Practice: Distributional Analysis in Critical Criminal Law Theorizing
Gruber, Aya, When Theory Met Practice: Distributional Analysis in Critical Criminal Law Theorizing (July 9, 2015). Fordham Law Review, Vol. 83, No. 3211, 2015. Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2628898 “Progressive (critical race and feminist) theorizing on criminal law exists within an overarching American criminal law culture in which the U.S penal system has become… Continue Reading
Confronting Suburban Poverty in America – data from new book
Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program – via the blog for the book, Confronting Suburban Poverty in America: “Between 2000 and 2012, poverty grew and re-concentrated in parts of metropolitan areas that were farther from jobs, particularly in suburbs, which are now home to more than half of the poor residents of the country’s 100 largest metro… Continue Reading
