Hannagan, Anthony and Morduch, Jonathan, Income Gains and Month-to-Month Income Volatility: Household Evidence from the US Financial Diaries (September 11, 2015). NYU Wagner Research Paper No. 2659883; US Financial Diaries Working Paper, 2015. Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2659883 “The US Financial Diaries track the daily finances of low and moderate-income households over a year.… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: September 2015
Democratic Rulemaking
de Figueiredo, John M. and Stiglitz, Edward, Democratic Rulemaking (July 20, 2015). Oxford Handbook of Law and Economics, Forthcoming; Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 15-33. Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2658283 “To what extent is agency rulemaking democratic? This paper examines the soundness and empirical support for the leading theories that purport to endow… Continue Reading
Education Department College Scorecard
“Welcome to the College Scorecard Data site. Here, you can get the data behind the College Scorecard, as well as other data on federal financial aid and earnings information. These data provide insights into the performance of schools eligible to receive federal financial aid, and offer a look at the outcomes of students at those… Continue Reading
BIS Quarterly Review, September 2015
The BIS Quarterly Review for September 2015: EME vulnerabilities take centre stage Remarks by Mr Claudio Borio, Head of the Monetary and Economic Department, and Mr Hyun Shin, Economic Adviser & Head of Research, at the media briefing on 11 September 2015. Content • International banking and financial market development • Special features • Quarterly Review boxes… Continue Reading
Congressional Primer on Responding to Major Disasters and Emergencies
CRS – Congressional Primer on Responding to Major Disasters and Emergencies. Francis X. McCarthy, Analyst in Emergency Management Policy; Jared T. Brown, Analyst in Emergency Management and Homeland Security Policy. May 19, 2015. “The principles of disaster management assume a leadership role by the local, tribal, and state governments with the federal government providing coordinated… Continue Reading
GAO Report – Hazardous Waste Cleanup
Hazardous Waste Cleanup: Numbers of Contaminated Federal Sites, Estimated Costs, and EPA’s Oversight Role, GAO-15-830T: Published: Sep 11, 2015. Publicly Released: Sep 11, 2015. “he Departments of Agriculture (USDA), the Interior, Defense (DOD), and Energy (DOE) have identified thousands of contaminated and potentially contaminated sites on land they manage but do not have a complete… Continue Reading
GPO to issue RFP for archival digitization of Federal Register
Via FedBizOpps: “The Library of Congress intends to issue a request for proposal (RFP) on or about October 1, 2015 for the provision of preservation digitization services adhering to federal agency digitization guidelines on behalf of FEDLINK customer, U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO / GPOV). Scope. GPO is undertaking an effort to digitize Federal Register… Continue Reading
Pew Survey – Americans believe GMOs unsafe
“The debate over the safety of genetically modified foods has put state lawmakers who favor requiring labeling of these products at odds with counterparts in Congress who oppose it. Americans’ concerns about GM foods are providing the backdrop: A majority of them believe such foods are generally unsafe to eat.The House last month passed a… Continue Reading
EFF Provides Evidence to Courts on Telecoms Collection of Metadata
“This week EFF presented evidence in two of its NSA cases confirming the participation of Verizon Wireless, Sprint and AT&T in the NSA’s mass telephone records collection under the Patriot Act. This is important because, despite broad public acknowledgement, the government is still claiming that it can dismiss our cases because it has never confirmed… Continue Reading
Wild Sanctuary – global audio archive of natural world
“Since 1968, Wild Sanctuary has traveled the globe to record, archive, research, and express the voice of the natural world – its soundscape. These increasingly rare sounds of the wild inform and enrich our specialized efforts from the field to public performance.” Continue Reading
Which Colleges Help Poor Students Most?
ProPublica study – Debt by Degrees Which Colleges Help Poor Students Most? by Sisi Wei and Annie Waldman, ProPublica, Sept. 12, 2015 “New data from the U.S. Department of Education shows in unprecedented detail how much federal student loan debt college students from low-income families are being saddled with. Use this interactive database to search… Continue Reading
NH Public Library retracts access to TOR after DHS intervention
techdirt – First Library To Support Tor Anonymous Internet Browsing Effort Stops After DHS Email – “Since Edward Snowden exposed the extent of online surveillance by the U.S. government, there has been a surge of initiatives to protect users’ privacy. But it hasn’t taken long for one of these efforts — a project to equip… Continue Reading
