National Center for Educational statistics: The Condition of Education 2016 “This year’s Condition shows that 91 percent of young adults ages 25 to 29 had a high school diploma or its equivalent in 2015, and that 36 percent had a bachelor’s or higher degree. Median earnings continued to be higher for 25- to 34-year-olds with… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: May 2016
OPM IG Report on Information Infrastructure Improvement Project
Second Interim Status Report on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM) Infrastructure Improvement Project – Major IT Business Case (Report No. 4A-CI-00-16-037). May 18, 2016. “OPM has still not performed many of the critical capital project planning practices required by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Of primary concern, prior to initiating the… Continue Reading
The United Kingdom and Imperial Federation, 1900-1939
Mohr, Thomas, The United Kingdom and Imperial Federation, 1900-1939: A Precedent for British Legal Relations with the European Union? (May 27, 2016). Forthcoming Comparative Legal History November 2016; UCD Working Papers in Law, Criminology & Socio-Legal Studies Research Paper No. 05/16. Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2785749 “Imperial federation was a movement in the late… Continue Reading
Report on the Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households May 2016
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System – Report on the Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households, May 2016 Key Findings – “Overall, individuals and their families continue to express mild improvements in their general well-being relative to that seen in 2013 and 2014. However, a number of adults still indicate that they are experiencing… Continue Reading
A Progressive’s Style Guide
“Toward Harnessing Language in Support of Intersectionality and Cross-sector Power Building Language is a key ingredient in a winning theory of change. Language can build bridges and change minds. By acknowledging the ability of language to shape and reflect reality, progressive campaigns can become more powerful vehicles for social change, inclusion, and justice. In fact,… Continue Reading
The Nonhuman Rights Project
“The Nonhuman Rights Project is the only civil rights organization in the United States working to achieve actual LEGAL rights for members of species other than our own. Our mission is to change the legal status of appropriate nonhuman animals from mere “things,” which lack the capacity to possess any legal right, to “persons,” who… Continue Reading
Report – Cell Phone Radiofrequency Radiation
Report of Partial Findings from the National Toxicology Program Carcinogenesis Studies of Cell Phone Radiofrequency Radiation in Hsd: Sprague Dawley® SD rats (Whole Body Exposures) Draft 5-19-2016 Michael Wyde, Mark Cesta, Chad Blystone, Susan Elmore, Paul Foster, Michelle Hooth, Grace Kissling, David Malarkey, Robert Sills, Matthew Stout, Walker, Kristine Witt, Mary Wolfe, John Bucher doi:… Continue Reading
News Use Across Social Media Platforms 2016
“A majority of U.S. adults – 62% – get news on social media, and 18% do so often, according to a new survey by Pew Research Center, conducted in association with the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. In 2012, based on a slightly different question, 49% of U.S. adults reported seeing news on… Continue Reading
Web Infrastructure to Support e-Journal Preservation (and More)
Web Infrastructure to Support e-Journal Preservation (and More) Herbert Van de Sompel, David S. H. Rosenthal, Michael L. Nelson (Submitted on 19 May 2016) “E-journal preservation systems have to ingest millions of articles each year. Ingest, especially of the “long tail” of journals from small publishers, is the largest element of their cost. Cost is… Continue Reading
GAO – Federal Agencies Need to Address Aging Legacy Systems
Federal Agencies Need to Address Aging Legacy Systems, GAO-16-696T: Published: May 25, 2016. Publicly Released: May 25, 2016: “The federal government spent more than 75 percent of the total amount budgeted for information technology (IT) for fiscal year 2015 on operations and maintenance (O&M) investments. Specifically, 5,233 of the government’s approximately 7,000 IT investments are… Continue Reading
What Can We Learn from Publicly Available Data in Banks’ Living Wills?
What Can We Learn from Publicly Available Data in Banks’ Living Wills? Steve Bright, Paul Glasserman, Christopher Gregg, and Hashim Hamandi, May 25, 2016. “This brief analyzes the public portions of resolution plans, or “living wills,” in which large U.S. banks describe how they would manage their own potential failures. The authors found that the… Continue Reading
A Map of Collateral Uses and Flows
A Map of Collateral Uses and Flows. Andrea Aguiar, Richard Bookstaber, Dror Y. Kenett, and Thomas Wipf, May 26, 2016: “Collateral is exchanged among market participants to support financial activities, including secured funding, securities lending, securities exchanges, margin lending, derivatives, and clearing. This working paper creates a collateral map to show how collateral moves among… Continue Reading
