“TIMETREE is a public resource for knowledge on the timescale and evolutionary history of life. Search the database below or go to the TIMETREE OF LIFE for other resources. Try out the new BETA TIMETREE site here “Data from thousands of published studies are assembled into a searchable tree of life scaled to time. Three… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: August 2016
Report – A Wild Success: A Systematic Review of Bird Recovery Under the Endangered Species Act
“The Endangered Species Act is the world’s strongest law protecting animals and plants on the brink of extinction. In fact, 99 percent of species protected under the Act have avoided extinction. For the Center’s third in-depth report on the Act’s efficacy, A Wild Success: A Systematic Review of Bird Recovery Under the Endangered Species Act… Continue Reading
An Update to the Budget and Economic Outlook: 2016 to 2026
“In fiscal year 2016, the federal budget deficit will increase in relation to economic output for the first time since 2009, CBO estimates. If current laws generally remained unchanged—an assumption underlying CBO’s baseline projections—deficits would continue to mount over the next 10 years, and debt held by the public would rise from its already high… Continue Reading
Trends in Family Wealth, 1989 to 2013
“In 2013, aggregate family wealth in the United States was $67 trillion (or about four times the nation’s gross domestic product) and the median family (the one at the midpoint of the wealth distribution) held approximately $81,000, CBO estimates. For this analysis, CBO calculated that measure of wealth as a family’s assets minus its debt.… Continue Reading
Free Full-Text Online Law Review/Journal Search
American Bar Association – “This free search engine searches the free full-text of over 400 online law reviews and law journals, as well as document repositories hosting academic papers and related publications such as Congressional Research Service reports. Several of the law reviews and legal journals (such as the Stanford Technology Law Review), working papers,… Continue Reading
McKinsey – The CEO guide to customer experience
Executive Briefing – McKinsey Quarterly August 2016: ” What do my customers want? The savviest executives are asking this question more frequently than ever, and rightly so. Leading companies understand that they are in the customer-experience business, and they understand that how an organization delivers for customers is beginning to be as important as what… Continue Reading
2016 Q2 Commercial Real Estate Market Survey
“The REALTORS® Commercial Real Estate Market Trends measures quarterly activity in the commercial real estate markets, as reported in a national survey. The survey collects data from REALTORS® engaged in commercial real estate transactions. The survey is designed to provide an overview of market performance, sales and leasing transactions, along with information on current economic… Continue Reading
OPM Federal Telework Memorandum
“The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is pleased to provide an update on efforts to automate the collection of telework data via the Enterprise Human Resources Integration (EHRI) system and asks for agency assistance in ensuring the accuracy of telework reporting via payroll submissions. Through the monthly EHRI HR-Status data feed and bi-weekly EHRI… Continue Reading
Economic Policy Review: Behavioral Risk Management in the Financial Services Industry
Federal Reserve Bank of New York – Economic Policy Review, Special Issue: Behavioral Risk Management in the Financial Services Industry. The Role of Culture, Governance, and Financial Reporting. August 2016 [177 pages, PDF] Continue Reading
BYU – Why We Disregard Security Warnings
BYU Marriott School News – “Software developers listen up: if you want people to pay attention to your security warnings on their computers or mobile devices, you need to make them pop up at better times. A new study from BYU, in collaboration with Google Chrome engineers, finds the status quo of warning messages appearing… Continue Reading
Effective exchange rate indices covers 61 countries
Bank for International Settlements – Updated 16 August 2016 “The BIS effective exchange rate (EER) indices cover 61 economies, including individual euro area countries and, separately, the euro area as an entity. The most recent weights are based on trade in the 2011-13 period, with 2010 as the indices’ base year. Nominal EERs are calculated as… Continue Reading
OIG – Army General Fund Adjustments Not Adequately Documented or Supported
07-26-2016, Financial Management, Army General Fund Adjustments Not Adequately Documented or Supported (Project No. D2015-D000FL-0243.000), DODIG-2016-113. “We determined whether adjustments made to Army General Fund (AGF) data during the FY 2015 financial statement compilation process were adequately documented and supported. In addition, we assessed the internal controls over the compilation process. The Office of the… Continue Reading
