Via The Famine Early Warning Systems Network: “Conflict in Yemen is the primary driver of the largest food security emergency in the world, with 7 to 10 million people in Crisis (IPC Phase 3), or worse, and in need of urgent humanitarian assistance. Of this total, at least two million people are in Emergency (IPC… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: January 2017
Audubon Online Guide to Identifying Birds
If you are at all interested in birding, bird watching, feeding birds at your feeders, then please take some time to visit this beautiful and educational site. It provides extensively documented information on specific birds and raptors, including multiple sets of photographs of species and subspecies, stories about each subject as well as audio of… Continue Reading
Wealth Inequality Among Asian Americans Greater Than Among Whites
Asian American wealth inequality is greater and rising faster than white wealth inequality – Center for American Progress – Christian E. Weller and Jeffrey Thompson December 20, 2016. “The narrative of this year’s U.S. presidential election made clear that Americans are acutely concerned about the widening income inequality in the United States. The distribution of… Continue Reading
Systemically Important or “Too Big to Fail” Financial Institutions
CRS report via FAS – Systemically Important or “Too Big to Fail” Financial Institutions, Marc Labonte, Specialist in Macroeconomic Policy, updated January 4, 2017. “Although “too big to fail” (TBTF) has been a long-standing policy issue, it was highlighted by the financial crisis, when the government intervened to prevent the near-collapse of several large financial… Continue Reading
Schedule of Confirmation Hearings for Trump Cabinet Nominees
Daily Digest Committee Meetings/Hearings Schedule – This document provides a brief description of each committee meeting and hearing scheduled to take place today, and on days thereafter. The time and location of each meeting/hearing is identified. Meetings that have been canceled or postponed are also noted. Related – New York Times – Senate Pushes Hearings… Continue Reading
Statutory Restrictions on the Position of Secretary of Defense: Issues for Congress
CRS report via FAS – Statutory Restrictions on the Position of Secretary of Defense: Issues for Congress. Kathleen J. McInnis, Analyst in International Security. January 5, 2017. “The proposed nomination of General (Ret.) James Mattis, United States Marine Corps (hereafter referred to as “General Mattis”), who retired from the military in 2013, to be Secretary… Continue Reading
Obama releases redacted report on Russian hacking and US elections
Follow up to previous posting, WaPo reports US intel documents Russian geopol jubilation at Trump win, which included a wide ranging resources on this issue – see today Via Politico: “The Obama administration on Friday officially blamed Russian President Vladimir Putin for directing a massive cyber assault against the U.S. election in an attempt to… Continue Reading
GOP Congress now has power to slash individual civil servant salaries
NYMag: “This week, congressional Republicans gave themselves the power to slash the annual salary of any individual federal worker to as low as $1 — and the budget of any individual federal program right down to zero. They executed this attack on the independence of the civil service by reviving an obscure provision enacted by… Continue Reading
Quadrennial Energy Review Task Force report January 2017
“On January 6, 2017, the Quadrennial Energy Review (QER) Task Force released the second installment of the Quadrennial Energy Review report titled “Transforming the Nation’s Electricity System.” The second installment (QER 1.2) finds the electricity system is a critical and essential national asset, and it is a strategic imperative to protect and enhance the value of the electricity… Continue Reading
Mobile carriers boost internet for U.S. inauguration events and demonstrations
Via AccessNow: “The largest mobile carriers in the U.S. have responded to a joint letter from Access Now and WITNESS asking them to provide adequate internet connectivity during the weekend of the presidential inauguration in Washington, D.C. The responses — from Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, and U.S. Cellular — indicate that the companies will boost capacity… Continue Reading
Trump Archive via Internet Archives
“The Trump Archive collects TV news shows containing debates, speeches, rallies, and other broadcasts related to President-elect Donald Trump. This evolving non-commercial, searchable collection is designed to preserve the historical.” Continue Reading
Too Big to Disclose: Firm Size and Materiality Blindspots in Securities Regulation
Georgiev, George S., Too Big to Disclose: Firm Size and Materiality Blindspots in Securities Regulation (December 13, 2016). UCLA Law Review, Vol. 64, 2017. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2894538 “This Article argues that the securities disclosure regime contains previously unexamined structural deficiencies, which pertain to the information provided by the largest public companies. These deficiencies arise… Continue Reading
