CRS – Access to Broadband Networks: The Net Neutrality Debate. Angele A. Gilroy, Specialist in Telecommunications Policy. July 2, 2014. “As congressional policy makers continue to debate telecommunications reform, a major point of contention is the question of whether action is needed to ensure unfettered access to the Internet. The move to place restrictions on the owners of the… Continue Reading
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Dignified Jobs and Decent Wages The Next 50 Years of Civil Rights and Economic Justice
Center for American Progress, Maryam Adamu | July 10, 2014: “This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Years of organizing and civil disobedience culminated in a seminal piece of legislation prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, and sex. A few years after the Civil Rights Act was passed, Martin… Continue Reading
Asymmetric Information and Inventory Concerns in Over-the-Counter Markets
Cujean, Julien and Praz, Remy, Asymmetric Information and Inventory Concerns in Over-the-Counter Markets (July 10, 2014). Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2464399 “We study how transparency, modeled as information about one’s counterparty liquidity needs, affects the functioning of an over-the-counter market. In our model, investors hedge endowment risk by trading bilaterally in a search-and-matching environment. We… Continue Reading
Equilibrium Commodity Trading
Leclercq, Emmanuel and Praz, Remy, Equilibrium Commodity Trading (July 10, 2014). Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2464400 “We develop an equilibrium model of commodity spot and futures markets in which commodity production, consumption, and speculation are endogenously determined. Speculators facilitate hedging by the commodity suppliers. The entry of new speculators thus increases the supply of the… Continue Reading
Wireless Substitution: Estimates From National Health Interview Survey, July–December 2013
Stephen J. Blumberg, Ph.D., and Julian V. Luke – Division of Health Interview Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics: “Preliminary results from the July–December 2013 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) indicate that the number of American homes with only wireless telephones continues to grow. Two in every five American homes (41.0%) had only wireless telephones (also known… Continue Reading
NGOs Launch Digital First Aid Kit
Via EFF – “When faced with a digital emergency—whether someone has hijacked your social media account or your website is being DDoSed—can be difficult for non-technical people to discern what the problem is and what the appropriate next steps may be for seeking help. To help fill this niche in the universe of privacy and… Continue Reading
EPIC Defends FOIA Victory in Federal Appeals Court
“EPIC has filed a brief in response to an appeal by the Department of Justice in EPIC v. DHS, concerning the government policy to disrupt cellular networks. EPIC won a major FOIA victory when a federal district court ruled that the DHS could not withhold “SOP 303,” a government procedure to shut down cellular phone service. EPIC sought the… Continue Reading
FTC Alleges Amazon Unlawfully Billed Parents for Millions of Dollars In Children’s Unauthorized In-App Charges
News release: “Amazon.com, Inc. has billed parents and other account holders for millions of dollars in unauthorized in-app charges incurred by children, according to a Federal Trade Commission complaint filed today in federal court. The FTC’s lawsuit seeks a court order requiring refunds to consumers for the unauthorized charges and permanently banning the company from billing parents and… Continue Reading
Juvenile Cases Help Push Immigration Court Backlog to New High
“As of the end of June 2014, the number of cases awaiting resolution before the Immigration Courts has climbed to an all time high of 375,503 — an increase of more than 50,000 since the start of FY 2013 — according to very timely government enforcement data obtained by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC)… Continue Reading
Gender Gap Data Visualization
“Organisations always claim that people are their most valuable asset. But few of them fully explore the correlation between their workforce and business performance. Gender Gap overlays human capital data with business performance data, providing a new, consolidated view of the value of your workforce. A NEW VIEW ON WORKFORCE ANALYTICS – Gender Gap converges workforce analytics with… Continue Reading
Controversial Pesticides Linked to Bird Declines
Brandon Keim – Wired: “Evidence continues to mount that a highly controversial class of pesticides blamed for widespread bee declines is also harming other creatures, perhaps catastrophically.In a study of neonicotinoid pesticides and bird populations in the Netherlands, biologists found a close and troubling link. As neonicotinoid levels rose in streams, lakes and wetlands, populations of… Continue Reading
European ATM Security Team Faud Report – ATM Card Scimming
“EAST [European ATM Security Team] has just published its second European Fraud Update for 2014. This is based on country crime updates given by representatives of 19 countries in the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA), and 3 non-SEPA countries, at the 33rd EAST meeting held at the European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) at Europol in The… Continue Reading
