Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Editor’s Desk, Labor force participation projected to fall for people under age 55 and rise for older age groups “The labor force participation rate increased in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s and reached an all-time high during the 1997–2000 period. The rate declined during and after the… Continue Reading
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BLS – Health care and social assistance expected to add 5.0 million jobs, 2012 to 2022
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Editor’s Desk, Health care and social assistance expected to add 5.0 million jobs, 2012 to 2022 “BLS projects that total employment in the United States will reach 161.0 million in 2022, up 15.6 million from the 2012 level of 145.4 million. The 2012 employment level was 3.1… Continue Reading
Report on Wasteful Spending by the Federal Government
Wastebook 2013, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) – “U.S. Senator Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-OK), ranking member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, today released his annual oversight report “Wastebook 2013” highlighting 100 examples of wasteful and low-priority spending totaling nearly $30 billion. “Had Congress, in particular, been focused on doing its job of setting priorities and cutting… Continue Reading
NSA and GCHQ activities appear illegal, says EU parliamentary inquiry
Nick Hopkins and Ian Traynor, UK Guardian: “Mass surveillance programmes used by the US and Britain to spy on people in Europe have been condemned in the “strongest possible terms” by the first parliamentary inquiry into the disclosures, which has demanded an end to the vast, systematic and indiscriminate collection of personal data by intelligence agencies. The inquiry by the European… Continue Reading
EU – Common Fisheries Policy reform
“Despite several improvements after the 2002 overhaul of the common fisheries policy (CFP), there was a general consensus that the CFP urgently needed further reform, because it had failed to make fishing sustainable, as EU member states’ fleets still catch far more than marine ecosystems can replace. Today, 88% of Mediterranean stocks and 39% of Atlantic… Continue Reading
CDC – Rates of new lung cancer cases drop in U.S. men and women
CDC report finds fastest drop in adults aged 35-44 years: “Tobacco control efforts are having a major impact on Americans’ health, a new analysis of lung-cancer data suggests. The rate of new lung cancer cases decreased among men and women in the United States from 2005 to 2009, according to a report in this week’s Morbidity… Continue Reading
Delaware Public Benefit Corporations 90 Days Out: Who’s Opting in?
Delaware Public Benefit Corporations 90 Days Out: Who’s Opting in? by Alicia Plerhoples, Georgetown University Law Center, 2014. UC Davis Business Law Journal, Vol. 14, Forthcoming. “The Delaware legislature recently shocked the sustainable business and social enterprise sector. On August 1, 2013, amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law became effective, allowing entities to incorporate as a public… Continue Reading
Transcript: NSA Deputy Director John Inglis
“National Security Agency Deputy Director John C. “Chris” Inglis has spent most of his time recently defending the NSA from revelations by former contractor Edward Snowden. Snowden disclosed that the agency was gathering phone records of millions of Americans. Inglis retires(d) Friday [January 10, 1014). Before stepping down, he talked to Morning Editionco-host Steve Inskeep about running… Continue Reading
EPIC Settles FOIA Case, Obtains Body Scanner Radiation Fact Sheets
“EPIC has received the documents that were the subject of EPIC’s Freedom of Information Act appeal to the D.C. Circuit in EPIC v. DHS (Body Scanner FOIA Appeal). The agency had previously withheld test results, fact sheets, and estimates regarding the radiation risks of body scanners used to screen passengers at airports. EPIC challenged the lower court’s determination that the factual material was “deliberative” and therefore exempt… Continue Reading
Costs of Keyword Searching, Data Analysis, Not Recoverable, Federal Circuit Rules
Catalyst E-Discovery Search Blog – by Bob Ambrogi | December 18, 2013 “To what extent can the costs of e-discovery be recovered by a prevailing party in federal court? The U.S. Federal Circuit Court of Appeals has just issued an opinion that provides a detailed analysis of that question, concluding that the answer hinges on which costs fall… Continue Reading
Rebalancing the Global economy
The Lauder Global Business Insight Report 2014 – Rebalancing the Global Economy “In this special report, students from the Joseph H. Lauder Institute of Management & International Studies examine current trends and recent developments shaping today’s global marketplace. The articles cover a wide variety of topics ranging from technology, innovation and brand building to infrastructure, entrepreneurship and social impact. A… Continue Reading
Paper – The Shooting Cycle – A Study of Mass Shootings in America
The Shooting Cycle – Josh Blackman, South Texas College of Law; Shelby Baird, Yale University, January 5, 2014. Connecticut Law Review, Vol 46, 2014. “The pattern is a painfully familiar one. A gunman opens fire in a public place, killing many innocent victims. After this tragedy, support for gun control surges. With a closing window for reform, politicians and activists quickly… Continue Reading
