The Policy Elasticity, Nathaniel Hendren, Harvard University, June 2013 “This paper provides a generic framework for evaluating the welfare impact of government policy changes towards taxes, transfers, and publicly provided goods. The results show that the behavioral response required for welfare measurement is the causal impact of each agent’s response to the policy on the government’s budget. A… Continue Reading
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State-Specific Healthy Life Expectancy at Age 65 Years
State-Specific Healthy Life Expectancy at Age 65 Years — United States, 2007–2009, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). July 19, 2013 / 62(28);561-566 “In this report, difference in Health Life Expectancies (HLE) were reported at the state level for adults aged 65 years based on self-reported health in the 2007–2009 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey, National Vital… Continue Reading
LinkedIn has growing value for lawyers
Via LLRX.com – LinkedIn has growing value for lawyers Nicole L. Black’s commentary on LinkedIn provides perspective on how it is billed as the “professional” social network, which is why lawyers dipping their toes into social media for the first time often start with LinkedIn. She states that the problem is that as far as social… Continue Reading
FOIA Facts: The Crazy World of FOIA Fees
Via LLRX.com – FOIA Facts: The Crazy World of FOIA Fees Scott Hodes discusses how the issue of FOIA fees may be the most complex area of an already confusing subject. There are multiple agencies involved in overseeing the issue and in general the money collected doesn’t help agency FOIA operations in the least. He clarifies… Continue Reading
Big Data, Little Privacy: Tracking the Usual Suspects
Via LLRX.com – Big Data, Little Privacy: Tracking the Usual Suspects In his article, Ken Strutin examines how the 21st century use of watch lists might or might not resemble the labeling of the McCarthy period, and how the experience of that era might inform an evaluation of present-day designation of the dangerous. After first describing… Continue Reading
Life Span of U.S. Supreme Court Citation Containing an Internet Link
Liebler, Raizel and Liebert, June (2013) Something Rotten in the State of Legal Citation: The Life Span of a United States Supreme Court Citation Containing an Internet Link (1996-2010), Yale Journal of Law and Technology: Vol. 15: Iss. 2, Article 2. “Citations are the cornerstone upon which judicial opinions and law review articles stand. Within… Continue Reading
UK Guardian – Secret court lets NSA extend its trawl of Verizon customers’ phone records
“The National Security Agency has been allowed to extend its dragnet of the telephone records of millions of US customers of Verizon through a court order issued by the secret court that oversees surveillance. In an unprecedented move prompted by the Guardian’s disclosure in June of the NSA‘s indiscriminate collection of Verizon metadata, the Office… Continue Reading
Privacy Protests: Surveillance Evasion and Fourth Amendment Suspicion
Privacy Protests: Surveillance Evasion and Fourth Amendment Suspicion, Elizabeth E. Joh, U.C. Davis School of Law – Arizona Law Review, Vol. 55, No. 4, (2013), Forthcoming” The police tend to think that those who evade surveillance are criminals. Yet the evasion may only be a protest against the surveillance itself. Faced with the growing surveillance… Continue Reading
2013 State of Cybercrime Survey from PwC and CSO
“PwC US and CSO magazine today released the 2013 State of Cybercrime Survey, which reveals that while cybercrime threats are on the rise, current attempts to counter them remain largely unsuccessful. According to the report, organizations have made little progress in developing ways to defend themselves against both internal and external cyber opponents. Over 500… Continue Reading
Study on emerging technologies librarians
RADNIECKI, Tara (2013) Study on emerging technologies librarians: how a new library position and its competencies are evolving to meet the technology and information needs of libraries and their patrons. Paper presented at: IFLA World Library and Information Congress, 17 – 23 August 2013, Singapore. “This study examines the roles and responsibilities of the emerging… Continue Reading
Toward a sustainable energy future for all
Toward a sustainable energy future for all: directions for the World Bank Groups energy sector “As global energy markets evolve rapidly, producing and maintaining a reliable power supply for many countries in the developing world remains a significant issue. The World Bank Group will approach this energy crisis in partnership with the United Nations Sustainable… Continue Reading
Choices That Affect Retirement Income Adequacy – EBRI’s 72nd Policy Forum
Decisions, Decisions: Choices That Affect Retirement Income Adequacy – EBRI’s 72nd Policy Forum – Nevin E. Adams – Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI), July 2013 EBRI Notes, Vol. 34, No. 7 (July 2013) “On May 9, 2013, the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) convened its 72nd biannual policy forum in Washington, DC, where a wide… Continue Reading
