Katie Rapp, MLS – “The federal government offers many opportunities for LIS students and grads. July 20, 2013 from 10:30 – 11:30 AM EDT Maryland Library Association DEAL (Development of Emerging and Aspiring Librarians) presented a webinar about Careers in Federal Libraries. It was recorded and is available here. Speakers shared information about work at… Continue Reading
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NYT – DOJ and EC Investigating Credit Default Swaps Market
Fair Game – Trying to Pierce a Wall Street Fog, By Gretchen Morgenson “Back in 2009, the Justice Department said it was investigating the large Wall Street banks for possible collusion in the huge and opaque credit default swaps market. The question was whether the big financial institutions had worked to keep transactions in these… Continue Reading
Six Sigma as Law Redesign
Six Sigma as Law Redesign: “Employment law firm Seyfarth Shaw has adapted the business process of Six Sigma into the law firm, and law-client, setting, while also mixing it in with Lean methodology. They call it ‘SeyfarthLean’. Their website gives a basic overview of what the method encompasses — much of which overlaps with human… Continue Reading
Open Law Lab is an initiative to design law – to make it more accessible, more usable, and more engaging
“Open Law Lab begins with the idea that law can be more engaging, more usable, and more useful. It proposes that bright law students, professors, researchers, professionals, and makers can build products and services to do exactly this. Under a broad mission of providing innovative ways to increase access to justice, the Lab ventures to… Continue Reading
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Renews Authority to Collect Telephony Metadata
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Renews Authority to Collect Telephony Metadata – July 19, 2013 “As indicated by a previously classified court order disclosed by the media on June 5, 2013, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court authorization requiring the production of certain telephony metadata under the “business records” provision of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA),… Continue Reading
Davis Polk: Dodd – Frank Progress Report, July 15, 2013
Dodd-Frank Progress Report Generated using the Davis Polk Regulatory Tracker™. July 15, 2013 – “As of July 15, 2013, a total of 279 Dodd-Frank rulemaking requirement deadlines have passed. This is 70.1% of the 398 total rulemaking requirements, and 99.6% of the 280 rulemaking requirements with specified deadlines. Of these 279 passed deadlines, 172 (61.6%)… Continue Reading
Computer and Internet Use in the United States: Population Characteristics
Computer and Internet Use in the United States: Population Characteristics – by Tom File, May 2013, Census Bureau “In 2011, more Americans connected to the Internet than ever before, although differences continued to exist between those with use and those without. Just as with differences in use, variation in the ways that people were connecting… Continue Reading
CFPB – Financial literacy annual report
“Improving financial literacy requires more than simply providing consumers with more information. Being able to manage one’s financial life and make the financial decisions that will serve one’s life goals requires a combination of knowledge, skills, and action. For that reason, we’re pursuing a strategy that focuses on identifying how, where, when, and through whom… Continue Reading
The Economic Value of a Law Degree
The Economic Value of a Law Degree. Michael Simkovic,Seton Hall Law School; Harvard Law School, John M. Olin Center for Law and Economics; Frank McIntyre, Rutgers Business School Newark and New Brunswick. April 13, 2013. A powerpoint presentation version of this article is available. “Legal academics and journalists have marshaled statistics purporting to show that enrolling… Continue Reading
International Food Security Assessment, 2013-2023
International Food Security Assessment, 2013-2023 by Birgit Meade and Stacey Rosen– International Agriculture and Trade Outlook No. (GFA-24) 56 pp, June 2013 “Food insecurity in the 76 low- and middle-income countries examined in this report is expected to remain virtually unchanged between 2012 and 2013. By 2023, however, the number of food-insecure people is projected… Continue Reading
Capital is Back: Wealth-Income Ratios in Rich Countries 1700-2010
Capital is Back:Wealth-Income Ratios in Rich Countries 1700-2010, Thomas Piketty, Paris School of Economics; Gabriel Zucman, Paris School of Economics, July 4, 2013. “How do aggregate wealth-to-income ratios evolve in the long run and why? We address this question using 1970-2010 national balance sheets recently compiled in the top eight developed economies. For the U.S., U.K., Germany, and France, we are able… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Financial Company Bankruptcies, Foreign Affairs Management, Medicaid Demonstration Waivers, SEC Conflict Minerals Rule
Financial Company Bankruptcies – Need to Further Consider Proposals’ Impact on Systemic Risk, GAO-13-622, Jul 18, 2013 Foreign Affairs Management – State Department Has Strengthened Foreign Service Promotion Process Internal Controls, but Documentation Gaps Remain, GAO-13-654, Jul 18, 2013 Medicaid Demonstration Waivers, Approval Process Raises Cost Concerns and Lacks Transparency, GAO-13-384, Jun 25, 2013 SEC Conflict… Continue Reading
