Who Lives in the C-Suite? Organizational Structure and the Division of Labor in Top Management – Harvard Business School – Maria Guadalupe, Hongyi Li, Julie Wulf. Working Paper 12-059. June 18, 2013. “Top management structures in large US firms have changed significantly since the mid-1980s. While the size of the executive team—the group of managers… Continue Reading
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New GAO Reports – Defense Acquisition Workforce, Electronic Drug Labeling, Internet Pharmacies, Investment Advisers, TARP
Defense Acquisition Workforce – The Air Force Needs to Evaluate Changes in Funding for Civilians Engaged in Space Acquisition, GAO-13-638, Jul 8, 2013 Electronic Drug Labeling – No Consensus on the Advantages and Disadvantages of Its Exclusive Use, GAO-13-592, Jul 8, 2013 Internet Pharmacies – Federal Agencies and States Face Challenges Combating Rogue Sites, Particularly… Continue Reading
DRAFT Outline – Preliminary Framework to Reduce Cyber Risks to Critical Infrastructure
DRAFT Outline – Preliminary Framework to Reduce Cyber Risks to Critical Infrastructure, National Institute of Standards and Technology, July 1, 2013. “The national and economic security of the United States depends on the reliable functioning of critical infrastructure. President Obama issued an Executive Order on February 12, 2013, to strengthen that infrastructure against cybersecurity threats. In… Continue Reading
Controlling Federal Spending by Managing the Long Tail of Procurement
Controlling Federal Spending by Managing the Long Tail of Procurement: David C. Wyld “In this report, Professor Wyld provides the first quantitative analysis of tail spend in the federal government. In short, tail spend is procurement outlays that are outside of an organization’s core spending and core supplier groups, covering many miscellaneous expenditure categories that… Continue Reading
Gallup – TV Is Americans’ Main Source of News
Gallup news release: “Television is the main place Americans say they turn to for news about current events (55%), leading the Internet, at 21%. Nine percent say newspapers or other print publications are their main news source, followed by radio, at 6%..” Continue Reading
Federal Laws Relating to Cybersecurity: Overview and Discussion of Proposed Revisions
CRS – Federal Laws Relating to Cybersecurity: Overview and Discussion of Proposed Revisions – Eric A. Fischer, Senior Specialist in Science and Technology. June 20, 2013. “For more than a decade, various experts have expressed increasing concerns about cybersecurity, in light of the growing frequency, impact, and sophistication of attacks on information systems in the… Continue Reading
Independent Counsels, Special Prosecutors, Special Counsels, and the Role of Congress
CRS – Independent Counsels, Special Prosecutors, Special Counsels, and the Role of Congress. Jack Maskell – Legislative Attorney, June 20, 2013 This report provides information on the procedure for the appointment of an “independent counsel,” a “special prosecutor,” or a “special counsel” to investigate and prosecute potential or possible violations of federal criminal law by… Continue Reading
UK – Bees and other pollinators: their health and value
Bees and other pollinators: their health and value – “A report outlining the current and proposed government led policies and initiatives to support bees and other pollinators in England. Ref: PB13981 “Pollinators are animals that transfer pollen from the anthers to the stigma of a flower, enabling the flower to set seed and fruit (fertilisation).… Continue Reading
BIS – Capital requirements for banks’ equity investments in funds
“The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision today published a set of proposals that would revise the prudential treatment of banks’ equity investments in funds. The Basel II framework outlines the current treatment of banks’ equity investments in funds under the Standardised Approach and the Internal Ratings-Based (IRB) approaches for credit risk and the Committee believes… Continue Reading
BIS – New Report on Regulatory Consistency Assessment Programme
“The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has today published its first report on the regulatory consistency of risk-weighted assets (RWAs) for credit risk in the banking book. This study is a part of its wider Regulatory Consistency Assessment Programme (RCAP), which is intended to ensure consistent implementation of the Basel III framework. The study draws… Continue Reading
UK Parliament to launch in-depth inquiry into US surveillance programmes
News release: “Parliament’s Civil Liberties Committee will conduct an “in-depth inquiry” into the US surveillance programmes, including the bugging of EU premises and other spying allegations, and present its results by the end of this year, says a resolution passed by the full House on Thursday. Parliament’s President and political group leaders formally confirmed the… Continue Reading
Europe – Parliament sets out priorities for overhauling EU banks
News release: “Bank board members must be personally liable for mistakes and banks’ riskier trading activities must be clearly separated from their more conservative lending ones, said MEPs on Wednesday, in a resolution setting out Parliament’s priorities for a broad overhaul of EU banks. The non-legislative resolution, an input to Commission proposals due in September,… Continue Reading
