News release: “The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday announced approval of a final rule that establishes the requirements for determining when a company is “predominantly engaged in financial activities.” The requirements will be used by the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) when it considers the potential designation of a nonbank financial company for consolidated supervision… Continue Reading
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FTC Warns Data Brokers That Provide Tenant Rental Histories They May Be Subject to Fair Credit Reporting Act
News release: “The Federal Trade Commission has warned the operators of six websites that share information about consumers rental histories with landlords that they may be subject to the requirements of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The letters inform the recipients that if they meet certain criteria, namely collecting information on tenants and their… Continue Reading
FireEye Advanced Threat Report 2H 2012
“This report provides a detailed, current look at the nature of advanced threats targeting organizations today. Drawing on data gathered by FireEye® from several thousands of appliances at customer sites around the world, across 89 million events, this report provides an overview of the current threat landscape, evolving advanced persistent threat (APT) tactics, and the… Continue Reading
Intersections between scholarly communication and information literacy
Intersections of Scholarly Communication and Information Literacy [ALA] – Creating Strategic Collaborations for a Changing Academic Environment. Goal and Structure of the Paper: “In this whitepaper we present a case for exploring and articulating the intersections between scholarly communication and information literacy. We argue that these point to areas of strategic realignment of the roles… Continue Reading
Research – The Expression of Emotions in 20th Century Books
The Expression of Emotions in 20th Century Books, Alberto Acerbi; Vasileios Lampos; Philip Garnett; R. Alexander Bentley “We report here trends in the usage of mood words, that is, words carrying emotional content, in 20th century English language books, using the data set provided by Google that includes word frequencies in roughly 4% of all… Continue Reading
Returning Home from Iraq and Afghanistan: Needs of Veterans, Service Members, and Their Families
“As of December 2012, Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) in Afghanistan and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) in Iraq have resulted in the deployment of about 2.2 million troops; there have been 2,222 US fatalities in OEF and Operation New Dawn (OND)1 and 4,422 in OIF. The numbers of wounded US troops exceed 16,000 in Afghanistan and… Continue Reading
UK government has published its annual report on work to protect the UK from terrorism
Protecting the public from terrorism: “Responding to the threat from terrorism remains a top priority, the Home Secretary said today. Publishing the annual report for CONTEST, the governments strategy for countering terrorism, the Home Secretary set out what has been done to keep the country safe and prevent terror attacks, including during the Olympics.” Continue Reading
Review of the Department of Labor's Site Exposure Matrix Database
“In response to the concerns expressed by workers and their representatives, DOL asked the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to review the SEM database and its use of a particular database, Haz-Map, as the source of its toxic substance-occupational disease links. Accordingly, this IOM consensus report reflects careful consideration of its charge by the committee, and… Continue Reading
May 13, 2013 concert – "Properly Tuned Masterpieces" – at Carnegie Hall's Zankel Hall
via LLRX – On Tuesday, May 28, 2013, at 7:30 pm, a unique concert will be offered by the Foundation For The Revival Of Classical Culture at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall, featuring Tian Jiang – Pianist and Inbal Segev – Cellist. Lynn J. Yen introduces the concert, entitled Properly Tuned Masterpieces will present, through “performance… Continue Reading
Petition – Require free online permanent public access to ALL federal government information and publications
James R. Jacobs – Government Information Librarian – Stanford University: “…[we have created] a petition on the White House’s “We the People” petition site. If you believe in free permanent public access to authentic government information, we hope you’ll sign the petition. And if every one of the @2500 govdoc-l subscribers signs, posts to their… Continue Reading
BIS – Constructing a real estate price index: the Moroccan experience
Constructing a real estate price index: the Moroccan experience – IFC Working Papers No 9, April 2013. “The real estate sector became a centre of attention over the last few years, given the extent of its effects on financial and real spheres and its implications for monetary policy decisions and financial stability. In the absence… Continue Reading
SEC Says Social Media OK for Company Announcements if Investors Are Alerted
“The Securities and Exchange Commission today issued a report that makes clear that companies can use social media outlets like Facebook and Twitter to announce key information in compliance with Regulation Fair Disclosure (Regulation FD) so long as investors have been alerted about which social media will be used to disseminate such information. The SECs… Continue Reading
