Facility Security – Greater Outreach by DHS on Standards and Management Practices Could Benefit Federal Agencies, GAO-13-222, Jan 24, 2013 Facility Security – Results of GAO’s Survey on the Physical Security of Federal Facilities (GAO-13-223SP, January 2013), an E-supplement to GAO-13-222 GAO-13-223SP, Jan 24, 2013 Information Security – Actions Needed by Census Bureau to Address… Continue Reading
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Financial Crisis – A Review of the Economics and Legal Toolbox
Financial Crisis A Review of the Economics and Legal Toolbox by Yan Liu; Christoph Rosenberg, February 20, 2013 “The private non-financial sector in Europe is facing increased challenges in meeting its debt servicing obligation. In response, governments are revisiting legal tools andin some casesinstitutional arrangements to deal with over-indebtedness. For households, where the problem in… Continue Reading
Working Paper: Other Vacant Housing Units: 2000, 2005, and 2010
“This working paper examines the characteristics of vacant units categorized as being vacant for “other” reasons (which means they do not fit into the “for rent,” “for sale,” “rented or sold but not yet occupied,” “occasional use” or “usual residence elsewhere” categories). The statistics were collected in the Current Population Survey/Housing Vacancy Survey in 2000,… Continue Reading
Census – 2012 Housing Vacancy Survey Annual Statistics
“These statistics provide vacancy rates, homeownership rates and characteristics of units available for occupancy for the U.S., regions, states and the 75 largest metropolitan statistical areas. Data for all geographies are available both quarterly and annually. Homeownership rates are also tabulated by age of householder for the U.S. and regions and by race and ethnicity… Continue Reading
How to Guide – Communicating Professionally Using Outlook
How White & Case tamed its information overload, By Oz Benamram. See also Communicating Professionally Using Outlook, by Oz Benamram, last updated: October 2012. Continue Reading
New Study – Big Data and the Public Sector
News release: “Big Data” and other analytical tools have great potential to make governments more efficient and improve citizens lives, particularly in health and public safety sectors. A new study [and the related Infographic] released by the TechAmerica Foundation and commissioned by SAP AG, revealed that 87 percent of federal IT officials and 75 percent… Continue Reading
CRS – Federal Reserve: Unconventional Monetary Policy Options
Federal Reserve: Unconventional Monetary Policy Options, Marc Labonte, Coordinator of Division Research and Specialist, February 19, 2013 “The Great Recession and the ensuing weak recovery have led the Federal Reserve (Fed) to reevaluate its monetary policy strategy. Since December 2008, overnight interest rates have been near zero; at this zero bound, they cannot be lowered further… Continue Reading
USA.gov – Social Media Registry API Documentation
“This documentation describes methods to use the Social Media Registry API to access the contents of the Social Media Registry. The Social Media Registry is an official source of information about social media accounts that represent official U.S. federal government agencies, elected officials, or members of the Presidents Cabinet. If you work for the federal… Continue Reading
Senate Appropriations Committee Posts Agency Responses to Impacts of Sequestration
The Impacts of Sequestration, Committee on Appropriations See also OMB Report Pursuant to the Sequestration Transparency Act – “The Sequestration Transparency Act of 2012 (STA) (P.L. 112-155) requires the President to submit to Congress a report on the potential sequestration triggered by the failure of the reduce the deficit by $1.2 trillion, as required by… Continue Reading
EPIC – Europe Prepares Action Against Google
EPIC: “The French Data Protection Commissioner, acting on behalf of the European Union, announced it will take action against Google after the company failed to reply to questions about its handling of user information. In October 2012, officials representing 24 countries in Europe sent a letter requiring Google to comply with European data protection laws,… Continue Reading
TRAC: Three-Year Rise in Patent Lawsuits
“The latest available data from the federal courts show that during January 2013 the government reported 530 new patent civil filings, according to the case-by-case information analyzed by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC). This number is up 46 percent over the same period one year ago, and is nearly two and a half times… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: DHS, Pipeline Permitting, GAO Mission and Operations, Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Department of Homeland Security – Progress Made and Work Remaining after Nearly 10 Years in Operation, GAO-13-370T, Feb 15, 2013 Pipeline Permitting – Interstate and Intrastate Natural Gas Permitting Processes Include Multiple Steps, and Time Frames Vary, GAO-13-221, Feb 15, 2013 GAO Mission and Operations – Summary of GAO’s Performance and Accountability Report Fiscal Year… Continue Reading
