Monday, January 25, 2010
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 27 January 2010
IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
IWS Weekly Bulletin, 27 January 2010
Academic Research
Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS)
ICTWSS: Database on Institutional Characteristics of Trade Unions, Wage Setting, State Intervention and Social Pacts in 34 countries between1960 and 2007
Jelle Visser, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS), University of Amsterdam
http://www.uva-aias.net/208
Code Book
http://www.uva-aias.net/uploaded_files/regular/TheICTWSSDatabaseandcodebook.pdf
[full-text, 17 pages]
ICTWSS Database 2.1 January 2009
http://www.uva-aias.net/uploaded_files/regular/ICTWSSDatabase212009.xls
Upjohn Institute
Human Resource Economics and Public Policy
Essays in Honor of Vernon M. Briggs Jr.
Charles J. Whalen, Editor
http://www.upjohninst.org/publications/titles/hrepp.html
See ILR Press Release
January 15 2010
"Festschrift" Honors Briggs
Tribute by social scientists tracks economist's influence
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/news/VernonBriggs_01152010.html
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
To find LABOUR FORCE STATISTICS, go to
OECD.Stat Extracts
http://stats.oecd.org/index.aspx?
Look at the category for LABOUR in the left margin. Click on it and you will get data for numerous variables --
or SEE
http://iwsdocumentednewsdaily.blogspot.com/2010/01/iws-oecd-labour-force-statistics.html
Government Reports/Press - International, Federal, State, Local
International
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
Spain: a country profile [19 January 2010]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef1008.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2010/08/en/1/EF1008EN.pdf
[full-text, 40 pages]
Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT)
JAPAN LABOR REVIEW [14 January 2010]
Volume 7, Number 1, Winter 2010
Special Edition: Current Situation of Japan's Benefit Programs
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR.htm
or
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR/documents/2010/JLR25_all.pdf
[full-text, 145 pages]
Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT)
Labor Situation in Japan and Analysis: General Overview 2009/2010 [19 January 2010]
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/lsj.html
(Note: Individual Chapters can be downloaded at this URL)
or
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/laborsituation/2009-2010/general_overview/general_2009-2010.pdf
[full-text, 179 pages -- this may download slowly]
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
OECD Reviews of Labour Market and Social Policies: Israel [20 January 2010]
www.oecd.org/els/israel2010
Press Release 20 January 2010
Reforming education and raising employment key to Israel’s long-term economic growth
http://www.oecd.org/document/37/0,3343,en_2649_34487_44411365_1_1_1_1,00.html
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Economic Survey of Israel 2009 [20 January 2010]
http://www.oecd.org/document/53/0,3343,en_2649_33733_44384757_1_1_1_1,00.html
POLICY BRIEF: ECONOMIC SURVEY OF ISRAEL 2009 [20 January 2010]
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/41/30/44383721.pdf
[full-text, 12 pages]
Federal
Census
Home-Based Workers in the United States: 1999-2005 [25 January 2010]
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/workathome.html
[Scroll Down]
Press Release
Census Bureau Reports Home-Based Workers Number 11 Million in 2005 [25 January 2010]
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/employment_occupations/014553.html
Census
Race and Hispanic Origin of the Foreign-Born Population in the United States: 2007 [20 January 2010]
http://www.census.gov/prod/2010pubs/acs-11.pdf
[full-text, 15 pages]
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Federal Employees: Pay and Pension Increases Since 1969
Patrick Purcell, Specialist in Income Security
January 20, 2010
http://www.opencrs.com/document/94-971/2010-01-20/download/1013/
[full-text, 13 pages]
or
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/697/
or
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1702&context=key_workplace
[full-text, 14 pages]
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response: The SAFER Grant Program
Lennard G. Kruger, Specialist in Science and Technology Policy
December 17, 2009
http://opencrs.com/document/RL33375/2009-12-17/download/1013/
[full-text, 13 pages]
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
THE 2010 DECENNIAL CENSUS: BACKGROUND AND ISSUES
Jennifer D. Williams, Specialist in American Government
April 27, 2009
http://opencrs.com/document/R40551/2009-04-27/download/1013/
[full-text, 18 pages]
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Pay-for-Performance: Lessons from the National Security Personnel System
Wendy R. Ginsberg, Analyst in Government Organization and Management
December 18, 2009
http://opencrs.com/document/RL34673/2009-12-18/download/1013/
[full-text, 34 pages
Social Security Administration (SSA)
Friday, January 22, 2010
Social Security Makes New Data Available to Public
Commissioner Astrue Applauds President Obama’s Transparency and Open Government Initiative
http://www.ssa.gov/pressoffice/pr/dataset-pr.htm
U.S. Congress, Joint Economic Committee
THE 2009 JOINT ECONOMIC REPORT [11 January 2010]
REPORT OF THE JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE
CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES
ON THE 2009 ECONOMIC REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT
TOGETHER WITH MINORITY VIEWS
http://jec.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Files.View&FileStore_id=75456dc2-c8c1-4fbc-9d60-f4f3b239ffe9
[full-text, 127 pages]
Institutes/Associations/Commercial
The Association Of American Colleges And Universities
By Hart Research Associates
Raising The Bar: Employers’ Views On College Learning In The Wake Of The Economic Downturn [20 January 2010]
http://www.aacu.org/leap/documents/2009_EmployerSurvey.pdf
[full-text, 10 pages]
Press Release 20 January 2010
Employers Seek More College-Educated Workers With Higher Levels of Learning and Broader Sets of Skills, New Survey Reveals
AAC&U Board of Directors Issues Statement on “The Quality Imperative”— Calls for Nation to Match Ambitious Goals for Completion with Ambitious Vision for College-Level Learning
http://www.aacu.org/press_room/press_releases/2010/employersurvey.cfm
The Center for Retirement Research at Boston College
Issue in Brief:
"Pension Obligation Bonds: Financial Crisis Exposes Risks" [19 January 2010]
By Alicia H. Munnell, Thad Calabrese, Ashby Monk, and Jean-Pierre Aubry
http://crr.bc.edu/briefs/pension_obligation_bonds_financial_crisis_exposes_risks.html
or
http://crr.bc.edu/images/stories/slp_9.pdf
[full-text, 11 pages]
Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
Fast Facts
Jan. 20, 2010, #151
How Union Status Affects Health Insurance Premiums [20 January 2010]
http://www.ebri.org/pdf/FFE151.20Jan10.Final.pdf
FORTUNE
100 Best Companies to Work For 2010 [21 January 2010]
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/bestcompanies/2010/snapshots/1.html
Full List
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/bestcompanies/2010/full_list/
The GUARDIAN (UK - Newspaper/blog)
DATA BLOG: Facts are Sacred
Government data from around the world. Welcome to our single gateway
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2010/jan/07/government-data-world
Governments around the world are opening up their data vaults. Now you can search all of them, from one place: here
• Go straight to our World Government Data search
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world-government-data
• Gallery: the full list of government data sites
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/gallery/2010/jan/20/official-government-data-sites
• Gallery: the top 10 best visualisations and apps
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/gallery/2010/jan/20/government-data-applications-vizualisations
Human Rights Watch
WORLD REPORT 2010: EVENTS OF 2009
http://www.hrw.org/world-report-2010
or
http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/related_material/wr2010.pdf
[full-text, 624 pages]
Press Release 20 January 2010
World Report: Abusers Target Human Rights Messengers [20 January 2010]
Rights-Respecting Governments Should Speak Up to Protect Defenders
http://www.hrw.org/en/world-report-2010/news-release
Pew Research Center
Women, Men and the New Economics of Marriage
by Richard Fry and D’Vera Cohn, Pew Research Center
January 19, 2010
http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1466/economics-marriage-rise-of-wives?src=prc-latest&proj=peoplepress
or
http://pewsocialtrends.org/assets/pdf/new-economics-of-marriage.pdf
[full-text, 37 pages]
Law
Baker & McKenzie
China Employment Law Update [December 2009]
http://bakerxchange.com/ve/79U8961uu89V70bU293/VT=0/stype=dload/OID=8091229101724907
[full-text, 4 pages]
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
U.S. Immigration Policy on Haitian Migrants
Ruth Ellen Wasem, Specialist in Immigration Policy
January 15, 2010
http://opencrs.com/document/RS21349/2010-01-15/download/1013/
[full-text, 12 pages]
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Extension of the 2009 Poverty Guidelines until at least March 1, 2010 [19 January 2010]
http://aspe.hhs.gov/POVERTY/09extension.shtml
[Federal Register: January 22, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 14)]
[Notices] [Page 3734-3735]
2009 HHS Poverty Guidelines Extended Until March 1, 2010
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/2010-1234.htm
orhttp://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/2010-1234.pdf Statistical Reports
BLS: UNION MEMBERS - 2009 [22 January 2010]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/union2.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/union2.pdf
[full-text, 12 pages]
BLS: USUAL WEEKLY EARNINGS OF WAGE AND SALARY WORKERS FOURTH QUARTER 2009 [21 January 2010]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/wkyeng.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/wkyeng.pdf
[full-text, 13 pages]
BLS: PRODUCER PRICE INDEXES - DECEMBER 2009 [20 January 2010]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ppi.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ppi.pdf
[full-text, 22 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/ppi.supp.toc.htm
Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts
The ILR School at Cornell Universtiy is hosting a
Health Care Conference
A Working Conference for Practitioners, Researchers, Union Leaders, and Policymakers
Health Care Delivery System Reform and the Implications for the Work Force: From the Workplace to the White House
May 11-12, 2010, New York City
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/events/healthcare/
The Our Documents initiative is a cooperative effort among National History Day, The National Archives and Records Administration, and USA Freedom Corps
OUR DOCUMENTS
www.ourdocuments.gov
To help us think, talk and teach about the rights and responsibilities of citizens in our democracy, we invite you to explore 100 milestone documents of American history. These documents reflect our diversity and our unity, our past and our future, and mostly our commitment as a nation to continue to strive to "form a more perfect union."
Census
Census Data and Emergency Preparedness
EARTHQUAKE in HAITI [Updated 22 January 2010]
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/emergencies/index.html
NOTE: The IWS Documented News Service is committed to helping the Rwanda Tribunal garner more attention world-wide. The lessons and legacy of ground-breaking legal matters related to the unspeakable events in Rwanda should not be forgotten. Humans, whether from rich or poor countries, must remain vigilant in curbing the motivations that lead individuals and groups to violent hatred and barbaric acts against a class of people. Consequently, items about this tribunal, which will end shortly after 2010, will appear from time to time on this news service.
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)
Completion Strategy
http://www.ictr.org/ENGLISH/completionstrat/index.htm
THE BACHARACH BLOG
Make Adjustments but Don’t Overreact
Posted by Samuel B. Bacharach on Jan 22, 2010
http://bacharachblog.com/proactive-leadership-skills/make-adjustments-but-don%e2%80%99t-overreact/
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
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Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
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Monday, January 18, 2010
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin 20 January 2010
IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
IWS Weekly Bulletin, 20 January 2010
Academic Research
Catherwood Library/ILR School/Cornell University
INDIA Links for Courses
by Stuart Basefsky [compiled September 2008; updated January 2010]
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/research/courseGuides/indiaguide.html
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Subregional Office for South Asia (SRO-New Delhi)
ONLINE PUBLICATIONS
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/newdelhi/info/publ-online.htm
Evolution of the industrial relations system in Pakistan [October 2009]
Sabur Ghayur
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/newdelhi/download/publ/working_paper/industrel/pak_final.pdf
[full-text, 79 pages]
Current State and Evolution of Industrial Relations in Maharashtra [October 2009]
K.R. Shyam Sundar
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/newdelhi/download/publ/working_paper/industrel/maharashtra_final.pdf
[full-text, 85 pages]
The Current Status and Evolution of Industrial Relations in Sri Lanka [October 2009]
Franklyn Amerasinghe
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/newdelhi/download/publ/working_paper/industrel/srilanka_final.pdf
[full-text, 62 pages]
Current Status and Evolution of Industrial Relations System in Bangladesh [October 2009]
Dr Abdullah Al Faruque
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/newdelhi/download/publ/working_paper/industrel/bgd_final.pdf
[full-text, 88 pages]
The Evolution of Industrial Relations in West Bengal [October 2009]
Ratna Sen
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/newdelhi/download/publ/working_paper/industrel/westbengal_final.pdf
[full-text, 86 pages]
Government Reports/Press - International, Federal, State, Local
International
African Development Bank (AfDB)
2009 African Economic Conference, November 11-13, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Fostering Development in an Era of Financial and Economic Crises
http://www.afdb.org/en/2009-african-economic-conference-november-11-13-addis-ababa-ethiopia/
or
http://www.afdb.org/en/knowledge/
Papers (full-text)
http://www.afdb.org/en/2009-african-economic-conference-november-11-13-addis-ababa-ethiopia/papers/
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Regional Forum: Impact of the Global Economic and Financial Crisis
ADB Headquarters, Manila, Philippines: 14-15 January 2010
http://www.adb.org/Documents/events/2010/Global-Economic-Financial-Crisis/default.asp
Reports: (in PDFs)
# Report 1: Global Economic and Financial CrisisImpact on Developing Asia and Immediate Policy Implications
http://www.adb.org/Documents/events/2010/Global-Economic-Financial-Crisis/report-1.pdf
# Report 2: Lessons of the Crisis and Global Imbalances: Should and Can Asia Reduce its Reliance on Exports to US and Europe and Focus More on Internal (Regional) Markets?
http://www.adb.org/Documents/events/2010/Global-Economic-Financial-Crisis/report-2.pdf
# Report 3: Impact and Policy Responses India
http://www.adb.org/Documents/events/2010/Global-Economic-Financial-Crisis/report-3.pdf
# Report 4: Impact and Policy Responses People’s Republic of China (PRC)
http://www.adb.org/Documents/events/2010/Global-Economic-Financial-Crisis/report-4.pdf
# Report 5: Impact and Policy Responses Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives
http://www.adb.org/Documents/events/2010/Global-Economic-Financial-Crisis/report-5.pdf
# Report 6: Impact and Policy Responses Indonesia, Philippines and Thailand
http://www.adb.org/Documents/events/2010/Global-Economic-Financial-Crisis/report-6.pdf
# Report 7: Impact and Policy Responses Pakistan and Afghanistan
http://www.adb.org/Documents/events/2010/Global-Economic-Financial-Crisis/report-7.pdf
# Report 8: Impact and Policy Responses Caucasus, Central Asia and Mongolia
http://www.adb.org/Documents/events/2010/Global-Economic-Financial-Crisis/report-8.pdf
European Foundations for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO)
COMPARATIVE STUDY
Representativeness of the European social partner organisations: Civil aviation [12 January 2010]
January 2010
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn0809027s/index.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn0809027s/tn0809027s.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/docs/eiro/tn0809027s/tn0809027s.pdf
[full-text, 55 pages]
OECD: Economic Survey of Switzerland 2009 [15 January 2010]
www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/switzerland
Policy Brief: Economic Survey of Switzerland 2009
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/40/23/44259489.pdf
[full-text, 12 pages]
Press Release 15 January 2010
Education and housing key areas for reform, says OECD Economic Survey of Switzerland
http://www.oecd.org/document/43/0,3343,en_2649_201185_44410603_1_1_1_1,00.html
World Bank
Trade Logistics in the Global Economy 2010: The Logistics Performance Index and Its Indicators [15 January 2010]
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTTLF/Resources/LPI2010_for_web.pdf
[full-text, 64 pages]
Logistics Performance Index (LPI) [15 January 2010]
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTTRANSPORT/EXTTLF/0,,contentMDK:21514122~menuPK:3875957~pagePK:210058~piPK:210062~theSitePK:515434,00.html
Press Release 15 January 2010
Economies Ranked on Ease of Shipping, Trade
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:22442731~pagePK:64257043~piPK:437376~theSitePK:4607,00.html
Federal
BLS: Monthly Labor Review Online [11 January 2010]
December 2009, Vol. 132, No. 12
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2009/12/home.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2009/12/mlr200912.pdf
[full-text, 118 pages]
Articles
Work-related activities of single mothers before and after welfare reform
Jeounghee Kim and Myungkook Joo
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2009/12/art1full.pdf
[full-text, 15 pages]
Household liability data in the Consumer Expenditure Survey
Kathleen W. Johnson and Geng Li
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2009/12/art2full.pdf
[full-text, 10 pages]
Multiple jobholding in States in 2008
James Campbell
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2009/12/art3full.pdf
[full-text, 2 pages]
Census
AMERICA'S FAMILIES AND LIVING ARRANGEMENTS 2009 [15 January 2010]
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hh-fam/cps2009.html
Press Release 15 January 2010
Census Bureau Reports Families With Children Increasingly Face Unemployment
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/families_households/014540.html
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
Policies for Increasing Economic Growth and Employment in 2010 and 2011 [14 January 2010]
January 2010
http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=10803&type=1
[full-text, 34 pages]
or
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/695/
or
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1700&context=key_workplace
[full-text, 35 pages]
Government Printing Office (GPO)
[FREE] Executive Branch Resources on GPO Access [as of 15 January 2010]
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/executive.html
Government Printing Office (GPO)
[FREE] Legislative Branch Resources on GPO Access (as of 15 January 2010)
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/legislative.html
National Science Foundation (NSF)
National Science Board
Science and Engineering Indicators 2010 [15 January 2010]
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind10/
or
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind10/pdf/seind10.pdf
[full-text, 566 pages]
NOTE IN PARTICULAR:
Chapter 3 Science and Engineering Labor Force
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind10/pdf/c03.pdf
[full-text, 60 pages]
Institutes/Associations/Commercial
Economic Policy Institute (EPI)
EPI Issue Brief #269
Employer Health Costs Do Not Drive Wage Trends
By Lawrence Mishel,
January 6, 2010
http://www.epi.org/page/-/ib269/ib269.pdf
[full-text, 5 pages]
Press Release
http://www.epi.org/page/-/ib269/20100106-health_care_excise_tax-pr.pdf
Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
EBRI NOTES
January 2010, Vol. 31, No. 1
Paperback, 20 pp
'Employee Tenure, 2008,' and 'Retiree Health Benefit Trends Among the Medicare-Eligible Population'
http://www.ebri.org/publications/notes/index.cfm?fa=notesDisp&content_id=4447
or
http://www.ebri.org/pdf/notespdf/EBRI_Notes_Jan-10.Tenure.pdf
[full-text, 20 pages]
Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
January 2010
EBRI Issue Brief #338
Paperback, 20 pp.
Implications of Health Reform for Retiree Health Benefits [13 January 2010]
http://www.ebri.org/publications/ib/index.cfm?fa=ibDisp&content_id=4433
or
http://www.ebri.org/pdf/briefspdf/EBRI_IB_01-2010_No338_RetHlth1.pdf
[full-text, 20 pages]
Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc.
FOR RELEASE AT 10:00 A.M. EST, JANUARY 13, 2010
Lowest CEO Turnover Since 2004
1,227 CEOs LEFT THEIR POSTS IN 2009
http://iwsdocumentednewsdaily.blogspot.com/2010/01/iws-challenger-lowest-ceo-turnover.html
World Economic Forum (WEF)
Global Risk Report 2010 [14 January 2010]
http://www.weforum.org/en/initiatives/globalrisk/Reports/index.htm
or
http://www.weforum.org/pdf/globalrisk/globalrisks2010.pdf
[full-text, 52 pages]
Risks Interconnection Map
http://www.weforum.org/documents/riskbrowser2010/risks/
Press Release
World Economic Forum Global Risks Report warns of long shadow of the financial crisis
http://www.weforum.org/en/media/Latest%20Press%20Releases/PR_GRR2010
Law
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
The Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement
Ian F. Fergusson, Specialist in International Trade and Finance
Bruce Vaughn, Specialist in Asian Affairs
December 7, 2009
http://opencrs.com/document/R40502/2009-12-07/download/1013/
[full-text, 17 pages]
Government Printing Office (GPO)
[FREE] Judicial Branch Resources on GPO Access (as of 15 January 2010)
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/judicial.html
Government Printing Office (GPO)
FEDERAL DIGITAL SYSTEM (FDsys)
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/search/home.action
For more information on FDsys.
http://www.gpo.gov/projects/fdsysinfo.htm
NOTE: If you are looking for free alternatives to LEXIS, WESTLAW, and other commercial databases for access to U.S. Government Information, this is a key source.
OSHA News Release: [01/15/2010]
Contact Name: Diana Petterson
Phone Number: (202) 693-1898
Release Number: 10-0063-NAT
US Department of Labor’s OSHA announces ‘OSHA Listens’ public meeting to solicit comments and suggestions from stakeholders
Public meeting scheduled for Feb. 10 in Washington, D.C.
http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/osha/osha20100063.htm
Statistical Reports
BEA: U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES November 2009 [12 January 2010]
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2010/trad1109.htm
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2010/pdf/trad1109.pdf
[full-text, 47 pages]
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2010/xls/trad1109.xls
[spreadsheet]
and
Highlights
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2010/pdf/trad1109_fax.pdf
BLS: Consumer Price Index - December 2009 [15 January 2010]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cpi.pdf
[full-text, 25 pages]
BLS: REAL EARNINGS - DECEMBER 2009 [15 January 2010]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/realer.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/realer.pdf
[full-text, 6 pages]
BLS: The Editor's Desk
Long-term unemployment in December 2009 [14 January 2010]
http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2010/ted_20100114.htm
BLS: U.S. IMPORT AND EXPORT PRICE INDEXES - DECEMBER 2009 [14 January 2010]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ximpim.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ximpim.pdf
[full-text, 16 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ximpim.toc.htm
BLS: COUNTY EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES Second Quarter 2009 [13 January 2010]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cewqtr.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cewqtr.pdf
[full-text, 24 pages]
Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts
Congressional Budget Office (CBo)
Economic and Budget Issue Brief
The Individual Alternative Minimum Tax [15 January 2010]
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/108xx/doc10800/01-15-AMT_Brief.pdf
[full-text, 10 pages]
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International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)
Status of Detainees
http://www.ictr.org/ENGLISH/factsheets/detainee.htm
THE BACHARACH BLOG
Juggling Three Balloons: NBC & Decision Theory
Posted by Samuel B. Bacharach on Jan 14, 2010
http://bacharachblog.com/proactive-leadership-skills/juggling-three-balloons-nbc-decision-theory/
Google & China at High Noon: Making Difficult Decisions
By Samuel B. Bacharach on 01/14/10
http://bacharachblog.com/proactive-leadership-skills/google-china-at-high-noon-making-difficult-decisions/
I, Claudius & The Key to Effective Leadership
By Samuel B. Bacharach on 01/13/10
http://bacharachblog.com/proactive-leadership-skills/i-claudius-the-key-to-effective-leadership/
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