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“With open enrollment for the new health insurance marketplaces underway, many Americans will be looking for information about what the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will mean for them. Today the Kaiser Family Foundation released an expanded list of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) to help consumers better understand the ACA, also known as Obamacare. Through more […]The post New FAQs and Explainers Help Consumers Understand How Obamacare May Affect Them appeared first on beSpacific.

The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases -  D. Andrew Austin  Analyst in Economic Policy; Mindy R. Levit, Analyst in Public Finance. September 25, 2013 “The statutory debt limit applies to almost all federal debt. The limit applies to federal debt held by the public (that is, debt held outside the federal government itself) and to federal debt held by […]The post CRS – The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases appeared first on beSpacific.

USA.gov: What’s Affected by a Government Shutdown? “During the shutdown, USA.gov will not be updated, but the website will be available. You can also get answers to government questions by calling 1-800-FED-INFO (1-800-333-4636), 8 AM – 8 PM (Eastern Time), Monday through Friday.” New York Times Graphic explains – Who Goes to Work? Who Stays […]The post Due to a lapse in funding, the U.S. federal government has shut down appeared first on beSpacific.

DOD IG – Quality Assurance Assessment of the F-35 Lightning II Program – September 30 2013. DODIG-2013-140 (Project No. D2012-DT0TAD-0003.000) “Findings: The F-35 Program did not sufficiently implement or flow down technical and quality management system requirements to prevent the fielding of nonconforming hardware and software. This could adversely affect aircraft performance, reliability, maintainability, and […]The post Quality Assurance Assessment of the F-35 Lightning II Program appeared first on beSpacific.

The Guardian: “Top-secret NSA drone document – selected excerpts. Documents list various dangers to American drones, including ‘air defense threats’, ‘jamming of UAV sensor systems’, ‘terrestrial weather’, and ‘electronic warfare’” Read Glenn Greenwald’s blogpost on the NSA’s drone documentThe post Guardian – Selected excerpts – NSA drone document appeared first on beSpacific.

“In a first-of-its-kind study, U.S. PIRG compiled nation-wide evidence on transportation apps and vehicle sharing programs, and found that these advanced new tools have made it easier for Americans to drive less. Real-time apps and on-board wi-fi for public transit, as well as carsharing, bikesharing and ridesharing have spread rapidly in recent years while driving […]The post Study – Vehicle Sharing Services, Transit Apps and Wi-Fi Contribute to National Driving Decline appeared first on beSpacific.

“Due to the Federal government shutdown, NOAA.gov and most associated web sites are unavailable. Only web sites necessary to protect lives and property will be maintained. See Weather.gov for critical weather information or contact USA.gov for more information about the shutdown. NOAA Federal Employees: For access to the Notice to Federal Employees About Unemployment Insurance (SF-8), please […]The post Most Government Websites Shuttered – Critical Weather Information Still Accessible appeared first on beSpacific.

“Written by Edward T. O’Neill and Julia Gammon, “Consortial Book Circulation Patterns: The OCLC-OhioLINK Study” outlines the study methodology, analyzes the data, and offers insights into the consortium-wide collection usage. The study collected and analyzed circulation data for libraries within the consortium examining the circulation of 28,475,701 books from over 100 academic libraries. Circulation patterns […]The post Consortial Book Circulation Patterns: The OCLC-OhioLINK Study appeared first on beSpacific.

“The Federal Government is shut down due to a funding lapse. Congressional materials will continue to be processed and posted to FDsys. Federal Register services will be limited to documents necessary to safeguard human life, protect property, or provide other emergency services consistent with the performance of functions and services exempted under the Antideficiency Act. […]The post Message from GPO’s Federal Digitial System appeared first on beSpacific.

De Lucia, Vito, Towards an Ecological Philosophy of Law: A Comparative Discussion (2013). (2013) 4/2 Journal of Human Rights and the Environment, 167-190. Available at SSRN “Environmental law finds itself in a very delicate position. Its role is to elaborate rules and principles for addressing multiple ecological crises, yet environmental law is structurally and conceptually […]The post Towards an Ecological Philosophy of Law appeared first on beSpacific.

Regulatory Consistency Assessment Programme  (RCAP)  Assessment of Basel III regulations – China. September 2013 “The CBRC [China Banking Regulatory Commission] issued the core elements of the Basel III capital standards in June 2012. Supplementary documents were published in October and November 2012, including additional requirements on capital  instrument innovation, transitional arrangements, and capital adequacy ratio reporting. Based […]The post Regulatory Consistency Assessment of Basel III regulations – China appeared first on beSpacific.

BUDGET ISSUES - Key Questions to Consider When Evaluating Balances in Federal Accounts, GAO-13-798, Sep 30, 2013 DEFENSE HEALTH CARE - Evaluation of TRICARE Pharmacy Services Contract Structure Is Warranted, GAO-13-808, Sep 30, 2013 FEDERAL USER FEES - Fee Design Options and Implications for Managing Revenue Instability, GAO-13-820, Sep 30, 2013 MEDICAID MANAGED CARE, Use of Limited Benefit Plans to Provide Mental […]The post New GAO Reports – Budget Issues, Defense Health Care, Federal User Fees, Medicaid Managed Care, Nuclear Terrorism Response Plans appeared first on beSpacific.

Information Sharing and Collaboration in the United States Intelligence Community: An Ethnographic Study of the National Counterterrorism Center by Bridget Rose Nolan, PhD dissertation, University of Pennsylvania, 2013. [via FAS/Secrecy News] “The National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) was established to serve as the primary organization in the U.S. Government for the integration, sharing, and analysis of […]The post Information Sharing and Collaboration in the United States Intelligence Community appeared first on beSpacific.

EIA: “Diesel fuel consumption by Class I railroads represented 12% of all diesel fuel demand in the transportation sector in the United States in 2012. Diesel fuel consumption in 2012 was higher than the low of 3.2 billion gallons used during the 2009 economic recession, but still 14% below the 2006 peak of 4.2 billion […]The post Lower railroad energy consumption reflects improved efficiency, reduced tonnage appeared first on beSpacific.

Little Data Book on Financial Development 2014 “The little data book is a pocket edition of the global financial development database published as part of the work on the Global Financial Development Report 2014: financial inclusion. The book has put more emphasis on access indicators and, in particular, includes additional variables capturing different aspects of […]The post Little Data Book on Financial Development 2014 appeared first on beSpacific.

“The property price statistics bring together data from different countries. The BIS, with the assistance of its member central banks, 1 has obtained approval of various national data providers to disseminate the statistics as long as the national sources are clearly indicated. The sources and any relevant disclaimers are listed separately (sources of data). Copyright in these data must […]The post Bank for International Settlements – Property price statistics appeared first on beSpacific.

“CBO Director Doug Elmendorf spoke on September 30, 2013 at a conference on “Federal Tax Policy and Entrepreneurship” sponsored by the Kauffman Foundation and hosted by the Tax Policy Center at the Brookings Institution. [His] presentation explored a wide array of possible changes in federal policy that might bolster innovation, including increased spending on research and development, increased support for […]The post Federal Innovation Policy: The Current Context and Some Possible Changes appeared first on beSpacific.

“Between 1980 and 2012, significant structural economic shifts produced a new postsecondary phase in the labor market entry of young adults, delaying their career launch. Older adults are working longer; however, they are not crowding young adults out of the labor market. In fact, today there are more job openings per young person resulting from […]The post Failure to Launch: Structural Shift and the New Lost Generation appeared first on beSpacific.

“This is an annual publication that provides data on payments and payment, clearing and settlement systems in the CPSS countries. This version of the statistical update contains data for 2012 and earlier years. There are detailed tables for each individual country as well as a number of comparative tables. Please note that this publication contains some provisional […]The post Statistics on payment, clearing and settlement systems in the CPSS countries appeared first on beSpacific.

BLS news release: “ Multifactor productivity — defined as output per unit of combined inputs — increased in 55 of the 86  four-digit NAICS manufacturing industries in 2011, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.  This was down from 2010, when multifactor productivity increased in 63 of those  industries. However, more industries recorded increases in […]The post Multifactor productivity rose in 55 of 86 detailed manufacturing industries in 2011 appeared first on beSpacific.