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Cybersecurity: Authoritative Reports and Resources. Rita Tehan, Information Research Specialist, September 20, 2013 “Cybersecurity vulnerabilities challenge governments, businesses, and individuals worldwide. Attacks have been initiated by individuals, as well as countries. Targets have included government networks, military defenses, companies, or political organizations, depending upon whether the attacker was seeking military intelligence, conducting diplomatic or industrial […]The post Cybersecurity: Authoritative Reports and Resources appeared first on beSpacific.

Reaching the Debt Limit: Background and Potential Effects on Government Operations, September 19, 2013 “The gross federal debt, which represents the federal government’s total outstanding debt, consists of (1) debt held by the public and (2) debt held in government accounts, also known as intragovernmental debt. Federal government borrowing increases for two primary reasons: (1) […]The post CRS – Reaching the Debt Limit appeared first on beSpacific.

CRS – Synthetic Drugs: Overview and Issues for Congress, September 16, 2013. “Synthetic drugs, as opposed to natural drugs, are chemically produced in a laboratory. Their chemical structure can be either identical to or different from naturally occurring drugs, and their effects are designed to mimic or even enhance those of natural drugs. When produced […]The post Synthetic Drugs: Overview and Issues for Congress appeared first on beSpacific.

Deborah Blum: “For my New York Times column, Poison Pen, I wrote this week about arsenic in drinking water, or more specifically on the increasing scientific awareness that this element  - odorless, tasteless – is slowly being revealed as major public health threat. The focus of that piece is the way that arsenic, in the part-per-billion […]The post Arsenic Nation appeared first on beSpacific.

“The sharp decline in the U.S. unauthorized immigrant population that accompanied the Great Recession has bottomed out, and the number may be rising again. An estimated 11.7 million unauthorized immigrants were living in the U.S. in March 2012, according to a new preliminary Pew Research Center estimate. Different trends appear among the six states in […]The post Population Decline of Unauthorized Immigrants Stalls, May Have Reversed appeared first on beSpacific.

“If the federal government shuts down because Republicans and the Obama administration fail to agree on a budget, there will be plenty of blame to go around. About as many say they would blame the Republicans (39%) for such a standoff as say they would blame Obama (36%), with 17% volunteering that both would be […]The post Blame for Both Sides as Possible Government Shutdown Approaches appeared first on beSpacific.

CRS - Rare Earth Elements in National Defense: Background, Oversight Issues, and Options for Congress. Valerie Bailey Grasso, Specialist in Defense Acquisition. September 17, 2013 “Some Members of Congress have expressed concern over U.S. acquisition of rare earth materials composed of rare earth elements used in various components of defense weapon systems. Rare earth elements consist of 17 elements on […]The post Rare Earth Elements in National Defense appeared first on beSpacific.

News release: “Regional and state unemployment rates were little changed in August. Eighteen states and the District of Columbia had unemployment rate increases, 17 states had decreases, and 15 states had no change, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Thirty-six states and the District of Columbia had unemployment rate decreases from a year […]The post Jobless rate up in 18 states, down in 17 in August – payroll jobs up in 29 states, down in 20 appeared first on beSpacific.

U.S. Energy Information Administration: Short-Term Energy Outlook September 10, 2013 “Monthly average crude oil prices increased for the fourth consecutive month in August 2013, as supply disruptions in Libya increased and concerns over the conflict in Syria intensified. The U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) forecast for Brent crude oil spot price, which averaged $108 per barrel during […]The post Short-Term Energy Outlook appeared first on beSpacific.

Avoiding BYOD Legal Issues - Route1 Inc. September 2013 “Today’s business landscape is facing emerging legal issues stemming from bring your own device (BYOD) initiatives. The shift towards the use of personal computing devices (laptops, tablets, smartphones and now watches) to conduct business in theory is a win-win strategy for both the Enterprise and its employees. […]The post White Paper – Avoiding BYOD Legal Issues appeared first on beSpacific.

“Twtrland visualizes social footprints to help you discover new people, understand their impact and find better ways to connect and increase your network.” [Robert Ambrogi] “See a visual snapshot of your online presence on twitter and instagram. Unfold influence metrics, audience demographics, close network and much more. Find Influencers: +60,000 Skills, City Resolution - Easily find the true influencers in any […]The post Twtrland – Search any skill, location or name appeared first on beSpacific.

Via WaPo by Eli Saslow, September 21: “The survivors took their places onstage from memory, because by now they knew exactly where to go. The shooting victims in wheelchairs entered first, rolling into the front row, wearing bracelets engraved with the words “Aurora,” “Oak Creek” or “Virginia Tech.” Behind them stood a dozen people in black T-shirts […]The post Shooting massacre survivors: ‘Thoughts and prayers’ aren’t enough appeared first on beSpacific.

Article via The Verge – By Russell Brandom: “The past month’s Rim Fire blazed through more than a quarter million acres of land in California, but the tensest moment came on August 27th, when the fire came close to threatening San Francisco’s water supply. If the blaze had advanced any closer than it did, it would start dumping […]The post How mapping tech helped beat back the Rim Fire in California appeared first on beSpacific.

Working Paper No. 472: International capital flows and development: financial openness matters – Dennis Reinhardt, Luca Antonio Ricci and Thierry Tressel, June 2013. Bank of England. “Does capital flow from rich to poor countries? We revisit the Lucas paradox and ask whether it results from a lack of capital account openness. We find that, when […]The post International capital flows and development: financial openness matters appeared first on beSpacific.

​Working Paper No. 480 Central counterparties and the topology of clearing networks, Marco Galbiati and Kimmo Soramäki, August 2013. Bank of England. “Given a network of client-clearer relationships, we define central clearing as a function transforming bilateral trading exposures into centrally cleared exposures.  By using numerical simulations, we study how this function is affected by the network’s […]The post Central counterparties and the topology of clearing networks appeared first on beSpacific.

News release and statistical tables: “UK-owned monetary financial institutions and their branches and subsidiaries worldwide reported an increase in consolidated foreign claims on an ultimate risk basis of $16.4 billion during Q2 2013, to stand at $3,918.3 billion. The rise was more than accounted for by an increase on Developed Countries, up $60.6 billion to stand […]The post Consolidated worldwide external claims of UK-owned monetary financial institutions appeared first on beSpacific.

The Skin In The Game Heuristic for Protection Against Tail Events - Constantine Sandis, Oxford Brooks; Nassim Nicholas Taleb, NYU-Poly; Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne – Centre d’Economie de la Sorbonne (CES). July 30, 2013 “Standard economic theory makes an allowance for the agency problem, but not the compounding of moral hazard in the presence of informational opacity, particularly in what […]The post The Skin In The Game Heuristic for Protection Against Tail Events appeared first on beSpacific.

Reducing Retirement Risk with a Rising Equity Glide-Path, Wade D. Pfau, The American College; Michael E. Kitces, The Kitces Report & Nerd’s Eye View; Pinnacle Advisory Group. September 12, 2013 “This study explores the issue of what is an appropriate default equity glide-path for client portfolios during the retirement phase of the life cycle. We find, surprisingly, that rising equity […]The post Reducing Retirement Risk with a Rising Equity Glide-Path appeared first on beSpacific.

What a Difference a Year Makes: The International Court of Justice’s 2012 Jurisprudence. Sean D. Murphy, George Washington University – Law School, August 2013. Journal of International Dispute Resolution, 2013 (Forthcoming). GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 2013-107 . GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2013-107 “An analysis of any particular decision of the International Court of Justice sometimes misses […]The post The International Court of Justice’s 2012 Jurisprudence appeared first on beSpacific.

“The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) has released an Opinion, justifying the NSA’s telephone record collection program. In the Opinion, Judge Claire Eagan states that “there is no Fourth Amendment impediment to the collection” of all domestic call detail records. Judge Eagan also concluded that all domestic call detail records are “relevant” under Section 215 because “individuals associated […]The post EPIC – Foreign Intelligence Court Releases Controversial Opinion on Domestic Telephone Records Program appeared first on beSpacific.