Secure and Prepared Newsletter, July 24, 2007, Vol. 3, no. 12

A bi-weekly newsletter for those involved in the fields of homeland security and/or emergency management

Audit report on the six divisions of the Iowa Department of Commerce for the year ended June 30, 2006

Audit report on the six divisions of the Iowa Department of Commerce for the year ended June 30, 2006

Department of Commerce - Iowa Utilities Board, Performance Report, Performance Results Achieved for Fiscal Year 2007, December 2007

The report highlights the services the IUB provided to Iowans, along with results achieved to ensure reliability, and to improve and expand utility service infrastructure in Iowa. This information is provided in accordance with the State of Iowa Accountable Government Act, Iowa Code chapter 8E. The two basic business functions of the IUB are utility regulation and compliance, and resource management. This report covers performance information for both of these areas.

Bundling electronic journals and competition among publishers

Site licensing of e-journals has been revolutionizing the way academicinformation is distributed. However, many librarians are concerned aboutthe possibility that publishers might abuse site licensing by practicingbundling. In this paper, we analyze the private and social incentives forthe publishers to use bundling in the context of STM electronic journalmarket. In the short run in which the number of journals is exogenouslygiven, we find a strong conflict between the two incentives: each publisherfinds bundling optimal and bundling increases the industry profit butreduces social welfare. However, in the long run we find that publishersmight have higher incentives to introduce new journals under bundlingthan without bundling and, in this case, bundling can reduce the industryprofit while increasing social welfare. Finally, we examine publishers incentive to provide links to the websites of the rival publishers underbundling and show that even asymmetric publishers have incentive tointerconnect.

Department of Commerce - Alcoholic Beverages Division Performance Plan, FY 2009

Agency Performance Plan, Department of Commerce - Alcoholic Beverages Division

Department of Commerce - Division of Banking Performance Plan, FY 2009

Agency Performance Plan, Department of Commerce - Division of Banking

Department of Commerce - Credit Union Division Performance Plan, FY 2009

Agency Performance Plan, Department of Commerce - Credit Union Division

Pescadores y aves marinas compitiendo por el mismo recurso: estrategias de forrajeo, interacciones y consecuencias

Con el examen conjunto de datos de seguimiento satelital de la flota pesquera y de marcaje electrónico de aves marinas, se analizan las interacciones entre la actividad pesquera y el forrajeo de las aves en periodo de reproducción. Se evidencia que las aves pueden mitigar la competencia con la pesca hasta cierto punto, forrajeando más lejos o quedándose más tiempo en el mar. Sin embargo, las aves en reproducción enfrentan a la vez un alto requerimiento energético para alimentar los pichones, y viajes de forrajeo limitados en distancia y tiempo por la necesidad de atender el nido. Para optimizar el éxito reproductivo de las aves marinas se recomienda: (1) Estimar, con la ayuda de modelos ecotróficos, qué cantidad de anchoveta sería conveniente ‘reservar’ para la alimentación de las aves; (2) Establecer zonas temporalmente cerradas a la pesca, alrededor de las principales colonias en los meses de reproducción de las aves. Los rangos máximos de forrajeo observados en guanayes y piqueros sugieren un radio de 50 a 100 km alrededor de las colonias, lo cual permitiría asegurar el forrajeo de estas especies en periodo de reproducción y así favorecer la sostenibilidad de sus poblaciones.

Plan de la Ville et des environs de Lille : Chambre de Commerce de Lille, Chemins de Fer / Dessiné sur pierre, par L. Duhem Cadet, Architecte

Échelle(s) : [ca 1:8 000], Echelle de 1000 Mètres [= 12,7 cm]

Audit report on the six divisions of the Iowa Department of Commerce for the year ended June 30, 2007

Audit report on the six divisions of the Iowa Department of Commerce for the year ended June 30, 2007