Research & Commentary: Florida’s Online Travel Agent Tax
Florida’s tourism industry brings in more than $60 billion each year and is the state’s most profitable industry.
Research & Commentary: Federal Earthquake Insurance Backstop
Legislation to create a new federal earthquake insurance backstop is currently being considered in Congress.
Research & Commentary: Protecting Privacy in Cloud Computing
The 25-five-year-old federal Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) doesn’t protect individuals’ data stored remotely in the Internet “cloud” (such as gmail, mobileme, and skydrive).
Research & Commentary: Standardized Loss Allocation System for Hurricane Claims and the COASTAL Act
The two major forces of a hurricane—wind and water—can do grave damage to homes.
Research & Commentary: Contracting Out Prison Services
The cost of incarceration, rehabilitation, and security in state, local, and federal prisons has become a serious budget problem.
Research & Commentary: Use of Gender in Auto Insurance Scoring
Some stereotypes about groups are pure calumny, others have a small grain of truth, and some are absolutely, 100 percent true.
Research & Commentary: National ‘Common Core’ Curriculum Standards
The Common Core State Standards Initiative, supported and created by the National Governors Association and Council of Chief State School Officers, sets grade-by-grade content requirements for K–12
Research & Commentary: National and State Standardized Tests
As Congress gears up to reauthorize No Child Left Behind, the largest federal law on education, and various school districts display the fruits of the act’s mandated testing, experts have begun to