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Daily Archives: August 22, 2006
New UK Security Regs Prevent Musical Instruments As Onboard Luggage
BBC: Strict security measures at UK airports are having a “devastating impact” on musicians, says the Musicians’ Union. Continue Reading
Legal Community Against Violence Publishes Report on Regulating Guns in America
Regulating Guns in America – An Evaluation and Comparative Analysis of Federal, State and Selected Local Gun Laws – A Publication of Legal Community Against Violence: “Regulating Guns in America is designed for use by state and local officials, law enforcement, and gun violence prevention advocates. It provides a comprehensive, national review of existing federal… Continue Reading
Bureau of Labor Statistics – Productivity and Costs by Industry
Press release, Productivity and Costs by Industry 08/22/2006 Table of Contents: Productivity and Costs by Industry: Wholesale Trade, Retail Trade, and Food Services and Drinking Places, 2005 Technical note Table 1. Annual percent change in output per hour and related series, 1987-2005 and 2004-2005 Table 2. Annual percent change in total compensation, output, and unit… Continue Reading
Presentation on Metadata Pitfalls and Protections
Metadata and other things that go bump in the night (41 pages, PDF) – “There is data lurking in your data. Some people call it “invisible ink”. Microsoft refers to it as “metadata”. Either way, the reference is to information in an electronic document that is not always visible. This session will explain the dangers… Continue Reading
Point – Counterpoint on Google Book Search Project
Washington Post Op-ed today: The Books Google Could Open, by Richard Ekman, president of the Council of Independent Colleges. eWeek.com: Publishers Fight Back Against Google with New Book Search Service: “Publisher HarperCollins and Austin, Texas-based LibreDigital announced today a hosted service called LibreDigital Warehouse that will give publishers and booksellers the ability to deliver searchable… Continue Reading
New Google Scholar Search Feature Enhances Links to Related Works
From the Official Google Blog: “For every Google Scholar search result, we try to automatically determine which articles in our repository are most closely related to it. You can see a list of these articles by clicking the “Related Articles” link that appears next to each result.” Continue Reading
UN Refugee Portal Includes Legal and Legislative Documents
“Reflink is a reference portal of selected information sources dealing with refugee, asylum, human rights and related topics.” [Lyonette Louis-Jacques] Also from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR): UNHCR Legal Information includes: RefPol – Large selection of refugee policy documents, positions and guidelines, mainly UNHCR documents (more added daily); RefLeg National legislation,… Continue Reading
GSA Telework Laws
GSA Telework Laws A Guide to Telework in the Federal Government, August 3, 2006: the “guidance from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) suggests that one of the keys to success and continuity of operations during any emergency, especially a pandemic health crisis, is an effective teleworking program that is just a matter of routine… Continue Reading
NY Public Library Adopts LC Classification System
New York Times Editorial today: Where the Books Are. See also this related posting, NY Public Library Project to Update Access to Reference Works. Continue Reading
DHS OIG Guidelines for Evaluating State False Claims Acts
Publication of OIG’s Guidelines for Evaluating State False Claims Acts, Federal Register, August 21, 2006. Continue Reading
