Follow up to June 20, 2007 posting, Microsoft Complies With Vista Browser Choice Option, see Microsoft’s Memorandum in Opposition to Google’s Motion for Leave to Participate as Amicus Curiae – July 3, 2007 Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: July 2007
Companion Website to New Book: Introduction to Information Retrieval
Introduction to Information Retrieval – “This is the companion website for the following book: Christopher D. Manning, Prabhakar Raghavan and Hinrich Schütze, Introduction to Information Retrieval, Cambridge University Press, 2008.” Continue Reading
Report Mapping the Growth of Older America
The Brookings Institution, Metropolitan Policy Program – Mapping the Growth of Older America, by William H. Frey: “Aging baby boomers constitute this decade’s fastest growing age group, expanding nearly 50 percent in size from 2000 to 2010. This group-more highly educated, with more professional women, and more diverse than its predecessors-will add new stresses to… Continue Reading
Report – Toward a Safer and More Secure Cyberspace
Toward a Safer and More Secure Cyberspace, Seymour E. Goodman and Herbert S. Lin, Editors, Committee on Improving Cybersecurity Research in the United States, National Research Council, 272 pages, pre-publication copy, 2007. “Toward a Safer and More Secure Cyberspace examines the vulnerabilities of the Internet and offers a strategy for future research aimed at countering… Continue Reading
Rasmussen Poll: Washington, Lincoln Most Popular Presidents: Nixon, Bush Among Least Popular
Press release: “Six American Presidents are viewed favorably by at least 80% of all Americans. Those esteemed six are led by the first President George Washington. The Father of our Country is viewed favorably by 94% of Americans. The sixteenth President, Abraham Lincoln, is the second most popular. The man who gave us the Gettysburg… Continue Reading
One Workaround for Underground Law Firm Cell Reception Problems
Happy 4th. From Computerworld, this completely non-holiday related article – Law firm boosts cellular signal in new offices – New system enables employees to use cell phones in offices three floors underground – may be of interest, especially to colleagues here in Washington, D.C. Continue Reading
Largest Single Personal Data Breach to Date Involves Info on 2.3 Million Customers
Press release: “Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. announced today that its subsidiary, Certegy Check Services, Inc., a service provider to U.S. retail merchants, based in St. Petersburg, Fla., was victimized by a former employee who misappropriated and sold consumer information to a data broker who, in turn, sold a subset of that data to a… Continue Reading
New Pew Research Survey on Home Broadband Adoption 2007
Press release: “Nearly half (47%) of all adult Americans now have a high-speed internet connection at home, according to a February 2007 survey conducted by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. The percentage of Americans with broadband at home has grown from 42% in early 2006 and 30% in early 2005. Among individuals who… Continue Reading
CBO's New Special Collection on Health
From the Director – Congressional Budget Office: “Rising health care costs and their consequences for federal health insurance programs constitute the nation’s central fiscal challenge. Such costs exert a significantly larger influence on the budget over the long term than other commonly cited factors, such as the aging of the population. If health care costs… Continue Reading
SEC Soliciting Public Comment on Eliminating Reconciliation Requirement for IFRS Financial Statements
Press release: “The Securities and Exchange Commission has published for public comment a proposal to eliminate the current requirement that foreign private issuers filing their financial statements using International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as published by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) also file a reconciliation of those financial statements to U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting… Continue Reading
Sen. Specter Introduces Presidential Signing Statements Legislation
Press release: “Senator Arlen Specter, ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee, introduced on Friday legislation to regulate the use of presidential signing statements in the interpretation of an Act of Congress. The Presidential Signing Statements Act of 2007, S. 1747, has been referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee…The bill seeks to protect the constitutional… Continue Reading
DOD OIG Audit of Air Force Network-Centric Solutions Contract
Department of Defense Office of the Inspector General — Audit Air Force Network-Centric Solutions Contract – Report No. D-2007-106 (PDF) – Project No. D2006-D000AS-0211.000 – PDF and Summary. “This report is the first in a series of reports concerning the Air Force Network‑Centric Solutions (NETCENTS) contract. The Air Force NETCENTS contract is a multiple-award, indefinite-delivery,… Continue Reading
