“Professors and librarians talk about plagiarism and other issues of academic integrity a lot more than they used to, said Barbie Selby, a university librarian, because research is so much easier to do now. It takes just a couple of clicks to copy and paste a passage from an online source into a paper, rather than going to the library, finding the right books and copying something by hand. Even unintentional mistakes are easier.” [Link]
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Daily Archives: August 9, 2008
WSJ: Fannie Mae Loss of $2.3 Billion Exceeds Forecasts
“Fannie Mae reported a wider-than-expected second-quarter loss of $2.3 billion and said it expects more heavy losses from the surge in home-mortgage defaults. Mounting losses at both Fannie and Freddie Mac, the two main providers of money for home mortgages, are limiting their ability to buy and guarantee home loans. That may mean higher interest… Continue Reading
Legal Times Commentary on the Goodling Report and DOJ Hiring
Follow up on previous postings related to Politicized Hiring at the Department of Justice and Firing of U.S. Attorneys, see this Legal Times (subscription req’d) article, The Goodling Report: How Aides Took Control of DOJ Hiring, by Joe Palazzolo, August 04, 2008 “…the [DOJ OIG Report, An Investigation of Allegations of Politicized Hiring by Monica… Continue Reading
Brookings: Air Support: Creating a Safer and More Reliable Air Traffic Control System
News release: “This paper argues for two major changes designed to improve the safety and reliability of the air traffic control system. The first would create a new modal administration within the Department of Transportation focused exclusively on delivery of air traffic control services and regulated at arms length by the FAA. Most important, separation… Continue Reading
FDIC Issues List of Banks Examined for CRA Compliance
“The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)…issued its list of state nonmember banks recently evaluated for compliance with the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). The list covers evaluation ratings that the FDIC assigned to institutions in May 2008. The CRA is a 1977 law intended to encourage insured banks and thrifts to meet local credit needs, including… Continue Reading
New York Times: F.B.I. Says It Obtained Reporters' Phone Records
“The Federal Bureau of Investigation said Friday that it had improperly obtained the phone records of reporters for The New York Times and The Washington Post in the newspapers Indonesia bureaus in 2004. Robert S. Mueller III, director of the F.B.I., disclosed the episode in a phone call to Bill Keller, the executive editor of… Continue Reading
