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Daily Archives: August 24, 2008
New on LLRX.com: The Government Domain: Back to School for Constitution Day 2008
The Government Domain: Back to School for Constitution Day 2008 – E-gov expert Peggy Garvin guides researchers, educators and librarians to key online resources available for teaching, training and educational activities associated with the September 17, 2008 celebration of Constitution Day in the United States. Continue Reading
Court Files: Personal Data Identifiers May Not Be Part of the Record
The Third Branch: “To protect the privacy of litigants, the Federal Rules of Practice and Procedure require that certain personal data identifiers be modified or partially redacted from federal court case files. These identifiers are Social Security numbers, dates of birth, financial account numbers, and names of minor children, and in criminal cases, also home… Continue Reading
Beyond Ideology, Politics, and Guesswork: The Case for Evidence-Based Policy
Urban Institute: “U.S. public policy has increasingly been conceived, debated, and evaluated through the lenses of politics and ideology. The fundamental questionWill the policy work?too often gets short shrift or even ignored. A remedy is evidence-based policya rigourous approach that draws on careful data collection, experimentation, and both quantitative and qualitative analysis to determine what… Continue Reading
Gannett News Service Survey of 9,000 Public Library Systems Nationwide
“Gannett News Service compiled 2002 data from the National Center for Education Statistics on more than 9,000 public library systems nationwide. To make a five-year comparison, GNS also obtained 2006 data from each state and the District of Columbia that were not available from NCES. The federal government requires states to report library information in… Continue Reading
Department of Labor initiative aids employment of veterans with traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder
News release: “The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a new online resource to help employers in their employment of veterans with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), two increasingly common battlefield conditions. The new America’s Heroes at Work Web site provides information about TBI and PTSD as well as tools and… Continue Reading
The Medicare Part D Coverage Gap: Costs and Consequences in 2007
Kaiser Family Foundation: “This study quantifies, for the first time, the number of Medicare Part D plan enrollees in 2007 who reached a gap in their prescription drug coverage known as the “doughnut hole,” as well as the changes in beneficiaries’ use of medications and out-of-pocket spending after they reached that gap. The analysis excludes… Continue Reading
Republican & Democratic Convention History (1856-2008)
“Poynter Online’s Links to the News column compiles Web resources on current and previous news topics. This page, Republican & Democratic Convention History (1856-2008) [author – David Shedden], links to resources about the history of the Republican and Democratic national political conventions.” [via Kitty Bennett] Continue Reading
UK Government Plans Massive Personal Data Collection Effort
Surveillance made easy, NewScientist.com news service, Laura Margottini: “This data allows investigators to identify suspects, examine their contacts, establish relationships between conspirators and place them in a specific location at a certain time.” So said the UK Home Office last week as it announced plans to give law-enforcement agencies, local councils and other public bodies… Continue Reading
Association of Research Libraries: Social Software in Libraries
News release: “The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published Social Software in Libraries, SPEC Kit 304, which provides an overview of ARL libraries implementation of software that people use to connect with one another online…In the last few years, the use of social software has grown enormously. While a growing number of libraries have… Continue Reading
