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
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Monthly Archives: August 2008
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
New Scientist: Superfood rice bran contains arsenic
New Scientist: “A new study suggests that rice bran, the shavings left over after brown rice is polished to produce white rice grains, contains “inappropriate” levels of arsenic. Andrew Meharg at the University of Aberdeen, UK, and colleagues found that the levels of arsenic in rice bran products available on the internet and used in… Continue Reading
Interim Guidance on the use of Race and Ethnic Categories in Affirmative Action Programs
Interim Guidance on the use of Race and Ethnic Categories in Affirmative Action Programs: “Beginning in 2007, employers, including Federal contractors, were required to report data about the racial, ethnic, and gender composition of their workforces on a revised Standard Form 100, Employer Information Report (commonly referred to as the “EEO-1 Report”). The revised EEO-1… Continue Reading
AARP Launches Four Online Health Tools To Empower Consumer To Make Informed Choices In Care
News release: “AARP announced today that it has added four new health tools to its Web site, to help consumers get trusted, reliable online health information. These tools will enable people to do everything from choose an excellent doctor or hospital, to better understand and evaluate their own health symptoms, conditions and medicines.” The tools,… Continue Reading
A Life in Intelligence – The Richard Helms Collection
CIA FOIA Electronic Reading Room: “This collection of material [A Life in Intelligence – The Richard Helms Collection] by and about Richard Helms as Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) and Ambassador to Iran comprises the largest single release of Helms-related information to date. The documents, historical works and essays offer an unprecedented, wide-ranging look at… Continue Reading
Senator Releases Report on AWOL Federal Employees
News release: “U.S. Senator Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-OK) released a report today detailing the rapid growth in the annual number of hours federal employees are found to be absent without leave (AWOL) from their jobs. Since 2001, 18 federal departments and agencies reported that, employees have been AWOL for at least 19.6 million hours when… Continue Reading
