News release: “Vehicle owners across the nation can be instantly informed of a safety recall under a new automated alert system announced today by U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters. The recall alerts can be received via e-mail or RSS-feeds on personal computers, cell phones or PDA devices-automatically and free-of-charge. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, there are about 600 vehicle recalls each year. Historically, one in four motorists ignore these recalls when they are announced.”
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Daily Archives: November 10, 2008
Brookings: The Presidential Transition
“During the 77 days from the election to the Inauguration, Brookings experts will offer twelve Memos to the President on these policy priorities, starting with climate change and expanding across the spectrum of domestic and global challenges. Weekly events will discuss the factors accelerating (or inhibiting) progress, and the conversation will continue with research, commentary… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Bureau of Land Management
Bureau of Land Management: Effective Long-Term Options Needed to Manage Unadoptable Wild Horses, GAO-09-77, October 09, 2008 Aviation and the Environment: Initial Voluntary Airport Low Emissions Program Projects Reduce Emissions, and FAA Plans to Assess the Program’s Overall Performance as Participation Increases, GAO-09-37, November 07, 2008 Energy Efficiency: Potential Fuel Savings Generated by a National… Continue Reading
Court Rules In Favor of Effort to Recover White House Emails Before Transition
News release: “A court ruled today that the National Security Archive may proceed with its effort to force the White House to recover millions of Bush Administration Executive Office of the President (EOP) e-mail records before the presidential transition. Rejecting the government’s motion to dismiss the Archive’s lawsuit, the Court ruled that the Federal Records… Continue Reading
Worldwide Infrastructure Security Report 2008
Worldwide Infrastructure Security Report, Volume III: “Arbor Networks®, Inc., in cooperation with the Internet security operations community, has completed the third edition of an ongoing series of annual operational security surveys. This survey, covering a 12-month period from July 2006 through June 2007, is designed to provide data useful to network operators so that they… Continue Reading
Pew Research Center: Inside Obama's Sweeping Victory
Inside Obama’s Sweeping Victory, November 5, 2008: “Barack Obama captured the White House on the strength of a substantial electoral shift toward the Democratic Party and by winning a number of key groups in the middle of the electorate. Overall, 39% of voters were Democrats while 32% were Republicans — a dramatic shift from 2004… Continue Reading
Spamalytics: An Empirical Analysis of Spam Marketing Conversion
Spamalytics: An Empirical Analysis of Spam Marketing Conversion, October 2008 – Chris Kanich, Christian Kreibich, Kirill Levchenko, Brandon Enright, Geoffrey M. Voelker, Vern Paxson Stefan Savage “The conversion rate of spam the probability that an unsolicited e-mail will ultimately elicit a sale underlies the entire spam value proposition. However, our understanding of this… Continue Reading
Free Web Site Launched to Help Immigrants Learn English
News release: “The U.S. Department of Education today launched U.S.A. Learns, a free Web site to help immigrants learn English. The Web site, which is located at www.USALearns.org, provides approximately 11 million adults who have low levels of English proficiency with easily accessible and free English language training.” Continue Reading
