Competitive Intelligence – A Selective Resource Guide – Updated and Revised October 2009: Sabrina I. Pacifici’s completely revised and updated pathfinder focuses on leveraging selected reliable, focused, free and low cost sites and sources to effectively profile and monitor companies, markets, countries, people, and issues. This guide is a “best of list” of web, database and email alert products, services and tools, as well as links to content specific sources produced by government, academic, NGOs, the media and various publishers.
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Daily Archives: October 18, 2009
New on LLRX: Legal Implications of Cloud Computing – Part Two (Privacy and the Cloud)
Legal Implications of Cloud Computing – Part Two (Privacy and the Cloud): As a follow-up to last month’s article that provided an overview of cloud computing in the context of significant legal issues, this article by Tanya Forsheit reviews the issues of privacy and cross-border data transfers. Continue Reading
New on LLRX: Using Technology To Estimate, Control And Manage Litigation Document Review Budgets
Using Technology To Estimate, Control And Manage Litigation Document Review Budgets: Conrad J. Jacoby details approaches and exercises that contribute to a successful process for calculating – and staying within – a realistic budget for a litigation or regulatory document review. Continue Reading
Council on Foreign Relations: Iran's Ballistic Missile Program
Irans Ballistic Missile Program, Greg Bruno, October 15, 2009 “U.S. President Barack Obama cited the rising threat of Iran’s ballistic missile program as a key driver in his decision to alter course on a Bush-era missile shield for Europe. Tehran’s arsenal is now “capable of reaching Europe,” the president said in September 2009. Less than… Continue Reading
HUD OIG Report on FHA Lender Approval Process
HUD Inspector General report – Controls over FHA single-family lender approval process need improvement, issued September 30, 2009 “Finding 1: FHA’s Lender Approval Process Did Not Ensure That Only Eligible Applicants Were Approved. FHA’s lender application process was not adequate to ensure that all of its lender approval requirements were met. This condition occurred because… Continue Reading
EIA: Electric Power Monthly – October 2009 Edition
Electric Power Monthly (10/15/2009): “Net generation in the United States dropped by 7.6 percent from July 2008 to July 2009. This was the 12th consecutive month that net generation was down compared to the same calendar month in the prior year. The Commerce Department reported that real gross domestic product decreased 0.7 percent from the… Continue Reading
State Personal Income: Second Quarter 2009
News release, October 16, 2009: “U.S. personal income grew 0.2 percent in the second quarter of 2009, the first growth in a year for the U.S. and for 15 states, according to estimates released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the first quarter, U.S. personal income fell 2.3 percent. U.S. personal income… Continue Reading
World Watch Institute: Fossil Fuel Production Up Despite Recession
Fossil Fuel Production Up Despite Recession, by James Russell. October 15, 2009 “World production of fossil fuels-oil, coal, and natural gas-increased 2.9 percent in 2008 to reach 27.4 million tons of oil equivalent (Mtoe) per day. In the first half of the year, producers strained to meet global demand, but when the recession took hold… Continue Reading
Archive-It service allows institutions to build and preserve collections of born digital content
“Archive-It, a subscription service from the Internet Archive, allows institutions to build and preserve collections of born digital content. Through our user-friendly web application, Archive-It partners can harvest, catalog, manage, and browse their archived collections. Collections are hosted at the Internet Archive data center and are accessible to the public with full-text search…As of October… Continue Reading
New Book Available Online – Search User Interfaces
Search User Interfaces by Marti A. Hearst [the author, with permission of Cambridge University Press, has placed the full text online free of charge. See the terms of service]: “This book focuses on the human users of search engines and the tool they use to interact with them: the search user interface. The truly worldwide… Continue Reading
New DHS OIG Reports: Immigration and Customs Enforcement, DHS Security Expenditure Plan, Coast Guard's Program for Identifying High Interest Vessels
OIG-09-108 – Review of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Expenditure Plan (PDF, 16 pages) OIG-09-107 – The United States Coast Guard’s Program for Identifying High Interest Vessels (PDF, 20 pages) OIG-09-109 – Evaluation of DHS Information Security Program for Fiscal Year (Redacted) (PDF, 45 pages) OIG-09-106 – Review of Department of Homeland Securitys Expenditure Plan: Department… Continue Reading
Foreclosure to Homelessness 2009: the Forgotten Victims of the Subprime Crisis
The National Coalition for the Homeless, Foreclosure to Homelessness 2009: the Forgotten Victims of the Subprime Crisis. A joint report from the National Coalition for the Homeless,the National Health Care for the Homeless Council, the National Alliance to End Homelessness, the National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth, the National Law Center… Continue Reading
