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Report: Social Networking in Government: Opportunities & Challenges

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Report: Social Networking in Government: Opportunities & Challenges, Human Capital Institute, January 2010

  • “Social networking (SN) has become the new online rage. Blogs, wikis, RSS feeds and social networking sites like Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn have provided creative ways to recruit, engage, connect and retain employees. They have also provided an opportunity to facilitate strategic knowledge sharing across organizations and government agencies. Most SN tools are Web-based and provide a variety of ways for users who share interests and/or activities to interact. Users can share best practices and build communities of practice. These tools provide email and instant messaging services — constant connectivity. SN tools can help with the current challenges facing today’s government agencies such as brain drain from a retiring workforce, the need to create inter-agency knowledge sharing and an increased need to imbed talent tools where the work is getting done.”
  • “Sixty-six (66) percent of government workplaces use some type of SN tool — and sixty-five (65) percent of those are using more than one tool.”

    • Discovery of Large-billed Reed Warblers in North-eastern Afghanistan

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    The discovery of Large-billed Reed Warblers Acrocephalus orinus in north-eastern Afghanistan, BirdingASIA 12 (2009): 42–45 “Protection of this threatened ecosystem [the Wakhan region of Badakshan province, north-eastern Afghanistan], possibly one of the principal breeding habitats for Large-billed Reed Warbler, is a matter of urgency. Conservation measures will have to consider both the development of alternative… Continue Reading

    WHO – Healthcare coordination crucial in earthquake-hit Haiti

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    World Health Organization: “Strong coordination of health services and supplies is needed to effectively treat thousands of people injured in the 12 January earthquake. WHO is sending medicines and supplies to treat 165 000 people for one month, plus drugs and equipment to treat 1000 people with trauma injuries. Water pumps, containers and water quality… Continue Reading

    OECD Economic Survey of Switzerland 2009

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    OECD Economic Survey of Switzerland 2009 “As in most OECD countries, the global financial crisis pushed the Swiss economy into recession. However, despite the weight of financial intermediation in economic activity and significant losses of the large internationally active Swiss banks in the US subprime mortgage market, Switzerland has so far performed better than most… Continue Reading

    UK Times Provides Inside View of India’s Legal Outsourcing "Industry"

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    UK TimesOnline: “Nestled amid the bustle of north Mumbai, the headquarters of Pangea3, one of India’s biggest legal outsourcing companies, is enough to give a British corporate lawyer used to the slick environs of the City or Canary Wharf the heebie-jeebies…an army of young Indian graduates, most of them from the country’s top law and… Continue Reading

    U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Screening for Obesity in Children and Adolescents

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    Effectiveness of Weight Management Interventions in Children – A Targeted Systematic Review for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force [USPSTF]. This article was first published in Pediatrics in January 2010 (Pediatrics 2010;125:e396-e418. “Over the past several years, research into weight management in obese children and adolescents has improved in quality and quantity. Despite important gaps,… Continue Reading

    CDC Estimates of 2009 H1N1 Cases and Related Hospitalizations and Deaths from April-December 12, 2009

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    CDC Estimates of 2009 H1N1 Influenza Cases, Hospitalizations and Deaths in the United States, April – December 12, 2009 “CDC estimates that between 39 million and 80 million cases of 2009 H1N1 occurred between April and December 12, 2009. The mid-level in this range is about 55 million people infected with 2009 H1N1. CDC estimates… Continue Reading

    Boeing Model 747-8/-8F Airplanes, Systems and Data Networks Security

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    Follow up to previous posting, FAA Issues Special New Security Regs for Boeing Model 787, see Federal Aviation Administration, Special Conditions: Boeing Model 747–8/–8F Airplanes, Systems and Data Networks Security—Protection of Airplane Systems and Data Networks From Unauthorized External Access – Federal Register: January 15, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 10)][Rules and Regulations][Page 2433-2434]: “These special… Continue Reading