UK TimesOnline: “Nestled amid the bustle of north Mumbai, the headquarters of Pangea3, one of Indias 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 countrys top law and… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: January 2010
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Screening for Obesity in Children and Adolescents
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
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
Follow up to previous posting, FAA Issues Special New Security Regs for Boeing Model 787, see Federal Aviation Administration, Special Conditions: Boeing Model 7478/8F Airplanes, Systems and Data Networks SecurityProtection 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
Texting Charitable Contributions to Haiti Overwhelms Telecoms
WSJ: “In a texting donation, a person types a so-called short-code such as 90999 and then types in “HAITI” to donate a preset amount of $10. The cellphone user then gets a text back asking that they confirm the donation. After a confirmation, the person receives a text saying, “Thanks! $10 charged to your phone… Continue Reading
Obama White House E-mail Archiving Plan Revealed
Follow up to previous postings on Follow up to previous postings on missing White House emails during Bush administrations, from the National Security Archive: “Pursuant to a settlement reached between the National Security Archive and the White House Executive Office of the President (EOP), the White House today issued a letter describing critical aspects of… Continue Reading
DoD Policy and Responsibilities for Critical Infrastructure
DOD Directive 3020.40, DoD Policy and Responsibilities for Critical Infrastructure, January 14, 2010 “It is DoD policy that: a. Coordination on the risk management of defense critical infrastructure (DCI) shall be accomplished with other Federal departments and agencies; State, local, regional, territorial, and tribal entities; the private sector; and foreign countries, as appropriate….” Continue Reading
Google and Others Provide Haiti Crisis Response Maps and Person Finder
Person Finder: Haiti Earthquake, embeddable application: What is your situation? / I’m looking for someone / I have information about someone. See also: Open Street Map Project’s Haiti Earthquake Map Free access to Haiti Earthquake imagery through DigitalGlobe’s Crisis Event Service Haiti 2010 Sahana Disaster Response Portal [all via Brady Forrest] and Haiti Earthquake Recovery… Continue Reading
A Perfect Storm Brewing: Budget Cuts Threaten Library Services at Time of Increased Demand
A Perfect Storm Brewing: Budget Cuts Threaten Library Services at Time of Increased Demand, January 2010. “Todays public libraries are vital community technology hubs that millions of Americans rely on for their first and often only choice for Internet access. Despite increased demand for library computers, however, libraries typically have not seen a corresponding increase… Continue Reading
White House Weekly Address: Getting Our Money Back from Wall Street
Weekly Address: President Obama Vows to “Collect Every Dime” of Taxpayer Funds that Helped Big Banks: “In this weeks address, President Barack Obama proposed a fee on major financial firms to recoup on behalf of American taxpayers – the $700 billion paid out in TARP, saying we want the taxpayers money back, and were… Continue Reading
IRS e-file: Its Safe; Its Easy; Its Time
News release: “IRS e-file, the popular electronic tax return delivery service used by two-thirds of the nations taxpayers, opened for business January 15 and marks 20 years of safely and securely transmitting nearly 800 million individual federal tax returns. The Internal Revenue Service debuted e-file nationally in 1990, delivering 4.2 million tax returns. Last year,… Continue Reading
EPA Proposes Standards to Protect Floridas Waters
News release: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing water quality standards to protect peoples health, aquatic life and the long term recreational uses of Floridas waters, which are a critical part of the states economy. In 2009, EPA entered into a consent decree with the Florida Wildlife Federation to propose limits to this… Continue Reading
