News release: “The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), a partnership between the FBI and the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C), released the 2009 Annual Report about fraudulent activity on the Internet today. Online crime complaints increased substantially once again last year, according to the report. The IC3 received a total of 336,655 complaints, a 22.3 percent increase from 2008. The total loss linked to online fraud was $559.7 million; this is up from $265 million in 2008.”
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Daily Archives: March 15, 2010
C-SPAN Announces New Searchable Library of Videos from 1987 to Present
Washington Post Political Blog: “On Wednesday [March 17, 2010], C-SPAN will launch a searchable video library that includes all of its programming dating to 1987. Which means that, if you were so inclined, you could watch every one of the late Sen. Ted Kennedy’s floor speeches or relive Barack Obama’s speech at the 2007 Iowa… Continue Reading
EPA Makes Chemical Information More Accessible to Public For the first time
News release: “As part of Administrator Lisa P. Jacksons strong commitment to increase information on chemicals, for the first time, EPA is providing web access, free of charge, to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Chemical Substance Inventory. This inventory contains a consolidated list of thousands of industrial chemicals maintained by the agency. EPA is… Continue Reading
The State of the News Media 2010
Pew Project for Excellence in Journalism: The State of the News Media 2010 is the seventh edition of our annual report on the health and status of American journalism. Our goals are to take stock of the revolution occurring in how Americans get information and provide a resource for citizens, journalists and researchers to make… Continue Reading
Financial Reform Legislation – Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010
Office of Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Chairman Chris Dodd: Financial Reform Legislation Summary Financial Reform Legislation (1336 pages, PDF) – To promote the financial stability of the United States by improving accountability and transparency in the financial system, to end “too big to fail”, to protect the American taxpayer by ending bailouts, to… Continue Reading
FCC National Broadband Plan – Executive Summary
News release: “Titled Connecting America: The National Broadband Plan, the Plan found that while broadband access and use have increased over the past decade, the nation must do much more to connect all individuals and the economy to broadbands transformative benefits. Nearly 100 million Americans lack broadband at home today, and 14 million Americans do… Continue Reading
Challenges for Preserving Born Digital Materials
New York Times: “Electronically produced drafts, correspondence and editorial comments, sweated over by contemporary poets, novelists and nonfiction authors, are ultimately just a series of digits 0s and 1s written on floppy disks, CDs and hard drives, all of which degrade much faster than old-fashioned acid-free paper. Even if those storage media do… Continue Reading
CRS – Financial Market Supervision: European Perspectives
Financial Market Supervision: European Perspectives. James K. Jackson, Specialist in International Trade and Finance, February 4, 2010. “…governments in Europe are considering what, if any, changes they should make to their national financial systems. Along with the United States and other countries, European countries also are considering changes to the international systems of financial supervision… Continue Reading
State Department: 2009 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
2009 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, March 11, 2010 “The idea of human rights begins with a fundamental commitment to the dignity that is the birthright of every man, woman and child. Progress in advancing human rights begins with the facts. And for the last 34 years, the United States has produced the Country… Continue Reading
Mississippi State University Libraries Posts Online Collection of Ulysses S. Grant's Papers
Newswise: “With the digitization process now complete, the 31 volumes of Ulysses S. Grant’s collected papers now are available online through the Mississippi State University Libraries. The volumes contain thousands of letters written by and to the 18th U.S. president and former Civil War general and Union Army hero. Also including military documents, other materials… Continue Reading
Center for Strategic and International Studies: A Growing Terrorist Threat? Assessing "Homegrown" Extremism in the United States
A Growing Terrorist Threat? Assessing Homegrown Extremism in the United States, A Report of the CSIS Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Program, March 2010. “This report probes last falls five major cases [of homegrown terrorism or extremist violence perpetrated by U.S. legal residents and citizens], situating them within the context of recent U.S. efforts to address… Continue Reading
Deloitte: Reducing Financial Reporting Risk – Its more than fixing financial controls
“Increased responsibilities and potentially reduced resources make it difficult for financial executives to find time to fully understand the state of the organizations financial reporting risk. But CFOs understand that, in the end, responsibility for the quality and timeliness of the organizations financial reporting process belongs to them. To help, Deloitte has published a new… Continue Reading
