Exclusive – Google, CIA Invest in Future of Web Monitoring, By Noah Shachtman, July 28, 2010: “The investment arms of the CIA and Google are both backing a company that monitors the web in real time and says it uses that information to predict the future. The company is called Recorded Future, and it scours tens of thousands of websites, blogs and Twitter accounts to find the relationships between people, organizations, actions and incidents both present and still-to-come. In a white paper, the company says its temporal analytics engine goes beyond search by looking at the invisible links between documents that talk about the same, or related, entities and events. The idea is to figure out for each incident who was involved, where it happened and when it might go down. Recorded Future then plots that chatter, showing online momentum for any given event.”
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Daily Archives: July 28, 2010
Citizen Satisfaction with Federal Websites Stabilizes But Falls Short of Rebound
Quarterly ACSI E-Government Satisfaction Index Shows Relationship Between High Satisfaction and Government Efficiency, July 28, 2009 “The American Customer Satisfaction Index E-Government Satisfaction Index [Satisfaction Q2 2009] scores 73.6 for the second quarter, halting a drop in the first quarter that came after three consecutive quarterly gains. However, the Index didnt manage a rebound,… Continue Reading
NOAA: Past Decade Warmest on Record According to Scientists in 48 Countries
Earth has been growing warmer for more than fifty years, July 28, 2010 “The 2009 State of the Climate report released today draws on data for 10 key climate indicators that all point to the same finding: the scientific evidence that our world is warming is unmistakable. More than 300 scientists from 160 research groups… Continue Reading
Federal Reserve Beige Book, July 28, 2010
Full Report – Beige Book, July 28, 2010 – Summary of Commentary on Current Economic Conditions by Federal Reserve District, and link to reports by Districts: “Economic activity has continued to increase, on balance, since the previous survey, although the Cleveland and Kansas City Districts reported that the level of economic activity generally held steady.… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Defense Management, National Security, Native American Graves Protection, Performance Measurement
Defense Management: Improved Planning, Training, and Interagency Collaboration Could Strengthen DOD’s Efforts in Africa, GAO-10-794, July 28, 2010 Defense Management: U.S. Southern Command Demonstrates Interagency Collaboration, but Its Haiti Disaster Response Revealed Challenges Conducting a Large Military Operation, GAO-10-801, July 28, 2010 Department of Veterans Affairs: Long-standing Weaknesses in Miscellaneous Obligation and Financial Reporting Controls,… Continue Reading
Report on Supervised Release of Federal Offenders
Report on Supervised Release of Federal Offenders – July 27, 2010 “Since the late 1980s, nearly 1 million federal offenders have been sentenced to terms of supervised release. The U.S. Sentencing Commission recently published a lengthy report that addresses the legal framework of, and most common legal issues connected with, supervised release. The report explains… Continue Reading
NYT: Comparing the Costs of America's Wars
Comparing the Costs of Americas Wars – “Figures in billions except for World War II and post-9/11 totals; all are in fiscal year 2011 dollars. The current conflicts are the most expensive.” Related Article. Continue Reading
EEOC: Annual Report on the Federal Work Force Fiscal Year 2009
Annual Report on the Federal Work Force Fiscal Year 2009. From the Executive Summary: In FY 2009, there were almost 2.8 million women and men employed by the federal government across the country and around the world. 55.9% were men and 44.1% were women; after a slow but steady increase, the participation rate for women… Continue Reading
New Survey Shows Significant Local Government Jobs Losses
News release: “New survey research announced today shows that local governments are now facing a fiscal crisis that will force job losses approaching 500,000 and significant cuts in much needed public services. Representatives from the National League of Cities (NLC), United States Conference of Mayors (USCM) and the National Association of Counties (NACo) jointly released… Continue Reading
American Customer Satisfaction Index: Internet news & information; Internet portals & search engines, Internet social media
The American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) Report on E-Business: Internet Portals & Search Engines, News & Information, and Social Media Websites, July 20, 2010. Commentary by Professor Claes Fornell: Google Dips Sharply but Holds Off Bing; FOXNews.com Leads All E-Business Websites; Facebook and MySpace Fail to Satisfy Continue Reading
