January 3, 2011 – M-11-08, UNCLASSIFIED – Initial Agency Self-Assessment Program for User Access to Classified Information in Automated Systems: “Each department or agency that handles classified information should assess the agencys and its employees adherence to the policy issuances noted below, the requirements to safeguard classified information with an emphasis on their application in automated systems, and any process the agency has designed to detect purposeful misuse of information technology systems. If your agency does not have any of the required programs/processes listed, you should establish them.”
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Daily Archives: January 4, 2011
Pew: Internet Gains on Television as Public's Main News Source
“The internet is slowly closing in on television as Americans main source of national and international news. Currently, 41% say they get most of their news about national and international news from the internet, which is little changed over the past two years but up 17 points since 2007. Television remains the most widely used… Continue Reading
January is National Radon Action Month
GovGab: “Is a colorless, odorless, deadly gas seeping into your home? Unless you test your home for radon, youll never know. Its estimated that one in 15 homes has elevated levels of radon…Radon in your home is a serious matter. Radon is the number one cause of lung cancer among non-smokers, and overall it is… Continue Reading
Economist – Computing services are both bigger and smaller than assumed
Tanks in the cloud – Computing services are both bigger and smaller than assumed: “Clouds bear little resemblance to tanks, particularly when the clouds are of the digital kind. But statistical methods used to count tanks in the second world war may help to answer a question that is on the mind of many technology… Continue Reading
Census Bureau Releases Alternative Income and Poverty Estimates
News release: “The Census Bureau has released alternative income and poverty estimates covering calendar year 2009, including breakdowns by age, sex and race. These estimates do not revise or replace the official 2009 income and poverty estimates released Sept. 16, 2010. The official estimate of the national poverty rate remains at 14.3 percent. The Census… Continue Reading
Feed The Future Guide – The Global Commitment to Food Security
The Feed the Future Guide describes the strategic approach and implementation structures of Feed the Future (FTF), the U.S. global hunger and food security initiative: “Today, more than one billion people nearly one-sixth of the world’s population suffer from chronic hunger. This crisis has devastating and far-reaching effects. Each year, more than 3.5… Continue Reading
Berkeley Lab: New Insights Into Link Between Cholesterol and Heart Disease
Dan Krotz: “A stack of punch cards from a landmark study published in 1966, and the legwork to track down the studys participants years later, has yielded the longest analysis of the effects of lipoproteins on coronary heart disease. John Gofman initiated studies that led to the understanding of the effects of lipoproteins on cardiovascular… Continue Reading
Bees in freefall as study shows sharp US decline
guardian.co.uk: “The abundance of four common species of bumblebees in the US has dropped by 96% in just the past few decades, according to the most comprehensive national census of the insects. Scientists said the alarming decline, which could have devastating implications for the pollination of both wild and farmed plants, was likely to be… Continue Reading
Corals provide evidence of changes to oceanic currents through Global Warming
Eawag – Acquatic Research, January 4, 2011: “Examination of deep sea corals reveals that there have been drastic changes to oceanic currents in the western North Atlantic since the 1970s. The influence of the cold water Labrador Current, which is in periodic interchange with the warm Gulf Stream, has been decreasing continually since the 1970s.… Continue Reading
The Looming Cable Monopoly
The Looming Cable Monopoly, by Susan P. Crawford, 12/16/2010, vo. 29 Yale Law & Policy Review “On March 9, 2010, the city of Alexandria, Virginia received a letter from Verizon. The letter, signed by Verizons Virginia president, Robert Woltz, said that Verizon would not be installing FiOS services in Alexandria. The mayor of Alexandria, William… Continue Reading
In Ohio, Renewable energy industry shows surprising clout
Renewable energy industry shows surprising clout, by Rob Gurwitt – Stateline: “Ohios renewable portfolio standard, which originated in the Republican-led state Senate in 2008, requires that 25 percent of Ohios energy come from renewable sources by 2025, and that half of that renewable portion be created in-state. Its passage along with grants from a… Continue Reading
