Google search and search engine spam: “As weve increased both our size and freshness in recent months, weve naturally indexed a lot of good content and some spam as well. To respond to that challenge, we recently launched a redesigned document-level classifier that makes it harder for spammy on-page content to rank highly. The new… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: January 2011
New Report – Domestic Intelligence: New Powers, New Risks
Domestic Intelligence: New Powers, New Risks [released 01/18/11], by Emily Berman – Counsel in the Liberty and National Security Program at the Brennan Center for Justice “Successful domestic counterterrorism policy is vital to keep the homeland safe. In this effort, policymakers must resist the oft-exhibited tendency to overreact to the threats we face. This overreaction,… Continue Reading
FBI Releases Bank Crime Statistics for Third Quarter of 2010
News release: “During the third quarter of 2010, there were 1,325 reported violations of the Federal Bank Robbery and Incidental Crimes Statute, an increase from the 1,212 reported violations in the same quarter of 2009. According to statistics released today by the FBI, there were 1,310 robberies, 13 burglaries, two larcenies and six extortions of… Continue Reading
Pew: Economy, Jobs Top Public's Policy Agenda
Economy, Jobs Top Public’s Policy Agenda – No Consensus about Future of Health Care Legislation, January 20, 2011 Continue Reading
Brennan Center – Citizens United One Year Later
“Jan. 21, 2011 marks the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Courts 5-4 decision in Citizens United, the ruling that loosened restrictions on corporate and union campaign spending. Despite wide bipartisan support for reform, corporate, securities and election laws across the country remain largely unchanged to this day. Public financing vigorously pushed in the wake… Continue Reading
Proposed National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
NYT – Federal Research Center Will Help Develop Medicines: “The Obama administration has become so concerned about the slowing pace of new drugs coming out of the pharmaceutical industry that officials have decided to start a billion-dollar government drug development center to help create medicines.” FAQ – Proposed National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences: “Why… Continue Reading
Working in Retirement: A 21st Century Phenomenon
Working In Retirement: A 21st Century Phenomenon, by Melissa Brown, Kerstin Aumann, Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes, Ellen Galinsky and James T. Bond “Working in retirement may still sound like an oxymoron, but not for long. Just as people in their twenties are now creating a new life stage of transitioning into the workforce, the generation of workers… Continue Reading
Federal Government Cybersecurity Progress: Obama Administration Report Card 2009 – Present
National Security Cyberspace Institute – Federal Government Cybersecurity Progress: Obama Administration Report Card 2009-Present What follows is an “Obama Administration Report Card,” whereby we have awarded grades for progress against a number of the recommendations contained in the 60-Day Review, or “Hathaway Report” as it is commonly called. The Hathaway Report contained recommendations broken down… Continue Reading
Writing Reform: A Guide to Drafting State & Local Campaign Finance Laws (2010 Revised Edition)
Writing Reform: A Guide to Drafting State & Local Campaign Finance Laws (2010 Revised Edition), by Ciara Torres-Spelliscy “The Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law has designed this manual for people who want to draft campaign finance reform legislation that is both appropriate for their community and sensitive to constitutional… Continue Reading
A Handbook on the Future of Economic Policy in the Developing World
The Day After Tomorrow, A Handbook on the Future of Economic Policy in the Developing World – Otaviano Canuto and Marcelo Giugale, Editors “Development economists are paid to look into the future. They ask not not only how things work today, but also how a new policy, program, or project would make them work tomorrow.… Continue Reading
World Bank: How Do Women Weather Economic Shocks? What We Know
How Do Women Weather Economic Shocks? What We Know, Shwetlena Sabarwal, Nistha Sinha, and Mayra Buvinic, January 2011. World Bank Economic Premise. “Do women weather economic shocks differently than men? First-round impacts of economic crises on womens employment should be more prominent in this recent economic downturn than historically because of womens increased participation in… Continue Reading
Report: Retrieval Practice Produces More Learning than Elaborative Studying with Concept Mapping
Retrieval Practice Produces More Learning than Elaborative Studying with Concept Mapping, Jeffrey D. Karpicke and Janell R. Blunt. Published Online 20 January 2011 – Science DOI: 10.1126/science.1199327 “Educators rely heavily on learning activities that encourage elaborative studying, while activities that require students to practice retrieving and reconstructing knowledge are used less frequently. Here, we show… Continue Reading
