Presidential Signing Statements: Constitutional and Institutional Implications – Todd Garvey, Legislative Attorney. January 4, 2012 “Presidential signing statements are official pronouncements issued by the President contemporaneously to the signing of a bill into law that, in addition to commenting on the law generally, have been used to forward the Presidents interpretation of the statutory language;… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: January 2012
UK Report: Serious Economic Crime – A boardroom guide to prevention and compliance
Serious Economic Crime – A boardroom guide to prevention and compliance, January 2012 [312 pages, UK government] “It is significant that, for this first edition of Serious Economic Crime [Combating major fraud and corruption], published by White Page in association with the Serious Fraud Office, lawyers from the private sector more usually known for… Continue Reading
Report from the Internet Privacy Workshop
Report from the Internet Privacy Workshop – Internet Architecture Board (IAB) – via CDT: “The workshop report provides a useful overview of fundamental privacy design challenges that appear again and again: the increasing ease of user/device/application fingerprinting, unforeseen information leakage, difficulties in distinguishing first parties from third parties, complications arising from system dependencies, and the… Continue Reading
IMF Marks Down Global Growth Forecast, Sees Risk on Rise
World Economic Outlook Update – Global Recovery Stalls, Downside Risks Intensify, January 24, 2012 “The global recovery is threatened by intensifying strains in the euro area and fragilities elsewhere. Financial conditions have deteriorated, growth prospects have dimmed, and downside risks have escalated. Global output is projected to expand by 3¼ percent in 2012 a… Continue Reading
NARA OIG Management Letter on Network Outage
National Archives Office of Inspector General Management Letter No. 12-01, Network Outage “On September 13,2011 NARA experienced an internet outage from a cut fiber-optic cable lasting approximately 32 hours and significantly affecting NARA’s operations. During that time, NARA staff were not able to access home and shared drives, email, the Internet, and numerous critical applications… Continue Reading
Army Counter-Improvised Explosive Device Strategic Plan 2012-2016
Counter-Improvised Explosive Device Strategic Plan 2012-2016 – U.S. Army Joint IED Defeat Organization, January 2012 “When discussing future threats, it is important we consider both the networks that employ IEDs as well as the device itself. The IED is the weapon of choice for the overlapping consortium of networks operating along the entire threat continuum… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Arleigh Burke Destroyers, DOE, Strategic Program Planning, federal STEM education programs
Arleigh Burke Destroyers – Additional Analysis and Oversight Required to Support the Navy’s Future Surface Combatant Plans, GAO-12-113, Jan 24, 2012 Department of Energy – Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy Could Benefit from Information on Applicants’ Prior Funding, GAO-12-112, Jan 13, 2012 Department of Energy – Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy Could Improve Its Collection of Information… Continue Reading
Stop Motion Animation Starring Books
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How College Students Manage Technology While in the Library during Crunch Time
How College Students Manage Technology While in the Library during Crunch Time, Alison J. Head and Michael B. Eisenberg, Project Information Literacy Research Report, University of Washington’s Information School, October 12, 2011 “The paper presents findings from 560 interviews with undergraduates on 10 campuses distributed across the US, as part of Project Information Literacy (PIL).… Continue Reading
Treasury Small Business Lending Fund Report – 4th Qtr 2011
Small Business Lending Successes: “Treasury sent a report to Congress that contains strong evidence that the Small Business Lending Fund (SBLF) is working. The report shows that institutions participating in the Small Business Lending Fund have significantly increased lending to small businesses, to the tune of $3.5 billion over their baseline (the average lending reported… Continue Reading
Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For
“Fat paychecks, sweet perks, fun colleagues, and over 70,000 jobs ready to be filled — these employers offer dream workplaces. Like Google, which reclaims the top spot this year to become a three-time champion. Meet this year’s top 100.” Related – “YouTube (owned by Google) Traffic Statistics 48 hours of video are uploaded every minute,… Continue Reading
New on LLRX.com – SharePoint Blogging with Permission
Via LLRX.com – SharePoint Blogging with Permission – Lorette S.J. Weldon continues to share her guides on how librarians in various sectors can effectively leverage SharePoint within the enterprise, in groups, and with individuals outside the organization. She refers to her 2010 survey, “How is SharePoint used in Libraries?” that found 16 out of 54… Continue Reading
