Foreclosure in California – A Crisis of Compliance, February 2012
News release: “OCLC Research has made FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology) available for bulk download, along with some minor improvements based on user feedback and routine updates. As with other FAST data, the bulk downloadable versions are available at no charge. FAST is an enumerative, faceted subject heading schema derived from the Library of… Continue Reading
Early Child Care and Education – HHS and Education Are Taking Steps to Improve Workforce Data and Enhance Worker Quality, GAO-12-248, Feb 15, 2012 Law Enforcement Body Armor – DOJ Could Enhance Grant Management Controls and Better Ensure Consistency in Grant Program Requirements, GAO-12-353, Feb 15, 2012 Law Enforcement Body Armor – DOJ Supports Its… Continue Reading
NYT: “A team of European and American mathematicians and cryptographers have discovered an unexpected weakness in the encryption system widely used worldwide for online shopping, banking, e-mail and other Internet services intended to remain private and secure. The flaw which involves a small but measurable number of cases has to do with the… Continue Reading
Computerworld – “An online encryption method widely used to protect banking, email, e-commerce and other sensitive Internet transactions is not as secure as assumed, according to a report issued by a team of U.S and European cryptanalysts. The researchers reviewed millions of public keys used by websites to encrypt online transactions and found a small… Continue Reading
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State of the Climate – National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Global temperature highlights: January 2012 “The combined global land and ocean average surface temperature for January 2012 was the 19th warmest on record at 54.30°F (12.39°C), which is 0.70°F (0.39°C) above the 20th century average of 53.6°F (12.0°C). The margin of error associated with this… Continue Reading
Making Smart Cuts: Lessons from the 1990s Budget Front: “Budget cuts are here. The cuts that are emerging from the stormy deficit debates that raged in Washington for months in 2011, in an attempt to set the nation back on a path to fiscal health, are sure to affect federal agencies and the people they… Continue Reading
