Europe Business Review: “£26 billion: the amount lost from UK economy through time wasted in meetings in 2011 2 hours 39 minutes: the number of hours workers feel are wasted in meetings during an average week 49 minutes: the number of wasted minutes in meetings not made up for later 10 hours or over: the… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: May 2012
Accelerating Progress in Obesity Prevention: Solving the Weight of the Nation
“One-third of adults are now obese, and children’s obesity rates have climbed from 5 to 17 percent in the past 30 years. The causes of the nation’s obesity epidemic are multi-factorial, having much more to do with the absence of sidewalks and the limited availability of healthy and affordable foods than a lack of personal… Continue Reading
TSA's Efforts To Identify and Track Security Breaches at Our Nations Airports
DHS OIG – Transportation Security Administrations Efforts To Identify and Track Security Breaches at Our Nations Airports (Redacted) “Senator Frank Lautenberg requested an investigation into media reports focused on security breaches at Newark Liberty International Airport, including the contributing factors that led to the security breaches. He requested that we compare the incident rate of… Continue Reading
Working the Network: A Managers Guide for Using Twitter in Government
Working the Network: A Managers Guide for Using Twitter in Government, Ines Mergel – Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University. May 14, 2012. “As of this writing, the federal government operates over 1,000 Twitter feeds. Federal civilian agencies maintain over 360 Twitter feeds, while the Department of Defense hosts more than 650.… Continue Reading
SEC Microcap Fraud-Fighting Initiative Expels 379 Dormant Shell Companies to Protect Investors From Potential Scams
News release: “The Securities and Exchange Commission today suspended trading in the securities of 379 dormant companies before they could be hijacked by fraudsters and used to harm investors through reverse mergers or pump-and-dump schemes. The trading suspension marks the most companies ever suspended in a single day by the agency as it ramps up… Continue Reading
Interior Advances Offshore Atlantic Transmission Line
No Competitive Interest finding clears way for environmental analysis of proposed transmission backbone for Outer Continental Shelf wind farms: “The proposed project is a high-voltage, direct-current subsea transmission system that would collect power generated by wind turbine facilities off the Atlantic coasts of New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia. The first such offshore… Continue Reading
Annual NOAA report shows a record number of rebuilt fisheries
News release: “A record six fish populations were declared rebuilt to healthy levels in 2011, bringing the number of rebuilt U.S. marine fish populations in the last 11 years to 27, according to a report to Congress out today from NOAAs Fisheries Service. This report documents historic progress toward ending overfishing and rebuilding our nations… Continue Reading
Audit – DHS Information Technology Management Has Improved, But Challenges Remain
DHS Information Technology Management Has Improved, But Challenges Remain, OIG-12-82, May 2012 “Since 2008, the Chief Information Officer has increased oversight and authority of information technology by reviewing DHS component programs and acquisitions. This has enabled the Chief Information Officer to make strategic recommendations to reduce costs and duplication. The Department has achieved some infrastructure… Continue Reading
Google expands punctuation and symbols in search
Google Inside Search – “Punctuation and symbols in search – Generally, most punctuation and special characters are ignored in Google Search. However, were expanding our search capabilities to support some characters that modify search terms and help Google find exactly what youre looking for. Here are some examples from the growing list of popular symbols… Continue Reading
U21 Rankings of National Higher Education Systems 2012
“U21 has published new research into national education systems gives the first ranking of countries which are the best at providing higher education. The Universitas 21 ranking of national higher education systems has been developed to highlight the importance of creating a strong environment for higher education institutions to contribute to economic and cultural development,… Continue Reading
BusinessWire: Fitch Ratings has downgraded JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s Long-term Issuer
Via BusinessWire: “Fitch Ratings has downgraded JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s (JPM) Long-term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to ‘A+’ from ‘AA-‘ and its Short-term IDR to ‘F1’ from ‘F1+’. Fitch has placed all parent and subsidiary long-term ratings on Rating Watch Negative. Fitch has also downgraded JPM’s viability rating (VR) to ‘a+’ from ‘aa-‘ and placed… Continue Reading
The Nations Report Card: Science 2011
“This report presents results of the 2011 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in science at grade 8. National results are based on representative samples of public and private school students from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Department of Defense schools. State results are reported separately for public-school students from these states… Continue Reading
